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
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Name of the university
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Title of the thesis
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Type of the thesis (a bachelor or diploma thesis)
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Name, surname and academic degrees of the author
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Code (evidence number)
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Year of issue of the thesis b) Title page
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Name of the university
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Title of the thesis
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Type of the thesis (a bachelor or diploma thesis)
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Name, surname and academic degrees of the author
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Code (evidence number)
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Study programme
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Number and name of study branch
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Name, surname and academic degrees of the tutor
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In case of external tutor the name, surname and academic degrees of the consultant
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Name of the department/institute supervising the studies
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Place and year of issuing the thesis c) Thesis assignment
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Type of the thesis (a bachelor or diploma thesis)
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Title of the work
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Name, surname and academic degrees of the author
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Name, surname and academic degrees of the tutor
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In case of external tutor the name, surname and academic degrees of the consultant
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Name of the department/institute supervising the studies
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Annotation of the thesis
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Language of the thesis
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Date of approval of the assignment d) Acknowledgement (optional) e) Abstract in Slovak
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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

keywords. The abstract should be written as one continuous paragraph, and its range is usually 100 to 500 words.
f) Abstract in English g) Contents h) List of Tables and Figures i) List of abbreviations and symbols j) Dictionary (optional)
2.
The main text should contain the following: a) Introduction
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Discussion c) Conclusion
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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)
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Resume in Slovak language has to have the extent of about 10 % of the thesis e) List of the sources
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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.

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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.
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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.
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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) 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
Code (evidence number)

SUPPLEMENT 2 – EXAMPLE OF THE TITLE PAGE
Study programme: General veterinary medicine
Study branch: 4320 General veterinary medicine
Place of studies (Department/Institute):
Tutor: Academic degrees, name and surname, scientific/academic degrees
Consultant: Academic degrees, name and surname, scientific/academic degrees

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 80-
8094-046-0.
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 č loveka . 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 0020-
739X, 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 [CD-
ROM]. Lednice : Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, 2001, p. 262-268. ISBN 80-
7157-524-0.
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 výu č bu na hodinách výtvarnej výchovy pre 2. stupe ň 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
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:
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Signature of the tutor
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Signature of the student

SUPPLEMENT 5 – ANALYTICAL LIST
Author: Name, surname, title
Work title: Title of the work
Work subtitle:
Language of the work
Type of the work:
Number of pages:
Academic title:
Slovak, Czech, English
Diploma thesis
XX
Doctor of veterinary medicine
University:
Department:
Study branch:
Study programme:
City:
Tutor :
Tutor specialist:
Submitted on:
Date of defence:
Key words:
Conspectus category:
Work citations:
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice
Name of the Department
Name of the branch
Study programme
Košice
Title, name and surname, degree/rank
Title, name and surname, degree/rank
April 14, 2014
(Key word 1, 2, …..) ............
Agriculture; Veterinary medicine
Surname 1 Surname 2 Surname 3, Name: Title.
Work title in English:
Subtitle in English:
Key words in English:
Diploma thesis, Košice: University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, 2014. XX pp..
English work title
(Key word 1, 2, ….) ......