Semester Project
In the Semester Project, students gain their first experience of research and development in the nuclear engineering field, deploying the knowledge and competences acquired in the first two semesters.
The project is generally realized within six full-time study weeks in the third semester at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), parallel to the PSI courses, and concluded with a written report and a presentation.
The supervisor of the Semester Project is always a professor from ETH Zurich or EPF Lausanne. With the approval of the tutor, the Semester Project can also be completed under the supervision of another ETH professor, with the same requirements.
The Semester Project corresponds to a workload of 240 hours (6 weeks full-time) and can be completed in part- or full-time. It is generally undertaken in the second semester. The project has to be registered through myStudies until latest one month after the start date and the submission deadline has to be defined, too. The given details are binding. Students are instructed to read the notice on plagiarism. The Semester Project will be produced independently by the student, who adheres to the general practice of source citation in this subject.
The Director of Studies may approve an extension of the submission deadline, if cogent reasons are given. To request an extension of the submission deadline for a project or thesis, the following form needs to be filled in DownloadRequest to extend project/thesis (PDF, 613 KB)vertical_align_bottom and submitted either by email or by post to the D-MAVT Student Administration.
At the end of the 2nd semester, NES organizes a day trip for the nuclear engineering master's students at PSI. Each one of the seven laboratories of the NES (i.e. external pageLRScall_made, external pageLTHcall_made, external pageAHLcall_made, external pageLEScall_made, external pageLEAcall_made, external pageLNMcall_made, external pageLRCcall_made) presents possible projects to the students on which they can work during their Semester Project; later on, they might continue their Master's Thesis on the same project (upon agreement). During this day-trip visit, the students also have the opportunity to visit the main experimental facilities located at PSI.