Master Thesis in Biotechnology

The master's thesis consists of an independent project work within the field of biology/biotechnology. This project work will normally be linked to ongoing research activity at the department. During the master thesis, students will learn to work systematically within a specific area and also learn to acquire detailed knowledge and skills through practical work and literature study.

The student should learn in-depth inquiry in a specific theme within their chosen field, through scientific methods of work, i.e. collecting complementary knowledge through literature studies and searches in other references, to combine this with their own knowledge. The student should further complete a larger independent work, including to make a project plan with milestones, report interim results and write a master thesis according to acknowledged standards.

All students doing their master's thesis at the Faculty of Natural Sciences have to write a master agreement with their supervisor anhd department. This is done via the electronic form in Sharepoint. The standard contact period with the supervisor/-s is 50 hours. Any contact between supervisor/-s and student beyond this, depends on the supervisor/-s choice of supervision methodology. It is expected that the student works independently beyond the standard contact period.