UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID | |
MASTER EN INGENIERÍA DE MATERIALES |
MASTER'S THESIS / TRABAJO FIN DE MASTER / (TFM)Procedure to propose a Master Thesis (Application) The student must present an offer for a Master's Thesis to be done
by the supervision of an expert in the proposed field (Supervisor). The work must be also supervised
by a teacher of the Technical University of Madrid (Academic Tutor). In case that the supervisor belongs
to UPM, Supervisor and Academic Tutor are the same person. Procedure to present a Master Thesis During the job of the Master's Thesis, the student must write a report acording to the rules that can be found in the "template and guidelines document" (see below). Approval of the defense of the Master's Thesis.
Once the work is finished, the student must present the work done to a panel as a public
lecture. To do so, he/she should follow the instructions indicated in the document UPDATE 2023-2024 (see below).
The defense form (Form_TFM-02) should be signed by the Student, Supervisor
and Academic Tutor and sent by email to secretaria.ing-materiales.caminos@upm.es.
All the presented documents will be revised by the TFM Commission that will decide if the master Thesis fulfill the requirements and is suitable to be presented. At this time the student must be enrolled in the Masther Thesis subject. In case that the commission denies the approval of the defense, will inform the student and supervisor about the causes to do the necessary corrections. Procedure of the defense of the Master Thesis The defense will take place at E.T.S.I. Caminos, Canales y Puertos. It will be a public lecture, evaluated by a panel of experts. The panel will be composed by three persons that belong to the teaching staff of UPM selected accordingly to the field of the Master Thesis. The student must present the contents, procedure and most relevant results with a discussion and conclusions. The duration time for presentation should be around 20-23 minutes, and will be followed by a questions from the panel and a discussion. If the supervisor is present at the lecture, he should not make any comments and he will not answer any question from the panel addressed to the student. Exceptions/Remarks. In case that the student needs its title for a job
or for any other situation that is clearly justified, a dedicated presentation date can be programmed. Forms and documentation
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Template and Guidelines Template and guidelines for the Master Thesis (in spanish) Coordinator of the Master Thesis David Ángel Cendón Franco - coordinacion.ing-materiales.caminos@upm.es |
ETSI de Caminos, Canales y Puertos Campus Ciudad Universitaria C/ Profesor Aranguren 3 28040 Madrid Phone: +34 91 336 6754 coordinacion.ing-materiales.caminos@upm.es |
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid MASTER EN INGENIERÍA DE MATERIALES |
2023 |