THESIS PLAN
Supporting material
Summary presentation
The presentation includes:
1. Regulations; 2. Evaluation criteria; 3. Content of a thesis plan; 4. notes on how to make the Plan.
Ghant chart
Excel ghant chart template
Reading table
The reading table compiles in a structured way the main information from the the bibliography.
Formatting rules
Documents showing how to correctly format technical reports, which are mandatory for the Thesis Plan and the Thesis.
(Portuguese version here). Mine
(Portuguese version) by Dulce Estêvão & Tânia Nascimento (UAlg´s Health Faculty)
Example of supervisor's declaration
Example declaration to be signed by the supervisor before delivering the Thesis Plan and the Thesis.
May be copied to an email.
Send to lnunes@ualg,pt
Vosviewer
Software tool for constructing and visualizing bibliometric networks.
Interesting to help doing and to visually complement your litterature review.
Important dates
Deadline for delivering the TP: 21st of January 2026.
Oral defence: 28th and 29th of January.
Thesis regulation (not necessary for the DP)
The official post-graduation regulation. It is not required for this discipline but helps understanding what is required from a thesis. The relevant parts are translated in the "Summary presentation".
Examples of thesis and dissertations
Check here examples of MScand PhD thesis made by former students
Notes on the use of generative AI
Please read
Flowchart for the Dissertation Plan
1.
Choose the topic of your thesis from the list that will be provided.
2.
Inform Carlos Loureiro (cloureiro@ualg.pt)
3.
Write the DP with the help of your supervisor(s).
4.
When the DP is ready, ask your supervisor(s) to declare that the DP is ready to be discussed
Send me the supervisor(s)' declaration and the DP by email to me (lnunes@ualg.pt). Both in pdf by the 21st of January 2026.
5.
The oral defenses of the DP will take place on the 28th and 29th of January.
6.
You will be informed of the grade a few days later.