Master of Statistics, ULB: the Master's thesis (MEMO-F-521)
General information
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The master's thesis can only be started once you have no more than 75 credits
(including the thesis) remaining in your program.
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Course report (Fiche)
This year's forms
Please fill in the form at the bottom of
this pdf file
Submit the signed document by 30 November,
at the student's secretary office
(The document itself mentions 29 October, but it is OK up to 30 November)
General organisation
The Master of Statistics section follows the regulation of the
department of Mathematics.
You can check the
rules
in the same document that contains the form to be filled in. This document is in
French. In case you feel unsure about the regulations or their formulation in
French, please do not hesitate to ask your promotor/adviser.
Front page of your thesis
LaTeX template of a Master's thesis' front page,
using this ULB seal
Evaluation
See also
Course report (Fiche)
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Written document
50-80 pages
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Oral presentation
20 minutes
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Construction of the mark
Quality of experiments or research: 60%
(includes bibliography, independence, scientific attitude);
Quality of writing style; 20%;
Oral presentation; 20%
Deadlines
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If you want to present your thesis in June 2025, then the printed documents
must be submitted by 3 June 2025.
The presentations will take place on 24 June 2025
(depending on availabilities)
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If you want to present your thesis in Aug-Sep 2025, then the printed documents
must be submitted by 19 Aug 2025.
The presentations will take place on 1 Sep 2025.
If you plan to present in Aug-Sep, don't forget to register
for the second exam session. Registration is not automatic.
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Please send an electronic version as a PDF file to the secretary's
office
(patricia DOT semeraro AT ulb.be).
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Never ever submit a thesis without your adviser's approval
Internship
If you wish, your master's thesis can be part of an internship project.
In general, we do not contact companies to provide us with projects,
but you are welcome to propose one on your own. Sometimes, companies contact
us with proposals. When this happens, you can find these proposals on
this website
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In addition to the
master's thesis form,
also provide
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a copy of the working contract at the students'
secertary office.
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Also contact the
faculty's desk
to obtain indispensable contract between the ULB and the
company (i.e., the ``convention de stage''). This form can be found on the
faculty's
intranet. Also carefully check the further information there.
these forms must be handed in before the internship starts
The same guidlines as for any thesis apply to
the internship report acting as master's thesis (though the number of pages may
be a bit less, say 40 pages - can be more of course).
The report should focuss on the scientific aspects of the internship, i.e., the
statistical framework, sort of models, problems you have been dealing with, not
on the work environment or experience and so on.
If your thesis is carried out in the framework of an internship, then, unless
otherwise settled, put the name of the president of the jury as ULB adviser.
In this case, the ULB adviser does not take part in the daily or scienticfic
supervising of the thesis.
Links
Other information about the master in Statistics
This page is maintained by Maarten Jansen
(maarten.jansen-AT-ulb.be)
URL: https://maarten.jansen.web.ulb.be/teaching/MaStat/mastersthesisMaStat.html