We have found that proposing, registering and submitting the thesis is an administratively intensive and often painful process.
It involves many parties, the administration or the student advisors, the professors and the students - and it requires a lot of communication, negotiation and organisation.
Most of the time, communication happens through emails and phone calls, and registration and submission take place in paper form. Especially considering the current situation, a digitial solution is critical.
Inspired by the needs of Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, we created a submission system that would reflect existing workflows and allow users to complete the thesis process online.
The solution needed to consider how to:
We conducted extensive user research and applied the design thinking process to ensure we fully understood all aspects in the workflow. Through a combination of activity-centred design, user-centred design, and the application of human-computer interaction research, we created a system to model the process.
The result:
SuSy – your online Submission System. SuSy provides an intuitive solution in the university sector to manage the complete thesis process.
SuSy enables your administration to maximise benefits from digitalisation and minimise costs.
Students
Your supervisors
Administrative staff