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HKUST(GZ) E-Thesis Submission

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Via the  Online Thesis Submission System   to upload 2 PDF files*:  

• (PDF)  your full-text thesis
• (PDF)  signed signature page (authentic signature, digital signature and signature chop are accepted) & signed authorization page
• [SAMPLE] SIGNATURE & AUTHORIZATION PAGE

• DO NOT  make a PDF file by scanning the paper copy of your thesis, the resulting file will be very big and difficult to index.
• DO NOT  lock the PDF file because staff need insert the signature page.
• You can only access to the Thesis Submission System ON CAMPUS , otherwise you need to access the System through VPN (Virtual Private Network). Please see the guides on  How to install Ivanti Secure VPN .
• to grant the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library the non-exclusive right to make it available for scholarly use.
• Last Updated: Jan 29, 2024 4:51 PM
• URL: https://hkust-gz.libguides.com/thesis

HKUST Electronic Theses Database: Submit E-thesis

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HKUST Theses Submission

The Library collects all HKUST theses and dissertations in  electronic format.

The PDF copy will be loaded into the

• HKUST Electronic Theses Database
• HKUST SPD | The Institutional Repository  
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• humanities & social sciences

Thesis Submission Requirement & Procedure

Requirement:

On successful completion of the thesis examination, students must submit:

• 1  soft copy  of your approved  thesis (PDF) to Library. Be sure to follow the HKUST Guidelines on Thesis Preparation . 
• 1 soft copy of the signed Signature Page and the Authorization Page (PDF) from your department

Submission Procedures:

• your approved thesis (PDF)
• signed signature page (authentic signature, digital signature, and signature chop are accepted) & signed authorization page (PDF)
• PhD students: Check the agreement to deposit the thesis to ProQuest. You will agree to the Library, on your behalf, to submit the thesis and abstract to the world-recognized ProQuest Dissertation database for publication.

E-thesis PDF File Checking and Printing Service

This simple application will double check your thesis for simple errors that require your attention before submission. It can catch even the smallest error that will prevent full submission (e.g., slight margin errors or excessive blank spaces)

Download the application from MTPC . ( Video Guide )

• Username: e_thesis_app
• Password: pgso2015

For additional assistance and troubleshooting, refer to  Creating PDF files for E-thesis Submission Guide   Section F .

Direct inquiries to Mr Joe Wong ( ptjoe @ust.hk)

Q: What are the requirements for thesis submission?

A: For thesis preparation and formatting, please visit Guidelines on Thesis Preparation for more details.

Q: Is there any format restriction for images or videos in HKUST Electronic Thesis Submission?

A: The HKUST Electronic Thesis Submission Form accepts all kinds of image or video format you provide with unlimited file size. However, please note that you may encounter problems uploading extremely large files due to network problems or other issues.

Q: Who holds the copyright of theses after the submission?

A: According to the University’s Intellectual Property Policy , students hold sole copyright ownership of their thesis. More details about copyright are available at the Copyright Libguide .

Q: When will my thesis be released to the public?

A: If you did not send a request to keep the thesis confidential, your thesis will be released once all the library processes are completed. Otherwise, the thesis will be released when the confidential period ends.

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HKUST Electronic Theses contains full images of the doctoral dissertations and master's theses for most of our postgraduate students. Access to the database is available globally.

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Except where otherwise noted, the copyright of a thesis in this collection vests with its author, who has given HKUST Library a non-exclusive right to distribute it solely for the purpose of the user's scholarly research.

Each user acknowledges the author's proprietary interest and copyright in the thesis provided in connection with this service and undertakes not to sell the data in any form or make copies of the thesis from which products may be derived for resale without the prior written consent of the author.

Each user shall comply with legislation relating to data protection and copyright in connection with the thesis provided by this service.

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Economics UG Honors Thesis Course

In the 2023-2024 academic year, we will implement an honor thesis program which provides a wonderful opportunity to develop your academic skills to another level and to work closely with a faculty member on your own research project.

Course Structure

Students are required to register for both ECON 3800 UG Honors Thesis I and ECON 4800 UG Honors Thesis II in Fall and Spring (consecutive) semesters.

• ECON 3800 UG Honors Thesis I (Fall semester): research idea development and obtain datasets.
• Taking ECON 3800 is prerequisite

Course Credits

• The Spring semester course (3 credits) counts as an ECON elective course.
• Receiving a passing letter grade from the spring semester will waive the capstone project which is a requirement for MAEC students.

Eligibility

• Minimum CGA: In principle, a student is expected to have a CGA overall 3.3 (ECON major & elective courses 3.5, preferred)
• BBA ECON: Managerial Micro and Macro, Introduction to Econometrics
• ECOF/MAEC: Micro Theory I, Macro Theory I (Micro Theory II and Macro Theory II recommended), and Introduction to Econometrics
• Complete at least one 4000-level ECON elective course
• ECON 3700 Writing as an Economist
• Students not meeting these requirements can still be enrolled if he/she has a justification and get permission from the honors thesis coordinator.
• Students admitted in 2021-22 and before can waive ECON 3700 as a pre-requisite for ECON 3800. For those admitted in 2022-23 and after, they should finish ECON 3700 in their 3rd year before taking ECON 3800 and ECON 4800 in their 4th year.

