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An abstract is an important part of your thesis. It’s presented in the beginning of your thesis and is the first substantive description of your work. Think of an abstract as the first impression of your work, which automatically makes it important as it conveys what your thesis is about and what the jury/reviewers should expect from it.
You should write an abstract at the very end, after you’ve completed your thesis. Since it’s a summary of your work, it makes it easier to write it after rather than before writing your thesis and missing out on important details.
Remember that an abstract is a completely independent piece of text. Your reader should understand your paper just by reading the abstract.
An abstract should include:
An abstract should ideally be around 150-300 words, but universities and colleges often have a strict word limit, so check that before you write it.
An abstract should come after the title page and acknowledgments and before the table of contents, but on a separate page.
So there you have it! An abstract is a summary but this article about the abstract sure isn’t! Read other articles on dissertation and thesis on our Resource Center!
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