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TBM4900

Master's Thesis in Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Credits 30
Level Second degree level
Course start Spring 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English and norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Master's thesis

About

About the course

Course content

Academic content must be agreed with assigned supervisor within the field.

Learning outcome

Students will complete a master thesis within the field. Knowledge: Use scientific methods in the implementation of a independent work in the field. Skills: Students will be able to prepare a project plan with milestones, reporting partial results and write a thesis in accordance with established standards. General competence: Documented scientific qualifications through completion of a master thesis in the field.

Learning methods and activities

Independent thesis work under supervision. The thesis may wholly or partly be completed at an external company, in agreement with the academic supervisor.

Further on evaluation

Information about writing and submitting your Master's thesis Oppgaveskriving

The Master's thesis has to be submitted in NTNU's examination system Inspera Assessment

The deadline for submitting the Master's thesis is 20 weeks from the starting date (the students have additional 6 weeks if they are writing a master thesis abroad.) + 7 days for Easter/Christmas holidays. Applications for an extended deadline must be submitted to the faculty.

Students who fail the Master's thesis, can submit a new or revised thesis once. It is not possible to improve an awarded grade by submitting a new thesis. The deadline for the assessment of the Master's thesis is 3 months from the submission deadline.

Required previous knowledge

All previous courses in the study programme.

Students whom have not previously been awarded a Bachelor's degree must submit a specialization project before the start of the Master's thesis.

Course materials

By agreement with the thesis supervisor. Parts of the expected learning outcome is to be able to find and utilize relevant litterature.

Subject areas

  • Fire Technology
  • Build Acoustics
  • Facility Management
  • Building Technology
  • Port Engineering
  • Hydraulic Engineering
  • Water Supply and Wastewater Systems
  • Geomatics
  • Marine Civil Engineering
  • Project Quality Management
  • Building and Construction Engineering
  • Road, Transport and Geomatics
  • Construction Engineering
  • Railway Engineering
  • Railway Engineering
  • Highway Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Transportation Engineering
  • Building Technology

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering