Requirements for Supervisor Reviews of Final Qualification Theses
According to the Regulations on the examination commission and certification of applicants for higher education in Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, the (research) supervisor of the final qualification thesis must prepare a review that includes a description of the student's performance during the course of the work.
- Review structure
The review is written in free form and should include the following:
- the relevance of the topic, the organisation on whose behalf or at whose request the qualification thesis was carried out (e.g. as part of the department’s research work, commissioned by a company or organisation, etc.)
- compliance of the completed qualification thesis with the assigned task
- a brief critical review of the content of individual parts of the qualification thesis, indicating the most important issues in how the student demonstrated independence, and the level of their theoretical and practical training
- the depth of coverage of specific issues and the degree of the student’s independence during the completion of the qualification thesis
- the student’s ability to analyse literature sources, make well-founded engineering and scientific decisions, apply modern mathematical methods and information technologies, perform mathematical modelling, and analyse the results of conducted experiments
- the most important theoretical and practical results of the qualification thesis and their validation (e.g. participation in conferences, seminars, publications in scientific journals, etc.)
- other aspects that reflect the student’s professional qualities
The last sentence of the review should be the following:
- for bachelor's theses: "I believe that the thesis meets the requirements for bachelor's degree qualification works in the field of Applied Mathematics (major 113), and its author, [student's surname, initials], deserves to be awarded the qualification of Bachelor of Applied Mathematics."
- for master's theses: "I believe that the thesis meets the requirements for master's degree qualification works in the field of Applied Mathematics (major 113), and its author, [student's surname, initials], deserves to be awarded the qualification of Master of Applied Mathematics."
Under the words "Thesis supervisor" ("Master's thesis research supervisor"), the academic degree, academic title and position should be indicated (aligned to the left), followed by the name and surname (aligned to the right) of the (scientific) supervisor of the final qualification thesis. Information about the positions, academic degrees, and academic titles of the department’s faculty members can be found on the page "Lecturers"
- Review examples
The Applied Mathematics Department prepared examples for reviews that take into account the above requirements: