Term Paper and Master's Thesis
Term Paper
The Term Paper is submitted during the 1st year of studies and should be accomplished in according with Regulations on Practical Training of Students under Core Bachelor’s, Specialist and Master’s Programmes at HSE University alleged by Academic Council of HSE and by Guidelines for Term Papers and Master`s Theses of the Master`s Programme "Data Analytics and Social Statistics" (previously –“Applied Statistics with Network Analysis”).
Term Paper schedule for the students of the Master’s Programme 'Applied Statistics
with Network Analysis' in 2024/2025
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№ |
Stage |
Parties involved in the thesis preparation |
Deadline |
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1. |
Publishing information about topics and supervisors, the guidelines and deadlines on the programme’s website Sample_terms_papers_and_diploma_themes_2024_2025_FINAL
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Programme Academic Council / Programme Office |
November 13, 2024 |
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2. |
Collecting proposed topics for student Term Papers |
Student / Departments / Academic supervisor |
November 13, 2024 |
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3. |
Discussion of the topics of Term Papers |
Student / Programme Academic supervisor / Programme Academic Council |
December 02, 2024 |
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4. |
Choice of Term Paper Topic via LMS |
Students / Programme Academic supervisor / Programme Office |
December 16, 2024 |
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5. |
First draft of the Term Paper submission to the Academic Supervisor |
Students / Academic Supervisor |
December 16, 2024 |
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6. |
Final assignment of the Term Paper topics(made by Programme Academic supervisor) |
Programme Office / Programme Academic supervisor |
December 27, 2024 |
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7. |
Preliminary defense of Term Paper(during the Research seminar) |
Students / Academic supervisor |
March 03, 2025 |
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8. |
Finalized Term Paper submission to the academic supervisor of the Term Paper |
Students / Academic supervisor |
April 01, 2025 |
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9. |
Change of the Academic Supervisor of the Term Paper(if it is needed) (request with the signatures of the previous and new supervisor is submitted to the Programme Office) Term Paper Supervisor Change (DOC, 57 Kb)
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Students / Academic supervisor / Programme Academic supervisor / Programme Office |
April 10, 2025 |
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10. |
Change / Refinement of the Term Paper Topic (the topic is assigned by the Programme Academic supervisor), (the request signed by Academic supervisor is submitted to the Programme Office) Term Paper Topic Change (DOC, 36 Kb) |
Students/ Academic supervisor / Programme Academic supervisor / Programme Office |
May 13, 2025 |
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11. |
Finalized Term Paper LMS submission |
Student |
May 20, 2025 |
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12. |
Submission of the final version of the paper with the results of plagiarism check |
Students / Academic supervisor |
May 30, 2025 |
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13. |
Academic supervisor’s evaluation of the Term Paper |
Academic supervisor |
June 30, 2025 |
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14. |
Deadlines for submission of the final version of the Term Paper and related documents to the Programme Office: 1. Term Paper LMS submission
2. Confirmation list from the Antiplagiat system (plagiarism check) with the abstract in Russian and in English (with Student`s signature) |
Student / Programme Office |
June 18, 2025 |
Master's Thesis
The Master`s Thesis is submitted during the 2nd year of studies and should be accomplished in according with Regulations on Practical Training of Students under Core Bachelor’s, Specialist and Master’s Programmes at HSE University, Regulations on Final State Certification of Students in Bachelor’s, Specialist and Master’s Degree Programmes at National Research University Higher School of Economics and by Guidelines for Term Papers and Master`s Theses of the Master`s Programme “Applied Statistics with Network Analysis”
Master`s Thesis schedule for the students of the Master’s Programme 'Applied Statistics with Network Analysis' in 2024/2025
|
№ |
Stage |
Parties involved in the thesis preparation |
Deadline |
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1. |
Publishing information about topics and supervisors, the Guidelines and deadlines on the programme’s website |
Programme Academic Council / Programme Office |
October 16, 2024 |
|
2. |
Collecting proposed topics for student theses |
Student / Departments / Programme Academic Supervisor |
October 16, 2024 |
|
3. |
Discussion of the topics, drawing up the final list of topics recommended to students |
Student / Programme Academic Supervisor / Programme Office |
October 30, 2024 |
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4. |
Deadline for choosing the thesis topic by the student via LMS |
Students / Academic Supervisor / Programme Academic Supervisor / Programme Office |
November 13, 2024 |
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5. |
Final assignment of the Master`s Thesis topics (made by Academic supervisor) |
Programme Office / Academic Supervisor |
December 16, 2024 |
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6. |
Preparing the structure and the plan of the thesis and submission to the Academic supervisor |
Student / Academic Supervisor |
December 25, 2024 |
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7. |
Preparing a draft thesis (draft project) and its submission to the Academic supervisor |
Student / Academic Supervisor |
February 20, 2025 |
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8. |
Change of the Academic supervisor of the Master`s Thesis(if it is needed) (request with the signatures of the previous and new supervisor is submitted to the Programme Office) Master Thesis Supervisor Change (DOC, 55 Kb) |
Student / Academic Supervisor / Programme Office |
Before March 28, 2025 |
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9. |
Master`s Thesis submission (the first copy of the full version of the thesis is submitted to the Academic Adviser) |
Student / Academic Supervisor |
April 01-03, 2025 |
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10. |
Submission of the second draft thesis to the Academic supervisor (if the thesis was not approved previously by the scientific supervisor) |
Student / Academic Supervisor |
Before April 11, 2025 |
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11. |
Change / Refinement of the Master`s Thesis Topic (the topic is assigned by the с Programme Academic supervisor, the request, signed by Academic Adviser is submitted to the Programme Office) Master Thesis Topic Change (DOC, 36 Kb) |
Student/ Programme Office / Programme Academic Supervisor |
Before April 30, 2025 |
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12. |
Holding draft thesis defense at the meeting of the board comprised of the Programme Academic supervisor |
Programme Academic Supervisor / Student |
May 12-13, 2025 |
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13. |
Appointment of the reviewers (made by Programme Academic supervisor) |
Programme Academic Supervisor / Programme Office / Department`s Dean |
Before May 13, 2025 |
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14. |
Submission of the final version of the paper to the Academic supervisor with the results of plagiarism check |
Student / Academic Supervisor |
30 May, 2025 |
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15. |
Uploading the final version to the LMS special module and a confirmation from the Antiplagiat system (plagiarism check) Master Thesis Cover Page Sample (DOCX, 36 Kb) |
Student |
Before 23:59 |
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16. |
Submission of the final version of the paper to the reviewer with the results of plagiarism check. |
Student / Reviewer/Programme Office |
Before June 4, 2025 |
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17. |
Supervisor’s evaluation of the Master`s Thesis |
Student/Academic supervisor/Programme Office |
Before June 5, 2025 |
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18. |
Acquaintance of the student with the review of the supervisor and the external review |
Student/Programme Office |
Before June 7, 2025 |
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19. |
Defence documents submission to the Study office (online mode) |
Programme Office / State Examination Commission |
No later than 2 days before the thesis defense |
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20. |
Defence of Master`s Thesis |
Student / State Examination Commission |
June |