Warsaw University of Technology
Engineering, computer science
How a thesis is typically structured
A thesis committee at technical and engineering-focused institutions is usually reading for a specific shape, even before they get to your actual argument. The roughly twelve parts below are the shape most reviewers expect, each doing one clear job:
- •Title Page — identifies the work, author and program
- •Abstract — summarizes the question, method and findings in miniature
- •Acknowledgements — credits supervisors, funders and support
- •Table of Contents — maps the document for the reader
- •Introduction — frames the problem and states the research question
- •Literature Review — shows what's already known and where the gap is
- •Methodology — explains how the research was actually carried out
- •Results — reports what was found, without interpreting it yet
- •Discussion — explains what the results mean and why it matters
- •Conclusion — answers the original question and notes limitations
- •References — lists every source cited in the text
- •Appendices — holds supporting material that would clutter the main text
Citation and referencing norms
In practice, the citation style for a thesis is rarely something a student picks freely — it's usually set by the program, sometimes by the specific department, and occasionally left to the student within a short approved list. The most reliable way to find out is the simplest one: check the formatting section of your program handbook, or ask your supervisor directly if it isn't written down anywhere.
Once a style is confirmed, the more common failure point isn't picking the wrong one — it's inconsistency: mixing author-date and numbered citations, or applying a style correctly in the text but not in the reference list (or the other way around).
General thesis-writing tips
A few patterns account for a disproportionate amount of lost thesis time: rereading sources because citation details weren't captured the first time, rewriting an introduction repeatedly before the research it introduces is actually finished, and trying to fix grammar and structure in the same editing pass.
The fix for each is roughly the same idea — capture details once, in the right order: log full citations as you read; draft the introduction properly only after the analysis and discussion are largely settled, since it needs to describe the thesis you actually wrote; and revise structure and evidence before you touch sentence-level wording, since a paragraph that gets cut doesn't need its grammar fixed first.
How we support students at this institution
We don't claim inside knowledge of Warsaw University of Technology's specific requirements — no outside service reasonably can, and any that claims otherwise should be treated with caution. What we do is work from what you actually have: your program's own handbook or formatting guidelines, and whatever feedback your supervisor has already given you. Students at technical and engineering-focused institutions generally have those two things available, and once you share them with us, we build the work around your program's stated requirements rather than a generic template.
What affects thesis complexity at this level
Engineering, computer science is a reasonable description of the kind of work students at this institution are commonly pursuing, and program type is one of the clearest predictors of what a thesis here will actually demand. Technical and STEM-leaning programs typically require more rigor in the methodology chapter — data collection procedures, analysis technique, validity — while business- or applied-field programs more often require rigor in framing: picking a case or context that's genuinely worth analyzing, and building an argument from it that goes beyond description.
Formatting and submission norms
Formatting requirements — margins, line spacing, font, pagination, and whether a thesis is submitted electronically, in print, or both — vary considerably between institutions, and often between programs at the same institution. There is no single universal standard, even though many programs converge on broadly similar defaults (1-inch margins, double or 1.5 line spacing, a numbered contents page).
This page describes general academic norms, not a specific formatting requirement — your own university's thesis handbook or formatting guide is the authoritative source, and it should always take precedence over anything general written here.
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Last reviewed: 2026-09-01