Master's thesis

All students are required to write and defend a master thesis, usually during the second term of the academic year.

It may be carried out at a research group in UPC (see the research groups associated to the PhD program in Applied Mathematics at UPC), at a research group from another university, at a research center or at a company.

A list of proposals for master thesis can be found at the FME intranet at Borsa de Projectes. Even though the list includes many proposals, other researchers not included there will also be willing to supervise your work. Thus, if you are interested in a particular area, you can contact the coordinator or the course closer to it, or the master's director or a member of the academic committee for guidance.

Regulations, calendar and templates

The calendar and the academic regulations for the master's thesis can be found at the FME web page.

Templates for the document of the master thesis can be downloaded here:

Master thesis defence

The master thesis is defended publically and evaluated by 3 members of UPC. The usual session works as follow:

1) The defence of the master thesis done by the candidate (around 25 minutes). The defence must be done preferably in English.

2) A round of questions (around 20 minutes) from the committee.

3) A round of questions (if any) from people in the audience with a master degree.

Forthcoming defenses

A list of forthcoming presentations of master's thesis can be found at this link.