GEO5960 – Geosciences. Master Thesis

A long master's thesis corresponds to one year of full-time study and constitutes half of the master's degree.

Read more about the guidelines and information on the practical implementation of the master's thesis.

Regulations concerning the master’s thesis are specified in rules on courses, course groups and degrees at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.

Upon completion of the programme, you will be able to:

• contribute considerable knowledge to your field of specialisation and its applications
• make critical and reflected choices between key methods and tools from research and practice
• conduct a supervised research or development project that conforms with research ethics standards
• contribute to the development of the field and analyse its professional, ethical and societal possibilities and limitations
• communicate extensive academic work to specialists, orally and in writing
• apply your knowledge and skills to new areas to conduct advanced work tasks and projects

Your work on the master’s thesis will involve an independent, time-limited research or development project under supervision.

A series of four master seminars are offered throughout the master's programme and are highly recommended, but not mandatory to attend.

The work with the master's thesis can involve laboratory- and/or fieldwork. If so, you should consider taking out your own travel and personal risk insurance. Read more about how you are insured as a student.

The specific programme option has both mandatory and elective courses in the programme structure that must be passed before you can sit the final examination.

The examination consists of a master's thesis worth 60 credits to be handed in by a deadline. This will be followed by an oral presentation of the master’s thesis and an examination.

The theoretical syllabus in the master's programme must be passed before you can sit the final examination.

See the Faculty's rules on examination, point 4.3.7.