Review of bachelor's and master's theses
Identify what needs improvement.
Plan your next steps before submitting the thesis.
A thesis review helps assess a completed or nearly completed document: its structure, coherence, sources and compliance with formal requirements. You receive specific feedback and a list of revision priorities, so you know where to start and what to focus on.
See an example of review feedbackWhat you gain
You know what to improve and in what order
A view of the whole thesis
We check how individual chapters connect and whether they lead from the thesis topic to justified conclusions.
Action priorities
You separate issues affecting the thesis structure from minor linguistic and technical errors.
Scope of further corrections
You find out whether your thesis needs editing, better organisation of sources, structural changes or further work on the research section.
Scope of support
What do we check in a thesis review?
We tailor the scope to the bachelor's or master's thesis, its nature, and the guidelines of the supervisor or university. For theses without original research, we assess the structure of the analysis and argumentation accordingly.
Topic, structure, and logic of the argument
We check whether the structure helps present the topic and achieve the aim of the thesis.
- Structure of the entire thesis and arrangement of chapters and subchapters
- Consistency of content with the topic and titles of individual sections
- Connection between the introduction, thesis objective, and conclusion
- Order of arguments and transitions between topics
- Repetitions, gaps, and sections requiring expansion or shortening
Outcome: identification of passages where the structure or reasoning needs to be clarified or reorganised.
Methodology, results, and conclusions
We assess the connections between what was planned to be investigated and what is presented in the thesis.
- Coherence of the theoretical, methodological, and research sections
- Connection between the objective, research questions, and adopted hypotheses
- Consistency of the method and tool description with the presented research
- How the results address the research questions
- Justification of conclusions and consideration of research limitations
Outcome: identification of discrepancies that may make the research section difficult to understand or assess.
Bibliography, footnotes, and citations
We check whether references are formatted consistently and can be linked to the relevant publications.
- Consistency of footnotes and references with the bibliography
- Completeness of bibliographic data and consistency of citations
- Application of the required style, e.g. APA, Harvard, Chicago, Vancouver, MLA or ISO 690
- Marking of direct quotations and paraphrases
- Identification of sources that are incorrectly described, incomplete or require verification
Outcome: a list of source-related issues to be clarified, completed or corrected.
Language, formatting and aesthetics
We assess whether the text is presented clearly and meets the guidelines you provide.
- Sentence readability, terminology consistency and academic style
- Passages that need proofreading or editing
- Margins, fonts, line spacing, paragraphs and headings
- Page numbering and consistency of the table of contents with the document
- Tables, charts, figures, captions, lists and appendices
Outcome: identification of language and technical defects and the scope of formatting required.
Thesis review
A thesis check with clear revision priorities
I check the main issues in your thesis and show what needs attention first, helping you work towards the final version.
SPECIFIC FEEDBACK AND CLEAR REVISION PRIORITIES
- assessment of the thesis strengths and weaknesses
- identification of the most urgent revisions
- the option to commission agreed revisions
- clear priorities for your next steps
Ask about a thesis review
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Scope of support in brief
Know which corrections to start with
Send the current version of your thesis and the guidelines. I will point out elements requiring attention and help you plan further actions.
- Assessment of structure and text consistency.
- Identification of issues with sources and form.
- Specific correction priorities.
What you receive after the review
Specific feedback and a plan for revisions
We indicate the problem, its location in the document and the recommended direction for change. This allows you to move from a general feeling that the thesis needs refinement to an organised list of tasks.
Original example, not a fragment of a client's thesis
What does specific feedback from a review look like?
Location: the results chapter, the paragraph summarising the survey.
Problem: the conclusion describes all students, although the study concerned one class group.
Recommendation: limit the conclusion to the studied group and indicate the limitation on generalisation.
Priority: before final proofreading, because the change affects the meaning of the conclusion.
Example of clarification: instead of 'Students prefer online consultations', use 'In the studied group, online consultations were chosen more often', if the presented results confirm this.
