Start and conclusion of Master’s thesis activities
Selecting a supervisor
During the second year of his/her Master’s degree, and at least 6 months before the start of the graduation session in which he/she intends to participate, each student must:
- personally contact individual lecturers to identify possible topics for their thesis;
- identify the topic of greatest interest for him/her among the available options and express his/her interest to the lecturer who proposed it; the lecturer then becomes a student’s thesis supervisor;
- fill in the Moodle quiz/form to begin Master's Thesis activities, which is available in the main page of the “Master's Degree Programme in Chemical and Process Engineering” under the section “Final Examination”; you must fill in the Moodle quiz/form corresponding to the name of your supervisor, inform the supervisor and have it approved by him/her; if the name of your supervisor does not appear in any of the available Moodle quizzes, please contact the Co-ordinator of the Degree Programme.
The date of submission specified on the form must be the same (neither earlier nor later) as the date of beginning of the activities. The form must be completed even if the activities are carried out at a company. The thesis activities cannot begin until the President has signed the form.
If thesis activities are carried out abroad in the
framework of an official student mobility programme (e.g. Erasmus+
for Studies, with the exception of Erasmus+ for Traineeship), the
student must follow a specific procedure in order to
start his/her thesis, without prejudice to the validity of all the other
information on this page.
The board of the Chemical and process engineering course decided that in order to:
1. begin the Master's Thesis project (Tesi di Laurea magistrale)
2. obtain the approval of the Learning agreement for an exchange period abroad (e.g. Erasmus) for carrying out the Master's Thesis project
At least two out of the three compulsory courses in the first term of the first year (i.e. Chemical reaction engineering, Multiphase thermodynamics and transport phenomena, Separation unit operations) must be passed. The rule will be enforced starting in October 2025.
Possible thesis activities
Master’s thesis activities must be “experimental”, including not only instrumental laboratory activities, but also design, modelling and computer simulation activities. The content must be original and not related, in whole or in part, to that of one’s Bachelor’s thesis. Only “compilation” activities are excluded.
Organising, filing and archiving the thesis
Before
taking the final examination, the “Master’s Degree Thesis” must be completed.
The thesis must be written in English,
according to the following criteria in
terms of content organisation and layout:
according to the following criteria in terms of content organisation and layout:
The
Master's thesis must be submitted exclusively
in digital format, by uploading it in UNIWEB within 3 days before its defense
Final discussion of the thesis
The final defense of the thesis will be carried out by using a PowerPoint or PDF presentation, which must be uploaded to the STEM-DII e-learning platform by 12:00 noon on the day prior to the defense. Unless otherwise specified, the duration of the presentation will be 10/12 minutes and the presentation will be followed by some questions from the Graduation Committee.
Before commencing his/her presentation, each candidate must make a few bound hard copies of their thesis available for inspection by the Committee. The copies will then be collected by the candidate at the end of the proclamation ceremony.
A final graduation grade is awarded in accordance with the procedures approved by the Faculty of Engineering Council on 25 March 2010.
A proclamation ceremony will take place approximately
every 4 candidates.
Advice
It is recommended that you strictly observe the procedures and deadlines for the submission of your thesis and final presentation. Failure to follow the procedure and respect the deadlines will create issues and cause delays in the Graduation Committee’s work, potentially even resulting in the candidate being unable to graduate.