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Tampere University Student’s Guide

Course unit, curriculum year 2026–2027
BBT.OPN.002

Master´s Thesis, Natural Sciences, 30 cr

Tampere University
Teaching periods
Active in period 1 (1.8.2026–18.10.2026)
Active in period 2 (19.10.2026–31.12.2026)
Active in period 3 (1.1.2027–7.3.2027)
Active in period 4 (8.3.2027–31.5.2027)
Active in period 5 (1.6.2027–31.7.2027)
Course code
BBT.OPN.002
Language of learning
English
Academic years
2024–2025, 2025–2026, 2026–2027
Level of study
Advanced studies
Grading scale
General scale, 0-5
Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Heli Skottman
Responsible teacher:
Vesa Hytönen
Responsible teacher:
Matti Nykter
Responsible organisation
Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology 100 %
Coordinating organisation
MET Studies 100 %
Content

In order to attain a Master's degree, the student must complete a Master's thesis, thereby indicating his/her readiness for scientific thought, command of the necessary research methods, familiarity with the subject matter of the thesis and an ability to carry out scientific communication in their own field of study. A Master's thesis is based on supervised experimental or computational research from which a written report is drawn up, containing the abstract (in Finnish or Swedish, and in English), an introduction, a literature review, materials and methods, results, discussion and conclusions. In addition, the student has to pass a maturity examination, related to the thesis work.

Before starting the project, a project plan must be prepared to be accepted by the professor responsible for the MSc specialization.

Learning outcomes
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1
Additional information with specific instructions for both students and supervisors are available at the course Moodle. The originality of thesis will be checked using the plagiarism detection programme.

Participation in teaching

01.08.2026 – 30.07.2027
Active in period 1 (1.8.2026–18.10.2026)
Active in period 2 (19.10.2026–31.12.2026)
Active in period 3 (1.1.2027–7.3.2027)
Active in period 4 (8.3.2027–31.5.2027)
Active in period 5 (1.6.2027–31.7.2027)