Bachelor Dissertation

Within the framework of the educational process, students, on their 4th year (or more) of study, are able to conduct a Bachelor Dissertation on a wide range of cognitive areas covered by the Department of Statistics.

General Rules for Applying

  • In order for a student to be able to apply for the dissertation, he/she must have successfully attended all compulsory courses and hold an average on these courses, of (at least) 7 (seven).
  • Successful fulfillment of dissertation is awarded with 8 ECTS.
  • The dissertation is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member.
  • Each student can enroll in Bachelor Dissertation after completing the 6th semester.
  • The student must complete and submit to the Department’s Secretariat the form labeled “Submission of Proposal for Bachelor Dissertation”, in which the dissertation’s subject, the supervisor and the subject’s summary are declared.

Special Teaching Staff (E.DI.P) that hold a Ph.D. or are currently in the conclusive rank, are eligible to supervise a dissertation with support from a faculty member.

Assignment Procedure

The faculty members announce the Dissertation’s subject that they are willing to supervise, either through the department’s website and the laboratories or through the department’s secretariat. The students can contact the professor for further information. The department’s Assembly then is informed about the assignment of the dissertation and is appointing a three-member Evaluation Committee, after taking into consideration the supervisor’s proposal. The supervisor is appointed as Chair of the Committee.

Conducting the dissertation

Work progress is regularly monitored in cooperation with the supervisor.

Writing Procedure

The dissertation must contain the following:

  • Review of bibliography
  • Description of the procedure and the methodology
  • Description of the computational process and the methodology used
  • Presentation and discussion of the outcomes
  • Conclusions and suggestions for future work
  • Data that document the conclusions, in the form of appendices, such as tables, charts etc.
  • Abstract in Greek and English for documentation purposes.

Presentation Procedure

The student submits an electronic copy of their thesis to the members of the Examination Committee and the Department Secretariat at least seven (7) days before the presentation.

The thesis is presented on a specific date and time, either during or shortly before the corresponding exam period.

To schedule the examination date, the student must coordinate with their supervising professor and the Department Secretariat. Other members of the university community may also attend the presentation.

At the end of the presentation, the student first answers questions from the Examination Committee and then from the audience. The presentation should not exceed 20 minutes, with an additional 15 minutes allocated for questions.

Evaluation Procedure

After the thesis presentation concludes and the student has answered all submitted questions, the Three-Member Examination Committee convenes to review all relevant materials. Based on this review, the committee evaluates the thesis and assigns the final grade.

The committee then completes the corresponding report and submits it to the Department Secretariat. The thesis grade is recorded in the department's information system during the exam period in which it was presented.

Dissertation Submission

The student submits the dissertation in a hard copy and electronically to the department’s secretariat, after incorporating any observations may occurred at the presentation.

Regulation for the Preparation of the Thesis (in Greek)

Required Documents

You can view a list of undergraduate students' thesis projects here.

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