PREPARATION OF FINAL THESIS
The final thesis is prepared according with those documents:
The student prepares the final thesis honestly and independently. The principles of academic honesty in scientific activities and signs of plagiarism are outlined in items 18 and 19 of the Vilnius University Code of Academic Ethics.
SUBMISSION OF THESES TO VUSIS AND WARRANTY
The submission of the final thesis and its metadata to VUSIS is conducted in accordance with the procedure of administration of written works placed in the study information system of Vilnius University.
If there are appendices in the final thesis, they must be combined with the main part of the work. Only one document in PDF format is uploaded to VUSIS.
Only by uploading the work to VUSIS is possible to complete the warranty. By completing the warranty, the student confirms that the thesis is prepared independently and honestly. The application for embargo period required for the thesis is provided in the warranty. The necessity and duration of the embargo period (which may not exceed 60 months) must be discussed with the supervisor.
The thesis must be uploaded to VUSIS not later than 10 working days before the day of the final thesis defense.
The printed thesis and warranty are not provided to the department.
AUTHORIZATION OF SUPERVISOR TO DEFEND THE THESIS
The final thesis can only be defended if the supervisor determines that it is properly prepared, written in the correct language, and meets all other requirements for the thesis.
After the student uploads the final thesis to VUSIS, the supervisor performs a computer check of the independence of the final work using EPDS (Electronic plagiarism detection subsystem). After the verification process, a final thesis review report is generated, detailing the percentage of overlap between the submitted document and other electronic documents. If any overlaps are detected, comments are provided.
The decision of the thesis supervisor to allow the defense of the final thesis is confirmed by VUSIS (marking the mark allowed / not allowed to defend) not later than 6 working days before the date of the defense of the final thesis.
REVIEW OF THESES
The administrator of the department / program sends the final thesis together with the reviewer's evaluation form to the reviewer no later than 5 working days before the day of the defense.
The reviewer sends the completed reviewer's evaluation form and feedback on the final thesis to the department / program administrator and the student in the e-mail box provided by VU not later than 1 working day before the beginning of the meeting of the final thesis defense commission.
Administrator of the program Geology – Brigita Surutkevičiūtė,
Administrator of the program Pharmaceutical Chemistry – Gintarė Rimkutė, .
THESIS DEFENSE
The final theses defenses: 30 May – 5 June, 2025.
The final thesis may be defended in a closed meeting of the commission if its results are not made public. The institution requesting a closed defense shall apply in written form by e-mail (Institute of Chemistry) or (Institute of Geosciences) not later than 10 working days before the scheduled defense date, as specified in the respective study program.