Dear Graduate Students,

Please pay attention to the following:

You are kindly requested to familiarize yourselves with the Internal Rules for Organizing and Conducting the Defense of Master Theses and the Procedure for Submission, Review and Defense of Master Theses in the Department of International Economic Relations and Business.

For submitting a master thesis topic and proposing a scientific supervisor, students must use the Application Form template, which should be submitted to the Department within the specified deadlines. The master thesis topic is finalized and agreed upon in consultation with the scientific supervisor. When selecting a supervisor, students may consult the areas of scientific interests and professional competences of the lecturers, published in their university blogs – in the section “Research Activity” → “Research Interests”. Information about the academic staff can be found here.

While developing the master thesis, students must strictly follow the requirements regarding structure, content, length, citation and technical formatting described in the document “Master Thesis Template”.

The originality (plagiarism) check is mandatory and is carried out through the officially approved UNWE electronic system after approval by the scientific supervisor. The originality check can be performed here.

The Declaration of Authorship must be signed by the graduate student and attached to the final version of the master thesis.

Compliance with deadlines and instructions is mandatory. Failure to comply may result in non-admission to the defense session.

The master thesis review is prepared by a reviewer appointed by the Department using an approved template. The template includes the main evaluation criteria, including:

• formulation of thesis statement and research objectives;
• theoretical preparation and analytical approach;
• independence of the research;
• justification of conclusions;
• use and citation of scientific literature.

Graduate students can familiarize themselves with the review template here.

Timeline of master thesis preparation, submission and defense: