Guidelines for posters and poster presentations
Use KU template for poster design
You can find the KU poster template here.
The template is not is definitive. You can scale text and images as you please, make three columns instead
of four or use more images than shown in the template. The only thing fixed, is the font type, the logo and
the faculty header. Nevertheless, we encourage you to make a visually appealing and well-arranged poster.
Look below for more poster tips.
Poster content
The poster should describe the background for the project, the aim of the project, the methods used,
achieved results and conclusions. If the project is in an early phase, the poster should describe the
background for the project, the aim of the project and the methods and protocols to be used.
Poster guidelines
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The poster language is English.
The poster should be size A0 and in vertical format (84.1
cm wide × 118.9 cm tall). This is important in order to
match the size of the poster boards available. The poster
boards do not fit horisontal posters!
Be selective when showing results. Present only results
that illustrate the main findings of the project.
Make sure to create a vertical poster.
Keep the text and figures as simple as possible.
The content of the poster should be understandable without an oral explanation.
The text should be large enough to read from a distance of 1.5 meters. Balance the amount of text,
figures and presentation of data
Use colours to emphasise, differentiate and to add interest.
Results presented in a graph format are effective. Avoid large tables of data.
The poster should be used as the basis for the short oral presentation.
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Printing your poster
Posters prepared in a PowerPoint format or PDF format size A0-vertical may be printed free of charge if
marked ‘PhD-student SUND – YOUR NAME’ and sent by email as an attachment to [email protected]
(cc: [email protected]). Deadline for submission is Wednesday 7 May, 2015.
Please submit your poster as soon as possible in order to avoid bottlenecks at the printer's office.
You can collect your poster 19 and 20 May between 9:00-15:30 at the PhD Day team at the Graduate
School, Panum, office 33.4.83.
When to set up your poster
You can set up your poster in the following time slots:
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Wednesday 20 May: 14:30-16:00.
Thursday 21 May: 7:30-9:00.
Pins to mount your poster will be provided on the poster board.
Your poster should be removed on Thursday 21 May after the scientific programme and no later than 17:00
(the scientific programme concludes at 16:00). No responsibility will be taken for posters that are not
removed by that time.
Poster from the oral presenters will be displayed in front of the Lundsgaard Lecture Hall until Thursday 28
May 2015.
Short presentation of poster during the poster walk on PhD Day
During the poster walk from 9:45 am to 11:15, each poster presenter will be asked to make a 2½ min.
presentation and subsequently answer questions from the poster chairs and fellow PhD students. 2½
minutes is very short time, so you carefully need to consider and plan how you will present your research.
The participants are divided into poster groups, which are put together on the basis of their graduate
programme. There will be 8-12 presenters in each group.
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The language of the presentation is English.
The poster presenter should not go through the results in detail, but should present the
background and purpose for the study, the main findings and should round off with a conclusion
and future perspectives.
The time allowed is 2½ min. after which there will be 2½ min. for discussion.
Learn tips and tricks for a well-structured presentation in 2½ minutes.
After the poster walk there will be 15 minutes for the poster chairs to shortly provide feedback on
the individual presentations.
Criteria for selection of best posters
After the poster walk, the poster chairs will select the best poster presenter in the group. The scientific
level of the poster chairs will be at the associate or full professor level. The selection will be based on the
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following criteria:
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Scientific quality and relevance
Clarity of scientific content (purpose, hypothesis)
Layout (relation between text and illustrations)
Logical presentation
Intelligibility to someone outside your field.
The best posters presentation in each poster group will receive an award in the afternoon.
Poster walk details
Your poster number, poster group as well as the location of each poster in the Panum corridors will be
published on the Graduate School website no later than 20 May 2015.
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