MSc in chemical and biochemical engineering Success conditions Internship Minor Master project

Curriculum of MSc Semesters 1 & 2 Industrial internship Academic MSc thesis Academic minor Industrial MSc thesis 60 credits30 credits MSc cycle in 90 credits or

Study plan

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MSc thesis versus Internship Internship Under the responsibility of the industrial partner Integration in a team Industrial project Confidentiality Internal research report Internal oral presentation No grade MSc thesis Under the responsibility of a EPFL Prof. or MER Personal research Original work Publishable MSc thesis Thesis defense Jury gives a grade

Industrial internship  Your coach: Catherine Marselli  Information session: September 22nd  Time: 15:15 – 16:00  Room: MA A3 31

Minor  Possibility to attend a minor instead of an industrial internship  Organisation: in parallel or after the curriculum of our MSc, the student attends courses of an EPFL's Minor  Completion: at least 30 credits  Minor proposals :

Minor Selection  Your choice of minor must be valided by our section + the section offering the minor  Application & Registration : Now: registration on IS-Academia for courses attending in Automn 2015 October 15th: Minor choice announcement to the Section (enrolment form in Intership vs Minor) End of December: official registration on IS-Academia (end of Fall semester)

Consequences for the MSc thesis  If an industrial internship is completed, the Master thesis must be done in academia (EPFL or in an University abroad).  If a minor is completed, the Master thesis must be done in industry.  The 90 credits (Master cycle including Internship or Minor) must be obtained before starting the Master thesis. ie. for most of you MSc thesis is scheduled for Spring 2016  An information about the Master thesis will be given next semester.

Studies commitments To complete successfully your MSc, you have to :  Get at least the 60 credits of the curriculum  Pass your internship or minor (30 credits)  Pass your MSc thesis (30 credits)  Each course is subject to an examination (oral, written or continous)  The credits related to a specific course are gained with a sufficient score (4.0) or more (up to 6)  Courses are placed together in blocs (blocs 1, 2 and 3)  Sufficient average bloc's score leads to the attribution of the whole credits of the bloc: Σ(individual scores X credits) / Σ credits  4.00

Studies commitments The final MSc score is calculated in the following manner: a) MSc with internship Curriculum's exams: Average score 1 60 cred. Internship: (pass or fail)no score 30 cred. MSc cycle score = average score 1 Final score = (MSc cycle score x 90 + MSc thesis x 30) / 120

Studies commitments The final MSc score is calculated in the following manner: b) MSc with minor Curriculum's exams: Average score 1 60 cred. Minor: Average score 2 30 cred. MSc cycle score = (average score 1 x 60 + average score 2 x 30) / 90 Final score = (MSc cycle score x 90 + MSc thesis x 30) / 120