How to use the Thesis & Dissertation Planner
- Enter your start date and submission deadline.
- Add your target word count and working days per week.
- Use the milestones to plan supervisor meetings and check you're on track.
What does this tool do?
A thesis is too big to plan in your head. The planner divides your time into eight phases in proportions typical of a research project — leaving proper time for data collection, analysis and a full revision round.
It also estimates how many words to write per writing day, so the target feels manageable.
Why use it?
- Eight research phases.
- Dated milestones.
- Words per writing day.
Privacy
The calculation happens instantly in your browser. The numbers you enter are not sent to our servers or saved. There's no account to create and nothing to install.
Last reviewed by the M2Toolkit team.