Upon completion of the internship, students are expected to devote approximately 2 months and a half to the preparation of a thesis on a topic of their choice, proposed by a professor of the Physics of Data master’s degree, who will act as the thesis supervisor.

This option entails the presence of an internship supervisor, as well as a thesis supervisor and co-supervisor. We recommend contacting the thesis supervisors before the beginning of the internship, so that they can weight in with their opinion on the internship choice.

How to calculate the final grade

To obtain the final score, the weighted average grade must be expressed as a score out of one hundred and ten and the following points must be added:

> 0-4 points awarded by the thesis supervisor,

> 0-2 points awarded by an external referee

> +1,0, -1 points awarded by the graduation commission

>+1 point in case the degree is obtained within the prescribed time

In order to graduate “Cum Laude”, the threshold of 113 points must be reached

In this case the thesis will consist of a report on the activity carried out during the internship. It should focus on the physical concepts and methods treated in the Study Programme and applied in the internship setting. Students are expected to devote a minimum of 4 months to this activity.

This option requires the presence of an external thesis supervisor (i.e. staff member of the company or research institution) and an internal thesis advisor (i.e. professor of the University of Padua). The project will be evaluated by both internal and external thesis supervisors. The students are required to reach out to both figures to set the outline and structure of the project.

How to calculate the final grade

To obtain the final score the weighted average grade must be expressed as a score out of one hundred and ten and the following points must be added:

> 0-4 points awarded by the external thesis supervisor

> 0-2 points awarded the internal thesis supervisor

> +1, 0, -1 points awarded by the thesis commission

> +1 point in case the degree is obtained within the prescribed time

In order to graduate “Cum Laude”, the threshold of 113 points must be reached.

This process consists in making the title of the thesis official and it should be carried out before registering for graduation. At least three months prior to the graduation period of their choice, students are required to:

>Contact the supervisor to identify a topic for the Master’s thesis

> Access the thesis portal of the Department of Physics and Astronomy (https://tesi.dfa.unipd.it/), select the study program and choose the thesis title that the supervisor has proposed (if it is not on the list yet, the supervisor must enter the proposal into the database and it will become available within one week, after the approval of the Thesis Committee of Physics of data).

> Await for the confirmation of the attribution of the topic.

Please note that this process does not substitute the registration for graduation, which must be carried out in Uniweb according to the instruction provided by the University (see https://www.unipd.it/en/graduation).

In order to register for graduation please follow the instructions available here.

The final thesis should be uploaded to Uniweb.

The file must meet these requirements:

> it must be the final version
> it must be a PDF/A file
> its maximum size can be 40MB
> it must be named according to this format: lastname_firstname.pdf (ex. Rossi_Mario.pdf)

While the upload function is available since registering for graduation, the file can be uploaded at a later time, as long as it is done by the deadline (the Graduation Calendar can be found here)