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Term Paper and Master's Thesis

Term Paper

The Term Paper is submitted during the 1st year of studies and should be accomplished in according with Regulations for Term Papers and Thesis Prepared by Students of the Bachelor’s, Specialist and Master’s Level at National Research University Higher School of Economics, alleged by Academic Council of HSE and by Guidelines for Term Papers and Master`s Theses of the Master`s Programme "Data Analytics and Social Statistics" (previously –“Applied Statistics with Network Analysis”).

Requirements Guide for Term Paper and Master's Thesis Preparation_MASNA (DOCX, 82 Kb) 

 
Term Paper schedule for the students of the Master’s Programme 'Applied Statistics
with Network Analysis' in 2023/2024

Stage

Parties involved in the thesis preparation

Deadline

1.     

Publishing information about topics and supervisors, the guidelines and deadlines on the programme’s website

Sample terms papers and diploma themes 2023-2024 (XLSX, 34 Kb) 

 

 

 

Programme Academic Council / Programme Office

November 15, 2023

2.     

Collecting proposed topics for student Term Papers

Student / Departments / Academic supervisor

November 15, 2023

3.     

Discussion of the topics of Term Papers

Student / Programme Academic supervisor / Programme Academic Council

November 15, 2023

4.     

Choice of Term Paper Topic via LMS

Students / Programme Academic supervisor / Programme Office

December 15, 2023

5.     

First draft of the Term Paper submission to the Academic Supervisor

Students / Academic Supervisor

December 15, 2023

6.     

Final assignment of the Term Paper topics(made by Programme Academic supervisor)

Programme Office / Programme Academic supervisor

December 29, 2023

7.     

Preliminary defense of Term Paper(during the Research seminar)

Students / Academic supervisor

March 02, 2024

8.     

Finalized Term Paper submission to the academic supervisor of the Term Paper

Students / Academic supervisor

April 01, 2024

9.     

Change of the Academic Supervisor of the Term Paper(if it is needed) (request with the signatures of the previous and new supervisor is submitted to the Programme Office)

Term Paper Supervisor Change (DOC, 57 Kb) 

 

Students / Academic supervisor / Programme Academic supervisor / Programme Office

April 10, 2024

10.  

Change / Refinement of the Term Paper Topic (the topic is assigned by the Programme Academic supervisor), (the request signed by Academic supervisor is submitted to the Programme Office)

Term Paper Topic Change (DOC, 36 Kb) 

Students/ Academic supervisor / Programme Academic supervisor / Programme Office

May 13, 2024

11.  

Finalized Term Paper LMS submission

Student

June 1, 2024

12.  

Submission of the final version of the paper with the results of plagiarism check

Students / Academic supervisor

June 1, 2024

13.  

Academic supervisor’s evaluation of the Term Paper

Academic supervisor

June 30, 2024

14.  

Deadlines for submission of the final version of the Term Paper and related documents to the Programme Office:

1. Term Paper LMS submission

Term Paper Cover Page Sample

 

2. Confirmation list from the Antiplagiat system (plagiarism check) with the abstract in Russian and in English (with Student`s signature)

Student / Programme Office

June 20, 2024


Master's Thesis

The Master`s Thesis is submitted during the 2nd year of studies and should be accomplished in according with Regulations for Term Papers and Thesis Prepared by Students of the Bachelor’s, Specialist and Master’s Level at National Research University Higher School of Economics, alleged by Academic Council of HSE and by Guidelines for Term Papers and Master`s Theses of the Master`s Programme “Applied Statistics with Network Analysis”

Requirements Guide for Term Paper and Master's Thesis Preparation_MASNA (DOCX, 82 Kb) 



Master`s Thesis schedule for the students of the Master’s Programme 'Applied Statistics with Network Analysis' in 2023/2024

Stage

Parties involved in the thesis preparation

Deadline

1.   

