Master's Thesis

A postgraduate student is entitled to submit a Master’s Thesis topic provided that they have successfully completed the courses of the first (1st) and second (2nd) semesters of the curriculum.

The preparation of the Master’s Thesis takes place during the fourth (4th) semester of the Program. Upon submission of an application by the candidate, indicating the proposed title of the thesis, the proposed supervisor, and accompanied by an abstract of the proposed work, the Coordinating Committee appoints the thesis supervisor and establishes the Three-Member Examination Committee for the evaluation of the thesis, one of whose members is the supervisor.

Modification of the thesis topic or replacement of a member of the Three-Member Examination Committee may be carried out following a proposal by the student or the supervisor to the Program Steering Committee and is examined on a case-by-case basis. Minor modifications—defined as refinements or specifications of the thesis title without changes to the general subject or the basic design of the study—may be made following submission of a relevant application by the postgraduate student, signed by the supervisor, to the Secretariat of the Program.

Members or supervisors of the Three-Member Examination Committee of the Master’s Thesis are appointed from among all categories of teaching staff, as defined in Article 83 of Law 4957/2022. In exceptional cases of loss, objective inability to perform supervisory duties, or other serious reasons (such as illness, residence abroad, etc.), replacement of the supervisor or a member of the Examination Committee may be approved by decision of the Program Steering Committee.

The maximum number of Master’s Theses that may be supervised by a single supervisor is set at seven (7).

For the thesis to be approved, the student must defend it before the Three-Member Examination Committee. Upon completion of the defense, the Committee evaluates and grades the thesis.

The Examination Committee may request:

Minor revisions, which the candidate must complete within thirty (30) days. In this case, the Committee submits the final grade to the Secretariat without further examination.

Major revisions. In this case, re-examination of the revised thesis is required. If the student fails to respond satisfactorily, they are removed from the Program following a duly justified recommendation by the Three-Member Examination Committee and a decision of the Coordinating Committee.

Approved Master’s Theses are mandatorily uploaded to the institutional repository NEMERTES.
The preparation and writing of the Master’s Thesis are governed by the rules on thesis writing and dissemination of the University of Patras, as set out in the Guidelines for the Writing of the Master’s Thesis (M.T)

Writing of the Master’s Thesis

Issues related to the writing of the Master’s Thesis, such as font type, abstract guidelines, content, structure, presentation format, bibliographic references, etc., are specified in the Guidelines for the Writing of the Master’s Thesis (M.T) .

Following the presentation and defense of the Master’s Thesis, the Three-Member Examination Committee drafts and signs the official minutes of the public defense. For the registration of the Master’s Thesis grade, the defense minutes are submitted to the Secretariat of the Joint Transnational Master’s Program.