2020_21
Educational guide 
School of Chemical Engineering
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Nanoscience, Materials and Processes: Chemical Technology at the Frontier
 Subjects
  MASTER'S THESIS
   Specific action plan / execution
  Description
Introductory activities The introductory activities will set the overall objective of the Master Final Project: The student will undertake a project original and innovative research that will enable to apply and integrate all the skills that have been acquired over the master.
Selecting/assigning the master’s degree thesis The allocation of candidates to the master the work proposed by the different supervisors will follow criteria of equity and transparency.
All proposals made by TFM faculty supervisors are available to Master Space in Moodle (http://moodle.urv.cat). All students enrolled in the Masters have access to it.
In this space is also available all the rules associated with the TFM, the detail of the delivery of the documentation and submission to the panel, and the list of proposals presented in previous years.

The academic coordinator of the Master advised by supervisors, carry out the process of allocating student candidates to the proposed work
Students have been previously selected and prioritized by the selection committee of the Master in Nanoscience, Materials and Processes: Chemical Technology Frontier.
1. Every supervisor participating in the program proposed a couple of proposals for work to master to be published on the program website.
2. Candidates prioritize a maximum of ten subjects between master projects published on the web.
3. E.each supervisor can direct at least a master's work as far as it has been one of the ten selected options.
4. In the first round, the work is assigned to students who have chosen the first option.
5. If any work is chosen as first choice for more than one student, the supervisor of the proposed Final Master can select the candidate it deems appropriate.
6. During the second round, works are assigned to those students who have elected the second option, a third round will be allocated to the remaining candidates for the proposed work.
7. If some works have not been selected on any option, preference will go to these works the following academic year.
8. A supervisor may propose more than one work if he/she has been funded more than one grant or should have been very successful in their proposals. In the latter case, the next academic year he/she will has a lower preference rate.
9. Whenever an overlap exists between candidates and work, the supervisors will reach an agreement for the allocation of the students.
Selecting/assigning the bachelor’s degree/master’s degree thesis The allocation of candidates to the master the work proposed by the different supervisors will follow criteria of equity and transparency.
All proposals made by TFM faculty supervisors are available to Master Space in Moodle (http://moodle.urv.cat). All students enrolled in the Masters have access to it.
In this space is also available all the rules associated with the TFM, the detail of the delivery of the documentation and submission to the panel, and the list of proposals presented in previous years.
Drafting of the bachelor’s degree/master’s degree thesis Each student report must be written in English and will reflect original research project.
The work Will be presented in the form of a scientific paper, following the model report is in Moodle (Sample report. Experimental thesis pdf). The report should be a maximum of 10 pages. The minimum allowable font is 10 points. The page size is A4, and all margins (top, bottom, left, right) should be at least 15 mm (not including footers or headers).
Students must submit the report (pdf) on the academic coordinator of the master before 1 September.

Plagiarism will disqualify TFM. Quoting will not be considered a demerit,as far as it is always accompanied by the pertinent reference. The reproduction of text through paraphrasing must be extremely careful. When using the paraphrase, should be accompanied by the corresponding reference.
Personal attention Each master work supervisor in addition to:

Dr. F. Xavier Rius
Professor of Analytical Chemistry
UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI
Department of Analytical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry
c/Marcell?omingo s/n 43007 Tarragona SPAIN
Tel. +34 977 559 562
Fax +34 977 558 446
http://www.quimica.urv.cat/quimio/nanosensors
Laboratory practicals The preparation of the Final Master is developed primarily in the lab where the student acquires all the skills foreseen.
Mechanisms for coordinating and monitoring the bachelor’s degree/master’s degree thesis There will be a internal coordination (by the University).
The coordinator TFM will contact the students and supervisors of TFM at the beginning of the semester.
The monitoring will be carried out in general meetings / contacts.
The monitoring will be specific to the supervisor throughout the semester.
Presentation and defence of the bachelor’s degree/master’s degree thesis Students will give an oral presentation and will defense his experimental work in English during the period 10 to 15 September.
The oral presentation should be no more than 20 minutes, followed by a period of approximately 10 minutes for questions.
The jury will be composed of a maximum of three doctors belonging to research groups involved in the masters program. The most experienced academic among them will act as president.
Supervisors will not participate as a member of the jury.