280230 UE Individual Research Project (2025W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Th 04.09.2025 08:00 to Mo 22.09.2025 23:59
- Registration is open from Th 25.09.2025 00:00 to We 08.10.2025 08:00
- Deregistration possible until Fr 31.10.2025 23:59
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
- Stephan Krämer
- Silvia Bucci
- Stephan Glatzel
- Christian Griebler
- Thilo Hofmann
- Clemens Karwautz
- Renata Pacheco Quevedo
- Sarah Pati
- Andreas Richter
- Hannes Schmidt
- Michael Zumstein
- Frederic Würth (Student Tutor)
Classes
Currently no class schedule is known.
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Environmental science projects in research groupsThe MES4 Individual Research Project is an opportunity for students to work on a small project within a research group.The scope of the project needs to be appropriate for a 10 ECTS module and should include a literature review, the formulation of testable hypotheses, the application of analytical and statistical methods, planning and structuring of experiments and lab work. At the end, you will be required to summarise the results of all of these components and submit them in a project report in the style of a small research publication.
Assessment and permitted materials
Students need to identify a research topic/advisor to take them on for the research project (see list of lecturers) by Oct 20th at the latest. By January 28th. a project report needs to be submitted in the style of a small research publication summarising the results of the project work components.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
0-49 points: ungenügend (fail)
50-61 points: genügend (4)
62-74 points: befriedigend (3)
75-87 points: gut (2)
88-100 points: sehr gut (1)
50-61 points: genügend (4)
62-74 points: befriedigend (3)
75-87 points: gut (2)
88-100 points: sehr gut (1)
Examination topics
Final report, planning and conducting the project.
Reading list
To be provided by the mentor of each individual project.
Association in the course directory
MES-4
Last modified: Tu 11.11.2025 11:27