Master’s Thesis (including the report of Advanced
Research and Development) Specification※ [Master's program in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems] There are some different
points on drawing up.
１． Paper１）Use A4 format only, 21 cm x 29.7 cm (portrait format). There is no limit to the number of pages.
２．Format１）Your thesis must be, as a rule, typed in English or Japanese.
２）The color of letters is black, but that of graphs, diagrams and attached letters is free.
３． Front Cover & Spine and others
１）Please make Master’s thesis as standard format for the chart below and the Word or LATEX.

Title

Write your thesis title and your major.
Name（Master’s Program in ○○○○）
Advised by Daijiro Tsukuba
Submitted to the Graduate Schoolof Science and Technology
Degree Programs in Systems andInformation Engineeringin Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the Degree of Master of ○○○○
at theUniversity of TsukubaMonth ２０××

Write the name of your official
academic advisor.
Please type correctly.

Write the date of completion for thecourse (September or March).

≪Ｑ＆Ａ≫
１

２

Q

Can I change the style of the cover?

ANo, you cannot. There are some students who use underlines or a frame with thetitle. We cannot accept those theses.

Q

On the cover page, can I write the date of submission instead of completion for thecourse?

A
Ｑ
３
A

No. You have to write the date of completion for the course.
I belong to the Department of Risk and Resilience Engineering or the advanced IT
special program in the Department of Computer Science, and am going to write ‘thereport of advanced Research and Development’ instead of “Master’s Thesis”. Whatshould I do?
There is a special format for ‘the report of Advanced Research and Development’.
Pleaserefer to the webpage for students. If you need detailed information, ask academic
office for Degree Programs in Systems and Information Engineering.

The Example of Thesisat the Graduate Schoolof Science and Technology
Degree Programs in Systems and Information Engineering

Taro Tsukuba（Master’s Program in ○○○○）

Advised by Daijiro Tsukuba
Submitted to the Graduate Schoolof Science and Technology
Degree Programs in Systems andInformation Engineeringin Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the Degree of Master of ○○○○○
at theUniversity of TsukubaMonth 20＊＊Month and Year in the date ofcompletion(Month: September or March)

Abstract
This is a sample document for writing a thesis which will be submitted to the Degree
Programs in Systems and Information. The main purpose of this document is to reduce
the author's trouble in making title. Of course you can create your title page fromscratch. But your style must fulfill the requirements such as margins.

Contents
Chapter 1 ·········································································································· 1
Chapter 2 ·········································································································· 2
2.1
Title ····································································································· 2
2.2
Body ····································································································· 2
Acknowledgements ····························································································· 4
Bibliography ······································································································ 5iList of Figures
Figure 2.1 Example of Figure·········································································· 3iiChapter 1
Introduction
This is a sample document for writing a thesis which will be submitted to the Degree
Programs in Systems and Information. The main purpose of this document is to reduce
the author's trouble in making title. Of course you can create your title page fromscratch. But your style must fulfill the requirements such as margins.
This document is also prepared for intention of unifying the thesis style. You canwrite your thesis based on this document. This document does not include how towrite good thesis. So, you should consult advisor(s) about the concrete example of thesis
and other details.

1Chapter 2
FormatIn this chapter, we show how to fill the title and body.

2.1

Title

Title page has to include Title and Author and Major Field and Advisor and Date.

2.2

Body

Body should be described in single column.
Table 2.1 and Figure 2.1 are the examples. Tables and Figures must be shown with acaption. A caption for table will be put at the top of the table. A caption for figure will
be put at the bottom of the figure. Tables and Figures should be referred in the context.

Table 2.1 Sample of Table

Year
1995
1996
1997
1998

1st

2nd

85
83
88
144

2

92
89
87
93

3rd

86
90
91
90

4th

88
102
102
115

Figure 2.1 Example of Figure

See Help file or related document of Microsoft Word [1].
References are numbered and referred in the context.
referring to a related work as[2].

3

We will show concrete example ofAcknowledgements

4Bibliography[1] Steve Ballmer, Jim Allichin and Bill Gates, Office XP: Advanced Technique andExperiments of Office Soft wares, Journal of Microsoft Product Information, Vol. 3,
Number 2, pp. 129-138, November 2000 (fictitious paper).
[2] Randal E. Bryant, Graph-based algorithms for Boolean function manipulation, IEEE
Transactions on Computers, Vol. C-35, No. 8, pp. 677-691, August 1986.

