Fields in the DiVA form
You can find your registration drafts under My Drafts.
Author
Enter first and last name. If there are multiple authors, click on Additional authors and fill in the co-author details.
Authors should be listed in the order they appear on the title page of the paper
Department or Division
Click on Select organisation and select the appropriate department. Alternatively, navigate the tree structure using the plus (+) and minus (-) buttons until you find the correct institution. This is not a mandatory field in the form, but you should fill it in as most departments require it. This will forward the submission to the thesis administrator who can publish the thesis.
E-mail address
If you have entered your e-mail address, you will receive a confirmation when the thesis has been registered.
An additional confirmation will be sent to you once the paper has been published. The e-mail address is not visible in DiVA.
If you have collaborated with a company or organisation outside the university, indicate this here.
Check Yes and then enter the name of the company or organisation.
Enter the title of the thesis, subtitle (if applicable), and the language of the title.
If your thesis has an alternative title in another language, you can enter it in the field for Alternative title.
Select the degree and the number of credits of the thesis.
Indicate your degree programme and/or course. This is not mandatory information in the form but a number of departments require it. This information will help the thesis reach the thesis administrator responsible for publishing it.
Year
Enter the year in which the thesis was approved.
Number of pages
Enter the number of pages. Enter the last numbered page of the essay. Appendices should not be included in the number of pages.
If your thesis is part of a publication series, please select the name of the series from the list. Then enter the series number of your thesis.
If the series is not in the list, fill in the fields under Other series.
Note! The series can be an important piece of information to enter in order for the thesis administrator at your department to find your thesis. If you are unsure whether to enter the series in DiVA, double-check with your department.
Ignore these fields if your department has not provided special instructions.
Specify the subject of the thesis. The suggestion for national subject category feature may be helpful.
Click on Choose subject category and use the search box or navigate through the subject tree using the plus sign (+).
More than one subject category can be selected if desired. Choose the one closest to your topic, it does not have to be an exact match.
Keywords
If possible, include some keywords to describe your work. This will help other people find your thesis.
Keywords should be separated by commas.
Specify the language of the keywords
Abstract
The summary at the beginning of your paper should be filled in.
Make sure that it looks tidy and that no redundant characters are included.
This field is not mandatory but it may increase interest in your paper.
If you paste text from Word or another word processing program, unwanted formatting may be included.
To avoid this, click on the Paste as text icon 
and then paste the abstract.
Specify the language of the abstract.
Fill in the names of the supervisor and examiner.