Prerequisites of the Thesis Work

At the end of the activity, the student acquires skills for conducting research in Bioinformatics, in particular for designing a project under the supervision of a tutor, for planning and conducting the research,for critically discussing the results. The student will be able to:

- autonomously plan, exploit a research project in Bioinformatics;
- evaluate and discuss the data and the results of her/his research work;
- work in a research team.

In order to be admitted to the final examination the student should qualify his/her elegibility by demostrating during a colloqium her/his capabilities as a well trained and experienced bioinformatician. By this the student will acquire the Prerequisites of the Thesis Work (3CFU). The colloqium will assess the student's skillness in the main subjects included in the master course and specifically on the skillness required by the thesis work. Colloquia will be held one month before the final exam. Depending on the colloqium outcome the student can or can not be admitted to the final dissertation. For the effect of the final score on the general final evaluation see here.
The final dissertation will be held in front of the Master commission and it consists in an oral presentation of the thesis original work, its results and future perspectives.