Term Paper and Master's Thesis
Students of the Master’s Program "Politics. Economics. Philosophy" are expected to submit two pieces of written research.
The Term Paper is submitted during the 1st year of studies.
Master Thesis is defended at the end of the 2nd year of studies after the successful completion of all the other components of the Program.
| Module | Activity | Dates |
| Module 1 | Research proposal | October 2023 |
| Module 2 | Topic Application Term Paper/Master’s Thesis (submission to the Study office and LMS) | before 1st of November 2023 |
| First draft of Master’s Thesis submission | March 2024 | |
| Module 3
Module 4
| Preliminary defense Master’s Thesis | Research Seminar mid-term exam exam (25th-31st of March 2024) |
| Project evaluation | end of module 3 (2nd year); end of module 4 (1st year) | |
| Finalized Master’s Thesis (LMS submission) | 15th of May 2024 г. | |
| Defense of Term Paper / Master’s Thesis | May-June 2024 (to be announced later) |
Necessary documents:
| General documents | |
| Requirements | Term paper and Thesis Requirements |
| Cover Page Draft | Standard Cover Page |
| Term paper documents | |
| Term paper topic application | Term Paper topic submission |
| Term paper topic change | |
| Term paper supervisor change | |
| Term paper review template | |
| Thesis documents | |
| Thesis topic application | Thesis topic submission |
| Thesis topic change | |
| Thesis supervisor change | |
| Thesis review template | |
Politics.Economics.Philosophy Practical training regulations 2023/2024
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.