MAEN5900 Master's Thesis Course description

Supervised individual written exam.

• 5 hours.

None.

Grade scale A-F.

Project work. Individual, independent work with a scope of 750 hours, which culminates in a master's thesis (report) and an oral presentation.

Supervision

Each student will be assigned an internal supervisor and is entitled to up to 20 hours of supervision during the semester. Via their supervisor, students can become affiliated to groups composed on the basis of academic criteria and participate in seminars, study groups and supervision groups. The master's thesis can be related to a relevant R&D project at the university or be developed in cooperation with different disciplines and research environments, including industrial enterprises, with which the university collaborates. If the thesis is written in cooperation with an external client, an external supervisor will be responsible for supervision in cooperation with the student's internal academic supervisor at the unviersity.

The master's thesis

The work conducted on the master's thesis shall be based on research principles. The master's thesis shall take the form of a written report prepared in the format of a scientific report. The report must describe the research question, the work carried out and explain the results. The report has two types of adjustments compared to a scientific report::

• The introduction may contain a significantly longer description of the topic of the master's thesis. The discussion section may contain a significantly more comprehensive discussion. Quality-assured source references and a pertaining list of sources will be required.
• A substantial part of the master's thesis may be linked to a client's issue, even if this is not of a directly scientific nature. The university supervisor will ensure that the thesis contains a sufficient element of scientific issues, solution methods and critical reflection.

Prototypes and/or other products that the student has developed can be included as part of the thesis.

None.

Master's thesis, a written report of approx. 60 pages. Prototypes and/or other products that the student has developed can be included as part of the submission. Oral presentation of the thesis after which the examiners ask the candidate questions. The examiners will set the grade for the master's thesis after the oral presentation and query.

The report, presentation, answers and eventual prototype will be graded as one unit.

Students can complain about a given grade in accordance with § 5-3 of the Act on Universities and Colleges. In case of complaint, the written report (as well as any prototype) will be reassessed. If the grade after reassessment differs from the original, the student must retake oral presentation and questioning, and the grade can be adjusted up or down, based on the presentation and answers to questions.

All aids permitted

Graded scale A-F

Two examiners, of whom at least one must be external.