Publishing information about topics and supervisors, the Guidelines and deadlines on the programme’s website

Sample term papers and diploma topics for 2023_2024 (XLSX, 40 Kb) 

 

Programme Academic Council / Programme Office

October 15, 2023

2.   

Collecting proposed topics for student theses

Student / Departments / Programme Academic Supervisor

October 15, 2023

3.   

Discussion of the topics, drawing up the final list of topics recommended to students

Student / Programme Academic Supervisor / Programme Office

October 30, 2023

4.     

Deadline for choosing the thesis topic by the student via LMS

Students / Academic Supervisor / Programme Academic Supervisor / Programme Office

November 15, 2023

5.     

Final assignment of the Master`s Thesis topics (made by Academic supervisor)

Programme Office / Academic Supervisor

December 15, 2023

6.     

Preparing the structure and the plan of the thesis and submission to the Academic supervisor

Student / Academic Supervisor

December 25, 2023

7.     

Preparing a draft thesis (draft project) and its submission to the Academic supervisor

Student / Academic Supervisor

February 20, 2024

8.     

Change of the Academic supervisor of the Master`s Thesis(if it is needed) (request with the signatures of the previous and new supervisor is submitted to the Programme Office)

Master Thesis Supervisor Change (DOC, 55 Kb) 

Student / Academic Supervisor / Programme Office

Before March 30, 2024

9.  

Master`s Thesis submission (the first copy of the full version of the thesis is submitted to the Academic Adviser)

Student / Academic Supervisor

April 01-03, 2024

10.  

Submission of the second draft thesis to the Academic supervisor (if the thesis was not approved previously by the scientific supervisor)

Student / Academic Supervisor

 Before April 13, 2024

11.  

Change / Refinement of the Master`s Thesis Topic (the topic is assigned by the с Programme Academic supervisor, the request, signed by Academic Adviser is submitted to the Programme Office)

Master Thesis Topic Change (DOC, 36 Kb) 

 

Student/ Programme Office / Programme Academic Supervisor

Before April 30, 2024

12.     

Holding draft thesis defense at the meeting of the board comprised of the Programme Academic supervisor

Programme Academic Supervisor / Student

May 10-11, 2024

13.  

Appointment of the reviewers (made by Programme Academic supervisor)

Programme Academic Supervisor / Programme Office / Department`s Dean

Before May 15, 2024

14.  

Submission of the final version of the paper to the Academic supervisor with the results of plagiarism check

Student / Academic Supervisor

May, 2024

15.  

Uploading the final version to the LMS special module and a confirmation from the Antiplagiat system (plagiarism check)

The .pdf or .docx work file uploaded to the LMS system must include:
- a scanned copy of the title page with the signatures of the student and the academic supervisor
-a scanned copy of the task for the master thesis with the signatures of the student and the academic supervisor
- annotation in English
-appendices, if they contain program code, in the form of graphic objects into a document of the required format
If the work is done by a group, the student whose surname is first alphabetically uploads the work to the LMS.

Master Thesis Cover Page Sample (DOCX, 36 Kb) 

Student

Before 23:59
May 30, 2024

16.  

Submission of the final version of the paper to the reviewer with the results of plagiarism check. 
The master's thesis is sent for reviewing by the Manager of the Programme

 External Review Template 

Student / Reviewer/Programme Office

Before June 5, 2024

17.  

Supervisor’s evaluation of the Master`s Thesis

Form of Academic Supervisor Review on the Master Thesis

Student/Academic supervisor/Programme Office

Before June 5, 2024

18. 

Acquaintance of the student with the review of the supervisor and the external review

Student/Programme Office

Before June 7, 2024

19.  

Defence documents submission to the Study office (online mode)

Programme Office / State Examination Commission

No later than 2 days before the thesis defense

20.  

Defence of Master`s Thesis
 
(no less than 20 minutes)

Student / State Examination Commission

June
The dates will be published later
Preliminary dates: June 16-17, 2024