Guidelines for your dissertation

General guidelines

Your dissertation should be a stand alone publication in book form.
A compilation of peer-reviewed scientific papers is allowed.
If two or more publications which are closely related are used as separate chapters in the doctoral dissertation, it is advised that these are partially rewritten so that repetitions are avoided (especially with respect to the introduction, materials and methods).

a Dutch translation of the title
an abstract in Dutch
a list of abbreviations
one uniform (compiling) reference list
a resume or Curriculum Vitae of the candidate
an introductory chapter and additional linking texts between chapters (papers) if the dissertation consists of a compilation of papers
acknowledgements of financing institutions
copyright information
an ISBN number (Attention : The procedure for requesting can take about 3 working days)

Doctoral students are asked to indicate the contribution of each author in the research chapters of their doctoral dissertation.

Example 1: Author contributions: AA performed the optimization of xxx, prepared the samples and analyzed the data. BB and CC performed the mass spectrometry of the samples. XX performed the phylogenetic analysis. YY and ZZ supervised the study and were involved in critical analysis of the data, manuscript corrections and discussion.
Example 2: Author contributions: AA and BB performed the wet lab experiments. CC performed the RNA seq analyses of the samples. XX performed the microscopy. AA wrote the manuscript. YY and ZZ designed the experimental setup, supervised the study and were involved in critical analysis of the data, manuscript corrections and discussion.

Use font 'UGent Panno’ or ‘Arial’ for example
For the PhD manuscript of the internal defense, please include line numbers on each page. This will facilitate jury members to more easily refer to specific sentences when having comments or questions.
Page 1: no requirements.
Page 2: at the bottom, aligned left:

name and institution of promoters
name of the members of the examination committee as well as role (chair, secretary)
name of the dean
name of the rector

Cover: print on a 250g paper with a glossy coating
Thesis: print on circle 80g paper, 100% recycled with FSC label
Send your cover, thesis and ISBN number to the print shop, for example to University Press. Following instructions apply if you print at University Press:

If you understand Dutch: register on their website (Dutch only) with your UGent-account. Upload your thesis and cover. Include all images you have used in your cover design as single files.
If you don't understand Dutch: e-mail your cover, thesis and images as single files to info@universitypress.be
University Press generates a bar code from your thesis' ISBN number and prints it on your back cover.
Printing takes no longer than 3 working days