Learning outcomes

The location and the form of this research experience are selected by the supervisor of the master thesis and the responsible for the UE.

Goals

  • Discover and get used to a new research environment, out of UNamur
  • Develop autonomy and scientific maturity
  • Handle a personnal research project
  • Get familiar with the researcher career in a specific area

Content

The research experience can take different forms. The student will be sent in one or several research centers, or could participate to activities in schools or colloquia, for a total duration equivalent to 3 months out of UNamur. A host, external to UNamur, will be identified for each part of the project. The proposed activities will be endorsed by the UE responsible, with a special attention to the respect of the objectives and the balance between the different students.

Table of contents

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Exercices

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Assessment method

The final mark is based on 3 elements :

  1. the scientific report of the stage (between 30 and 100 pages without the annexes), to be delivered at the same dates as the Master theses, describing the precise objectives, the selected methods and the final results. The results will be defended during an oral defense, just after the Master thesis ou at a different date, if the Master thesis is not presented the same year or during the same session. The jury is the same as for the Master thesis in the first case, and specifically designated in the second case.
  2. the evaluation report of the host
  3. the stage story (maximum 10 pages) focusing on the circumstances and conditions of the research stay, and on a critical analysis of the difficulties and benefits

Sources, references and any support material

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Language of instruction

Français