HOW TO WRITE AN EXCELLENT MASTERS THESIS | Dissertation tips that got me a distinction

In this video I share my best tips on how to write an excellent thesis. I did my masters dissertation in social science. Here I share some tips on how to structure your dissertation, how to plan your thesis, how to use different software (like reference management tools and others). I also share my own techniques on how to manage your text's structure and depth and - finally - I share some tips how to be a good team with your dissertation supervisor. I also touch on writing essays and research proposal. I graduated from the University of Bristol in the UK (ranked 58 in 2021 according to QS Ranking) with distinction.
I believe this tutorial and advice will give you some tips and tricks to do a great job with your dissertation! Message me if you got any questions.
VIDEO CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
01:56 My own dissertation
04:40 Planning techniques
08:26 A tool for working with texts
12:59 Software to use
17:55 Supervisor advice
Thank you Dr. Rafael Mitchel for being such a super supervisor!
Thank you my wife Regina for your selfless support during my studies.
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[@IlnurMiftakhov]

By the way, I do provide paid tutoring sessions to help you deal with your masters dissertation. If you are struggling with it and feel like you need help, do message me (here in comments, on Istagram or Facebook)

[@dinabrioni9353]

Hello:) Do you still provide such tutoring sessions?

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Hello, yes, we can discuss it. Please DM me if you have an Instagram account. Or email me, you can find my email in my channel info section.

[@daffodilwanders4135]

Hi, sorry, just realised that you didn't mention what you covered in chapter 1, unless I missed it? But I listened to it twice:) can you tell us what you focused the first chapter on? I'm trying to understand the structure. Many thanks

[@daffodilwanders4135]

sorry, just realised you had the Intro in chapter 1. I didn't see it at first! thank you

[@dvp6205]

Your thesis is so similarly structured to what I was looking for in my own research, you've saved me so much pain of looking into endless boring guides on this. Thank you so so so much!

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Yay, that's great! Thank you for your feedback. That's what I love about KZbin - you make a video just once and it then keeps helping people. Yay!

[@myrzakarimov843]

This is an excellent explanation! Good job Ilnur!

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Good luck with your thesis, Myrza!

[@ferdinandezeaniekwe3765]

Thanks for sharing your experience and tips, especially the structure and planning which I believe makes everything easy.

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

I am happy it was useful. Thank you for your feedback! 🔆

[@sarimmehtabhasan7249]

Probably the best video on Master Thesis, thanks alot

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Good luck with your thesis!

[@helenahu]

Excellent, timeless video - thank you

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Thank you! I am happy it was useful 🔆

[@Brandnew2024]

love this! Great job Ilnur

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Hey Melisa! Great to see you here! Remember how we met last year and had that seminar for the students? Oh, miss it

[@Brandnew2024]

@@IlnurMiftakhov good times😁

[@mervecagsirli8839]

Probably, you made the best dissertation writing guideline video. Countless thanks for your amazing presentation

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Oh, thank you for that! I feel so blessed that this video can be useful to so many people - you just upload it online and it keeps generating new knowledge and benefits people. Thank you

[@emmajk7433]

Hello! You are such a big inspiration to me! Thank you for your video!!!

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Wow, thank you! I wish you to get your thesis done perfectly in no time!

[@leakeice]

This was excellent. Keep it up 👌🏾

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Thank you!

[@yufeiwu8413]

That's helpful, thank you!

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

You are very welcome!

[@guneleyvazli823]

Super useful. Thank you very much for the video

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Yay!

[@m.kamalmkhallalati119]

Thank you sooo much< as a stdents who write its thesis your adivce was helpfull.

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

I'm glad it was helpful!

[@user-cv4jd4ds9c]

That's helpful, thanks!

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!

[@ghefiraschannel182]

Hello, thank you for this video. It's very informative and I will definitely start learning the Gantt Table now. I also love your tips in dealing with supervisor. Can you do a more elaborate video on determining the Research Question? Since you said it's 50% of dissertation mark. I'm having trouble finding the Research Gap between the existing literature and existing phenomenon/problems found.

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Great that you found the tips useful! Yes, research question is the key indeed. Finding the research gap is a crucial skill not only for the dissertation needs but for being an effective thinker too - in fact, I love this topic so much. I can't promise that I will make a video on that issue in the near future but let me think about it, maybe I will, I should think about it first. Thank you for your feedback and comment!

