Formatting your Master's thesis
Formatting and structure
A short master thesis should be approximately 70 (+/- 20) pages.
A long master thesis should be approximately 100 (+/- 20) pages.
A template for front page and ingress can be found here: https://www.mn.uio.no/studier/master/
Regarding the scientific composition of the thesis, this must be discussed with your supervisor(s). You may also ask your study consultant at ITS to look at some examples from previous semesters, for inspiration.
The University Library
The University library have many tips and tricks to write our thesis.
UBs webpages on how to write a master thesis can be found here: https://www.ub.uio.no/english/writing-publishing/masters-theses/index.html
UBs overall webpage for master thesis work: https://www.ub.uio.no/english/writing-publishing/masters-theses/index.html
The Academic Writing Centre
We can also recommend to contact the Academic Writing Centre at UiO, who arranges several courses and consultations on how to write your thesis. You can find their websites here: https://www.ub.uio.no/english/writing-publishing/writing-centre/
Master thesis with sensitive information
When writing a research paper (e.g. bachelor’s thesis, master’s thesis, etc.) in which you wish to include sensitive information, medical information, or other personal information from individuals, there are a number of requirements you must satisfy in addition to formally securing permission before you can begin work.
If your materials are subject to a concession (i.e., contain personally identifiable data or sensitive information), you must follow the information from SIKT: Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research. Note! If you need to enter into an agreement with the NSD, you are responsible both for doing this and also for informing the NSD when your Master's thesis is completed.
Potential forms:
Restricting access to a thesis
Agreement on use of master's thesis (pdf)
Regulations for master degree at UiO
It is important that you read and understand the regulations for master degree at UiO. The UiO regulations can be found here:
https://www.mn.uio.no/studier/om/regelverk/emner-grader.html#toc7
DUO
Also, at www.duo.uio.no, you can download and read several master thesis` from ITS, and UiO in general.