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Entry requirements

General guidelines: We strongly recommend that you finish all compulsory and semi-compulsory courses of your program before starting your thesis project. Ideally, you have passed all courses before you start. Previous experience shows that students who start their thesis with less than 60 hec for 2-year master´s program or less than 240 hec for a 5-year program often take substantially longer time to both start and finish their projects. Students that start their thesis with at least 75 hec / 255 hec often succeed well.

Basic minimum requirements for students at Chalmers

  • Students pursuing the five-year Master of Science (Civilingenjör) education must have acquired at least 225 hec before beginning work on a master’s thesis project.

  • Students who only take part in a Master’s program must have acquired at least 45 hec within the program before starting the master’s thesis work.

Basic minimum requirements for students at the University of Gothenburg

  • The entry requirements are described in detail in the course syllabus for the respective program, see below.
  • A first cycle (Bachelor) degree is assumed in general. In particular, a Bachelor thesis (15 hec) is required as a prerequisite.

For all students, both at Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg: Given a specific thesis proposal, there might also be additional prerequisites meaning that you have to pass specific courses relevant to the thesis work, before starting the master’s thesis project. Check with your program responsible.

Course plans

Click on the respective course code to read the syllabus (link to Study portal):

Learning objectives

The learning objectives listed above are based on the following official, central document about evaluation criteria for masters theses: Instructions for theses on the Master of Science in Engineering, Architecture and Master of Science Programmes:

  • Apply significantly specialized knowledge in the main area/specialization of the program in his or her project and relate this to current research and development work in a scientifically correct way,
  • Choose and justify the choice of method in the project, within the main area/specialization of the program,
  • Contribute to research and development work, and be able to relate his or her work to the relevant scientific and technical/industrial/architectonic contexts,
  • With a holistic approach, to identify, formulate and deal with complex issues critically, autonomously and creatively,
  • To plan and perform highly qualified tasks using adequate methods within given parameters, and to be capable of critically evaluating this work,
  • Create, analyze and critically evaluate different technical/architectonic solutions,
  • Integrate knowledge critically and systematically,
  • Present clearly and discuss his or her solutions in English, as well as the knowledge and the arguments on which these are based,
  • Identify, within the parameters of the specific project, the questions that need to be answered in order for the relevant societal, ethical and ecological aspects to be taken into consideration,
  • Take into account and discuss ethical aspects of research and development work, both as regards how the work is to be performed, as well as what is to be investigated/developed
  • Identify and discuss the need for additional clarification of various aspects of the project prior to decision and implementation, where relevant.

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