Master's Thesis Preparation
The assignment of a Master's Thesis (MT) occurs after completing all first-year courses of the study program.
The third semester of the Program includes the preparation of a Master's Thesis. The MT must be individual, original, have a research character, and be written according to the writing guidelines posted on the M.Sc. Program's website. The subject of the Master's Thesis must have either a research character or be a literature review. It's also possible for the Master's Thesis to take another equivalent form besides a written treatise (e.g., video, art exhibition, website creation, software development, etc., with an accompanying document).
Upon the candidate's application, which includes the proposed thesis title, the supervisor's name, and an attached summary of the proposed work, the Assembly designates the supervisor and forms a three-member examination committee for the approval of the work. The supervisor is one of the committee members. The writing language of the Master's Thesis can be Greek or English and is determined along with the topic assignment.
The thesis title can be changed upon the student's request and with the supervisor's consent to the M.Sc. Program's Coordinating Committee. The request must include a brief justification for the change.
To be approved, the student must defend their thesis before the three-member examination committee.
The supervisor and the members of the three-member examination committee for the Master's Thesis are appointed from the following categories of personnel who have undertaken teaching duties in the M.Sc. Program:
a) Faculty members (DEP), Special Teaching Staff (EEP), Laboratory Teaching Staff (EDIP), and Special Technical Laboratory Staff (ETEP) of the Department or other Departments of EKPA (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) or another Higher Education Institution (HEI) or Higher Military Education Institution (ASEI), with additional employment beyond their legal obligations, if the M.Sc. Program has tuition fees. b) Emeritus Professors or retired faculty members of the Department or other Departments of EKPA or another HEI. c) Collaborating professors. d) Appointed lecturers. e) Visiting professors or visiting researchers. f) Researchers and special functional scientists from research and technological bodies under Article 13A of Law 4310/2014 (A'258) or other research centers and institutes in Greece or abroad.
By decision of the Coordinating Committee, the supervision of diploma theses may also be assigned to faculty members (DEP, EEP, ETEP, and EDIP) of the Department who have not undertaken teaching duties in the M.Sc. Program.
Once approved by the examination committee, Master's Theses are mandatory uploaded to the Digital Repository "PERGAMOS," in accordance with the decisions of the EKPA Senate.
If the Master's Thesis contains original, unpublished results, upon request from the supervisor, co-signed by the postgraduate student, only the abstracts may be published on the website, with the full text published later.