Provision Diploma Thesis report of the students, currently studying Masters Educational Programs in PIHE MFIU “Synergy"
1. General Provisions
1.1. Provision in regards of Diploma Thesis Report (hereinafter Provision), establishes the requirements, imposed by PIHE MFIU “Synergy” (hereinafter University) to the Diploma Thesis Report (hereinafter DTR) for students, currently studying the Bachelors Programs and determines the order of implementation, presentation and storage of the Diploma Thesis Report.
1.2. This provision was drafted in accordance with:
· Federal law of 29.12.2012. №273-ФЗ «On Education in Russian Federation»,
· The modalities of Final State Certification of the Educational programs of higher education – Bachelors programs, Specialization programs and Masters programs, approved by the order of Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation of 29.06.2015 №636,
· The modalities of Final State Certification of the Educational programs of higher education – Bachelors programs, Advanced Specialist programs and Masters programs.
1.3. Presentation of DTR is compulsory element of Final State Certification, that will be presented by the student on the session of State Examination Committee (hereinafter SEC). SEC shall render the decision on state-guaranteed title “Masters” on the major program and issuance of the certificate of Higher education attested by Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation under the condition of successfully completing the presentation.
1.4. SEC is constituted in accordance with “Modalities for the Final State Certification on educational programs of higher education – Bachelor’s degree, Specialization Degree and Master’s Degree”, approved by an order, issued by Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation on 29.06.2015 № 363.
1.5. DTR constitutes a complete independent research on the specific (chosen) topic that is written by graduate with guidance of a faculty advisor and shall demonstrate an established professional and cultural competence that is allowing him/her to resolve day-to-day professional tasks and issues. Previous thesis reports, submitted by the graduate, may be used as research material for DTR.
1.6. Faculty Members of “Synergy” University are appointed to be Faculty Advisor of Diploma Thesis Report by an order of Vice-Rector of Academic Department.
2. Identification of the topic for Diploma Thesis Report
2.1. The topic of DTR is elaborated by the supervisors of the Masters programs collaboratively with faculties – faculty advisors of DTR for the students that are competing Master’s program. Topics of the DTR are updated annually with consideration of the specifics of the Scientific schools of the University and particular scientific research work, that are conducted in their major and in the dependence of academic interest of the department and students. The topic of DTR can be elaborated collaboratively with representatives of employing organizations (that is documented in summary report of the departmental meeting and is signed by employer (signature and stamp) on the indicative list of topics for DTR);
2.2. Topics of the DTR are approved by the academic committee of the university and shall be recorded and filed as a statement from the protocol with the date and number of the meeting.
2.3. Approved list of topics for DTR is shall be communicated to students by the head of the master’s program within the first semester of the first year of study.
2.4. The Student has to choose one of the approved topics for DTR within the first semester. The assignment of the topic is conducted in accordance with the student`s personal written request, addressed to the Dean.
2.5. The Student is allowed to propose his or her own topic for DTR with the thorough justification of the choice.
2.6. The assignment of the topic is conducted in accordance with the student`s personal written request (Annex 2), addressed to the Dean.
2.7. Dean, upon consideration of the personal topic for DTR of the student, and after agreement with Head of Masters Department, has the right to reject the topic or, upon agreement with the student, redraft it.
2.8. Based on the personal written requests that are approved by the Dean, Deanery will prepare the draft order of the consolidation of the topics for DTR for students and appointments of the Faculty Advisor for DTR, reviewers as well as assistants.
2.9. The assignment of the topics for DTR for students and appointments of the Faculty Advisors and reviewers to be carried out by the order of Vice-Rector for Academic department not later than 2 weeks before the final internship.
2.10. Student can change or reconfirm the topic of DTR no later than 1 month prior to the anticipated presentation day based on personal request of the student that is approved by Faculty Advisor and signed by Head of Department.
3. Faculties Guidance of Diploma Thesis Report for Bachelors
3.1. The direct guidance of the DTR for the Masters students is done by the faculty board of the University, that has an Academic degree or/and Academic Title, that supervise students throughout the whole period of education. Exceptionally qualified specialists of the related field and those that are employees of the partner companies of the university might be appointed as advisors.
3.2. Another advisor for the DTR may be selected from the faculty board of the university if needed.
3.3. Responsibilities of the Faculty Advisor for DTR are:
· Development of the concept of the masters DTR (Annex 3)
· Reconciliation of the task for the masters DTR
· Consultancy of the student during the development of the personal work plan, work plan of the DTR, selection of the used literature and informational sources, that are needed for the completion of the DTR
· Regular consultancies in regards of the research for the DTR
· Control the time frames of the DTR
· Give the written feedback (Annex 4) for the DTR with the recommendations for the presentation
3.4. The concept includes the name of the DTR, list of questions, that are covered in the DTR, list of the primary data, that is required for the DTR, including the particular initial information
3.5. DTR is a subject for mandatory review, reviewers are appointed from the faculty board of other departments or qualified specialists of the related field and those that are employees of the partner companies of the university might be appointed as advisors. The review is done as per the blank in the Annex 5.
