How to get started with your degree project and how to apply?

This page outlines the steps necessary to start your degree project.

Step 1: Find an interesting project

Everything starts with a good project idea, and it is the students responsibility to find a suitable degree project. There are different options to find a degree project:

Step 2: Check that your proposed degree project fulfills the KTH requirements

Regardless of how you found a project in Step 1, it is crucial that the degree project fulfills the KTH requirements. You can find these under the course plan and "Intended Learning Outcomes" for each separate degree project course code. You can find a list of currently active Degree Project courses here: https://www.kth.se/student/kurser/sokkurs?eduLevel=2&department=J&pattern=Degree%20Project. If you do not find your course in the list, try searching for its course code specifically.

For example, if your proposed project is defined by the industry, it is not guaranteed that the project fulfills the requirements of academic relevance. It is ultimately the examiner that approves your project proposal. It is possible that a thesis proposal can be rejected if it does not fulfill KTH requirements.

Step 3: Prepare a project proposal

Once you have found an interesting project, you need to prepare a project proposal following the EECS template. You should ask for feedback from the supervisor/examiner if you already have identified a possible project. The project proposal will be submitted electronically as part of the application for the degree project (see below). It is ultimately the examiner that approves your project proposal. It is possible that a thesis proposal can be rejected if it does not fulfill KTH requirements, see also Step 2.

Step 4: Find an examiner and supervisor

In general, the examiner and supervisor will be assigned by the degree project coordinator. However, students are allowed to reach out to prospective examiners, and in cases where a project requires a specific examiner or coordination with the examiner is necessary already in an early stage, this is also highly recommended. Some programmes also highly encourage or require students to find an examiner, and this information is usually provided in program-specific information.

For the course codes DA233X, DA235X, DA236X, EA236X, EA238X, EA250X, and EA260X, please check the Specific Instructions for Students at the Department of Intelligent Systems.

For the course codes DA248X, EA248X, EA249X, EA270X, EA275X, EA280X, EA250X, EG230X, IA249X, which are handled by Department of Electrical Engineering (EE), it is strongly recommended that you find an examiner and supervisor before you submit the application. In case you have trouble finding one,  then first contact your Master's program coordinator for guidance. In case you then are still can't find an examiner then submit the application without examiner and the EE master thesis coordinator will work on finding one.

For the course codes DA240X, DA246X, EA246X, and IA250X which are handled by the Department of Computer Science (CS) in Kista, it is strongly recommended that you find an examiner before you submit the application. In case you can't find an examiner, you are allowed to submit the application without an examiner. Then, the degree project coordinator will help you.

If the examiner you have chosen is not an examiner on the course code you are applying for, please contact your master's programme coordinator for more information on how to proceed.

Step 5: Application for degree project 

Eligibility

The prerequisites for the degree project courses are defined in the course syllabus (kursplan). The office of students affairs will provide information on students' eligibility directly to the degree project coordinators by mid-December.

If you know that an exemption will be needed, contact the master coordinator responsible for your programme as soon as possible and before: 15 December. Applications submitted after that date will be considered, however, with lower priority.

Please only submit an application if you know that you are likely to become eligible by the end of January (i.e., after results for the January exams are reported). 

Required Files

The application for the degree project is submitted electronically. In order to prepare for the submission, please

Both files will be uploaded as part of the application.

Submission

Visit the page Apply for the degree project to submit your application. 

 

Last day of application

For projects that are planned to start in January 2023, the application for the degree project has to be completed by 15 December 2022. Applications submitted after that date will be considered, however, with lower priority.

Projects starting in other periods can be submitted at any time.

 

Step 6: Processing of the Application

The incoming applications will be shared with the examiners and supervisors and reviewed, and as part of the review process, an examiner may request mandatory changes to the proposal before accepting the assignment. It is also possible that the project proposal can be rejected by the examiner (see Step 3) which is why it is beneficial to review the KTH requirements before drafting your proposal (Step 2). Projects for which an examiner and supervisor is found and the student is eligible will be reported to the office of student affairs for admission. 

 

Step 7: Admission and Registration

The master's programme coordinator will admit the student to the master’s degree project in LADOK in mid-January, 2022. After the student has been admitted to the master’s degree project course, the student must register himself/herself in LADOK.