After the review, you receive feedback and revision priorities. Making the changes requires a separately agreed scope of work.
- Summary of the thesis status within the agreed scope
- Identification of strong and weak elements of the document
- Comments linked to specific chapters or text fragments
- List of the most important corrections to be made first
- Elements requiring additional materials or clarification with the supervisor
- Recommended scope of further proofreading, editing, or technical changes
The review provides an assessment and recommendations. Editing the text, full proofreading, recalculations or wider restructuring of chapters are separate tasks that we agree individually. If the feedback concerns test selection, calculations or interpretation of quantitative data, explore statistical analysis and verification of results. Send the database, the current report, and the supervisor's comments. I will assess what needs checking and whether recalculation is required.
When can a review help?
Before the next stage of working on the thesis
Before sending it to the supervisor
When you want to catch inconsistencies in a finished or nearly finished thesis before submitting it for evaluation.
After receiving comments
When you need to organise the supervisor's recommendations and determine which changes affect other parts of the text.
Before submission to the university
When you want to check that your document is complete and meets formal requirements before your university's formal procedures and academic review.
Tailored scope
A review with clear priorities for your revisions
Before starting, we agree whether to review the whole document or focus on a specific area. You can also request a review while part of your thesis is unfinished – mark these sections in the material you send.
The entire thesis before handing it to the supervisor
We check the structure and links between sections, together with the agreed aspects of sources, language and formal requirements. Our recommendations distinguish structural changes, content additions and technical corrections. We put them in order so that minor proofreading does not come before rewriting a chapter.
One problem or chapter
The review can focus on methodology, the results section, the bibliography or your supervisor's feedback. We concentrate on the selected material and how it connects with the rest of the thesis, rather than give a limited assessment of everything. For quantitative work, we establish whether a separate check of the data and statistical tests is needed.
You receive feedback on specific passages and a list of next steps. You can then request the changes through a relevant service, such as “Bachelor’s and master’s thesis proofreading and editing” or “Help with your thesis methodology chapter”. We agree the scope of revisions after the review. If the feedback concerns several parts of your thesis, see: Explore help with revisions based on your supervisor's feedback .
First step
What should I send for a thesis review?
Current version of the thesis
Send the document, preferably DOCX, along with the bibliography, tables, and appendices. Mark the parts that are not yet finished.
Supervisor or university guidelines
Attach formal requirements, citation rules, and received comments. These are the standards against which we assess the document's compliance.
Materials for checking
If the review covers the research section or sources, include the relevant research instrument, results summaries or publications needed for checking.
Stage, deadline and concerns
Write whether you are preparing a bachelor's thesis or a master's thesis, when you are submitting it, and which elements cause you concern.
Before you get in touch
Questions about bachelor's and master's thesis reviews
Does the audit immediately include correcting the entire thesis?
The basis of the audit is reviewing the document, indicating problems and priorities for changes. Based on this, you can make corrections yourself or agree on additional help. The scope of implementing changes is determined separately.
Can an unfinished thesis be checked?
Yes. We can assess existing chapters and their layout, noting which elements cannot yet be checked. A comprehensive assessment of the link between results and conclusions requires providing those parts.
How do you check citations and sources during a thesis audit?
We compare references in the text with the bibliography, check citation markings and the way paraphrases are handled. For available publications, we also analyse the consistency of the indicated fragments with the sources. You will receive a list of comments with the location of problems and the order of corrections. Analysis of the provided JSA report and text editing can be added to the agreed order.
Do you check whether the sources in the bibliography exist?
Within the agreed scope, we check whether bibliographic entries can be identified and flag entries that raise doubts. Not finding a publication in a search does not prove that it does not exist. Checking a quotation or whether a reference accurately represents a publication requires access to the source.
What determines the scope and price of the audit?
The volume and degree of completion of the thesis, the number of sources, the complexity of the research part, the required depth of checking, and the deadline. After reviewing the materials, we determine what the analysis will cover and in what form we will deliver the comments.