Master Thesis Evaluation Form to be sent to the Student Administration

Office FAX: +41 44 632 14 52Email: studies@biol.ethz.ch

Student Name/Stud. No.:

Title of the thesis:

Referee:

Co-Referee:

Referee and Co-Referee must be entitled to supervise and evaluate MSc-Theses, You may find the according list at:http://www.biol.ethz.ch/education/mscbiology/supervisors

Marks1

Criteria 1-61 Referee2 Co-referee3

Thesis4

1 Introduction4

2 Results and methods4

3 Discussion and conclusions4

Practical work

4 Lab/Field work2

5 Experimental design2

6 Communication2 1 Please see page 2 for a detailed description of the criteria. 2 Referee: If the master thesis was not performed in your laboratory (i.e., in a research group outside of the ETH), please discuss criteria 4 – 6 with the external supervisor. 3

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Co-referee: Grade only criteria 1 – 3 Only the uncorrected MSc thesis, considered to be the final version by the student, should be graded.

Final Grade5 (to be filled in by the Student Administration Office Biology) 5 Calculation: (ø Mark Referee + ø Mark Co-referee) / 2; (The result will be roundet towards the next quarter mark)

Signatures Referee Co-referee

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MSc Thesis: Criteria 1-6 for grading

Thesis4 Practical work in the laboratory2,3 Overall style, presentation, logic, language, completeness

Overall attitude, motivation, input, independence

1) Introduction4

• Concise overview of the research field relevant tothe Master thesis, and identification of important open questions

• Clear description of the problem addressed in thethesis, and clear statement of the project goals

4) Lab/Field work2,3

• High quality and conclusiveness of experimental work• Independent organization of experimental procedures• Solid understanding of the theory behind

experimental techniques

• Detailed and traceable documentation of theexperimental work in the lab book

2) Results and Methods4

• Clear description of the logic and hypothesesunderlying the choice of performed experiments

• Clear presentation and correct interpretation of theexperimental results

• Clear description of the methods used such that allexperiments can be reproduced by others

5) Experimental design2,3

• Independent design and interpretation of experiments• Understanding of the purpose, possibilities and

limitations of the applied experimental techniques

3) Discussion and Conclusions4

• Concise discussion of the obtained results withrespect to the original goals

• Discussion of the results into a more generalcontext within the research field

• Formulation of new hypotheses, outlook for futurework

6) Communication2,3

• Communicative attitude in the laboratory• Ability to ask for and make constructive use of advice• Initiation of and contribution to scientific discussions• Clear presentation of the project and the results in

group meetings

2 Referee: If the master thesis was not performed in your laboratory (i.e., in a research group outside of the ETH),

please discuss criteria 4 – 6 with the external supervisor. 3

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Co-referee: Grade only criteria 1 – 3

Only the uncorrected MSc thesis, considered to be the final version by the student, should be graded.

Marks in quarters excellentvery goodgood

5.75–6.05.25–5.54.75–5.0

satisfactory4.25–4.5pass

3.5 fail 3.0 poor2.5 very poor2.0 extremely poor 1.0 not measurable

The above grades are not fixed to a distribution function and are not awarded according to predetermined percentiles or numerical scores. A student’s grade in a subject is more related to the student’s mastery of

the material than to the relative performance of his or her peers.

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