[@rinattaziyev3535]

Thanks for sharing

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Yay! Thank you for watching! Hope it was useful 😊

[@carolinnavbatista]

Hi! Thank you so much for this video. It would be amazing if you could provide the template you used for your research proposal! I found it super well structured and really liked it 😊

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Well, technically, it wasn't meant to be provided but I should think about it 😊

[@edpog]

Классное видео, много полезной информации

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Здорово! Рад, что полезно 👍 Очень живая для меня информация, сам постоянно пользуюсь

[@MyEClassinBytes]

Im studying for my EdD this semester. This video is really helpful 😊

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Oh wow! Where do you study? How many years is it going to take you? I am also thinking about doing PhD at some point but still preparing myself for that - 4-5 years is huge!

[@MyEClassinBytes]

@@IlnurMiftakhov in the same school I'm working. We have the benefit to study for free tuition. I think it will take me 4 years or even more to finish my doctorate program. I just started last summer. 😊

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Wow, that's a big luck to be able to study for free! I can only hope for some kind of scholarship somewhere. Hopefully, fingers crossed. In fact, it would be interesting to see your video about doing doctorate

[@MyEClassinBytes]

@@IlnurMiftakhov that's good idea. I'll put it on my future video ideas. Thanks for the suggestion! 😀

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Yay, great. I will be waiting for it 👍

[@karmacheme8421]

Thankyou Sir

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

You are very welcome!

[@SohaniMehzabin]

Thank you.

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

You are very welcome!

[@anac4950]

Thanks thanks thanks ❤

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Yay, welcome!

[@philipburns8017]

Thank you, I'm finding this video extremely helpful. I am now creating my own GANTT chart. Do you mind if I take a few bits of yours and include it in mine?

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Sure! I'm glad it is helpful

[@philipburns8017]

Thanks so much! 😀@@IlnurMiftakhov

[@sinazand154]

Not me finding this gem 24 hours before my deadline 😂

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Yay, still, good luck to you with your thesis 😂

[@daffodilwanders4135]

this is super helpful! so in the UK you can write a 13000-15000 word master's thesis as a minimum? I thought it would be longer :)

[@daffodilwanders4135]

I mean 13000-15000 max?

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Yes :) At least that was the case when I was writing me thesis

[@kamilatulebaeva6854]

Thanks, Ilnur for such great tips! I am preparing to write my thesis right now. And everyone is telling me that it is so hard so complicated. But after your video, I am sure I can make it! Only a question to you or ask if you can share with your personal documents to which you are referring in the video. If it is not I will understand ))

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Hi Kamila, thank you for your feedback. What do you mean by my personal documents?

[@kamilatulebaeva6854]

@@IlnurMiftakhov you showed the outline (draft) and your workflowy

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

I am afraid I can't share these 🔆

[@kamilatulebaeva6854]

@@IlnurMiftakhov It is ok. Thank you)

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

But I can tell here that it is just important to make your work and drafts as clear as possible. Using tables and numbers and systemizing everything is a great thing to do 🙏

[@dolbied]

@ilnurmiftakhov Great video, thanks. How do I set up the word count function in Workflowy? I've set it up but this option isn't obvious. Many thanks.

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

There is no word count function in Workflowy (at least not that I know of). The numbers that I demonstrated in the video I had typed in manually 😃

[@dolbied]

@@IlnurMiftakhov Oh I see haha. Thanks for your response!

[@daffodilwanders4135]

there is a "count" command that prompts a word count kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYHPYZdtZdCNl5I&ab_channel=WorkFlowyAcademy

[@lakhnechahmed2735]

I am Ahmed from Algeria, I am 51 years old. I would like to complete a Ph.D. in budgetary management. What universities can I accept and be less expensive and that provide training in my specialization? What is the way to convince the supervisor and how do I find a PhD project that is acceptable to my supervisor? Thank you....

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

Hello Ahmed. I think you should have a look at a KZbin channel called Andy Stapleton. Andy is far more knowledgeable in the topic of doing PhD than I am. Here is the link: kzbin.info/door/FqXmQ56-Gp1rIKa-GoAJvQ

[@TheMarmite09]

The structure triangle doesn't make sense to me at all. So are you saying the bigger the dissertation the more number of words you need to have at the start? your triangle is inverted so it seems to me what you're saying is that the bigger the dissertation the smaller number of words at the start and then you go in depth as you go along. Is this what you mean?

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

The triangle model gives you a structure and number of words you need to adhere to in every single section of your dissertation. So that you if your triangle says you can only afford 1000 words in your Introduction Chapter, you don't do it 2000 words, otherwise the whole dissertation will suffer. That's basically it.

[@michalkraviansky692]

@@IlnurMiftakhov to be honest, it is self-explanatory and logical, I do not see any need for the triangle whatsoever

[@kollisoraya2938]

Thank you what do you think about mendeley?

[@IlnurMiftakhov]

I used Mendeley myself. I rather liked it to be fair. It definitely could be made more convenient and user-friendly, but overall it did its job.