The degree project complete the degree programme. The work can be carried out at a department within the higher education institution, in the industry or at other higher education institution/university in Sweden or abroad.
The degree project is carried out in pair with other student or, in exceptional cases, individually. If the degree project is carried out in pairs with other student, it is important that each individual's contributions can clearly be distinguished so fair grading can be made.
Before the degree project course starts, the student shall identify an appropriate degree project task and formulate a project proposal that can be presented to the examiner for approval. The assignment must be chosen, so that it implies a natural progression of the knowledge and skills that have been acquired within the education.
After project proposal has been accepted, the student designs an individual plan for the degree project and starts the work where knowledge and methods from the education are applied.
The work must build on a scientific foundation and engineering experiences and contain parts of investigation and analysis. Practically construction work can be part of the work and shall mainly intend to verify set models and theories for solving the assignment, as well as be an application of chosen scientific and engineering methodology.
The student completes the course with an oral presentation and defend own work, as well as an opposition on other student's degree project work and a self-assessment.
Language of instruction are Swedish or English.
The report, with appendices, can be written in Swedish or English. Title and summary are always stated in both languages.
Learning activities
Before the degree project course starts, the student shall identify an appropriate degree project task and formulate a project proposal that can be presented to the examiner for approval. The assignment must be chosen, so that it implies a natural progression of the knowledge and skills that have been acquired within the education.
The student must write an individual plan for the degree project in which the problem description/assignment and the preconditions for the implementation of the work are specified. The individual plan for the degree project should include a background including a problem description and scientific aspects/question formulations, purpose(s), goals, delimitations, the relevance of the project, methods and time schedule for the implementation of the degree project. The individual plan shall also include a brief self-reflection where the student accounts for his knowledge to carry out the assignment and the planning for how potential remaining courses, that are required for higher education qualification, shall be completed. The individual plan for the degree project, shall be approved by the examiner.
The student carries out an in-depth pre-study including discussions of method choice and theoretical background with a literature study that is reported as a part of a draft to a preliminary version of the written degree project report.
The student carries out an individual independent project, where knowledge and methods from the education are applied.
The student plans and carries out oral presentation and defence of his or her degree project.
The student carries out an oral and written review of another degree project on the same level.
The student writes and presents a written degree project report, where the student clearly presents and discusses own conclusions in the degree project and the knowledge and the arguments that support them.
The student carries out a self-assessment of the degree project according to the model for "Assessment of quality of degree project for Bachelor of Science in Engineering". The self-assessment is enclosed as appendix in the degree project report.