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

• 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 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

• 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’