Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

The module builds on knowledge corresponding to the completion of the first three semesters of the master programme.

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Students who complete the module:

• Have knowledge and comprehension within the field of the specialization at the highest international level.
• Be able to critically evaluate knowledge and identify new scientific problems within the field of the specialization.
• Have understanding of implications within the related research area including research ethics.

Skills

Students who complete the module:

• Independently explain choice of scientific theoretical and/or experimental methods.
• During the project and when finalising it make an independent and critical estimation of the chosen theories and methods as well as the analyses, results and conclusions.
• Be able to apply a wide range of engineering methods in research and development in the field of specialization.
• Be able to communicate relevant scientific and professional aspects of project work in a clear and systematic way both to specialists and the public.

Competences

Students who complete the module:

• Be able to work independently with a project on a specific problem within the field of the specialization at the highest international level.
• Independently be able to define and analyse scientific problems and based on that make and state the reasons for the decisions made.
• Be competent to solve new and complicated technical problems by the use of advanced mathematics, scientific and technological knowledge.
• Be able to evaluate the progress of the project independently and select and include additional literature, experiments or data when needed in order to maintain a scientific basis for the project.
• Be able to control complex and unexpected working situations and be able to develop new solutions.
• Must be able to communicate the results of the project work in a project report.

Type of instruction

Project work with supervision supplemented with instructions, workshops, presentation seminars, lab tests, etc.

Extent and expected workload

The project module is 30 ECTS which is corresponding to 900 hours of study.

Exam

Exams

Name of exam	Master’s Thesis
Type of exam	Oral exam based on a project Oral exam based on presentation seminar and project rapport.
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