The final exam consists of the defence of a thesis written in English under the guidance of a supervisor, chosen among the professors of UniTrento, on a topic consistent with the content of the Master’s programme. The supervisor will monitor and support your activities, providing feed-back on the suitability of the dissertation to be discussed, as well as on its originality

The Master thesis has a double educational value:

• it allows to evaluate your learning outcomes via an empirical or theoretical research; on the other hand
• it allows to evaluate your level of autonomy in planning, writing, and discussing a scientific text.

Two types of thesis are provided:

• A thesis reporting an in-depth review of the literature about a topic relevant to the field of study. The review must be accurate, organized, and comprehensive as it should allow evaluating the student’s critical skills and capabilities for autonomous intellectual work.
• A thesis reporting novel empirical or experimental, simulative or theoretical work. The thesis will include an in-depth analysis of the existing literature on the topic and
  • the definition of the research question, the description of methods and results, and a discussion of the findings (empirical or experimental and simulative theses)
  • the theoretical proposal and its implications (theoretical thesis).

The final exam Committee will evaluate the thesis and the discussion on a scale from 66 (sufficient) to 110 (excellent), with the possibility of awarding the “cum laude”.

Requirements for Final exam registration

To register for the Final exam, you must have acquired all the credits related to the other learning activities foreseen for the program.

Only the documentation related to the internship can be handed in after your registration to the final exam,  up to one week before the final exam date.