The purpose of this text is to provide a basic orientation to students, graduates and teacher-advisors of the different academic levels, mainly bachelor's and master's degrees, regarding the general scientific-technical criteria for the elaboration of the project and thesis, which must comply with the requirements and conceptual, methodological and institutional protocols that support any research work, regardless of the profile of the thesis candidate.It is considered that this text will be of support in the generation of knowledge in the field of teaching and research, it will have fulfilled its purpose, if it orients and stimulates the elaboration of the project and the thesis of the reader in general, whether or not he/she has training in research methodology, whether recently graduated or not, and it increases the possibilities of reducing the methodological rework.