4. Structure and Order of completion for Diploma Thesis Report for Bachelors
4.1. The structure of DTR shall include the following:
· Cover Page (Annex 6);
· Concept
· Content;
· Introduction;
· Main Part;
· Conclusion;
· List of the used literature;
· Annex;
· Last Page (Annex 7).
4.2. Requirements for the formatting of DTR are listed in Annex 1 to this document and are mirrored in the self-check-list – Annex 8.
4.3. The main part of the DTR consists of chapters and paragraphs (sections and sub-sections) in accordance with the material.
4.4. Size of the DTR is 80 - 110 pages.
4.5. Department along with Academics shall develop methodological recommendations for preparation and presentation of the DTR as well as specified requirements, based on the actual provision.
4.6. The student is obliged to complete the DTR in accordance with all the requirements
4.7. The DTR shall be prepared according to the time schedule, that is developed by the student with the advisor. Final DTR shall be checked on the “Verification protocol for Anti plagiarism system for DTR” (not less than 70% of the original text) and once the record of approval is issued, shall be presented to the faculty advisor not later than 10 days before the presentation for the written feedback.
4.8. In case if “Verification protocol for Anti plagiarism system for DTR” reveals less than 70% of the original text, the student is not allowed for the presentation.
4.9. Advisor checks the DTR and leaves the written feedback within three calendar days after receiving the final draft of the DTR from the student, including the anti-plagiarism audit program from the university, that is received from the department.
4.10. Once the student receives the positive feedback, DTR that is prepared as per stated requirement shall be signed on the cover page by the student, advisor, consultant (if provided) and sent to the reviewer to get the approved review not later than 7 calendar days before the presentation.
4.11. Once the student gets the review, the final DTR shall be presented to the Department by the student in soft ad hard copies with other required documents, including the feedback from the advisor, review from the reviewer, check list, “Verification protocol for Anti plagiarism system for DTR”, no later than 3 calendar days prior to the date of presentation.
5. Presentation of Diploma Thesis Report
5.1. The finishing step for the completion of the students DTR is presentation that is done publicly.
5.2. The manager, that will graduate the student shall pass the DTR along with the protocol of Anti-plagiarism, the feedback from the advisor, feedback from the viewer to the secretary of State Exam Committee not later than 2 days prior to the presentation.
5.3. DTR presentation is held on the SEC meeting for the relevant field with not less than 2/3 of the committee attended, as per the confirmed schedule of Final State Certification of the educational program. The modalities and procedure of the presentation of DTR are defined in “Modalities of the Final State Certification of graduates of the PIHE MFIU «Synergy» on the higher education programs – Bachelors programs, Specialty programs and Masters programs”.
5.4. Results for the presentation of DTR are defined by the open vote of the members of State Exam Committee based on the below criteria’s:
· Faculty Advisor: for the quality of DTR, the extend of the requirements to which DTR is aligned, ownership of the writing process of the student, scientific and practical use;
· Viewer – the quality of the DTR, the degree of validity of the chosen methods of the research, new vision, practical use of the received results, recommendations and conclusions, the personal opinion of the author;
· Members of the State Examination Committee: the content of DTR, presentation, confidence, professionalism;
In case of debatable situation, the Chairman of SEC holds the deciding vote.
5.5. Results of the DTR presentation are evaluated based on five-point scale of the rating system of the knowledge and recorded in the summary record of the meeting of SEC that is signed by the Chairman of the SEC, secretary of the SEC. The results of the DTR presentation is also recorded in the credit record of the student and should be signed by all members of SEC.
5.6. In case of the failing grade for the presentation of DTR or students’ absence without any valuable reason, the student is expelled from the University as a student, who did not pass the Final State Certification. The Certificate of education as per the standards of the University shall be given to the student.
5.7. In case of the passing the Final State Certification that is recorded in the protocol SEC makes a decision of appointing the “Masters” degree to the graduate as per the chosen field of education. Documented Certificate of the Higher education that is issued as per the standards of Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation is given to the graduate.
5.8. In case of the failing grade for the presentation of DTR or students’ absence without any valuable reason, the student is expelled from the University.
6. Criteria’s of evaluation of the presentation of Diploma Thesis Report
DTR is evaluated as per four graded system (Excellent, Good, Satisfactorily, Unsatisfactorily).
Criteria’s of evaluation of DTR are:
· Scientific level of the report, the range of the questions, covered in the report, importance of the conclusions and suggestions for the company;
· Use of the special scientific literature, legislations, records of internships;
· Ingenuity of the topic development;
· Scientifically correct conclusions;
· Drafting style;
· Formatting of DTR;
· Level of the professional development, that is shown in the content of DTR and during the presentation;
· Clarity and argumentativeness of the answers, given by the students for the questions, asked during the presentation;
· Preliminary evaluation feedback from the faculty advisor.
