Graduation process in Lahti University of Applied Sciences

1. Graduation process in Lahti University of Applied Sciences

Master Degree Programme in Environmental Technology
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2. Information channels concerning Master´s Thesis

Three options:
IN REPPU (REPPU.LAMK.FI)
1. Master Thesis, Environmental Technology (our own reppu
course concentrated on the needs of the students in Urban
sustainability, no keyword needed for access
2. LAMK Master School
Reppu course for all Master students in Lahti UAS, containing all
common guidelines, keyword: masterschool
IN RESPA (RESPA.LAMK.FI)
Studying – LAMK Master School – Master´s thesis
Containing common guidelines, template and other documents
Sign in with your user LAMK user codes

3. Starting you thesis

When you have an idea about your thesis topic please discuss first
with tutor teachers (Eeva, Paul)
Enroll yourself to the next thesis seminar (wiki/ Master thesis,
Environmental technology)
Prepare you thesis subject seminar using the template (in Master
thesis, environmental technology course in reppu) and present it in a
Friday seminar (time limit 15 minutes, not including discussion)
Make a plan how to proceed and what kind of material you need to
collect (timetable)

4. Documents needed in the beginning

CLIENT
You need to fulfill a special
document called cooperation
agreement on a research
development project
You find it in a document
Appendixes of Master Thesis
(in Master Thesis,
Environmental technology
course) or in Respa /
Studying / Master thesis
Client
Client's contact person
Street address
Post code and city
Phone
E-mail
EXECUTOR OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Project executor
Street address
Post code and city
Phone
E-mail
Study programme
Supervising lecturer(s)
Phone
E-mail
Subject of the development assignment
AGREEMENT
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Specifications regarding the costs and copyright of the work, research schedule and a detailed work description can be appended to
this agreement.
Number of appendices: ______ pages.
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Save it in reppu
The costs and copyright of the work are agreed upon separately
The thesis plan is appended to this agreement
SIGNATURES
Date
The client's details may not be entered in the business database of the educational institution.
C Project executor
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5. Thesis template and thesis guidelines

Start using thesis template when you start writing
Read throughly thesis guidelines – collect reference
and source information carefully

6. The importance of meeting the tutor(s) regularly

You are expected to keep in touch with the tutor(s) regularly and to
send your draft for comments
Face-to-face meetings are good but you can easily get comments
also by email, also Skype or Acrobat Connect meeting are possible
ways to contact
Especially when you are facing difficulties remember to contact the
tutor(s)
Information about regular AC-meetings will be found in reppu

7. Thesis planning seminar

When you have been working with your thesis so far that you can
figure out what kind of entity the thesis will be, you can have the
thesis planning seminar (time limit 30 minutes) when the tutor gives
you permission to have the seminar
In this stage you are recommended to have an opponent – another
student from your group or some other group – remember add your
opponent in the wiki in Master thesis course
The opponent gives comments to your seminar presentation in public
(or sends the comments to the tutors if cannot participate the seminar)

8. The role of the opponent

The opponent is expected to read the material the student has
prepared for the thesis and the seminar presentation
The opponent is expected to pay special attention to the following
viewpoints
The definition of the goal of the thesis
The methods used in the thesis
The material collected in the thesis
The style of writing the thesis
The results achieved in the thesis
What is succesfull, what should be improved in the thesis
The opponent can give his/her statemant either in the seminar, online
or in a written document

9. Finalising the thesis draft

When the student is in the final stage of the thesis process there are
certain steps to follow:
Getting approval to the manuscript from the tutor(s)
Language checking is done as a part of the tutoring
Sending the Finnish abstract to examination (lecturer Mirva Rainio
in Faculty of Technology)
Sending the manuscript to Urkund-service

10. Urkund service Further information: http://www.urkund.com

Lahti University of Applied Sciences has implemented a service against
plagiarism (URKUND by PrioInfo Ab).Before the publishing seminar the
student must send a document written in word processor to the e-mail
address given by the supervising lecturer. The service sends a
confirmation message to student. The service sends analysis data which
presents similarities compared to source material to supervising lecturer.
The thesis is sent to the service only once and it remains in the database
to be used as comparison material. Thus also the thesis is protected
against plagiarism.
When you get the permission from your supervisor you are supposed to
send your thesis manuscript to this service so it will provide the report
and your supervisor will pass it to you.
The address where to send the text is the following:
[email protected]
You can also get more information from the information center / [email protected]

11. Making the final corrections to the manuscript

When the student has got the comments from
English / Finnish language
Finnish abstract examination
Urkund –service
It is time to make the final corrections and
Save the thesis as one pdf-format in www.theseus.fi in good time (2
weeks preferably) before the graduation day
The thesis is then publicly available

12. The publicity of the thesis

If the thesis contains information which cannot be published the
student has to negotiate with the commissioner (tilaaja) and the
tutor(s) about how to prepare a version which can be published
The thesis cannot be secret but there must always be a version to be
published and saved to theseus

13. The thesis final seminar

When the student has got approval from the tutor(s) he/she can
prepare the final seminar presentation and settle the time with the
tutor(s) and the opponent
If the representative of the student´s work organisation wants to
participate the seminar it is highly recommended
The seminar presentation is planned according the current template
but the student can add more slides considering the time limit of 45
minutes

14. Getting the degree

The student has to make sure that all the courses needed (altogether
30 ECT cr) have been passed and evaluated / are visible in the study
register
The student has to make the application for graduation one month
before the graduation day – link to the application is found in Respa
The amount of professional and elective studies is 20+10 ECT cr
(minimum); the student can have more credits if he/she chooses so

15. The press release

The student has to make a press release according separate
instructions (found in Master thesis, environmental technology course
in reppu)
The press release is replacing the maturity test used in Bachelor
programmes
The press release is sent to the tutor(s) who accept it and send it the
the communication planner of LUAS
The communication planner Terhi Kuisma will decide where she will
offer the release

16. The day of graduation

There are monthly official days of graduation in Lahti UAS
Special graduation ceremonies are arranged in December and in May
You can participate ceremony or fetch your certificate from study
office or get it by mail.