Diploma Thesis

The diploma project and the writing of diploma thesis have a duration of at least one semester. Diploma thesis topics are assigned and supervised by regular and adjunct faculty members in relevant subject areas. Students can start their diploma theses in any semester, yet they can only defend their thesis after having successfully completed their coursework. Upon completion, students publicly present and defend their thesis before an examination committee comprising three faculty members. The thesis grade is the average of the grades assigned by the three committee members and is based on 3 criteria: quality of work (50%), quality of the written text (30%), and quality of the oral presentation and defense (20%). At least two members of the thesis examination committee are regular faculty members of the school and at most one member can be a faculty member of another department or school, a member of the laboratory teaching personnel or adjunct faculty with a PhD, or a researcher of an accredited research institution with proven experience in the thesis topic.