Research Idea Development

• Track 1: Students could develop his/her ideas.
• Track 2: The faculty member could propose ideas, students could apply for.
• Students could choose their track in the beginning of the Fall semester.

2023 - 2024 Timeline (Tentative)

Honors thesis coordinator.

Prof. Hyuncheol Bryant KIM

Honors Thesis Supervisor

• Professor is assigned by Prof. Kim based on the thesis topic and the request made by students.
• One faculty can supervise at most two theses per year

Honors Thesis Certificate

A+ with greatest distinction (about 10%) - gold medal A0 and A-: with great distinction (about 20%) - silver medal The coordinator will form a selection committee (consisting of 3 people) to select a thesis with (the greatest) distinction.

Formal Thesis Requirements

• A title page with an abstract (200 words limits)
• A detailed table of contents
• A complete bibliography
• Adequate documentation of footnotes so that source material can be found. Footnotes should be placed at the bottom of the page. Parenthetical references are acceptable.
• You must sign the honor code pledge at the end of the thesis
• The manuscript must be typewritten, font size 12, double-spaced, single-sided, and bound (softcover) with title and author on the cover. Margins should be one inch around except for the binding edge, which should be 1-1/2 inches.
• Remember to number the pages
• No explicit length requirement, but typically 50 pages long. Theoretical theses tend to be shorter.

Final Grading

• Letter Grade, not a curve but only based on the quality of an individual thesis
• Grading is determined by the thesis advisor based on his judgment as well as the input from the faculty reviewer

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Organizing Data and Files for Journal Submission

This week we share a simple but important practice about organizing data files and documents for submitting papers to journals.

As a researcher, you may already have your systems to organize project data and documents in one place. A single research project can easily warrant multiple papers that you would publish in journals, or report in conferences, at different phases of the project. However, novice researchers may not be aware that it would be helpful to separately organize the materials that they want to “spin-off” for a paper. Without doing so, they may find it frustrating in the later stage of the process, specifically relating to handling research data underlying the article.

One article often captures only a “snapshot” of your research process, progress, or findings. Therefore, it is rather common that the data relating to a particular paper is only a subset or a snapshot of the data of the whole project. While your project datasets grow as your research work continues, the underlying data supporting the manuscript you submitted should be a “frozen” version while your manuscript is undergoing peer review. As the review process proceeds, you may be asked to submit the specific data that support the paper; and later, if your paper is accepted for publication, the journal may require that you deposit and share the data properly. You may take the data sharing policies from The Royal Society and Springer Nature for examples. Therefore, it is a good practice for you to make a separate folder when you submit a manuscript to a journal. This folder can contain: 

• The manuscript and its later revisions
• Cover letter for the submission
• A copy of the data files supporting this paper, which may include raw data, codes, algorithms, aggregated data, etc.
• Documentation and metadata for the datasets
• Figures, images, charts that appear in the manuscripts
• Copyright agreement at acceptance
• Data Availability Statement (DAS) that the publisher may require after acceptance
• And other files relating to the submission and publication of this paper

Putting these files in a designated folder can let you manage the submission and peer review process without interfering the continuous growth of your project data and documents. When you revise the narratives, reframe your analysis or arguments based on reviewers’ comments, these changes are made with the files in this specific folder only, leaving your original project documents unaffected.

Here you can find more tips and best practices on organizing files effectively:

• Data management general guidance, by DMPTool
• Organising your data, by University of Cambridge
• Collect and create, by Harvard Medical School
• How to keep your research projects organized

– By Gabi Wong , Library

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Tags: dataset , file management , journal submission , research data management

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HKUST Thesis template for RPG students implemented with LaTeX3.

Getting started

Try this template online on Overleaf in 1 minute! You only need to do 2 things:

• Remember to change the Compiler to XeLaTeX via the top left Menu button, otherwise it won't compile.
• Download and read carefully the PDF documentation before you edit your thesis.

Alternatively, you can download the release file and try it on your local machine.

Contributions

If you find any problems or have any suggestions, please file an issue or PR.

FYTGS doesn't provide any template for thesis submission. They only emphasize that the submitted PDF file should meet the requirements in the RPG Handbook .

This template has tried its best to follow the above requirements in the RPG Handbook and also the formatting instructions of the sample pages ( MPhil / PhD ) provided by the RPG Handbook. However, this template takes no responsibility for any potential inconsistency.

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Acknowledgements

This project is modified from the NJUThesis project with the help from NJU-LUG .

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HKUST Thesis template for RPG implemented with LaTeX3.

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