All Master students studying at the HF-faculty can apply for a reading/study room at the library. The  application deadline is 25. August in the autumn semester and 25. January in the spring semester.  

Application form

As a master student you need to sign a master agreement as soon as you have been assigned a supervisor for the master's thesis. The agreement is a guiding collaboration agreement between you as a student and the department and outlines both your rights and your duties as a master's student.

The master agreement 

Financial support for fieldwork in connection with the master's thesis.
It is often necessary to carry out fieldwork as part of the data collection for the master's thesis, either abroad or at home. 
The institute therefore has a support scheme that can cover such expenses. Students can be reimbursed up to NOK 6,000 for expenses incurred during fieldwork, such as visits to archive, travels for interviews, participation in relevant conferences. Books and other equipment are not covered.
What do you (as a student) have to do?
 

Clarify first with your supervisor that the fieldwork is relevant to the master thesis and ask her/him to send an e-mail to studieveiledning-ihs@hf.ntnu.no to confirm that these expenses are for relevant fieldwork.
Fill out the travel refund form after the stay. All receipts/invoices must be provided. Attach/paste the receipts/invoices onto a blank sheet and submit with the refund form to the administration office (ekspedisjon).
 

If you plan on conducting interviews as part of your Master Thesis, you are obliged to provide information about people for your master's project e.g. at the interview you are obliged to inform and obtain consent. You can read more about what this means on the website of the Norwegian Center for Research Data, NSD.
You have the opportunity to hand in your data to NTNU University Library, Dora Library.
 

About information requirements, consent and registration of research projects to the Norwegian Center for Research Data, NSD (external link)

Guidance for submitting and archiving your interview data (pdf)

Agreement between researcher and informant form (pdf)

For submission or information contact:
NTNU University Library, Dora Library: dorabib@ub.ntnu.no
 

As a master's student at NTNU, you will be assigned a supervisor within the subject area pertaining to your master's thesis.
As part of the supervision is intended as a support and follow-up in the work on the master's thesis.
 

You can find the number of supervision hours for master theses at the Faculty of Humanities in the master's agreement.

Master agreement

Think about how you want to use of the supervision time you are entitled to, which should also include time spent for writing and answering emails both for you and your supervisor. While supervision on the Master thesis is provided throughout the academic year, it is usually more intensive in the spring semester when work on the thesis moves into the data collection, writing and finalization stages.

The main responsibility of the supervisor is to provide support and guidance. Still, you should not expect that the supervisor will always be available or able to answer emails at short notice. Hence, it is important that you manage your supervision time, also in cooperation with your supervisor. Be aware, however, that the Master Thesis is an independent research project that you develop and carry out yourself

As a result, a significantly greater independence in researching and writing your thesis is expected. You are responsible for using the available supervision time in the best possible way until the submission date.
Communicate early on with your supervisor any expectations you may have re.: the supervision process, including what working methods you prefer and what level of ambition you have for your master project.
 

Early in the last semester of the master's programme, you will be offered a mid-term interview with a study advisor where you can assess the progress of your thesis and discuss the way forward.
Remember you can always adjust your ambitions, wishes and needs during the process. Contact the study advisor to discuss solutions.
 

In rare cases, the collaboration between supervisor and master's student does not work. If serious cooperation difficulties with your supervisor should arise, you can ask to change supervisor. Contact the study supervisor in charge of your study subject.

See the study plan text for your study programme and the course description for the master's thesis on the website of the Department of Modern Social History and/or the Department of Historical and Classical Studies.

Here you can search for books, magazines, articles, pictures and music.
The Oria search function
 

See the library's own page for updated information on subject-specific resources.

• Subject page for historical studies

• Subject page for European studies

• Subject page for archeology studies

• Subject page for ancient culture and classical subjects
   

The online resource VIKO provides information and tips about writing assignments, referencing, reference tools, etc.

EndNote is one of several softwares for managing references. The program is available (freely) to students at NTNU and the library offers courses and guidance in the use of this program.

NTNU Open gives you access to previously submitted master's theses at NTNU.

You are responsible for informing your supervisor that you plan to submit your assignment sufficiently in advance of the submission deadline. Your supervisor must approve that you deliver. If your supervisor recommends that you postpone submission, you should carefully consider his/her advice. Please note that you are not allowed to re-submit a passed MA Thesis to improve your grade. The MA thesis grade you obtain after the oral examination is final. If you fail, separate rules apply for re-submission (see below).

Remember that you must always register for assessment in the master's thesis in the current semester you are to submit. The deadlines are by 1st of February for the spring semester and 1st of September for the autumn semester.
 

Important information about writing and submitting the master's thesis can be found on Innsida:

Write and submit the thesis (under Help for writing assignments you will find a template for writing a master's thesis). See also the course description for the master's thesis in your subject.

All master's theses at the Department of Modern Social History and the Department of Historical and Classical Studies are submitted via INSPERA.

We have ongoing deadlines for submitting master's theses. The submission date for the master's thesis is normally 15 May in the spring semester and 15 November in the autumn semester. By this date, the electronic version of the master's thesis must be submitted. 

The assessment period for master's theses is up to three months, but to the extent possible, the department will arrange for thesis to be assessed by the end of the same semester in which you submitted the thesis, as long as you submit within the ordinary deadline.

NTNU has a duty to store all submitted assignments digitally. How accessible these should be to the public is decided by the person  who wrote them. The assignments will be checked for plagiarism.

The master's thesis has its own grade description and you can find it on NTNU's wiki pages about the grade scale.

Grade description
 

If you want to print your own copy of the MA thesis, you can do so at the NTNU Graphic Center. IHK and IMS pay for one print that goes to you and when ordering you must state affiliation - Department of Historical and Classical Studies or Department of Modern Social History.

In the order form, you must state how many prints will be paid by the department and by you. You can of course order more copies at your own expense.
 

Only a doctor's certificate or sick leave entitles to postpone submission within the same semester. Deferred submission for academic reasons requires an application.

Application form (common for students at IHK and IMS) can be found here.

It is the student's responsibility to contact the study advisor if there is a need to postpone thesis submission, adjust the study plan, sick leave, leave of absence, etc. In such cases the study advisor will inform and guide you re.: the procedure to follow and the consequences it may entail for you and the supervision of your thesis.

The last deadline for adjusting the study plan is 15 February for the spring semester and 15 September for the autumn semester.

The career and financial consequences of any postponements are the student's own responsibility.
 

If you fail the master's thesis, you can apply to the department for submitting the master's thesis again. In order to do this, the thesis address a new topic or have been reworked to the extent that it can be considered a new thesis. In the application to the department, you must explain which changes you plan to make in the master's thesis. In order for the assignment to be considered new, you must ask and provide answers to new problems, and / or

• draw in new empirical material (sources / data), and / or
• have radically changed your analysis and interpretation of your original empirical data.
You are not allow to re-work a passed master's thesis to improve your grade.
The new master's thesis must be submitted no later than one year after the first submission. You must apply for a postponement to the department if you need a deadline extension. The reasons for applying to a deadline extension must be substantiated.
 

The same guidelines and deadlines for requesting a grade explanation and/ or appealing a grade apply to the master's thesis similarly to other courses at NTNU.

The master's degree is organized differently in the various study programs.
See the course descriptions for your master's course for more information about the thesis assessment form and rules.
Information about place and time for the oral examination will be sent by e-mail by the administration. The date is not set until the master's thesis has been submitted.