Instructions on obtaining a final thesis topic and preparing the final thesis
For the academic year 2025/2026, the Committee for Final and Diploma Theses of the Faculty will meet according to the following schedule: 11 November 2025. (topic applications must be submitted by 28 October 2025 via email to referada@fpz.unizg.hr), 10 February 2026, 14 April 2026 and 19 May 2026 (topics returned for revision).
Application for final thesis topics for the Committee meeting in April 2026
Students who are enrolling in the final thesis for the first time in the academic year 2025/2026, or re-enrolling in the final thesis, will be able to apply for topics from 9 to 23 March 2026 via ISVU Studomat. Students are required to send the Request for Access to Final Thesis Preparation, signed by the mentor, to referada@fpz.unizg.hr by 31 March 2026 at 13:00.
Important: When sending the Request for Access to Final Thesis Preparation, the student must include the mentor’s email address in cc, and the attachment name must be defined as follows: JMBAG_Request_final_thesis_Surname_Name_Programme.
Students will select the topic/mentor through ISVU Studomat. The procedure for selecting and applying for a topic, obtaining the thesis assignment, and preparing the final thesis is explained in detail in the Instructions for the Registration, Preparation and Defense of Final and Diploma Theses. The application procedure through ISVU Studomat is described in detail in the instructions published through the Merlin system.
Schedule of final thesis defense dates for all study programmes
For the period from November 2025 to September 2026: 25 November 2025, 10 March 2026, 5 May 2026, 2 June 2026, 14 July 2026, 1 September 2026, and 15, 16, 17 and 18 September 2026.
Important: A student may register the final thesis for a defense date only after at least 40 working days have passed since the Committee meeting for Final and Diploma Theses at which the topic was accepted.
Students are required to send the final version of the thesis and the Confirmation in electronic form (PDF format, named for the thesis as “studentJMBAG.pdf” and for the Confirmation as “confirmation_studentJMBAG.pdf”) to referadaiknjiznica@fpz.unizg.hr, with the mentor’s email address copied, no later than eight (8) days before the defense date.
Important: In order to fulfil all obligations required for completion of studies and to prepare and submit the final thesis properly, students must complete all steps of application, preparation and submission in accordance with the Instructions for the Registration, Preparation and Defense of Final and Diploma Theses. The recommendation of the Committee for Final and Diploma Theses is that a final thesis prepared in accordance with the Instructions should be sent to the mentor by email for review no later than 30 working days before the defense date the candidate plans to attend.
Before sending the final version of the thesis and the Confirmation to referadaiknjiznica@fpz.unizg.hr, with the mentor’s email address copied, students are required to return all library materials borrowed from the Library of the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences.
