Instructions for preparation of bachelor thesis
at the UVMP for the academic year 2013/2014
According to the Law, the thesis of any student is the obligatory condition for graduation and its
defense is a part of state examinations. The thesis is typed into a template, which is displayed on
the web site of the UVLF. According to the Decree No. 233/2011 of the Ministry of Education,
Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic, it must contain the following:
A. CONTENT AND FORM OF THE THESIS
The thesis has to include the following parts:
1. The Introduction
2. The main text
3. The concluding part
4. The Annexes
1. The Introduction should contain the following (in the stated order):
a) Hard cover
 Name of the university
 Title of the thesis
 Type of the thesis (a bachelor or diploma thesis)
 Name, surname and academic degrees of the author
 Code (evidence number)
 Year of issue of the thesis
b) Title page
 Name of the university
 Title of the thesis
 Type of the thesis (a bachelor or diploma thesis)
 Name, surname and academic degrees of the author
 Code (evidence number)
 Study programme
 Number and name of study branch
 Name, surname and academic degrees of the tutor
 In case of external tutor the name, surname and academic degrees of the consultant
 Name of the department/institute supervising the studies
 Place and year of issuing the thesis
c) Thesis assignment
 Type of the thesis (a bachelor or diploma thesis)
 Title of the work
 Name, surname and academic degrees of the author
 Name, surname and academic degrees of the tutor
 In case of external tutor the name, surname and academic degrees of the consultant
 Name of the department/institute supervising the studies
 Annotation of the thesis
 Language of the thesis
 Date of approval of the assignment
d) Acknowledgement (optional)
e) Abstract in Slovak
 This should contain information on the objectives of the thesis, its brief contents,
results and significance of the entire thesis. The abstract should contain 3 to 5
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
keywords. The abstract should be written as one continuous paragraph, and its
range is usually 100 to 500 words.
Abstract in English
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
List of abbreviations and symbols
Dictionary (optional)
2. The main text should contain the following:
a) Introduction
 The author provides brief and representative characteristics of the present
knowledge or practice in the field which is the subject of the thesis and informs the
reader about importance, goals and objectives of the thesis. The author explains
why she/he considers the work important and why the respective topic was
selected.
b) Core
 The current state of the tackled problem in this country and abroad.
- in the part The current state of the tackled problem the author presents the
available information and knowledge on the given theme. The source for processing the
study of tackled topic is to be found in published works by national and foreign
authors. This part should account for approx. 30 % of the study.
 Goal(s) of the study
- The goal(s) of the study should be stated clearly, concisely and accurately. This
part should include also partial goals-in-process inevitable for reaching the
principal goal.
 Methods of study and methods of research
- Characteristics of the object of research
- Procedures used
- Ways of obtaining data and their sources
- Methods used for evaluation and interpretation of results
- Statistical methods
 Results
- Results and their discussion are the most important part of the thesis. The
results (author’s own attitude or author’s own solution of substantive problems)
obtained by the author should be arranged logically and their description should
be accompanied by sufficient comment. The author also has to write a comment
on all data and information and confront them with the results of other authors.
If suitable, results and discussion can be presented as one single section and
together should represent 30 - 40 % of the thesis.
 Discussion
c) Conclusion
 In conclusion it is necessary to briefly summarize the obtained results in relation to
the goals which were stated at the beginning.
d) Resume (it is obligatory only if the thesis is presented in other than Slovak language)
 Resume in Slovak language has to have the extent of about 10 % of the thesis
e) List of the sources
 Contains a complete list of bibliographic references. The extent of this part depends
on the number of references quoted in the work – they must correspond to citations
in the text.
 Both, the ethical and technical aspects of using the references are important. Ethics
of citing determines the way of preservation the ethical standards in relation to
other author’s ideas and results obtained in other documents and lists of references.
The technique of citing expresses whether and how correctly regarding the
standard, the author connects the places in text with the records of the documents
that are on the list of bibliographical references.
 It is recommended to use the method of citation according to the first entry
(surname) and date by inserting in the text in brackets the first entry (author’s
surname or the first word of the title) and the year of issue of the cited document. If
the first entry is inserted directly in the text, then only the year of issue is written in
the brackets. If necessary, also the cited pages may be presented in the brackets
after the year. If two or more documents have the identical first entry and the
identical year, they may be differentiated by lower case letters (a, b, c, etc.) after the
year inside the brackets. The same method can be applicable in the list of
bibliographic references.
