FOR PHD STUDENTS

Feedback on your chapter —before your supervisor reads it.

Upload a thesis chapter, article draft or full dissertation and get structured, reviewer-style feedback in minutes: argument, methods, literature positioning and clarity. Fix the obvious problems yourself, and spend supervision time on the ones that actually need your supervisor.

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IN SHORT

Can AI review my thesis chapter?

Yes. Thesify reads a thesis chapter the way a supervisor or examiner would — checking whether your argument holds, your methods support your claims, your literature review positions the work, and your writing is clear. You get a structured report with severity levels and concrete suggestions in minutes.

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To a full report on a chapter
Every section
From abstract to references
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Same day

A full chapter critique while the work is still fresh, instead of waiting weeks for written comments.

Every section

Introduction, literature review, methods, results and discussion — each one critiqued in turn.

Private

Your draft is never shared, never sold, and never used to train AI models.

See your chapter throughan examiner’s eyes.

Thesify works through your draft section by section and tells you what a critical reader would question: claims that outrun the evidence, methods that need justifying, a contribution that is not yet stated plainly. Each issue comes with a severity level and a concrete suggestion, so you know what to fix first.

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Section-by-section feedback on a thesis chapter

Find the literatureyou have not read yet.

Search 200 million peer-reviewed articles semantically, not by keyword, and get structured digests of the papers that matter — key findings, methods and limitations. Thesify never invents a reference, so everything you cite is real and checkable.

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WHAT IT CHECKS

The things your committee will ask about.

Thesify evaluates a chapter against the standards a supervisor, examiner or reviewer applies — so nothing obvious is left for them to find.

Argument & contribution

Is your contribution stated clearly, and does the chapter actually deliver what it promises?

Methodology & rigor

Are your methods justified, reproducible, and appropriate for the claims you draw from them?

Literature positioning

Does your review build an argument for your work, or only summarise what others have done?

Structure & signposting

Does each section do its job, and can a reader follow the thread from question to conclusion?

Clarity & academic tone

Is the writing precise and readable, with hedging that matches the strength of your evidence?

Evidence & citations

Is every claim supported, and are your references accurate and appropriate?

INTEGRITY & PRIVACY

Feedback you can tell your supervisor about.

Thesify is built to strengthen your own writing, not to produce text for you. Everything it does is something you could describe in a viva without hesitation.

It never writes your thesis

Thesify comments, questions and suggests. The words in your dissertation stay yours.

No training on your draft

Your work is never used to train AI models, and never shared with anyone.

EU / Swiss data protection

Full compliance with GDPR and Swiss data protection law, with EU-based processing.

Real references only

Every source comes from a verified index of published literature — no invented citations.

You control your data

Delete a document and it is gone from our servers. You decide what stays.

How does it work?

Upload a chapter, read the report, revise with your supervisor’s time saved for the hard questions.

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Upload your document

Begin by uploading your academic work — whether it's a thesis chapter, research paper, or grant proposal. Thesify securely handles your file, ensuring your content remains private and protected.

Upload your document

02

Receive detailed feedback

Within moments, Thesify provides a comprehensive evaluation. You'll see strengths, areas for improvement, and actionable insights across key rubrics like thesis statement quality, evidence use, and overall structure.

Receive detailed feedback

03

Revise and refine

Use the feedback to make targeted improvements. Address key issues, strengthen your arguments, and ensure your writing aligns with academic standards.

Revise and refine

04

Share with collaborators

Once your feedback is ready, invite collaborators to Thesify and review together, sharing notes, sparking conversations, and building on each other's ideas.

Share with collaborators

05

Download and submit with confidence

Download our report to facilitate changes. Once revisions are complete, your work will be submission-ready — turn your writing into a submission that stands out for all the right reasons.

Download and submit with confidence

Ready to hand in your chapter?

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Not a chatbot with a thesis prompt.

General-purpose AI will happily write your chapter and invent the citations. Thesify reviews the chapter you wrote, against academic standards, using real literature.

Feature
ChatGPT
Thesify Reviewer
Won't hallucinate citations
RISK
YES
Up to date with latest research
NO
YES
Your data stays private
RISK
YES
Improves your writing, not replaces it
NO
YES
Designed for academic standards
NO
YES
Safe to recommend to students
NO
YES

What researchers are saying

Andy Stapleton

Andy Stapleton

@DrAndyStapleton

It is the academic tool kit we have been waiting for. There's so many ways you could use this, but ultimately, for what it does - give you feedback, making sure you're meeting academic standards - it doesn't get much better at the moment.

Neha Agrawal

Neha Agrawal

@WiseUpCommunications

I was super impressed with the evaluation because it was able to pick up minute, yet important gaps in my research, which even a well-read professor would have missed out. With this kind of in-depth feedback, you can be quite sure that your work is going to meet the requirements of your supervisor and peer-review process of journals.

Amina Yonis

Amina Yonis

@DrAminaYonis

It's a beautiful tool because it not only enhances your writing but also increases your confidence by maintaining your unique tone while explaining the rationale behind each improvement.

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Frequentlyasked questions.

Is using Thesify on my thesis academic misconduct? +

No. Thesify does not write or rewrite your thesis — it gives you feedback on the draft you wrote, in the same way a writing centre, a colleague or your supervisor would. You remain the sole author of every sentence. If your institution has a policy on AI assistance, Thesify is designed to sit comfortably inside it, and we recommend disclosing tool use where your policy asks for it.

Will my supervisor mind that I used it? +

Most supervisors welcome it, because it means the draft they receive has already had the obvious problems removed. Supervision time then goes to the substantive questions — framing, interpretation, the direction of the project — instead of structure and clarity issues you could have fixed yourself.

Can it review a single chapter, or does it need the whole thesis? +

Either. You can upload one chapter, a section, a conference paper or the complete dissertation. Feedback is always structured around the sections present in what you upload.

Is my unpublished work safe? +

Yes, and this matters most for unpublished research. Your uploads are encrypted, never shared, never sold and never used to train AI models. You can delete a document at any time, and deletion is permanent.

How is this different from ChatGPT? +

ChatGPT generates text and regularly invents citations. Thesify is built for academic writing: it evaluates your draft against academic standards, grounds literature search in a verified index of 200 million articles, and never fabricates references. It is closer to a demanding second reader than to a writing machine.

Does it work for a thesis that is not in English? +

Thesify performs best on English-language drafts today. You can upload work in other languages, but the depth of feedback on argument and phrasing will be strongest in English.

academic integrity.

Your draft stays yours. Every word of it.

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