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Master's Thesis

Students of the Master’s Program "Politics. Economics. Philosophy" are expected to submit and defend a Master's Thesis at the end of the 2nd year of studies after the successful completion of all the other components of the Program. The Master's Thesis is a part of the Final State Certification.

Module Activity Dates
Module 2     Topic Application Term Paper/Master’s Thesis (submission to the Study office and LMS) before 1st of November 2024
First draft  of Master’s Thesis submission March 2025

Module 3
 

 

 

Module 4

 

   

Preliminary defense  Master’s Thesis Research Seminar mid-term exam exam (end of March 2025)
Supervisor change (through LMS and the study office) no later than the 15th of March 2025
Thesis topic change (through LMS and the study office) no later than the 15th of April 2025

Finalized  Master’s Thesis (LMS submission)

15th of May 2025 

Defense of Master’s Thesis

late May - early June 2025 (Thesis)

June 2025 (Term paper)

Necessary documents:

General documents
Requirements

Term paper and Thesis Requirements  

Cover Page Draft Standard Cover Page
Thesis documents
Thesis topic application Thesis topic submission 
Thesis topic change

Thesis topic change 

Thesis supervisor change

Thesis supervisor change  

Thesis review template

Thesis Review Template  

Politics.Economics.Philosophy Practical training regulations 2024/2025 (PDF, 604 Кб)

Regulations on Practical Training of Students under Core Bachelor’s, Specialist and Master’s Programmes at HSE University

The thesis defense is a mandatory part of the final state certification (FSC). More information about the thesis defense in the final state certification is available on the following website: Final Assessment

Antiplagiat system

All students must submit not only their thesis with a written review of the supervisor, but also a printed registration form confirming that the text of the thesis has undergone the Anti-Plagiarism system.
Instructions for uploading works to the LMS are here. You can check your work in the Anti-plagiarism system.