DTR is evaluated as per below:
«Excellent» for the presentation, that is fully covering the chosen topic in the close relation with the everyday practice and the author showed the ability of working with the literature and regulatory documents, conducting the research, make theoretical and practical conclusions;
«Good» for the presentation that is done in accordance with the main requirements. Student knows the material thoroughly, however not all questions are answered fully and clearly.
«Satisfactorily», if the main requirements are followed, however the topic and main tasks to gain the main goal of the DTR were not fully disclosed. Student knows the material very superficial, does not respond to the questions confidently, and makes insignificant mistakes.
«Unsatisfactorily» the presentation is evaluated “Unsatisfactorily” if there are fundamental critical remarks in regards of the content that does not allow to positively evaluating the DTR. DTR mostly does not fall into the criteria’s of the evaluation, that are mentioned above and that has outdated and irrelevant data. Answers for the asked questions are wrong and does not have supportive base.
7. Appeal of the Diploma Thesis Report
7.1. The appeal of the result of the presentation of DTR in Synergy University is executed as per “The modalities for the Final State Certification of the PIHE MFIU «Synergy» graduates on the higher educational programs – Bachelors programs, Specialty programs and Masters programs”.
8. Storage of the Diploma Thesis Report
8.1. Passed printed DTRs are stored in the deanery for 5 years and then are subject to distraction.
8.2. DTRs, that are nominated for the first-place prize in Russian, Republican and University competitions, are transferred to the University archive for the permanent storage as per the Dean`s order.
Annex 1.
Requirement for the layout of the DTR
1. DTR is formatted as per GOST R 7.0.5-2008 (Bibliographical reference); GOST 7.32-2001 ver. Changes №1 from 01.12.2005, IUS №12, 2005 (The report of the research activity); GOST 7.1-2003 (Bibliographical record. Bibliographical description. General requirements and rules of drafting).
2. Only DTRs that are sewn into the hard cover are accepted for the presentation. DTR shall be typed on the computer on one side of the white A4 paper with one and a half interval. Color of the fond shall be black, the fond type – Times New Roman, size 14, bold fond is not accepted.
3. Text of the DTR shall be printed following the next margins: right – not less than 10mm, top and bottom – not less than 20mm, left – not less than 30mm (GOST 7.32-2002, ver. changing № 1 from 01.12.2005, IUS № 12, 2005).
4. «INTRODUCTION», «CONCLUSION», «THE LIST OF USED SOURSES», «ANNEX» are headers for structural parts of the DTR. Headers of the structural elements shall be placed in the middle of the row without a full stop in the end and shall be typed in capital letters, without underline.
5. Chapters shall be numbered (Chapter 1, 2, etc) with Arabic numerals during the entire DTR and shall be placed in the middle of the page. After the number of the chapter the full stop shall be placed and then the name of the chapter. “Introduction” and “Conclusion” are not numbered as chapters.
6. Paragraphs shall be numbered with Arabic numeric within each chapter. The number of paragraph shall contain the number of the chapter and number of the paragraph, that are divided with the full stop (example: 1.1, 2.3 and etc.). Headers of the paragraph shall be typed in lower case (except the first one).
7. The numbering of the footnotes shall be consecutive on each page, Size 12.
8. Graphics, schemes and diagrams are placed in the DTR right after the text, that has the reference to it (shall be aligned by the centre of the page). The name of the graphics, schemes, diagrams are placed underneath of them and has a word Picture without quotation marks and the reference to the sequence number without the sign №, example: Picture 1. Name of the picture.
9. Tables are placed right after the text, that has a link to it (shall be aligned by the centre of the page). Tables shall be numbered with consecutive Arabic numeric within the entire DTR.
10. Annexes shall start from the new page in order of the footnotes in the text and shall has the header with the word Annex, the sequence number and the name. Sequence number of the annex shall be in accordance with the mentioning them in the text.
11. Pages of the DTR shall be numbered with Arabic numeric, the sequence shall be complied within the entire text. The number of the page is placed on the centre bottom of the page without full stop.. The title page and task page for the DTR are included in the general indexing. The title page and task page are not numbered.
Each chapter of the DTR shall be started from the new page; paragraphs are not be divided on the integral parts.
Annex is not included in the standard volume of the DTR, however it is included in the page numbering.
12. Finished DTR shall be signed by the student on the first and the last page, on the task and in the conception. On the front page of the binding ( in the top right corner) the mark shall be stamped with the name of the student and name of the advisor.
13. DTR shall be presented to the deanery in the printed format, in the hard cover, in one copy and also in the soft copy on the CD.
