Course - Bachelor Thesis for Exchange Students - Department of Electric Energy - IELET3041
Bachelor Thesis for Exchange Students - Department of Electric Energy
New from the academic year 2025/2026
About
About the course
Course content
Themes are selected based on student's own subject area.
Learning outcome
Knowledge - The candidate
- has in-depth knowledge of a selected topic within the subject area
- has knowledge of research and development work within the topic
Skills - The Candidate
- can identify, formulate and solve a relevant scientific problem
- can apply knowledge and relevant results from research and development work to solve theoretical, technical and practical problems within the topic of the bachelor thesis and justify their choices
- can apply scientific methods and be able to work methodically
- can plan and carry out scientific work
General competence - The candidate
- imparts professional knowledge to various target groups both in writing and orally in Norwegian and English
- has insight into scientific honesty and understanding of ethical issues
- has insight into the environmental, health, social and economic consequences of products and solutions within their field and can put these in an ethical perspective and a life cycle perspective
- integrates previously acquired knowledge and is able to acquire new knowledge in solving a problem
Learning methods and activities
Typically carried out in groups of 2-4. In some cases, could also be carried out individually.
- Pre-project plan
- Documentation of the work process shall include status reports, meeting notices, meeting minutes and timesheets.
- Preparation of posters or a popular science article either at the end or during the process
- Oral presentation of the submitted bachelor thesis
Further on evaluation
The bachelor thesis and any product are considered as a whole. Group grades are used on a scale of A - F. UHR's Karakterbeskrivelser og vurderingskriterier for sensur av bacheloroppgaver i ingeniørfag are followed
If the bachelor thesis is assessed as Fail or grade F, the student(s) must submit a new thesis. Improvement/reworking is not sufficient. The thesis can present the same topic area with the same empirical/data basis.
The deadline for submitting the bachelor's thesis is May 20th. at 12.00 regardless of year. If May 20th a year falls on a weekend or public holiday, the submission deadline will be the following working day.
Preliminary project will be carried out in early January and must be approved. Assessment of the assignment is made on the basis of the project implementation, the report and the result of the work. The bachelor's thesis must reflect on the sustainability relevance of the thesis based on the UN's sustainability goals.
Course materials
Project manual. Candidates must find other literature themselves.
Subject areas
- Electrical Power Engineering