Signed Declaration in a
Postgraduate Research Thesis
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At the front of the thesis submitted for assessment, students are required to incorporate a
signed declaration. The declaration must state:
(a) that the thesis has been composed by the candidate, and
(b) either that the work is the candidate's own, or, if the candidate has been a member
of a research group, that the candidate has made a substantial contribution to the
work, such contribution being clearly indicated, and
(c) that the work has not been submitted for any other degree or professional
qualification except as specified, and
(d) that any included publications are the student’s own work, except where indicated
throughout the thesis and summarised and clearly identified on the declarations
page of the thesis.
Students must ensure they have signed and dated the declaration page. If the thesis is
being submitted electronically, then log in through a University system or University email
address is sufficient as an electronic signature.
Examples of a standard declaration:
1. I declare that this thesis has been composed solely by myself and that it has not been
submitted, in whole or in part, in any previous application for a degree. Except where
states otherwise by reference or acknowledgment, the work presented is entirely my
own.
2. I confirm that this thesis presented for the degree of [degree sought], has
i) been composed entirely by myself
ii) been solely the result of my own work
iii) not been submitted for any other degree or professional qualification
3. I declare that this thesis was composed by myself, that the work contained herein is
my own except where explicitly stated otherwise in the text, and that this work has
not been submitted for any other degree or processional qualification except as
specified.
Parts of this work have been published in [state previous publication].
Examples of a declaration including collaborative work:
1. The data presented in this thesis was obtained in an experiment carried out by the
[name of collaboration] in [location of experiment/where collaboration happened]. I
played a major role in the preparation and execution of the experiment, and the data
analysis and interpretation are entirely by own work. Any contributions from