The abstract gives a comprehensive picture of the thesis. The abstract is written on its own page in the ready-made template. The text style is declarative, short and the passive voice is used. No abbreviations, symbols or typographical highlights are used in the abstract, neither are references to pictures or tables used. Key words are words describing the essential contents of the thesis and they are listed in alphabetical order.
The abstract is not only a list of sentences, but the text consists of complete, well-organized sentences. The abstract structure is the following:
• information on the commissioner (if the commissioner wants to be anonymous, the phrase “A certain company” or such is used)
• topic and objectives
• main elements of the theoretical framework
• methods
• results and conclusions
The abstract is best written in the past tense, if possible, especially when describing the author’s own research work. The abstract should give a full understanding of the thesis even without reading the whole thesis.
Below you can find the settings and parts of the abstract:
Centria UAS logo in the header.
Title in bold: ABSTRACT
Line spacing 1.
Text aligned to the left.
Number of pages, eg. 30 + 3 if page number 30 is the last one and there are 3 appendices, even if the
appendices consist of several pages each.
Font size 12 pt.
When using the ready-made Word template all settings are correct.