Duration
750h Proj.
Number of credits
Lecturer
Collégialité, Marc Van Droogenbroeck
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
All year long
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The master thesis is a substantial individual project that can possibly be realized in (collaboration with) a company in Belgium or abroad. It is generally considered to be the equivalent of 4 months of full-time work. The subject must be proposed or approved by a promoter, who must be a member of the permanent academic or scientific staff.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The purpose of the master thesis is to prepare the student to make the transition to the world of business or research. The student will have to prove that he or she is capable of carrying out substantial work using knowledge and know-how, both theoretical and practical, acquired throughout his or her studies. The work will almost always include a preliminary assessment, research or substantial achievement, and evaluation.
This course contributes to the learning outcomes I.1, I.2, II.1, II.2, II.3, III.1, III.2, III.3, III.4, V.1, V.2, V.3, VI.1, VI.4, VII.1, VII.2, VII.3, VII.4, VII.5, VII.6 of the MSc in electrical engineering.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
It is advisable to take the elective course(s) that best prepares you for the work. This is ideally discussed with the promoter at the very beginning of the year.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
The professors propose subjects for their final year work which they would accept to be the promoter. These subjects are designed by the promoter in areas close to his research, or collected from companies. A student may also submit a proposal, but it must be approved by a promoter.
The student should choose a topic as early as possible, ideally at the end of the previous academic year, to increase the chances of completing the project within the normal timeframe.
The Study Council ensures that each student is assigned a topic and that the jury's composition is correct. The student must keep his/her promoter informed of the progress of the work with adequate frequency.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Other : Report and oral defense
Further information:
The evaluation is first based on the student's report. There are no formal constraints on the length of the report, but it will typically be between 50 and 100 pages. The student will describe the context, the problem posed or specifications, the proposed solution with an argumentation of the choices, its evaluation, a conclusion and possibly appendices. The student's defense of the dissertation is oral and public. It includes an oral presentation (10 min), a question and answer period (10 min), and is followed by a deliberation. The final grade considers the scope and quality of the work provided, the quality of the written report, and the oral presentation, as well as the relevance of the answers to the questions.
Important note on plagiarism:
- The University and the Faculty provide students with guidelines on plagiarism and the use of (non generative) artificial intelligence tools. Failure to comply with these guidelines will be considered as a fraud.
- The use of generative artificial intelligence tools (chatGPT or alike) is forbidden for any part of the manuscript (this includes the production of text, graphics, images, and data).
- I hereby certify that I have not used any generative intelligence tool in the writing of text, graphics, images, or data reproduced in this manuscript.
- A statement concerning the use of tools for writing the document. In this statement, the student will specify which tool he/she used and for which parts of the document. A student may use a spelling checker, grammatical corrector, syntactic corrector, or a translator. The use of any tool shall be duly reported in the Declaration, mentioning exactly for which parts of the document.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Information is available on the faculty page: https://www.facsa.uliege.be/cms/c_3265897/en/facsa-master-thesis
Contacts
President of the jury: Prof. Marc Van Droogenbroeck
Administrative support: Sophie Cimino ( sophie.cimino@uliege.be )
Apparitorate:
- Geneviève Wolfs (genevieve.wolfs@uliege.be)
- Bénédicte Tondeur (benedicte.tondeur@uliege.be)