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※Sample for Master’s Program in Policy and Planning Sciences andMaster’s Program in Service Engineering

The Example of Thesisat the Graduate Schoolof Science and Technology
Degree Programs in Systems and Information Engineering

Taro Tsukuba（Master’s Program in Policy and Planning Sciences）（Master’s Program in Service Engineering）

Co-advised by Daijiro Tsukuba
and Hanako Mito

Submitted to the Graduate Schoolof Science and Technology
Degree Programs in Systems andInformation Engineeringin Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the Degree of Master of ○○○○○○○
at theUniversity of TsukubaMonth 20＊＊Month and Year in the dateof completion(Month: September or March)Request for Screening of the Thesis (Sample)
第３項関係【博士課程前期】※オンライン提出のため省略

Related to Paragraph 3

Omitted for online submission.

学位プログラム
リーダー印

指導教員印

（※研究群長印省略）

学

位

論

文

審

査

Fill in the date ofsubmittingtheThesis願

Request for Screening of the Thesis
令和

Date:

年
月
日
dd/ mm/ yyyy

理工情報生命学術院長 殿
To: Executive Dean of the Graduate School of Science and Technology
筑波大学大学院博士課程理工情報生命学術院
システム情報工学研究群
学位プログラム
Graduate School of Science and Technology in the University of Tsukuba
Degree Programs in Systems and Information Engineering
Master’s Program in 〇〇〇〇
Please sign or seal next to yourtyping name and submit by PDF
file to manaba.

XXXX 年度入学
学籍番号 20XXXXXXX
Admission Year Student ID Number
氏名
〇〇 〇〇
印
Full Name
Seal/Signature

国立大学法人筑波大学学位規程第４条の規定により、修士（）の学位論文に下記の書類を添えて提出しますので、審査願います。
In accordance with Article 4 of the University of Tsukuba Degree Regulations, I hereby apply
for admission to the examination of my thesis to earn a Master of(〇〇〇〇) and submit my thesis along with the following documents.
Please fill in the name of the degree you記
plan to obtain:
Policy and Planning Sciences/Engineering in Service Science/Engineering
１ 論文概要 Summary１

通２ 論文目録 Table of Title and References

１

通

３ 履歴書 Curriculum Vitae

１

通４ 論文公正に関する確認書 Statement of Research Ethics

１

通

筑波大学

受理番号

Do not fill in

博士前期
課程修士

Be sure to fill in the student ID

Summary of the Thesis (Sample)（学籍番号 Student ID Number

20XXXXXX）

理工情報生命学術院システム情報工学研究群修士論文概要“Academic year” shall be regarded one year from
Graduate School of Science and Technology
April to March of next year. Those who obtain the
Degree Programs in Systems and Information Engineering
degree in September must fill in the current year

Summary of the Master’s Thesis

and those in March must fill in the previous year.
年 度

XXXX 年度

AY
学位プログラム
DegreeMaster‘ｓ Program in 〇〇〇

学位名
Degree Name
著者氏名

Program

Name

指導教員氏名 Supervisor’s Name TSUKUBA Daijiro
論文題目 Title of the Thesis

Write down the degree
Master of 〇〇〇〇TSUKUBA Taro

Write the name of your substantial
academic advisor together if your major is
Policy and Planning Sciences.

(例)The Example of Thesis at the Graduate School of Science and Technology(筑波大学大学院理工情報生命学術院における修士論文の書き方)
論文概要 Summary of the Thesis

Points to note;
1) Be sure to fill in the student ID number when you submit the thesis.
2) Write only the name of your main academic advisor in the prescribed column.
3) Write Japanese equivalents in parentheses after English title.
4) Keep one page with 10 point font size a standard.

※オンライン提出に用いるシステムの提出ログをもって本人証明とし、これを押印又は署名の代わりとする。

※Since the submission log of the online submission system will be treated as proof of your identity, your seal and signature
can be omitted.

Table of Title and References (Sample)
論

文

目

録

Table of Title and References
筑

波 大 学

University of Tsukuba

博士課程理工情報生命学術院システム情報工学研究群

学位プログラム

Graduate School of Science and Technology
Degree Programs in Systems and Information Engineering
Master’s Program in ○○○○○○○○

学籍番号Student ID No.

