Guideline Study Project
Guideline Study Project
Studiengangskoordination Umweltingenieurwesen
Students of the Masters programme in Environmental Engineering must accomplish a study project
within the first three semesters of their studies.
Main goal of the study project is to help students to gather experience on applied environmental
engineering. This can be as part of a research project, practical work or a distinct task carried out in
cooperation with a supervisor. Two basic requirements have to be fulfilled:
The workload of the project - consisting of the practical work, the composition of the project report and
a presentation - is 15 ECTS or 450 hours.
In most cases the study project is carried out at TUM as part of a research project or an academic
topic of one of the facultys chairs. It is supervised by scientific personnel and graded by an approved
examiner of the respective chair. However, it can be also carried out externally in cooperation with a
private company, a public authority or a partner university - a supervisor from the Faculty of Civil
Engineering and Geodesy is in any case mandatory.
The students have to compose a report on their project and submit it to their supervisor. The brief
structure of the project report is proposed as following:
1. Introduction
A brief overview of the projects scope and its relevance to environmental engineering
2. Description of the Project
In cooperation with which institution (university chair, company, public authority,) was the
project carried out? Description of the overall goal of the work; what specific work was
undertaken and what methods, tools or technologies were used. In research driven projects a
presentation of the state of the art can be included in this part.
3. Presentation and Discussion of the Results
Description and analysis of the projects results
4. Conclusions and Learning Outcome
Professional or technical conclusions drawn from the projects results. Description of the
students personal impulses for his/her further development as an Environmental Engineer.
The font size has to be either Arial 11pt or Times New Roman 12pt with a line spacing of 1.2 lines.
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After the grading of the project, following data are required for the examination management:
Date of grading
Overall grade
The data must be sent by the supervising chair as a hard copy, signed by the responsible examiner, to
the examination officer Ms. Bayer.
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