Guies BibTIC: Theses: Parts and content

Cover (La Factoria service will do the design)
Title page (first page of the template)
Dedication (optional)
Acknowledgements (optional)
Abstract
Preface or introduction
Table of contents
Llist of figures and tables (optional)
Body of the thesis
Bibliography
Index or glossary (optional)

If the thesis includes published articles or other published documents you must follow Thesis containing published articles or other published documents.

If your thesis has issues of knowledge protection or technology transfer (patent application, confidentiality agreements, etc), you must contact your department before depositing the thesis. There is a special procedure in place for these cases.

Cover

Information displayed:

Title of the thesis
Subtitle (optional)
Author
TESI DOCTORAL UPF / year
UPF Logo

Example of thesis' cover

The design will be undertaken by UPF's La Factoria service.

Procedure:

As soon as you have decided the final title and the format of the thesis, make the Doctoral thesis cover request via CAU providing the following information:
- Thesis’ title (as it should appear)
- Thesis’ subtitle (optional) (as it should appear)
- Author’s name (as it should appear)
- Year
- Format (A4 or B5)
- Alternative email address
- Contact phone number
La Factoria will send you via email with two PDF files attached (within 5 working days):
- Front and back cover and spine, ready to be printed.
- An additional document with printing instructions.
We cannot recommend any printing/copying service.

Title page

Information displayed:

Title of the thesis
Subtitle (optional)
Author
TESI DOCTORAL UPF / year
Thesis supervisor
Thesis department
UPF logo

Dedication and acknowledgements (optional)

They are optional. However, if you include them, it is recommended that these pages are either unnumbered or numbered using Roman numerals.

Abstract

In two languages (Spanish or Catalan, and English). Other languages are optional.
Recommended maximum length: 150 words

Preface or introduction

Understood as an introduction to the thesis, often to outline its merits or value, and to place it in a particular context and circumstance.

Table of contents of the thesis, showing the parts in which it is divided.

Body of the thesis

See:

Tools for finding and managing information

If the thesis includes published articles or other published documents you must follow these guidelines

List of figures and tables (optional)

Ordered list of the figures and tables that illustrate the thesis, referencing name and page number.

Bibliography

The bibliographical sources used must be documented using a standard citation format:

Find more in the guide Com citar i elaborar referències bibliogràfiques (only in Catalan)
The UPF library offers the use of Mendeley, a citation manager and academic social network that will help you to organize your research, collaborate with other users online, and find the last published papers in your field. (Mendeley help guides)

Index or glossary (optional)

List of concepts, names, etc., appearing in the thesis with the references necessary to locate them. Examples: Alphabetical index, Name index, Subject index.

Thesis containing publised articles or other published documents

If your thesis includes documents already published as a journal article, book chapter or other documents, it is necessary to include the complete bibliographic citation:

Complete bibliographic citation
URL of the electronic version, if possible
DOI or ISBN, if possible

Full citation example:

Lafarga M, Casafont I, Bengoechea R, Tapia O, Berciano MT. Cajal's contribution to the knowledge of the neuronal cell nucleus. Chromosoma. 2009;118(4):437-43.

(Use the same citation format that you've already used on the thesis)