S.L. 327.669 Art. 60Dissertations.

(1) All Master’s programmes shall include the submission of a Dissertation, to which not less than 30 credits shall be assigned, provided that when the nature of the study so requires, Senate may approve that the Dissertation is replaced by a documented activity related to practice (portfolio), or a project report, or one such activity together with a written submission based on practice-based research or research related to practice. Such study-units in replacement of the dissertation requirement must be assigned not less than 30 credits in total.

(2) The supervision of students for the Dissertation shall be regulated by the provisions of regulations 63 and 64.

(3) Dissertations shall be assessed according to the provisions of regulations 65 and 66.

(4) Before graduating, and where applicable, students shall present one electronic copy of their Dissertation to the University Library. Students shall also present copies of their Dissertation to the Faculty as indicated in the course Bye-Laws or Faculty guidelines. The electronic version must conform to the standards set by the University Library. The University reserves the right of prohibiting students who do not submit the required hard and electronic copies from graduating.

(5) When submitting the Dissertation for examination, students shall submit to the Faculty a signed declaration of authenticity, confirming also that they have abided by the University’s Research Ethics Review Procedures, where applicable. Students shall be further expected to confirm that the work has been submitted through a plagiarism detection software that is approved by the University.

(6) Students following a programme mainly by research shall not be allowed to submit the Dissertation before completing all taught Study-Units in the respective programme.