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Sequentiality
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Mandatory sequentiality bound on the level of programme components
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Group 1 |
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Following programme components must have been included in your study programme in a previous education period
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Bachelor’s Project Engineering - Energy (4701)
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Up till now the student has included all programme components in the following study programme to obtain the underlying bachelor's degree
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Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Electromechanical Engineering Technology
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Following programme components must have been included in your study programme in a previous education period
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Bachelor's thesis Energy (4368)
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Up till now the student has included all programme components in the following study programme to obtain the underlying bachelor's degree
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Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Electromechanical Engineering Technology
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| Degree programme | | Study hours | Credits | P1 SBU | P2 SBU | P2 SP | 2nd Chance Exam1 | Tolerance2 | Final grade3 | |
 | Master of Energy Engineering Technology (English) | Compulsory | 540 | 20,0 | 189 | 351 | 20,0 | Yes | No | Numerical |  |
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| EC1 - The holder of the degree thinks and acts professionally with an appropriate engineering attitude and continuous focus on personal development, adequately communicates, effectively cooperates, takes into account the sustainable, economical, ethical, social and/or international context and is hereby aware of the impact on the environment. | | | - DC
| DC-M9 - The student can communicate in oral and in written (also graphical) form. | | | | - BC
| The student is able to communicate smoothly with peers, supervisors and managers and delivers quality interim reports. | | | | - BC
| The student orally defends his master's thesis in a critical and structured manner using contemporary presentation techniques. The student is able to engage in a professional discussion with various stakeholders. | | | | - BC
| The student presents his project in writing and graphically in a scientific thesis and poster in a relevant language. | | | | - BC
| In every form of communication, he maintains the correct language register and uses the correct professional terminology. | | | - DC
| DC-M10 - The student can function constructively and responsibly as member of a (multidisciplinary) team. | | | | - BC
| Within the context of their research project, students can work in a multidisciplinary team and assume responsibilities. | | | - DC
| DC-M11 - The student acts socially responsible and within an international framework. | | | | - BC
| Depending on the nature and context of the master's thesis, the student considers practical, economic, environmental, health, safety, sustainability, business, societal and international factors/requirements when developing solutions/designs. | | | - DC
| DC-M12 - The student shows a suitable engineering attitude. | | | | - BC
| The student demonstrates a professional attitude (demonstrates realism and commitment, works independently and efficiently, is curious and task-oriented, among other things). | | | | - BC
| The student demonstrates an understanding and broad background knowledge of their research area. | | | | - BC
| The student delivers a final result useful to the client. | - EC
| EC2 - The holder of the degree possesses a comprehensive set of energetic (thermal and electrical) techniques and technologies and is able to creatively conceptualise, plan and execute these as an integrated part of a methodological and systematically ordered series of handlings within a multidisciplinary project with a significant research and/or innovation part. | | | - DC
| DC-M1 - The student has knowledge of the basic concepts, structures and coherence. | | | | - BC
| Students deepen and broaden their domain-specific and cross-domain knowledge of concepts and structures relevant to the research project of their master's thesis. | | | - DC
| DC-M2 - The student has insight in the basic concepts and methods. | | | | - BC
| The student understands, on the one hand, the domain-specific and cross-domain concepts and structures relevant to the research project of his master's thesis, and on the other hand, the specificity of the topic and the expectations of all stakeholders.The student can explain these insights in own words. | | | - DC
| DC-M3 - The student can recognize problems, plan activities and perform accordingly. | | | | - BC
| The student can work independently and project-based: - can initiate a complex research project and articulate the problem analysis, objectives and proposed research path in a research design. - can work out a concrete planning in the form of a detailed Gantt chart. - takes the right steps to realize all objectives and he adjusts the trajectory where necessary. | | | - DC
| DC-M4 - The student can gather, measure or obtain information and refer to it correctly. | | | | - BC
| In the context of the research project, the student can correctly collect, critically question, adjust and present relevant scientific and technical information in a literature review. The student can correctly refer to the sources consulted. | | | - DC
| DC-M5 - The student can analyze problems, logically structure and interpret them. | | | | - BC
| The student can make a sound scientific analysis of the problem definition in the given context and delineates the research question(s) on this basis. The student can divide the problem logically into sub-problems and can indicate where the preconditions lie. | | | - DC
| DC-M6 - The student can select methods and make calculated choices to solve problems or design solutions. | | | | - BC
| The student chooses appropriate, scientifically sound and innovative methods to arrive at a solution to the problem or design within the given context. | | | - DC
| DC-M7 - The student can use selected methods and tools to implement solutions and designs. | | | | - BC
| Depending on the nature of his master's thesis, the student can, on the basis of the results obtained - either give advice and proposals for implementation of a selected solution or for further research; - or implement the solution/design in a systematic way. In doing so, the student takes into account practical, economic, ecological, health, safety, sustainability and business-related factors. | | | - DC
| DC-M8 - The student can evaluate knowledge and skills critically to adjust own reasoning and course of action accordingly. | | | | - BC
| The student demonstrates a critical attitude and can situate the subject in a larger picture. Where necessary, the student formulates own proposals for equivalent or better alternatives. |
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The master's thesis is the capstone of the master's program. It includes the application of the latest technologies and techniques, examines the latest domain-specific scientific discoveries or applies them creatively. Moreover, the master's thesis gives the student the opportunity to show that he/she has not only mastered these techniques and technologies, but that he/she can conceptualize, plan and implement them as an integrated part of a methodologically and project-oriented series of actions.