 All individual items of the List of bibliographical references are arranged in
alphabetical order. They are arranged according to the first entry (surname)
followed by the year in which the document was issued.
B. FORMAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE THESIS
1. The concluding work is written in the state language (Slovak/English) in the first person of
plural past tense. With the agreement of the respective higher education establishment the
concluding work may be written and defended in other than the Slovak language
2. Recommended font: Times New Roman
font size: 12 (uniform throughout the work)
line spacing: 1.5
margins: left: 3.5 cm, right: 2 cm, top and bottom 2.5 cm
page orientation: portrait, format A4
3. Recommended extent of the diploma thesis: minimum 60 pages
4. Recommended extent of the bachelor thesis: minimum 40 pages
5. The thesis has to be submitted in the printed - hard cover form so individual pages cannot
be removed.
6. The author has to glue a CD cover onto inside back cover of the thesis (the inside blank
back cover page) and enclose the CD. On the CD the author should write his/her surname,
name, title of the thesis and study programme.
SUPPLEMENT 1 – EXAMPLE OF THE COVER
UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND PHARMACY
IN KOŠICE
and
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORDLAND
Code (evidence number)
THESIS TITLE
BACHELOR THESIS
2014
Academic degrees, name and surname
SUPPLEMENT 2 – EXAMPLE OF THE TITLE PAGE
UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND PHARMACY
IN KOŠICE
and
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORDLAND
THESIS TITLE
BACHELOR THESIS
Study programme: Joint Study Programme – Bachelor in Animal Science
Study branch: 4320 General veterinary medicine – Animal Science
Place of studies (Department/Institute):
Tutor: Academic degrees, name and surname, scientific/academic degrees
Consultant: Academic degrees, name and surname, scientific/academic degrees
Košice 2014
Academic degrees, name and surname of the student
SUPPLEMENT 3– EXAMPLE OF CITATIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD ISO 690
AND ISO 690-2
1.
Books / Monographs
Parts of description:
Author. Title : subtitle (optional). Order of the issue. Details of issue (place of issue :
publisher), year of issue. Number of pages. ISBN.
If there are three authors, they are separated by the hyphen. If there are more than three
authors, only the first author surname is written and immediately followed by abbreviation
a kol. or et al. if it is a foreign work.
The first issue did not have to be given in the citation description.
Examples:
OBERT, V. Návraty a odkazy. Nitra : Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa, 2006. 129 s. ISBN 808094-046-0.
TIMKO, J. – SIEKEL. P. – TURŇA. J. Geneticky modifikované organizmy. Bratislava : Veda,
2004. 104 s. ISBN 80-224-0834-4.
HORVÁT, J. a kol. Anatómia a biológia človeka. 1. vyd. Bratislava : Obzor, 1999. 425 s.
ISBN 80-07-00031-5.
2.
Article in a journal
Parts of description:
Author. Title. Title of the source document (newspaper, magazine). ISSN, year, volume,
volume number, number of pages (pages from - to).
Examples:
STEINEROVÁ, J.. Princípy formovania vzdelania v informačnej vede. In Pedagogická revue.
ISSN 1335-1982, 2000, roč. 2, č. 3, s. 8-16.
BEŇAČKA, J. et al. A better cosine approximate solution to pendulum equation. In
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. ISSN 0020739X, 2009, vol. 40, no. 2, p. 206-215.
3.
Article in a volume or monographs
Parts of description:
Author. Title of the article. In Title of a volume. Place of issue : Publisher, year of issue.
ISBN. Number of pages (pages from - to).
Examples:
ZEMÁNEK, P. The machines for "green works" in vineyards and their economical evaluation.
In 9th International Conference : proceedings. Vol. 2. Fruit Growing and viticulture. Lednice
: Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, 2001. ISBN 80-7157-524-0, p. 262-268.
BOĎOVÁ, M. at al.. An introduction to algorithmic and cognitive approaches for
information retrieval. In 18. Informatické dni : sborník referátů z mezinárodní vědecké
konference o současných poznatcích informačních a komunikačních technologiích a jejich
využití. Praha : Univerzita Karlova, 1990. ISBN 80-01-02079-7. s. 17-28.
4.
