MSc thesis, MSc internship and MSc research practice
The MSc thesis and the MSc internship are part of all Master programmes of Wageningen University. In some programmes you can replace the MSc internship by the MSc research practice or another internship replacing assignment.
Course guide
You can find all information about MSc thesis, MSc internship and MSc research practice in the course guides. The course guides consist of a general part (containing general information for WU) and chair group specific regulations. You may download the general part of the course guides here:
Learning agreement and contract
Before starting a thesis, internship or research practice, you and your WUR supervisor need to complete a learning agreement. This learning agreement is embedded in the OSIRIS process. For the internship, an additional agreement is needed:a separate contract between the host organization, the student and WUR. The format for that contract (as well as explanatory notes) can be downloaded below (both in Dutch and English).
> MSc Internship model contract (UNL) (English)
> MSc Internship model contract (UNL) (Dutch)
> Explanatory notes UNL contract (English)
> Explanatory notes UNL contract (Dutch)
Rubrics
The chair groups of Wageningen University use a general rubric for the evaluation of your MSc thesis, MSc internship and MSc research practice. The rubric contains the assessment criteria and a general guidelines for the grading of your results. You may download the rubrics here:
- Rubric MSc thesis
- Rubric MSc internship - professional internship
- Rubric MSc internship - research internship
- Rubric MSc research practice
For further questions please ask your study adviser.