RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BACHELOR / MASTER / DOCTORAL THESES

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG

RECOMMENDATIONS:

a) Font and Font Size: Times New Roman, Calibri or Arial -> 11 or 12 pt,
Headlines -> 12 to 14 pt and Footnotes -> 8 to 10 pt
b) Line Pitch -> 1.5
c) Main Text in grouped style
d) Frame: top -> 2.5 cm, bottom -> 2 cm,
left and right -> 2.5 cm (standard word document)
e) Top Line and Footer: title of the thesis and page number; optional: title of the main
chapter
f) Page Numbers: in Table of Contents and other Tables (e.g. Table of Figures)
before the main text: Roman Numerals (I, II, III, etc),
after the main text: Arabic Numerals (1, 2, 3, etc)
g) Print: on high-quality non-transparent white paper, both-sided print is allowed, the
cover has to be self-supporting
h) Statutory declaration

SPECIAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BACHELOR / MASTER / DOCTORAL THESES:

a) Diploma and Master Theses as well as Bachelor Theses (Engineering Sciences)

a. Front Page:
i. Title
ii. Type of Thesis (e.g. Master Thesis)
iii. to obtain the academic degree [.] (e.g. Master of Science) at the
iv. Faculty, University
v. Author
vi. Supervisor / Reviewer
vii. Department of Supervisor / Reviewer
viii. Salzburg, [.] (e.g. month, year)
b. Abstract: please use only one page for the German and the English abstract
c. Bound: the Bachelor / Master Thesis has to be self-supporting, therefore a
hard-bound as well as a soft-bound version of the thesis is recommended;
please do not use any spiral binding

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 d. Attachment: cards, photos, data on CDs have to be added at the inner back of
the cover in form of a small envelop; please mention any attachment directly
in the Table of Contents
e. Number of submitted Bachelor / Master Theses: this differs within the various
degree programmes;
2 copies have to be sent to the University Library; other copies are handed to
the supervisor and if necessary to the Department Library:
4 copies: Bachelor Thesis (Engineering Sciences) (6 copies Bachelor Thesis
Engineering Sciences at Technical University Munich)
3 copies: Diploma Thesis
3 copies: Master Thesis (4 copies Master Thesis Mathematics)
2 copies: Diploma/Master Thesis at the Interfaculty Department of Sports
Sciences and if necessary an additional copy for the supervisor
f. CD-ROM: Together with the bound copies you have to submit an electronical
version of your Thesis in pdf format on CD-ROM

b) Doctoral Theses
a. Front Page:
i. Title
ii. Type: Doctoral Thesis
iii. to obtain the academic degree [] (e.g. Doctor of Natural Sciences)
at the
iv. Faculty, University
v. Author
vi. Supervisors / Reviewers
vii. Department of Supervisors / Reviewers
viii. Salzburg [], (e.g. month, year)
b. Abstract: please use only one page for the German and the English abstract
c. Bound: the Doctoral Thesis has to be self-supporting, therefore a hard-bound
as well as a soft-bound version of the Thesis is recommended; please do not
use any spiral binding
d. Attachment: cards, photos, data on CDs have to be added at the inner back of
the cover in form of a small envelop; please mention any attachment directly
in the Table of Contents
e. Number of submitted Doctoral Theses: this differs within the various degree
programmes; 2 copies have to be sent to the University Library; other copies

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 are handed to the supervisors/reviewers and if necessary to the Department
Library:
5 copies: Doctoral Programme in Law / Economics
4 copies: Doctoral Programme in Law (degree programme D083101)
4 copies: Doctoral Programme at the Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
(degree programme 092)
5 copies: Doctoral Programme at the Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
(degree programme 796/50)
3 copies: at the Interfaculty Department of Sports Sciences
4 copies: Doctoral Programme at the Faculty of Natural Sciences / Doctoral
Programme at the School of Education / Doctoral Programme at the
Interfaculty Department of Geoinformatics Z_GIS
f. CD-ROM: Together with the bound copy you have to submit an electronical
version of your Thesis in pdf format on CD-ROM

c) Master Thesis at an University Course

To your notice: There is no obligation by law indicating that a Master Thesis
composed at an University Course has to be sent to the University Library or the
Department Library. Therefore the following suggestions have to be considered as
recommendations!
a. Front Page:
i. Title
ii. Type of Thesis (e.g. Master Thesis)
iii. to obtain the degree [] at the
iv. University Course
v. at the University of Salzburg
vi. Author
vii. Supervisor / Reviewer
viii. Department of Supervisor / Reviewer
ix. Salzburg, (month, year)
b. Abstract: please use only one page for the German and the English abstract
c. Bound: the Thesis has to be self-supporting, therefore a hard-bound as well
as a soft-bound version of the Thesis is recommended; please do not use any
spiral binding
d. Attachment: cards, photos, data on CDs have to be added at the inner back of
the cover in form of a small envelop; please mention any attachment directly
in the Table of Contents

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 e. 2 copies of the Thesis can be submitted in case of storage at the University
Library; another copy can be sent to the Department Library, if necessary

SUBJECT-SPECIFIC REGULATIONS:

The formal criteria differ within the various subjects. Therefore no general recommendations
are given. Please consider the subject-specific regulations about

a. Classification
b. Quotation
c. Format and Legend of Tables and Graphs

FURTHER REGULATIONS:

Additionally to the above mentioned recommendations and regulations please follow these
links:

Guideline for Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice (German version):

http://media.oeh-salzburg.at/files/richtlinien_zur_sicherung_guter_wissenschaftlicher_praxis.pdf

Guideline for Gender-equal Language (German version):

http://www.uni-
salzburg.at/fileadmin/multimedia/Praktische%20Theologie/documents/Anderes/Leitfaden_f%C3%BCr_
gerechten_Sprachgebrauch.pdf

Guideline for obligatory submission of electronical versions of Bachelor /

Master / Doctoral Theses (German version):

http://www.uni-salzburg.at/fileadmin/oracle_file_imports/359122.PDF

Prototype of the agreement of supervision for Bachelor / Master / Doctoral

Theses (German version):

https://www.sbg.ac.at/qe-eval/dokumente/Betreuungsvereinbarung_Dipl_Muster.pdf

https://www.sbg.ac.at/qe-eval/dokumente/Betreuungsvereinbarung_Diss_Muster.pdf

Standards and Recommendations about the Quality of the Doctoral Programme

(German version):

http://www.uni-
salzburg.at/fileadmin/multimedia/Qualitaetsmanagement/documents/Qualit%C3%A4tsstandards_Dokt
oratsstudium_v10_141205.pdf

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