Thesis Allocation

FINAL MASTER THESIS PROCEDURE 2nd INTAKE (2020-2022)

A) PREPARING THE POOL OF OFFERS FOR FINAL MASTER THESES (FMT):

• February 2, 2021: Emailing all the Associate Partners (AP) to request offers for Final Master Thesis (FMT) according to the template provided, including name of the tentative hosting institution, contact person, title, abstract (max. 100 words) and skills required from each tentative candidate.
• March 31, 2021: Deadline for the submission of offers from the AP to the REM Secretariat (info@master-rem.eu).
• April 23, 2021: The REM Secretariat communicates the students via eGela the final pool of offers, so they can select a maximum of three (3) choices according to the info provided in the pool and get in contact directly with the AP’s they have selected (or REM national coordinator, not AP, in the case of NTNU), by clearly identifying the chosen offer(s) and sending their curriculum (CV) for review to the contact person of each offer. Then, the AP and/or University will conduct the preliminary selection procedures through revision of the CV of the candidate(s) together with a possible interview agreed by both parties.
• June 25, 2021: Deadline for the submission of tentative allocation of students from the AP, according to their respective selection procedure, to the REM Secretariat. If there is more than one candidate per offer, they must be ranked by the AP in order of merit (preference).

B) ALLOCATION OF FMT:

• July 9, 2021: The REM Secretariat communicates all the AP and Candidates the provisional decision adopted by the Joint Programme Board (JPB) regarding preliminary allocation of candidates for the FMT, by following the criteria for allocation shown below, aiming to ensure compliance with the REM Consortium Agreement.
• September 10, 2021: Deadline for appealing the JPB decision, through the “Appeal form” that can be downloaded from the REM website. Appeals must be based on sufficient academic grounds.
• October 8, 2021: Communication of the final JPB decision to AP and Candidates for the allocation of the FMT. This decision is not open to a further appeal and must be accepted by all the parties.
• Early January 2022: Beginning of the 4th semester for the FMT at NTNU (Exact dates: https://www.ntnu.edu/studies/academiccalendar)
• February 1, 2022: Beginning of the 4th semester for the FTM at UoS and UPV/EHU.
• February 16, 2022: Beginning of the 4th semester for the FTM at ECN.
• June 30, 2022: End of the 4th semester at UPV/EHU and NTNU.
• July 2022: VIVAS at UPV/EHU (exact dates and composition of the Juriesto be determined according to availabilities. All parties will be duly informed ahead of time).
• July 31, 2022: End of the 4th semester at UoS.
• August 31, 2022: End of the 4th semester for the FTM at ECN.