The master's thesis is independently conducted research of an academic level. The master's thesis aims to extend existing technologies and application-oriented developments including
- formulating and testing innovative hypotheses,
- performing innovative studies or designs,
- realizing innovative solutions to discipline-specific problems.
The master’s thesis is innovative in itself or consists of a creative, original synergy of known engineering techniques.
The subject of or the assignment within a master's thesis is in the field of energy (in the broad sense) and must meet the following three criteria:
- The work contains all components of research methodology or project-based work.
- The topic is innovative.
- There are sufficient choices for the student.
Topic selection and allocation
- The topic of the master's thesis:
- is formulated by the research groups of university from their own research projects;
- is formulated by industry or research institutions;
- can be introduced by the student. This topic must be approved by a coordinator of the master program.
- The problem statement of the master's thesis focuses on the real academic/professional context.
- A selection of possible topics is made from the proposals based on the possibility of realizing the academic competencies in the master thesis. When requesting assignments, potential external partners (clients) are informed of our concern to realize academic competencies.
- Preferably, the topic also includes an additional introductory practical part, to be carried out during or before the master year.
- The awarding of a master's thesis to a student presupposes the successful completion of all course units of the bachelor or bridging program.
Supervision
- The program determines the university's supervisor. Each master's thesis has a minimum of two supervisors: the client (external supervisor) and the university's (internal) supervisor. Internal master's theses are assigned two promoters from the university.
- Students and promoters clearly delineate the topic and make detailed working arrangements. There is regular oral and written reporting on the progress of the master's thesis. During the scheduled contact moments, work planning and progress is evaluated and corrected if necessary.
- The master thesis seminar instructor provides instruction and guidance on expected reporting (research design, plan of action, progress report, abstract, poster and final report) and on project communication in general
Further details regarding the organization are summarized in the course materials, through the electronic learning platform and the website masterproef.be.
Administration
- The timely completion of administrative obligations before the start of the master's thesis is the individual responsibility of the student.
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Individual coaching session ✔
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Master Thesis Seminar ✔
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Master┌s thesis ✔
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Presentation ✔
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Report ✔
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Seminar ✔
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Period 2 Credits 20,00
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| Written evaluaton during teaching periode | 0 % |
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| Other evaluation method during teaching period | 100 % |
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| Other | The points are awarded as follows: 15% Assessment by the lecturer master thesis seminar, 25% Thesis - internal & external promoters, 30% Methodology and realization - internal & external promoters, 30% Presentation and defense assessed by the jury. |
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| Transfer of partial marks within the academic year | ✔ |
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| Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic year | No (partial) grade from the first examination opportunity is retained, except passing grades awarded on tasks for master's thesis seminar with the understanding that abstract, poster and thesis are assessed in second examination opportunity. |
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Second examination period
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| Explanation (English) | No (partial) grade from the first examination opportunity is retained, except passing grades awarded on tasks for master's thesis seminar with the understanding that abstract, poster and thesis are assessed in second examination opportunity. |
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| Compulsory coursebooks (printed by bookshop) |
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Through the website master thesis and the electronic learning platform, all information (schedule, deadlines, slides of master thesis seminar classes, etc.) will be provided to students. |
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Evaluation
The provisions below apply to both the first and second examination opportunity.
Continuous evaluation, written report and presentation with oral defense.
The master's thesis is concluded with a final written thesis and a (public) defense. The evaluation consists of several parts:
- Through continuous evaluation, the master thesis seminar instructor assesses the student's (written) communication skills (e.g., research design, abstract, scientific poster).
- The supervisors assess the process, methodology and written reporting. To this end, both the internal and external supervisor(s) each record their judgment on the various sub-criteria: problem definition, approach, information processing, critical-reflective attitude or research attitude, clarity of the report, result achieved and any additional competencies. They translate this into a score out of 20 based on an evaluation document. See electronic learning platform.
- The oral defense takes place before a jury acting as an independent evaluating body. The jury evaluates the presentation and the oral defense.
The overall score is calculated mathematically taking into account the predetermined weighting coefficients from the table below.
15% Assessment by lecturer master thesis seminar
25% Written thesis - internal & external promoters
30% Methodology and realization - internal & external promoters
30% Presentation and defense by jury
The documents Evaluation Form Master Thesis and Explanation of Assessment Master Thesis Jury Defense provide further information on the competencies to be evaluated and the procedure for doing so. |
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1 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.12.2, section 2. |
| 2 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.16.9, section 2. |
3 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.15.1, section 3.
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| SBU : course load | SP : ECTS | N : Dutch | E : English |
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