PhD thesis writing at IP Paris

The context

If you are setting out to write a PhD thesis, then you have no doubt been working on a piece of research for several months, if not years. Now is the time to communicate all your hard work. But the pressure is high, as you know that it will be critiqued and marked by a jury of experts in your subject. All the more reason to know how to write about your research in its best light.

A PhD dissertation has a page count ranging between 200-300 pages and will take no less than three months of your time to complete. Even the bravest of us are intimated by the idea. Planning, writing, editing, science illustrations, figures, proofreading and supervisor feedback are just a few of the hurdles you will need to face. How do you get started? And what makes a good thesis dissertation?

A dedicated training session

This month, one of our science writing coaches trained PhD candidates from the prestigious Institut Polytechnique de Paris on how to write a thesis dissertation in English. This three-day training course was packed with techniques and custom-built exercises to help participants write and rewrite essential parts of their manuscript. Participants enjoyed a range of different examples and extracts from existing theses to learn how to improve their own work. Now, they have all the skills they need to produce a polished final draft in only few months.