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Submission of the Master thesis in My Space

  • You submit your Master thesis in the "Master`s thesis" folder.
  • You can watch a video guide: How to submit an assignment in My Space here.
  • Your Master thesis are to be submitted as one single PDF file. Do not split the file into several files. Everything that are to be evaluated should be in the same PDF document.
  • Only PDF format is accepted in the Master`s thesis folder. It is therefore important that you convert your thesis to PDF before you try to submitt it. No other formats will be accepted in the Master`s thesis folder.

Step by step : How to submit your Master thesis:

  1. Convert your Master thesis to PDF and save the file.
  2. Click on the Master`s thesis folder (or on the Master`s thesis sub-folder with your name if this kind of folder exists).
  3. Click on "Upload a new assignment".
  4. Choose "Browse.."
  5. Find your Master thesis in PDF-format.
  6. Choose the language in which the Master thesis is written.
  7. Type in the title of your Master thesis.
  8. Fill in an Abstract (Descriptive text) max 3000 signs.
  9. Fill in an optional second Abstract in a different language.
  10. Type optional search words that will be assosiated with your paper. This is recommended if you are to publish your paper in BORA.
  11. Answer "Yes" or "No" on the question "Transfer it to BORA?" (You can read more about BORA here: ). Note: If you don`t answer anything on this question, the answer will be registered as "No".
  12. Make sure that you have filled in information in all the fields marked with a red star. These fields are mandatory.
  13. When you are ready to submit, click "OK".
  14. When the submision is done and OK you will see your paper in the Master`s thesis folder and the following message will appear on your screen: "Upload completed. A receipt is also sent to you student email."
  15. In your Webmail you wil find the receipt of your submission of the paper. Save it.

Note that:

  • You can upload a new version of your paper until the folder closes. The procedure is the same as described above.
  • The papers that you submit in My Space are visible only to yourself and to the administrators. If it is a group submission then the paper is visible to all of the authors.


How to save an assignment in PDF at the University of Bergen.

All the PCs at the University of Bergen have “PDFCreator” installed, which can convert files to PDF. Note: The file is not printed on a printer, but is converted to PDF format, which can then be saved. It does not cost anything to convert files to PDF using the printer driver at UiB.

How to proceed if you are using PDFCreator on one of UiB’s computers:

  1. Open the file that you wish to convert to PDF. (The original file will not be affected).
  2. Select print (Ctrl+P)
  3. Select printer “PDFCreator”
  4. If the “PDFCreator” printer has not been installed – contact the PC help service/User support at your faculty.
  5. Click “OK”
  6. Remove author information if the submission of the assignment is to be anonymous. (The submission of a Master’s thesis is not anonymous.)
  7. Click ”Save”
  8. Select the folder you wish to save the PDF file in.
  9. Select a file name for the PDF file. (Do not include your name in the file name if the submission is to be anonymous.)
  10. Click “Save”
  11. The file has been saved and will open automatically.