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Start and conclusion of Master’s thesis activities

Selecting a supervisor.

During the second year of his/her Master’s degree, and at least 6 months before the start of the graduation session in which he/she intends to participate, each student must:

• personally contact individual lecturers to identify possible topics for their thesis;
• identify the topic of greatest interest for him/her among the available options and express his/her interest to the lecturer who proposed it; the lecturer then becomes a student’s thesis supervisor ;
• fill in the Form to begin Master's Thesis activities, have it signed by the supervisor and e-mail it to the Co-ordinator of the Degree Programme, who will reply to confirm acknowledgement and keep the form.

The date of submission specified on the form must be the same (neither earlier nor later) as the date of beginning of the activities. The form must be completed even if the activities are carried out at a company . The thesis activities cannot begin until the President has signed the form.

If thesis activities are carried out abroad in the framework of an official student mobility programme (e.g. Erasmus+), the student must follow a specific procedure in order to start his/her thesis, without prejudice to the validity of all the other information on this page.

Possible thesis activities

Master’s thesis activities must be “ experimental ”, including not only instrumental laboratory activities, but also design, modelling and computer simulation activities. The content must be original and not related, in whole or in part, to that of one’s Bachelor’s thesis. Only “compilation” activities are excluded.

Organising, filing and archiving the thesis

Before taking the final examination, the “Master’s Degree Thesis” must be completed. The thesis must be written in English, according to the following criteria in terms of content organisation and layout :

• Guidelines for the thesis preparation

The Master's thesis must be submitted exclusively in digital format , by uploading it in UNIWEB within 3 days before its defense

Final discussion of the thesis

The final defense of the thesis will be carried out by using a PowerPoint or PDF presentation , which must be uploaded to the STEM-DII e-learning platform by 12:00 noon on the day prior to the defense . Unless otherwise specified, the duration of the presentation will be 10/12 minutes and the presentation will be followed by some questions from the Graduation Committee.

Before commencing his/her presentation, each candidate must make a few bound hard copies of their thesis available for inspection by the Committee. The copies will then be collected by the candidate at the end of the proclamation ceremony.

A final graduation grade is awarded in accordance with the procedures approved by the Faculty of Engineering Council on 25 March 2010 .

A proclamation ceremony will take place approximately every 4 candidates.

It is recommended that you strictly observe the procedures and deadlines for the submission of your thesis and final presentation. Failure to follow the procedure and respect the deadlines will create issues and cause delays in the Graduation Committee’s work , potentially even resulting in the candidate being unable to graduate .

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The tutoring service is organizing a meeting for 2nd year graduate students. The meeting will focus on all relevant information needed to draft the final thesis. The meeting will be presided over by Prof. Gianecchini.

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The thesis should be uploaded to Uniweb.

The file must meet these requirements:

• it must be the final version
• it must be a PDF/A file
• its maximum size can be 40MB
• it must be named according to this format: lastname_firstname.pdf (ex. Rossi_Mario.pdf)

While the upload function is available since registering for graduation, the file can be uploaded at a later time, as long as it is done by the deadline (the graduation calendar can be found here ).

As to the format of the front page of the thesis, please refer to the following templates : Title page Master Physics docx Title page Master Physics tex Title page Double department Master Physics docx Title page Double department Master Physics tex

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The University of Padua supports the principles of open access to thesis and dissertations.

Open access to the thesis means that anyone anywhere can see, read and cite the work within a short time of confirmation of the award, while the research is still fresh and new.

A copy of the thesis is deposited (mandatory in the case of PhD thesis, at the author's choice for other types of dissertation) into Padua Thesis & Dissertation Archive or into Padua Research Archive (IRIS), University of Padua's institutional repositories ,  with a procedure integrated into the academic degree application.

The thesis' copyright belongs to the author, and it is also retained by the author. Open Access  publication and dissemination of University of Padua's theses takes place through an open, non-exclusive publishing licence (ITA) , and for doctoral theses through a similar publication agreement.

Anyone can search and browse the theses archived in the institutional repositories and, when not otherwise indicated, view and download contents.

Bachelor's and Master's thesis

Bachelor's thesis at Padua, made publicly available by choice of the author, are searchable and openly available in Padua Thesis and Dissertation Archive .

The repository also contains other types of theses deposited at the authors' choice. It also includes information (metadata) relating to theses not published online in full text (restricted access).

Search for theses on Padua Thesis and Dissertation Archive

Explore and search theses by type of academic degree or by sorting at Padua Thesis and Dissertation Archive – Communities and Collections .

If you would like more information about thesis depositing, see also the info page on Padua Thesis and Dissertation Archive (ITA)

PhD thesis and dissertation

Padua Research Archive (IRIS)  is the institutional repository of the University of Padua and as such carries the assurance that the work has been awarded the degree claimed and the document represents the Version of Record (VoR). It also allows the legal deposit of the PhD thesis at the national central libraries, as required by current legislation in Italy.

All PhD theses at Padua are deposited in the institutional repository to ensure that are recorded, indexed, disseminated and preserved alongside the research publications of the University of Padua's staff and PhD students.

Search for PhD theses on Padua Research Archive (IRIS)

Bibliographic assistance

Do you need help with bibliographic research for your thesis or dissertation?

Who should you contact to know more about third-party copyright, thesis copyright, and the inclusion of preprints or unpublished/published works or images in a Bachelor, Master or PhD thesis?

Ask your library for bibliographic assistance

You can also ask for online support via the library help desk. If you need any further information, please contact the  Library Helpline . Select:

• "Supporto alla pubblicazione accademica" (Scholarly publishing assistance)
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The final examination consists of a thesis written by the student under the guidance of a supervisor . It includes a period of field research and/or laboratory activity and/or internship in professional companies, both public and private.

The thesis will be discussed in front of a Commission appointed by the Department Director.

To be admitted to the final exam, students must  upload a digital copy of the thesis in PDF/A format to the Uniweb portal

GUIDE :  pay particular attention to the following aspects:

1) The document uploaded on Uniweb must:

a) represent the final version of the thesis b) be in PDF/A FORMAT: instructions for creating a document in PDF/A format c) have a maximum size of 40 megabytes d) be named according to the standard SURNAME_NAME.pdf (e.g.: ROSSI_MARIO.pdf)

2) The uploading of the final thesis document must be completed NO LATER THAN 8 DAYS PRIOR to the date of the graduation: this deadline is imperative and any replacement of the attachment with the thesis paper is only possible by the deadline.

3) At least 15 days before the date on which the final dissertation is to be discussed, the student must send the  graduation confirmation form in (.pdf format) to the Student Office of the Department of Geosciences ( [email protected] )

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