氏

20XXXXXXX

名Name

Follow paragraph 1of the Precautions

○○ ○○

１．
【論文題目

The Example of Thesis at the Graduate School of Science and Technology

Title of the Thesis】(筑波大学大学院理工情報生命学術院における博士論文の書き方)

２．
【印刷公表の方法および時期 How and when the publication in print was made】(Example)
The essential part of this Thesis is already published / planned to be published in the papers listed in the “Reference
Papers”, and also is being contributed as the paper below.
(1) Taro Tsukuba and Hanako Tsuchiura, “Getting All Solutions to Constraint Satisfaction Problems in Polynomial
Time", Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence.

３．
【参考論文 Reference Papers】

Follow paragraph 2, 6, 7of the Precautions

Follow paragraph 3, 5, 6, 7of the Precautions(Example)
The essential part of this Thesis has been published as (1) of the following, and the paper of (2) is planned to be
published.
- Published Papers(1) Taro Tsukuba and Hanako Tsuchiura, “Behavior of Misfit Dislocations in GaAs Epilayers Grown on si as Low
Temperature by Molecular Beam Epitaxy”, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., Vol.7, No.4, 2007, pp.23-30- Papers Accepted(2) Taro Tsukuba, “Implementation of Distributed Robot Control Systems with Transputers”, Trans. Of the SICE
(Transactions of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers) (Accepted)

４．
【その他の論文 Other Papers】(Example)- Published Papers(1) Taro Tsukuba and Hanako Tsuchiura, “…….
- Papers Accepted(2) Taro Tsukuba, “…….
- Presented Papers Without Review

Follow paragraph 4, 5, 6, 7of the Precautions(3) Taro Tsukuba and Hanako Tsuchiura, “…….
Precautions:
1. To the titles in English, affix the Japanese translation enclosed in parentheses.
2. In the field of “How and when the publication in print was made”, fill out only the single or joint authorship paper related
to the Thesis, with review and which is being contributed.
3. In the field of “Reference Papers”, fill out the single or joint authorship paper related to the Thesis, with review andwhich have been published or accepted.
4. In the field of “Other Papers”, fill out the papers applicable to the following according to the “Reference Papers”.
(1) Single or joint authorship paper with review, unrelated to the Thesis.
(2) Papers presented without review at a lecture meeting, etc. in Japan.
5. In the field of “Reference Papers”, categorize the papers “published” or “accepted” distinctly. Furthermore, in the field of“Other Papers”, categorize the papers “without review” distinctly.
6. Underline the name of the applicant.
7. Create the Index referring to “The Points to Complete in the Index of the Thesis”.

【The Points to Complete in the Index of the Thesis】
The Index of the Thesis is a list of the single or joint authorship papers of the applicant’s writings to which thefollowing apply, (a) to (d).
If you do not have any applicable papers, fill out – 1 “Subject of the Thesis”- only.
(a) Papers with review and have been published(b) Papers with review and have been accepted(c) Papers with review and is being submitted, but not accepted yet(d) Papers presented without review at a lecture meeting, etc. in Japan
１．【Subject of the Thesis】
Fill in the subject of the Thesis being submitted. To the titles in English, affix the Japanese translation enclosed inparentheses.
２．【How and when the publication in print was made】
Fill in the papers related to the Thesis being submitted and applicable to the above (c).
(Example)
The essential part of this Thesis is already published / planned to be published in the papers listed in the “Reference
Papers”, and also is being contributed as the paper below.
(1) Taro Tsukuba and Hanako Tsuchiura, “Getting All Solutions to Constraint Satisfaction Problems in Polynomial
Time", Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence.
３．【Reference Papers】
Fill in the Papers related to the Thesis being submitted and applicable to the above (a) and (b), categorizing them into(a) and (b).
(Example 1)
The essential part of this Thesis has been published as (1) and (2) in the following Reference Papers.
- Published Papers(1) Taro Tsukuba and Hanako Tsuchiura, “A Frequency Domain Repetitive Control Algorithm for Robot
Manipulators”, Proc. of the 2nd Motion and Vibration Control Conf. Yokohama, Aug. 2007, pp.12-20(2) Taro Tsukuba, “Research on XXXXX”, Journal of the Japanese Society for XXXXX, Vol.20, No.2, 2006,
pp.234-241(Example 2)
The essential part of this Thesis are planned to be published as the following papers- Papers Accepted(1) Taro Tsukuba, “Implementation of Distributed Robot Control Systems with Transputers”, Trans. Of the SICE
(Transactions of The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers) (Accepted and to be Published in Vol.7, No.4)(Example 3)
The essential part of this Thesis has been published as (1) of the following, and the paper of (2) is planned to be
published.
- Published Papers(1) Taro Tsukuba and Hanako Tsuchiura, “Behavior of Misfit Dislocations in GaAs Epilayers Grown on si as Low
Temperature by Molecular Beam Epitaxy”, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., Vol.7, No.4, 2007, pp.23-30- Papers Accepted(2) Taro Tsukuba, “Implementation of Distributed Robot Control Systems with Transputers”, Trans. Of the SICE
(Transactions of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers) (Accepted)
4. “Other Papers”
Fill in the Papers with review unrelated to the Thesis being submitted, categorizing them into above (a) and (b). Or,
fill in the presented papers without review at a lecture meeting, etc. in Japan as described in above (d), indicating thatinterest. To fill in the papers, refer to the way of filling in the papers in “Reference Papers”.

