Are You Prepared for Your Thesis Defense Presentation?

Can you relax after completing your thesis? Actually, no. Many students become nervous about the upcoming thesis defense. I have a good method that has helped alleviate pre-defense anxiety over the years - preparing a thesis defense presentation. The thesis defense presentation is equivalent to a speech draft. Preparing a good speech draft can increase confidence in public speaking, and the same applies to defense. Let’s see how to prepare a thesis defense presentation.

The writing of the thesis defense presentation can be divided into the following steps:

1. Start with self-introduction. Clearly state what your thesis topic is, and be concise.

2. Discuss the purpose and significance of this graduation thesis design.

3. Then talk about the structure and main content of the thesis. The main logic is to show your research process to the teachers, both to make your research content clearer to the teachers and to demonstrate the workload of your thesis.

4. Finally, summarize and point out the shortcomings of this thesis and system. This part involves presenting the conclusions of the thesis to the defense teachers based on time constraints. If time allows, you can elaborate in detail; if time is limited, you can present in bullet points.

Several issues to pay attention to during the thesis defense presentation:

1. If you didn’t hear the question clearly, you can ask the defense teacher to repeat it, but do so with a sincere and polite attitude.

2. When encountering a question you truly don’t understand, don’t panic or rush. You can ask the defense teacher for hints. The defense teacher will change the questioning strategy, using启发式引导式的问题 to reduce the difficulty. If you really don’t understand a certain question, humbly ask the teacher for advice. Try to争取老师的提示 to respond skillfully.

3. When your观点不一致 with the teacher’s, you can discuss with the teacher, but pay special attention to politeness. The defense itself is a very serious matter, and absolutely no争吵 with the teacher is allowed. Debate should be conducted in a civilized manner.

Writing your thesis carefully, revising and checking it thoroughly after completion, conducting thesis detection and plagiarism check before submission, and finally getting approval from the teacher - these have already proven and affirmed that your thesis has no problems. Everyone just needs to be confident in expressing it and deliver an outstanding defense. I hope this thesis defense presentation can help everyone succeed in their defense.