Electronic documents - monographs
Parts of description:
Author. Title [Type of data carrier]. Issue. Place of issue : Publisher, date of issue. Date of
updating. [Date of citation]. ISBN. Availability and access.
Examples:
SPEIGHT, J. G. Lange's Handbook of Chemistry. [online]. London : McGraw-Hill, 2005.
1572 p. [cit. 2009.06.10.] ISBN 978-1-60119-261-5. Dostupné na internete:
<http://www.knovel.com/web/portal/basic_search/display?_EXT_KNOVEL_DISPLAY_book
id=1347&_EXT_KNOVEL_DISPLAY_fromSearch=true&_EXT_KNOVEL_DISPLAY_sear
chType=basic> .
5.
Articles in electronic journals and other articles (posts)
Parts of description:
Author. Title. In Name of the journal. [Type of data carrier]. Year of issue, volume, number
[date of citation]. Availability and access. ISSN.
Example:
HOGGAN, D. Challenges, Strategies, and Tools for Research Scientists. In Electronic
Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship [online]. 2002, vol. 3, no. 3 [cit. 2003-01-10].
Dostupné na internete:
<http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/content/v03n03/Hoggan_d01.htm>. ISSN 1525-321X.
6.
Article in a volume on a CD-ROM
Parts of description:
Author. Title. In Name of the volume [Type of data carrier]. Place of issue : Publisher, year of
issue, number of pages (pages from - to). ISBN.
Example:
ZEMÁNEK, P. The machines for "green works" in vineyards and their economical evaluation.
In 9th International Conference : proceedings. Vol. 2. Fruit Growing and viticulture [CDROM]. Lednice : Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, 2001, p. 262-268. ISBN 807157-524-0.
7.
Scientific – qualification thesis
Parts of description:
Author. Title of the thesis : type of the thesis (dissertation, PhD). Place of issue : Name of the
university. Year of issue. Number of pages..
Example:
MIKULÁŠIKOVÁ, M. Didaktické pomôcka pre praktickú výučbu na hodinách výtvarnej
výchovy pre 2. stupeň základných škôl : diplomová práca. Nitra : UKF, 1999. 62 s.
8.
Research reports
Parts of description:
Author. Title of the report : type of report (VEGA, interim report). Place of issue : name of the
institution, year of issue. Number of pages.
Example:
BAUMGARTNER, J. a kol. Ochrana a udržiavanie genofondu zvierat, šľachtenie zvierat :
výskumná správa. Nitra : VÚŽV, 1998. 78 s.
9.
Standards
Parts of description:
Standard labeling. Title of the standard. Year of issue (not the year of approval or
effectiveness).
Example:
STN ISO 690. Dokumentácia – Bibliografické odkazy – Obsah, forma a štruktúra. 1998.
SUPPLEMENT 4 – CONCLUDING WORK ASSIGNMENT
Concluding work assignment
Name and surname, student’s titles:
Title of the concluding work:
Type of the concluding work:
Name, surname and titles of the tutor:
Name, surname and titles of the
tutor/consultant:
Place of the studies (Department/Institute):
Name, surname and titles of the head of the
Department/Institute:
Annotation of the concluding work:
Language of the work:
Date of approval of the assignment:
....................................................................
Signature of the tutor
.............................................................
Signature of the student
SUPPLEMENT 5 – ANALYTICAL LIST
Author:
Name, surname, title
Work title:
Title of the work
Work subtitle:
Language of the work
Slovak, Czech, English
Type of the work:
Bachelor thesis
Number of pages:
XX
Academic title:
Bachelor of Animal Science
University:
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice and
the University of Nordland
Department:
Name of the Department
Study branch:
Name of the branch
Study programme:
Study programme
City:
Košice
Tutor :
Title, name and surname, degree/rank
Tutor specialist:
Title, name and surname, degree/rank
Submitted on:
April 14, 2014
Date of defence:
Key words:
(Key word 1, 2, …..) ............
Conspectus category:
Agriculture; Veterinary medicine
Work citations:
Surname 1 Surname 2 Surname 3, Name: Title.
Diploma thesis, Košice: University of Veterinary Medicine and
Pharmacy in Košice and the University of Nordland, 2014. XX pp.
Work title in English:
English work title
Subtitle in English:
Key words in English:
(Key word 1, 2, ….) ......