Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree and, in addition, at least 15 credits in mathematics at Master's level. Admission requires a project plan accepted by the department.

Learning outcomes

To pass the course the student should be able to

• plan, carry out and present an independent work that requires a deep mathematical or statistical knowledge as well as a study of original scientific papers, or – should the work be done outside the university – a study of relevant technical literature;
• give a correct and linguistically good presentation of his or her work, scientific as well as popular, for various groups.

Content

The nature of the independent work will be dependent on the student's field of study and interests. For example, the student could

• contribute to the mathematical research by obtaining original results;
• make a thorough study of a research paper, supplementing it with detailed explanations, proofs and examples;
• carry out the mathematical analysis and treatment of a problem that originates from some interdisciplinary area;
• investigate an industrial problem or a problem from the public sector, the solution of which requires sophisticated mathematical and statistical methods.

Instruction

The degree project is carried out under the guidance of a supervisor who provides further instructions.

Assessment

A scientific report should be written and then presented orally at a seminar. Both the report and the presentation should be of sufficient quality. The report should contain a popular summary and summary in English.