DISS: MSc Dissertation (Informatics)

The project is an essential component of the MSc courses. It is a substantial piece of full-time independent work starting in June. A dissertation describing the work must be submitted by a deadline in mid-August.

Students are expected to stay in Edinburgh for the duration of their degree programme. This includes during the writing of the MSc dissertation until the submission deadline. If you are on a Tier 4 visa and leave the country for an extended period of time, the School is obligated to contact the Student Immigration Service, which will notify UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI).) See MSc handbook.

Index and TL;DR Details

Consult the timeline for dates, and the other pages for specific details about these steps.

1. Supervisors have a set duty encoded in PIP (https://pip.inf.ed.ac.uk/duty?staff-allocation)
2. Supervisors should propose projects in DPMT (https://dpmt.inf.ed.ac.uk/msc/)
3. Students can self-propose projects as well (in DPMT).
4. Some projects can be led by industry or be big cluster projects. They will all have informatics supervisors responsible.
5. Students bid on projects, and supervisors mark their suitability (in DPMT).
6. The allocation process automatically assigns students to projects, considering such preferences.
7. Students work during the summer term (June-August)
8. The theses are available at PROJ (https://projsubs.inf.ed.ac.uk/msc/2027.html)
9. The dissertation is marked by the supervisor (=1st marker), and an independent 2nd marker, according to marking criteria published here.
10. The marking form is available in WEBMARK (https://webmark.inf.ed.ac.uk/group/msc)