Page 3 - Tallinn University Guidelines for Formatting a Doctoral Thesis

1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1.1. These guidelines establish the requirements for formatting a doctoral thesis
published in the Tallinn University dissertation series.
1.2. The doctoral theses defended at Tallinn University and/or the analytical reviews included in these theses are published in the dissertation series of the field of study in electronic form and on paper by agreement with the academic unit. The dissertation series of the field of study include theses in the fields of humanities, natural and social sciences.
1.3. In order to support the decision-making process of being allowed to proceed to the defence, a doctoral student shall submit to the secretary of the Doctoral Studies Council, a manuscript of the doctoral thesis in electronic form, together with any other required documents. The doctoral thesis must be compiled pursuant to the requirements set out in Chapter 4 of the TU Regulations for Doctoral Studies and Defence of Doctoral Theses, including these present guidelines. A doctoral thesis shall be presented as a text file (Microsoft Word is recommended, but LaTeX or other file types may also be used where the speciality requires their use), except articles with a final layout that form part of an article-based dissertation; these shall be presented in PDF format.
1.4. The Research Administration Office shall begin preparing the final layout of a thesis after the Doctoral Studies Council has made a decision on allowing the thesis to be submitted for defence.
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