Bachelor Thesis

The bachelor thesis is based on a problem / thesis description proposed by the business community, the public sector or from the academic community. Through the assignment, students will identify, formulate and solve relevant problems in the engineer's field of work. The candidate must use knowledge and skills from several subject areas in the study, as well as do independent specialization where necessary. Through the bachelor thesis, the candidate must contribute to either research or development. The candidate must also acquire skills in project management, planning, implementation and documentation of a project work.

The bachelor thesis must contain at least one of the topics innovation, development, research or entrepreneurship. The project group chooses their own approach to the chosen topic.

Knowledge - The Candidate

• has in-depth knowledge of a selected topic within the subject area
• has knowledge of research and development work within the topic

Skills - The Candidate

• can identify, formulate and solve a relevant engineering problem
• can apply knowledge and relevant results from research and development work to solve theoretical, technical and practical problems within the topic of the bachelor thesis and justify their choices
• can apply engineering methods and work methodically
• can document and disseminate engineering work
• can plan and carry out engineering work

General competence - The candidate :

• disseminates professional knowledge to various target groups both in writing and orally in Norwegian and English
• has insight into scientific honesty and understanding of ethical issues
• has insight into environmental, health, social and economic consequences of products and solutions within their field and can put these in an ethical perspective and a life cycle perspective
• integrates previously acquired knowledge and is able to acquire new knowledge in solving a problem

The bachelor thesis must be solved in a project group with 2 to 3 students per group. Individual assignments are usually not accepted, in special circumstances the application can be directed to the course coordinator.

The course coordinator facilitates assignment collection and presentations and assigns assignments. Some crash courses are offered during the spring semester and each group is offered weekly guidance from one in the college.