The days of all dates specified as deadlines hereafter are included. For example 31.01.2024 means 31.01.2024, 23h59.

21.10.2023: Basic information

Students have to submit basic information (title, small description, supervisor names and planning) to Aula Global about their thesis research project.

31.01.2024: First written draft

Students have to send a first written progress report to their supervisor(s) and Aula Global. The supervisor(s) will provide the student with feedback on this draft. This draft is not supposed to comprise all sections of the planned thesis. For example, it cannot contain the results and their discussion yet. Instead, it should contain, for example, the assessment of the state of the art and/or first parts of the methodology. The student should arrange with his/her supervisor(s) which sections and subsections should be included in the first draft. Importantly, although this draft is supposed to include only some first parts of the thesis, the student is expected to target at the high quality of writing and rigor expected from the final written thesis report. Accordingly, the student should ask his/her supervisor(s) as well as further members of his/her research group for feedback on his/her writing already during the preparation of the first draft. Furthermore, this first draft should already follow the formatting rules described in the section linked here.

14.04.2024: Second written draft and oral progress report

Students have to send a second written thesis draft about their progress to their supervisor(s) and to Aula Global. This second draft represents the continuation and extension of the first draft described above. It should reflect all feedback the student received for his/her first draft. Although it is still not expected to include all sections of the planned thesis, the second draft should include additional sections such as further parts of the methods, experimental design, first results, first figures, etc. Again the student should arrange with his/her supervisor which sections and subsections should be included in the second draft. Importantly, the quality and rigor of writing is now supposed to meet the high standards expected from by the final thesis.

The student has also to make a short video (10 minutes) presenting his/her work and submit it to Aula Global.

22.06.2024: Constitution of the evaluation commission

The thesis of each student will be evaluated by a commission of several members: two reviewers (faculty members proposed by the supervisor), two chairmen/women (assigned by the coordinator to chair the session), and the supervisor. The constitution of the commissions will be finished and communicated to the students by 22.06.2024.

30.06.2024: Complete written thesis

Students have to send the complete written thesis report to the reviewers and to Aula Global. This report is no longer any preliminary draft. It must be complete; all sections must be included. The quality of presentation and rigor of writing must now meet the high standards expected from a master thesis.

The reviewers and the supervisors will propose a grade for this final written report. This grade will be communicated to the academic coordinator of the master. At this stage, the grade will not be communicated to the student.

10.07.2024-11.07.2024: Period for oral presentations.

The student gives an oral presentation of his/her thesis project to the commission and the public. The presentation should take 20 minutes. After the presentation, the commission members will discuss the work with the student for additional 15 minutes. The exact date and time of the presentation will be scheduled by early July 2024. The presentations are public. All students should go to all students’ presentations. The members of the student’s research groups are expected to assist. Students’ families and friends are encouraged to attend. The commission members will propose a grade for this oral presentation. This grade will be communicated to the academic coordinator of the master. At this stage, the grade will not be communicated to the student.

13.07.2024: Communication of final grades to the students

The academic coordinator of the master will communicate the final grade to students.