Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
The master thesis can be conducted as a long master thesis. If
choosing to do a long master thesis, it has to include experimental
work and has to be approved by the study board. The amount of
experimental work must reflect the allotted ECTS
Learning objectives
Knowledge
Students who have passed the module should be able to
- Explain the scientific basis and scientific issues in chemistry
and chemical engineering
- Explain the highest international research within the thesis
subject area
Skills
- Master the scientific methods and general skills related to the
thesis subject area
- Write a project report following the standards of the field of
study, use the correct terminology and document extensive use of
relevant and original scientific literature, and communicate and
discuss the project's research-based foundation, problem
and results in writing, graphically and verbally in a coherent
way
- Critically assess and select relevant original scientific
literature and current scientific methods, models and other tools
used in the project and asses and discuss the problem of the
project and results in relevant scientific contexts and social
conditions
- Evaluate the potential of the project for further development,
assessing and incorporating relevant economic, ethical,
environmental and other socially relevant factors
Competences
- Participate in and independently implement technological and
scientific development and research, develop and implement
experimental work and solve complex tasks using scientific
methods
- Handle the planning, implementation and management of complex
and unpredictable research and/or developmental tasks and take
professional responsibility to implement independent academic
assignments and interdisciplinary collaborations
- Independently take responsibility for own professional
development and specialization
Type of instruction
Project work
A long Master’s thesis of more than 30 ECTS must include work of
experimental nature to an extend that corresponds to the thesis
ECTS load
Extent and expected workload
900 hours
Exam
Exams
Name of exam | Master’s thesis in Chemistry |
Type of exam | Master's thesis/final project |
ECTS | 30 |
Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
Type of grading | External examination |
Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination
Policies and Procedures |