Curriculum Vitae (Sample)

履 歴〔学位論文審査用〕
理工情報生命学術院様式

書 （修士論文用）Curriculum Vitae※氏名を手書きする場合は、楷書ではっきりと記入してください。
If you write your name by hand, please write it clearly in block style.
学籍番号Fill in the date of submitting the Thesis

20XXXXXXX

Student ID No.

フリガナ

年

月

日現在）

Date of submitting the thesis: dd / mm / yyyy

アルベルト アインシュタイン

Katakana（令和

現住所
Address

郵便番号 〒305 - 8573

31-xxx, Ichinoya Dormitory,
氏

Albert Einstein

名University of Tsukuba,【Note】Your e-mail address and mobile phone number
Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken

Namee-mail
自宅電話（XXX） XXX － XXXXHome phone

Spell your name and katakana registeredon TWINS. 年月
Date (from - to)

携帯電話
Cell Phone

are needed to be asked something just in case.

xxx@xxx.xx.xx
Write them that are available until the completion
ceremony.

（XXX） XXXX － XXXX

学歴 (大学以上（高専修了者は高専以上）) ※在学生は記入不要
Academic History (after high school)*Current students do not need to fill out.

年 月～
年 月
（ 卒業修了・退学・除籍・())
Graduation / Withdrawal / Dismissal / Other (

)

年 月～
年 月
（ 卒業修了・退学・除籍・())
Graduation / Withdrawal / Dismissal / Other (

)

年 月～
年 月
（ 卒業修了・退学・除籍・())
Graduation / Withdrawal / Dismissal / Other (

)

年 月～
年 月
（ 卒業修了・退学・除籍・())
Graduation / Withdrawal / Dismissal / Other (

)

年 月～
年 月
（ 卒業修了・退学・除籍・())
Graduation / Withdrawal / Dismissal / Other (

年

月

)

職歴等 ※在学生は記入不要
Job History *Current students do not need to fill out.

Date (from - to)
年

月～

年

月

年

月～

年

月

年

月～

年

月

年

月～

年

月

※オンライン提出に用いるシステムの提出ログをもって本人証明とし、これを押印又は署名の代わりとする。

※Since the submission log of the online submission system will be treated as proof of your identity, your seal and signature can beomitted.

Statement of Research Ethics (Sample)
論文公正に関する確認書

Statement of Research Ethics

理工情報生命学術院長

殿

To: Executive Dean, Graduate School of Science and Technology

私は、提出した学位論文について、研究不正行為（捏造、改ざん及び盗用等）は行っておりません。

I confirm that there is absolutely no breach of research ethics (fabrication, falsification andplagiarism) on the submitted thesis.
Write Japanese equivalents in parentheses
after English title.

論文題目

Title of the thesis

The Example of Thesis at the Graduate School of Science andTechnology (筑波大学大学院理工情報生命学術院における論文の書き方)

指導教員
Supervisor
20XX 年TSUKUBA Daijiro〇

月

Date: (Year, Month, Day)〇日

学位プログラム名
Degree Program

Doctoral Program in 〇〇〇学籍番号20XXXXXX

Student ID Number

氏名
Name

TSUKUBA Taro

当該学位論文を剽窃チェックツール（iThenticate）により調査しました。

指導教員(自署)

筑波大二郎

Signature※オンライン提出に用いるシステムの提出ログをもって本人証明とし、これを押印又は署名の代わりとする。
※Since the submission log of the online submission system will be treated as proof of your identity, your sealand signature can be omitted.