Info about the As

The official graduation material

Note that you have to follow the rules of the academic year when you started your graduation work.

For students who started before the 2025-2026 academic year (P system), see the GEO2020 website

A0 (Preparation)

  1. Find a thesis topic and supervisors, either by picking from a topic from the list or by agreeing on a custom topic. Talk to the responsible Geomatics staff to know more about it and to confirm that you will do it.
  2. Fill in the form below.
  3. Before the A1 registration deadline, which is at the end of week 2, you should register your graduation project by submitting a case in MyCase. This includes submitting some details about you, a working title for the graduation project, the names of both of your supervisors, possibly the name of your co-reader (if you already have one), and the weeks in which you’ll reach the different As (use the graduation calendar).
  4. Together with your supervisors, schedule your A1 before the end of week 4. They will enter the date in the system (SuperSaaS) if it’s available, or through email if it’s not.

A1 (Kick-off)

If you don’t plan to do your A1 at the specified date, you must cancel your A1. Ask your responsible supervisor to withdraw your A1 registration in MyCase.

  1. Write a project proposal. If you want, you can use this template.
  2. At least one week before your A1, upload your graduation plan (thesis proposal) in MyCase. There will be additional pages to fill in if you’re doing your thesis at a company (external party), need a confidentiality agreement, or have human participants in your thesis. Make sure you do the “Ready for kick-off” task in MyCase so that your supervisors can read your proposal and enter your result in the system.
  3. Your supervisors will read your proposal. At the kick-off meeting, you will give a 15-minute presentation about your proposal, your supervisors will ask you questions about it and decide if it’s approved.
    • If you pass, together with your supervisors you should schedule the A3 and A4 before the registration deadline. If you want a specific co-reader (see A2), you should make sure they are available on the date of the A3.
    • If you don’t pass (retake), together with your supervisors you should schedule a new A1 date before the registration deadline.

A2 (Midterm)

  1. Discuss with your supervisors to know what you need to do for the midterm. It’s good practice to have a more structured meeting to discuss your progress and (updated) plans.
  2. Upload a document in MyCase, such as the slides used for this meeting, updated project plan or the thesis as it stands. Note that without that upload they cannot approve your midterm in the system. Once they have approved it, you will be marked as in the Green light phase.
  3. Pick a co-reader. This person will read and send feedback/questions to your supervisors. This person is chosen by your supervisors and you. It’s the best person at TU Delft for the topic, but outsiders from other universities are allowed (and can attend online). The way you approach the co-reader is up to you, but an email with a short summary of the project and the A3 and A4 dates is a good option.

A3 (Green light)

If you don’t plan to do your A3 at the specified date, you must cancel your A3. Do it by sending an email to your 2 supervisors, the co-reader, the delegate, and to graduation-bk@tudelft.nl.

  1. At least one week before your A3, you must register that you have completed the required parts of your study, check the personal information for your diploma, fill in the final title of your thesis and upload your final graduation report (thesis) in MyCase and to the Brightspace Plagiarism Scan page. You should also send your thesis to the co-reader if they don’t have access to it through MyCase. Make sure you do the “Ready for green light” task in MyCase so that your supervisors can read your thesis and enter your result in the system.
  2. Your supervisors and co-reader will read your submission. The first supervisor will check the Plagiarism Scan results. At the green light meeting, you will give a 20-minute technical presentation about your thesis and your supervisors and co-reader will ask questions about it and decide if it’s approved.
    • If you pass (continue to Finalisation), you must do your A4 in the following period (~2 weeks).
    • If you don’t (retake), together with your supervisors you should schedule new A3 and A4 dates before the registration deadline.

A4 (Finalisation)

  1. At least one day before your A4, you must upload your graduation report and A4 presentation in MyCase. Make sure you do the “Ready for assessment” task in MyCase so that your supervisors can look at your presentation and enter your result in the system.
  2. At the finalisation meeting, you will give a 15-minute presentation for a lay audience to your supervisors and everyone else that you’ve invited. Your supervisors will ask questions about it and decide your final mark according to the rubric.
  3. Maximum 1 day after the A4, you have to upload your final thesis to the TU Delft repository, and please follow these rules. If you don’t do it, you won’t receive your diploma supplement.
  4. Terminate your enrolment using Studielink and fill out the exit survey that was sent to your email by the Education Advice team (educationadvice-bk@tudelft.nl).