A Guide to Writing a Master's Thesis

This paper serves as a guide for the students admitted to a course, quali ed as a Master's Course, at Stockholm University, department of Computer and Systems Sciences. The goal of the course is to train the students in scienti c work and scienti c writing, intended to result in a Master's thesis. This paper brie y describes the di erent choices the students can make, in uencing their work with the Master's thesis, the requirements on a Master's thesis, as well as general aspects of research, e.g. how to choose a research topic and formulate a thesis proposal. Approximate time tables for master's theses projects are also presented. The process of scienti c writing is discussed in the more detail, and the editorial requirements for a Master's thesis are also de ned.