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Thesis
At Humak, a thesis is a commissioned work-life development task that is carried out in groups, pairs, or individually. The Wihi tool is used for communication and archiving. All theses are checked for plagiarism on the Urkund service. The completed theses of all universities of applied sciences can be found on Theseus.
Wihi is a tool for communicating and archiving thesis work. It is used to communicate between the student, the thesis supervisor, and the client. The thesis topic proposal, the thesis plan, the thesis cooperation agreement, and the various stages of the thesis process are processed in Wihi, where the thesis is also assessed in due course.
You can find the instructions for using Wihi here.
The thesis guide provides general guidelines for implementation and evaluation. It is intended for both the student and the supervising teacher. The guide also provides information for Humak’s partners in the working world, who act as commissioners and supervisors of theses.
- Thesis cooperation agreement Humak:
- Data management plan
- Thesis Template (with Finnish abstract page)
- Thesis Template (without Finnish abstract page)
- Thesis Assessment Form Bachelor’s Degree
- Thesis Assessment Form Master’s Degree
- Ethical recommendations for thesis writing at universities of applied sciences
- Student’s checklist for ethical recommendations of thesis writing
- Research Data Protection Privacy Policy
- Participation Information Sheet
- Participant Consent Form
- Informing the participants is done with the participant information form. Participant consent form and research data protection privacy policy are also used if necessary.
- In all research acitivity, information can be made anonymous without handling justification. In that case, the information is no longer classified as personal data and thus is outside the data protection regulations.
- More information on informing participants can be found on articles 12, 13, and 14 of the EU general data protection regulation.
- More information on the data protection of scientific research can be found from the office of the data protection ombudsman’s website.
Filling in the Cooperation Agreement Form and Obtaining the Approval of the Parties
Complete the thesis cooperation agreement template with the details of your thesis. Circulate the agreement for review and approval by all parties via email before confirming it with signatures in AtomiSign. Alternatively, the agreement can be reviewed together in a joint meeting between the thesis instructor, the student and the commissioner.
During the completion phase of the agreement, discuss the following matters with the commissioner:
- Remind the commissioner to review the commissioner’s guidelines and ask them to either check the corresponding box themselves or grant permission for you to do so.
- Clarify whether a separate research permit is required for the thesis.
- Clarify whether separate agreements are needed regarding the broader use of the thesis output or any payment/compensation related to the thesis.
- Check the boxes or ask the commissioner to check the relevant sections of the agreement.
- Add the date and the details of the signatories (names, and for the commissioner, also the organization) at the end of the agreement.
Instructions for Using AtomiSign
- Go to https://atomisign.fi and log in with your Microsoft credentials.
- Upload the agreement as a PDF and start a New Signing Request.
- In the “Date – Signing due to” section, choose a deadline (preferably about a week ahead). A deadline too far in the future might cause delays.
- Title: Thesis
- Write a common message for all recipients.
- In the Options section, make the following selections:
a) Authentication method: Strong authentication
b) Signing order: Parallel
c) Signature placement: Additional signature page
d) Reminder date: Recommended about two working days before the final signing deadline
- Participants: First, add yourself by clicking “Add me” on the right side and fill in your own details. Use “+ Add participant” to add more participant. Include your supervisor’s and the client’s contact information. There should be three participants in total: the student, the supervisor, and the client representative.
- You can also use “+ Add participant” to send the agreement as a copy recipient to, for example, a higher-level contact in the client organization. You can also write a separate message for individual recipients in Additional Settings.
- All signing participants will receive a signature request by email and sign the document via a link using strong authentication. Once everyone has signed, you will receive an email notification and can download the final signed agreement.
Final Steps
Once the AtomiSign signing process is completed:
Download the signed version of the agreement. Upload it to Wihi yourself. Ensure that the file is a signed PDF and named “Thesis Collaboration Agreement Firstname Lastname”. Remember to delete the contract from AtomiSign after you have successfully uploaded it in Wihi.
Note! After the agreement has been sent in AtomiSign, it cannot be modified. If changes are needed (e.g., if the deadline passes without signatures or if the student forgets to add themselves as a signer), a new agreement must be created and a new signature request must be sent.
After this phase is complete, the supervisor will mark phase 1/3 as done, and you will proceed to phase 2/3 in Wihi.
The Digital Services Act (306/2019) requires all organizations receiving public funding to make their online services accessible. This also applies to Humak’s theses published in the Theseus online library – in other words, almost all theses.
- Thesis seminars for daytime students and multiform students are usually held four times a year. For more detailed dates, please refer to the theses page on Hoodle and contact the coach of your degree program.
- Return the completed thesis to the examiners and submit it to Urkund according to the instructions given by your supervisor.
- Once the thesis has been approved and passed Urkund, save the completed thesis in the Theseus database. The thesis is saved as a pdf-file with the file name in the format surname_firstname.
- Instructions for creating a Theseus file can be found on the Theseus website
- If there is more than one author of the thesis, it is sufficient for one person to record the work in Theseus. If the thesis has several authors from different educational institutions, each author will save the work in the collections of their educational institution.
- Humak keeps an electronic archive copy of all theses, either in Theseus or in Humak’s internal archive in cases where online publication of the thesis is prohibited.
- For more information about Theseus, please contact theseus@humak.fi.
Administrator of the page: Helka Luttinen,
Last modified: December 5, 2025