Rules issued about:
- Study plan deadlines
- Postponed MSc thesis submission
- Special syllabus
- Inquiries to the Programme Board
Study plan deadlines
The master study agreement plan must be handed to the student administration no later than 1 December in the first semester of the master's studies.
Postponed MSc thesis submission
Applications for postponed thesis submission must be sent complete with documentation to the Student administration no later than 1 month before the submission date for the thesis, using the online form at Illness at exams / postponed exams with the course code GEO5960.
Valid reasons for postponement are stated in the Regulations concerning courses, modules and degrees, section 4.3.5.
Your MSc thesis submission deadline will be updated in Studentweb if your application is approved.
Special syllabus
The application for approval of a special syllabus must be sent to the Study Administration for approval as soon as it is decided upon and before the exam for the special syllabus is held. You may submit the application as part of your Master's contract or submit the application later on. The application must be approved before you can start working on the syllabus.
- For a special syllabus worth 5 ECTS: The syllabus must include a minimum of 125 pages from articles, a minimum of 175 pages from books, or a workload equivalent to 125 hours.
- For a special syllabus worth 10 ECTS: The syllabus must include a minimum of 250 pages from articles, a minimum of 350 pages from books, or a workload equivalent to 250 hours.
The special syllabus shall be assessed by a committee represented by an internal and an external assessor and graded as pass/fail. The external assessor cannot be or have been working in the same place as any of the supervisors, either currently or within the last 2 years. For any questions, please contact Student administration.
We have collected important applications on a dedicated webpage, where you will find the application for the use of a special syllabus.
See also:
Central regulations concerning studies
Inquiries to the Programme Board
Matters to be presented to the PUU should be submitted to the Study Administration, which prepares the cases for the next scheduled meeting of the committee. There are also members from the Study Administration who rotate the role of secretary in the committee meetings.