Master thesis writing
time line
October
January
1 June end of
June
start
• work plan with supervisor - promoter
• literature survey (cfr. www.webofknowledge.com)
• get to know material and experimental methods (or
computational methods)
• get inspired
intermediate presentation
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beginning of second semester
organized by research division / promotor
aim: to assess progress + planning second semester
duration 20’+10’ discussion
editing and finalizing text
• text = responsibility of the student
• content -> see http://cit.kuleuven.be/onderwijs
• layout: guidelines and template set by faculty of
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engineering
writing tips:
https://eng.kuleuven.be/english/education/reporting/
EXTRA: CIT posterbook
electronic archiving of your thesis work / embargo
plagiarism
THESIS (+poster + archiving) DUE June 1 2014
thesis defense
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final exam
end of June
schedule will be communicated in May
1 promotor, 2 assessors evaluate thesis
CIT staff will attend presentations as much as possible
presentation 20’+10’ (or 30’+10’ for duo-thesis)
promoter ‘conclave’