Annex 2
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7. The company, that is used in the DTR as a research subject___________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________
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Annex 4
PRIVATE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION “MOSCOW FINANCIAL-INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY “SYNERGY”
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| 1. | Justification of the actuality of the topic, precise definition of the goals and tasks, the object and subject of the research |
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| 2. | Content of the DTR – accordance with the actual work plan, fulfillment, sequence and intelligence of the statement, conclusions on each chapter of the DTR |
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| 3. | Theoretical part of the DTR – logic and pithiness of the statements, depth of the development of the issue, relevance and actuality of used literature base |
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| 4. | Practical part of the DTR – quality, depth and circumstantiality of the analytical element. Logic and fullness of the proposed solution, the degree of correspondence of the received solutions to the initial goals and tasks of the DTR. Practical value of the results and offered solutions. |
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| 6. | Evaluation of the student during the preparation for the DTR presentation – the degree of the autonomy work, all deadlines are followed, the topic of the DTR is familiar to the student. |
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DTR is approved/not approved (please highlight the correct one) for the presentation.
Signature of the faculty advisor _________________/__________________/
Date ____________ 202___.
Annex 5
PRIVATE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION “MOSCOW FINANCIAL-INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY “SYNERGY”
Field of study / Programme name _______________/__________________________
REVIEW ON THE DTR
Student _________________________________________________________________________
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Topic of the DTR: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Reviewer: ___________________________________________________________________________________
(Full Name, science degree, title)
| Criteria | Max. Points | Score in points | Comment |
| 1. Description of the problem are, detailed definition of the issue, goals and tasks of the research | 10 |
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| 2. List of the used literature is actual and is made in accordance with requirements: legally enforceable and regulatory documents, science literature, resources of press media, internet resources. | 10 |
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| 3. Content of the DTR – accordance with the actual work plan, fulfillment, sequence and intelligence of the statement. | 20 |
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| 4. Methods of research - research problem definition, adequacy and validity of the methods, precisions of the procedures, fullness of the desired results. | 20 |
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| 6. Critical analysis of results, logic and fullness of the proposed solution, the degree of correspondence of the received solutions to the initial goals and tasks of the DTR. | 15 |
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| 7. Practical value of the results of the research and received recommendations. | 15 |
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| 8. Formatting of the DTR, presence and quality of annexes – sources of the analysis in the research. | 10 |
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The DTR is not approved for the presentation, if the total score id less than 50.
The DTR is approved for the presentation with grade ___________ / not approved (please highlight the correct one).
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MOSCOW FINANCIAL-INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY “SYNERGY”
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Annex 7
Diploma Thesis Report is written solely by myself. All materials and conceptions from the published scientific literature, that is used in this report has a referral link to them.
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Annex 8
LIST OF SELF-CHECK FOR THE DIPLOMA THESIS REPORT
Topic of the DTR: ________________________________________________________________________________________
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| № | Criteria of check lists | Fills up by the student* | Comments of the advisor |
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| 1. | Formatting (fond, interval, margins, etc) | 0 1 2 3 | 0 1 2 3 |
| 2. | Formatting (page numbering) | 0 1 2 3 | 0 1 2 3 |
| 3. | Formatting (signs for pictures and tables), references are apponted | 0 1 2 3 | 0 1 2 3 |
| 4. | Formatting (annex) | 0 1 2 3 | 0 1 2 3 |
| 5. | Formatting (list of used literature), references from the text to the used literature source | 0 1 2 3 | 0 1 2 3 |
| 6. | Grammar and syntax mistates | present/ not present | present/ not present |
| 7. | Title in the full capacity is placed correctly, tasks are written accordingly | 0 1 2 3 | 0 1 2 3 |
| 8. | All paragraphs and points are there, as per the methodolgical requirements | 0 1 2 3 | 0 1 2 3 |
| 9. | CD disc with DTR, presentation and annex | present/ not present | present/ not present |
| 10. | Protocol with Anti-plagiarism is checked and approved | received** | |
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| 11. | Introduction is in accordance with the requirements in regards of the content and volume | 0 1 2 3 | 0 1 2 3 |
| 12. | Chapters are in accordance with the requirements for the content and volume | 0 1 2 3 | 0 1 2 3 |
| 13. | Conclusion is in accordance with requirements and set targets of DTR | 0 1 2 3 | 0 1 2 3 |
* Circle the correct point for each criteria.
Meanings of the points of accordance with requirements and standards:
0 – does not correspond/did not complete
1 – Satisfactorily completed/corresponds with minimum requirements
2 – The DTR is completed correctly/ corresponds with medium requirements
3 – Excellently completed/ Corresponds with all requirements
** Without the protocol of Anti-plagiarism, or with the rate of individuality less than 75%, DTR is not approved for the presentation
Each criteria requires the comment.
Registered Amendment report
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