Research assignment for exchange students
The workload of the Research assignment is 15 ECTS.
Topic & Supervisor
Before arriving at ETSEIB, students must:
- Search a professor at ETSEIB to supervise his/her research assignment.
- Search a topic agreed with the professor.
https://etseib.upc.edu/ca/lescola/departaments-i-recerca
Students and supervisors must have regular meetings to guide the elaboration process.
Types of projects
There are two different:
Type 1: at ETSEIB
- Supervisor: professor
- Public defence: not required
- Delivery: at ETSEIB.
Type 2: in a company
- Supervisor: external supervisor
- Coordinator: professor
- Public defence: not required
- Delivery: at ETSEIB
More detailed explanation:
- Professor: Professor working at ETSEIB or at one department.
- External supervisor: Professional not related to ETSEIB.
- If the research project is performed in a company, the student must sign a framework document with the company: Contract of employment or Traineeship agreement (regulated by an Agreement on Educational Cooperation.
- Students who have chosen a RA of the one's proposed in the Project and Job offers or have proposed an own RA, will have to do the register by the e-secretaria (Project-New project registration)
- Before arrival students will receive a username and password to access in e-Secretaria
https://prisma-nou.upc.edu/apl/home_estudiants.php?idioma=3 - It is mandatory to fill the register (validated by the director or Rapporteur of the RA) before the enrolment of the RA.
Enrollment
- Students must enrol the RA (15 ECTS) through e-Secretaria
This enrolment can be done at regular enrolment periods.
- Students have to perform the research regarding the specific norms and regulations.
Delivery and validation
- The delivery of the RA is online. The digital repository facilitates the management to the users and allows the documental management in electronic support.
- RA will be published in open-access form in the UPC Academic Works repository if the author authorises it and there are no associated confidentiality and/or industrial property issues.
- Access to theses that are not published in open-access form in the UPC Academic Works repository will be guaranteed for research and study purposes, although protected parts and confidentiality periods will be respected.
- It is compulsory that the students fill in and sign the corresponding authorization document (available on the MT Intranet) accepting or not accepting to publish his/her RA in UPC Commons, before upload the RA.
https://guiadocent.etseib.upc.edu/tribunals/ - After that, the RA has to be uploaded on the MT intranet by the student in the corresponding period of RA calendar.
- The delivery will be later validated by the director/supervisor.
- A public defence in front of an academic committee is NOT required for the assessment of the RA.
- The assessment will be carry out in front of the director of the project. It is not allowed to carry out the presentation from a distance.
- International Office will send the transcript of records to the home University of the student.
