Master’s Thesis
2025/2026
Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module
The module adds to the knowledge obtained in the first three semesters of the master programme.Content, progress and pedagogy of the module
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- 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
- 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
- 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
Since it is a 30 ECTS project module, the workload is expected to be 900 hours for the student.
Exam
Exams
| Name of exam | Master’s Thesis |
| Type of exam | Master's thesis/final 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 |
Facts about the module
| Danish title | Kandidatspeciale |
| Module code | B-VM-K4-21 |
| Module type | Project |
| Duration | 1 semester |
| Semester | Spring
|
| ECTS | 30 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Location of the lecture | Campus Aalborg |
| Responsible for the module | |
| Time allocation for external examiners | D |
Organisation
| Education owner | Master of Science (MSc) in Engineering (Water and Environmental Engineering) |
| Study Board | Study Board of Built Environment |
| Department | Department of the Built Environment |
| Faculty | The Faculty of Engineering and Science |
