Dissertation/Internship

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Continued evaluation work: the student will be in regular contact with your advisor. Other requirements may be set up by the supervisor, depending on the type, stage and difficulty of the work.

It is assumed that the student can perform a thesis or internship. In particular, the stage may be the opportunity for students to have contact with technological companies, either national or International, in the field of space or even to develop their work in international organizations such as ESA and ESO.

Learning Outcomes

Develop:
a) organizational, planning and decision skills.
b) ability to carry out scientific or technological research.
c) capacity to implement and interconnect knowledge.
d) creative and critical ability.
c) ability to articulate the thought, bring it out and argue a thesis.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

In general it depends on the topic, in the field of astrophysics, which is chosen for the Dissertation/Internship, but is carefully chosen so that it is a subject suitable for the master's course, normally about recent issues with interest to the field of astrophysics and instrumentation for the space.
It ought to have academic or technological  novelty and a level of depth in line with the preparation of a thesis.

Head Lecturer(s)

Alexandre Carlos Morgado Correia

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Research work: 100.0%

Bibliography

Artigos científicos e técnicos.
Outras teses e trabalhos publicados, adequados ao assunto em desenvolvimento.

Scientific and technical papers.
Other theses and published works, appropriate to the underlying subjects.