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Research projects are designed by members of staff to enable you to develop research and development skills and to gain practical experience of applying the techniques covered in the taught part of the programme to realistic problems. Projects relate to current research and development areas, and are undertaken within research groups in the School or in an industrial setting. Keen students may propose their own projects so long as the project is suitable for the award of an MSc and it can be accommodated by the School.
The projects are individually supervised and typically you would meet with your supervisor, at least at the beginnning of the project, for approximately one hour each week. Although much of your work is likely to be in the form of a working program or system, your degree is awarded on the basis of the Progress Report and the final Dissertation. A typical length is 60-100 pages for the Dissertation. Although most projects involve students working individually, some may involve pairs or groups of students working on different aspects of a larger project. There are separate regulations for group projects and the format of group project dissertations.
You start working on your MSc Project at the beginning of Semester 2 as part of the COMP60990 course unit, see Section *. By the end of Semester 2 you need to submit the Project Progress Report(s). A deadline for the Report will be announced. You should read the Guide to MSc Projects in Appendix * early in the first Semester.
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