Research assignment for exchange students

The workload of the Research assignment is 15 ECTS.

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.

There are two different:

Type 1: at ETSEIB

Type 2: in a company

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.

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.

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.