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Thesis defence template for PowerPoint
Defend a thesis: the problem, the contribution, the evidence, the limits and what next.
Free: it uses no credits. You get your own copy to edit, in the look you pick here.
Look: Warm
- Consulting
- Executive Dark
- Minimal
- Editorial
- Product
- Data Report
- Forest
- Warm
- Midnight
- Clean Blue
- Slate
- Ledger
- Navy and Gold
- Teal Office
- Electric
- Sunset
- Cobalt Pop
- Citrus
- Studio
- Magazine
- Blueprint
- Gallery
- Retro
- Neon Night
- Carbon
- Aurora
- Plum
- Night Blueprint
- Pastel
- Blush
- Mint
- Sand
- Sky
When to use it
Use it to defend a thesis, setting out the problem, your contribution, the evidence and its limits.
How to use it
- Make your own copy. It opens in the editor, where you can change the theme and edit anything.
- Fill in the fields below, and answer the question each slide asks with your own content and numbers.
- Download it as an editable PowerPoint file, or as a PDF. The file is reopened and checked before it is offered.
Slide by slide
- [thesis title] [author] · [institution] · [date]
- The problem What is the research question? Why does it matter?
- What I contribute What is new in this work?
- How I tested it Design, Evidence, Analysis
- What I found What is the main finding? How strong is the evidence?
- Limits and next steps Limits, Next
- Next steps Thank you: I welcome your questions.
Fields to fill
Fill them once in the editor, or from a spreadsheet to make one copy per client. Where a slide needs content, it asks the question it must answer instead of showing a made-up answer.
{{thesis_title}}{{author}}{{institution}}{{date}}