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Guidelines on writing an errata list

It is not possible to make any significant changes to doctoral theses before they go to print. You can make technical changes, for example you  can correct spelling mistakes. You document the changes in a list of errors and send it to the Faculty.

The limits on what you are allowed to change are set because the thesis that is printed before the public defence must be the same as the thesis the committee has approved as worthy of defence for a PhD. The fact that it must be “the same thesis” means that you cannot make corrections that change the meaning or content of the thesis.

The only changes that candidates are allowed to make are of a “technical” nature, such as spelling mistakes, punctuation errors, mistakes in quotes, and inadequate references or errors in references. Candidates are also allowed to create indexes that are added at the end of the thesis. The errata list should be written in the same language as the thesis.

You do not have to list changes to the acknowledgements-section in the errata list. 

The errata list showing the changes that have been made must be presented to the Faculty at the latest four weeks before the public defence. The errata list is emailed to the Faculty's PhD Coordinator.

Errata list:

Errata list

Doctoral candidate: Bjørn Hansen

Title of thesis: Fellinis male charachters in 8 1/2 and La Dolce Vita – from a feminist perspective

Abbreviations for different types of corrections:
Cor – correction of language
Cpltf – change of page layout or text format
 

Page/Line/FootnoteOriginal text(type of correction) Corrected text
vi / 8 /“… Marcello Pastorianni personafies an archaic masculine idea …”(Cor) “… Marcello Mastroianni personifies an archaic masculine ideal…”
22 / / 16”8 ½ HAS BEEN HALED AS THE FIRST TRUELY SUCCESSFULL ATTEMPT at transferring the legacy of pirandello to the movie screen.”(Cpltf/Cor) “8 ½ has been haled as the first truly successful attempt at transferring the legacy of Pirandello to the movie screen.”

 

Published June 23, 2026 2:54 PM - Last modified Aug. 25, 2026 9:53 AM