To assist students in their thesis writing, particularly about the substance of the writing, a thesis supervisor will be assigned individually for each student, taking into account the lecturer’s competence on the thesis topic. The thesis supervisor will be selected by the Head of the Study Program from permanent lecturers at the Faculty of Law Universitas Gadjah Mada. Students who wish to undertake thesis writing in a semester must first ensure that they must input Thesis in their Study Plan for the related semester, and have passed or currently taking Research Methodology in the same semester s/he wishes to write a thesis. As regards the submission of the thesis topic, students must follow the following procedures:

1. Before applying for Thesis writing, a student shall meet the following requirements;
   • A student shall take courses of “Research Proposal Seminar” and “Thesis” in his/her KRS. 
   • Minimum GPA 3.00
   • Has completed or is undertaking a course of “Methodology of Legal Research and Legal Writing”  
   • Has completed five concentration courses under his or her cluster. 
2. If eligible, a student may submit the completed application form together with the Study Plan (KRS) and Transcript via email to mih.law@ugm.ac.id cc to bernaduspurnawan@ugm.ac.id and rdachlan@ugm.ac.id with its subject “Application For LLM Thesis Writing (name of student)”. 
3. Having submitted thesis topics, the Study Program will invite the student to determine the proposed thesis topics. After the topic has been determined, the student shall apply the Thesis via simaster under the menu “Tugas Akhir“. Please choose category => “Tugas Akhir” and Jenis => “Thesis”
4. After this, the Study Program will coordinate with the Head of Departments to appoint a thesis supervisor who has expertise with the topic; The chosen topic is based on the research focus and strategy developed by the Program
5. Having been appointed a thesis supervisor, the student sees his/her thesis supervisor and delivers his/her intention to write a thesis under the supervision of the lecturer. At this stage, the supervisor is authorized to adjust the proposed topic, if necessary;
6. Having been approved a thesis topic by his/her assigned supervisor, the students shall complete the Master Thesis Consultation Record ;

Meanwhile, thesis supervision is conducted under the following rules and procedures:

1. Thesis supervision will commence as soon as a student submits his/her Research Proposal. The student should consult his/her assigned supervisors when writing such a proposal;
2. Within two months, with an allowable delay of one month, after approval of the thesis topic, the student should have obtained approval of the Research Proposal from his/her assigned supervisor;
3. Having been approved and signed by the supervisor for his/her research proposal, the student may apply for a seminar by submitting three printed copies of the research proposal with red color paper for their cover to the academic secretariat. In addition, the students shall complete the online application form with the following supporting documents;
   • Application for Research Proposal Seminar
   • KRS 
   • Transcript from simaster
   • Draft of research proposal in PDF format.
4. Having passed and completed the Research Proposal Seminar, the student is obliged to submit a Validation Sheet which has been signed by the board of examiners as a requirement to issue the grade.
5. Next, the student continues  his/her research and thesis writing;
6. Thesis supervision is conducted in the manner agreed upon by the student and his/her supervisor, considering norms and ethics that are generally accepted;
7. Within six months, and an allowable delay of two months, after the approval of the Research Proposal, the student shall have been prepared with a draft thesis and defense;
8. The student is allowed to receive advice and supervision from his/her assigned supervisor only if they have input a course of “Thesis” in his/her Study Plan (KRS).

When a thesis writing and supervision is completed, the student shall apply for thesis defense, under the following rules and procedures:

1. Before applying a thesis defense a student shall submit a draft of the thesis for similarities checking at Turnitin with no more than 20% similarities found at Turnitin via this link: ugm.id/turnitinFH;
2. A student who has submitted turnitin may contact academic staff to cek the result.
3. Having passed the Turnitin similarities, a student is allowed to apply thesis defense by submitting the following documents to the secretariat;
   • Three printed copies of the thesis draft which have been approved and signed by the supervisor with red color paper for their covers.
   • Three printed copies of the publication manuscript with red color paper for their covers.
4. In addition to that, a student shall complete the online application form with the following supporting documents;
   • Thesis defense application form.
   • Study Plan (KRS).
   • Academic transcript from simaster.
   • Thesis draft in PDF format.
   • Publication manuscript draft in PDF format.
5. A thesis defense is held by a panel of examiners, comprising one lecturer being the Chief Examiner, and two lecturers as Member Examiners;
6. Before the defense, students must prepare a presentation (preferably, MS PowerPoint slides), and dress in proper attire.
7. Having passed and completed the Thesis defense, the student shall submit the “Thesis Revision Form” that has been signed by board of examiners to the Academic secretariat as a requirement to issue the final grade.