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TMM4935

Industrial ICT, Master's Thesis

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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 thesis

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About the course

Course content

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

Learning outcome

Students are expected to produce a master thesis within their field of study. In general a master thesis shall show that the author has solved an industrial and / or a scientific problem independently, preferably giving some original contribution to the field. The contents of the thesis will be compared to common standards for scientific publications as far as this is relevant. Knowledge: Scientific methods in the field of study 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 scientific 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 masters thesis is found in Academic writing. Especially note the information given under Writing and submitting your master's thesis. Your area of study is Engineering/Technology. If the project is performed as group work, the students and supervisor shall make an agreement (preferably at start-up) about individual or joint assessment of the final project report. The masters thesis has to be submitted in NTNU's examination system Inspera Assessment. The deadline for submitting the masters 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 of Engineering. Students who fail the masters 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 masters thesis is 3 months.

Course materials

To be developed together with the supervisor as a part of the thesis work.