Thesis Management System

Modern, role-based web platform for managing undergraduate/graduate thesis/diploma projects in academic departments.

Status: Early / In development
Target users: Students · Thesis Supervisors (Professors) · Department Secretaries
License: MIT — feel free to use, modify and share (add a LICENSE file if missing)

✨ What this project does

A complete web application that helps university departments digitize and streamline the lifecycle of thesis/diploma work:

• Student-facing: topic selection, proposal submission, progress tracking, document uploads, supervisor communication
• Professor-facing: topic proposals, student applications, progress supervision, grading, document review & feedback
• Secretary-facing: administrative oversight, registration validation, defense scheduling, protocol keeping, statistics

Built with simplicity, clarity and real academic workflows in mind.

🛠 Tech Stack

Layer	Technology	Notes
Backend	PHP 7.4 – 8.x	Procedural + some modular structure
Database	MySQL / MariaDB	Schema in project24.sql
Frontend	HTML5, CSS3, vanilla JavaScript	Minimal framework usage
Styling	Custom CSS (style_login.css + others)	Responsive (partially)
Authentication	Session-based	login.php / logout.php
Common utilities	db_connect.php, init.php	Shared configuration & helpers

No heavy frontend frameworks (React/Vue), no Composer dependencies — kept intentionally lightweight and deployable on almost any shared hosting.

🎯 Main Roles & Features (planned / partially implemented)

• 👨‍🎓 Student

  • View available thesis topics
  • Submit interest / application for a topic
  • Upload proposal, progress reports, final thesis
  • See status, deadlines, supervisor feedback

• 👨‍🏫 Professor / Supervisor

  • Publish new thesis topics (with title, description, prerequisites)
  • Review & accept/reject student applications
  • Monitor student progress
  • Provide feedback & upload evaluation

• 🧑‍💼 Secretary / Administrator

  • Validate registrations & topic assignments
  • Schedule thesis defenses
  • Generate department statistics & reports
  • Manage users (basic CRUD)

🚀 Quick Start (Local Development)

Prerequisites

• PHP ≥ 7.4
• MySQL / MariaDB
• Apache / Nginx (or PHP built-in server for testing)

Installation steps

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/thonos-cpu/Thesis_Managment_Website.git
   cd Thesis_Managment_Website

2. Create database & import schema

   mysql -u root -p
   CREATE DATABASE thesis_management CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
   EXIT;

   mysql -u youruser -p thesis_management < project24.sql

3. Configure database connection

   Edit db_connect.php (or init.php):

   <?php
   define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
   define('DB_USER', 'your_username');
   define('DB_PASS', 'your_password');
   define('DB_NAME', 'thesis_management');

4. Start a web server

   • Option A — using PHP built-in server (quickest)

     php -S localhost:8000

   • Option B — place project in your Apache/Nginx www folder

5. Open in browser

   http://localhost:8000/login.php

   Default credentials (if any were seeded — check after import):

   • Student: username / password from DB
   • Professor / Secretary: usually higher privilege accounts

🗂 Project Structure

├── professor/          # Professor dashboard & actions
├── secretary/          # Secretary / admin panel
├── student/            # Student dashboard & features
├── db_connect.php      # Database connection
├── init.php            # Shared initialization / config
├── login.php           # Authentication entry point
├── logout.php
├── project24.sql       # Database schema + sample data (?)
├── style_login.css     # Login page styling
└── README.md

🛤️ Roadmap / Planned improvements

• Full responsive design (mobile-friendly)
• Proper separation of logic & presentation (move to MVC-like structure)
• File upload validation & storage (PDFs, max size, antivirus scan if possible)
• Email notifications (proposal accepted, feedback added, defense scheduled…)
• Password hashing (currently plain?)
• Input sanitization & CSRF protection everywhere
• Role-based access control middleware
• Multi-language support (at least GR/EN)
• Docker support for easier deployment
• Unit/functional tests (PHPUnit)

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome — especially if you're familiar with academic workflows.

1. Fork the project
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-login)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add secure login with rate limiting')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-login)
5. Open a Pull Request

Please follow PSR-12 coding style where possible.

Special thanks to everyone who tested early versions and gave feedback.

📄 License

MIT License

Feel free to use this project as a base for your own department's system — just keep it kind, ethical and student-friendly.

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Made with ☕ in Greece • 2025–2026

This version is clean, professional, readable, and future-proof. You can gradually fill in screenshots, completed features, and better setup instructions as the project matures.

Good luck with your thesis project — and congratulations on building something useful for your university community!