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The bachelor's thesis (TFG) is due to be completed in the eighth semester. It is worth 18 ECTS credits, 3 of them are awarded after completing the thesis management course and 15 correspond to the workload of the thesis. It may be undertaken at the FIB, in a company (in Spain or abroad) or at another university (in Spain or abroad).

The FIB signed numerous agreements with companies and universities abroad that enable students to complete their bachelor's thesis.

Academic Regulations

Bachelor's thesis regulations

 

What you should do and when:

Registration: when you have passed all the compulsory subjects and at least three compulsory specialisation subjects.

Enrolment: when you have passed all the compulsory subjects, whether common or specialisation subjects.

Steps of your TFG

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TFG assessment. Assessment of cross-disciplinary competences shall be done on the basis of the criteria listed in bachelor's thesis assessment rubrics, as well as start, follow-up and end indicators.

Tips on how to write your TFG

Consells per al teu TFG

The FIB published a guide for students, containing a set of questions that the student should consider at every step of the evaluation.

Also, it can be helpfull the link 6 steps to make your TFG / TFM a success.

Anàlisi de sostenibilitat

A chapter of the thesis should contain a sustainability analysis of the project. Recommendations, explanatory videos and the sustainability report examples: AKMA and inventarios.

Procedure for the Bachelor's Thesis

From an academic point of view, any successful TFM requires fluent communication with your supervisor / tutor with periodic meetings. From an administrative point of view, most of the procedure is performed via Racó, from where you will be guided throughout the process. This document highlights the main administrative steps of the TFM but it is not meant replace the need to read the master’s thesis regulations.

 During the progress milestone is the only moment where it is possible to update your master thesis title and description.

 

TFG registration

Registering the TFG is necessary to inform the faculty you agreed on a bachelor thesis topic and you will start working on it.

És important tenir en compte, que es podrà iniciar el treball en el TFG un cop s'hagi realitzat correctament la inscripció i es compleixin els requisits següents: 

  • L'estudiantat podrà inscriure el TFG quan hagi superat el mínim de crèdits establerts a la normativa.
  • La inscripció s'ha de realitzar un quadrimestre abans de formalitzar la matrícula.

S'haurà d'inscriure el TFG a través del Racó, en una nova pestanya que es mostrarà a les persones que compleixin els requisits descrits anteriorment. La inscripció ha de ser acceptada per la persona supervisora o tutora del TFG.

Importantly, you cannot start working on your thesis until you meet the following requirements and successfully register it: 

  • Students may register for the bachelor’s thesis when they have passed the minimum of credits stated in the regulation.
  • Registration needs to happen one semester before enrolment.

You must register your TFG via Racó, in a new tab that appears to students meeting the requirements described above. The inscription must be accepted by the TFG supervisor or tutor.

 

Registration period

1st semester: Thursday 05 September 2024 to Saturday 01 February 2025 - 23:59
2nd semester: Monday 10 February 2025 to Friday 11 July 2025 - 23:59

 

TFG enrolment

You can enrol in the TFG when you have passed the minimum of credits stated in the regulation.

If you registered your TFG in the previous semester, during your enrolment, a new course will appear to enrol the TFG.

 

Enrolment period

2nd semester (registrations done during the 1st semester of 2024-2025 academic year): 3 February 2025
1st semester (registrations done during the 2nd semester of 2024-2025 academic year): TBC

 

Initial milestone

Only for students of the degree in Informatics Engineering

GEP (Project Management) is a blended learning course linked to the bachelor's degree that is taught for four weeks at the beginning of the academic year. By registering for the TFG you are automatically enrolled in GEP.

The aim of the course is to learn how to plan the work to be done during the TFG. The student will have to generate a report with the objectives, the planning, the scope, etc. This report will have to be presented as an academic act within the GEP course. The course itself will not be face-to-face except for this presentation, which exceptionally can also be done via videoconference.

GEP Guide

The presentation will be evaluated with a rubric by the project director and the GEP faculty and will be part of the final grade of the project. Also within this evaluation, a date will have to be chosen for the follow-up meeting with the director.

Rubric for the initial milestone (evaluation of the GEP presentation)

 

Defence period

At this point you must choose when to defend your thesis at Racó. For each enrolment there are two defence periods:

Ordinary period

TFG enrolled in the 1st semester: Monday 20 January 2025 to Friday 24 January 2025
TFG enrolled in the 2nd semester: Wednesday 25 June 2025 to Tuesday 01 July 2025

Extraordinary period

TFG enrolled in the 1st semester: dilluns 12 maig 2025 to divendres 16 maig 2025
TFG enrolled in the 2nd semester: dilluns 21 octubre 2024 to divendres 25 octubre 2024

The extraordinary defence period requires paying the academic taxes (not the credits).

Important: you must discuss with your supervisor / tutor a feasible and reasonable plan. Therefore, you must choose the defence period when you are certain about meeting the targeted period. If the deadline comes and you are experiencing problems to meet the ordinary defence period you are advised to choose the extraordinary defence period.

 

Progress review milestone

This milestone is meant to reflect the status of your TFM and the chances to properly defend your thesis on time. Without conducting this milestone on time you will not be allowed to defend (regardless of the defence period chosen).

Before the deadline set in Racó, you must upload to Racó a document, agreed with the supervisor or tutor, with the following sections:

  • Fulfillment of the work plan and objectives
  • Adjustments made and justification for these changes
  • Work plan for completing the master’s thesis

The supervisor / tutor must accept the document and assess. The assessment includes the sections in the specific regulations of the degree or, failing that, the following aspects:

  • Autonomy in carrying out the thesis work
  • Autonomy in writing the thesis
  • The work plan developed and work carried out to date
  • Communication with the thesis supervisor or tutor

This assessment can be modified in the final milestone. 

Deadline for the follow up meeting

Ordinary period

TFM enrolled in the 1st semester: Thursday 12 December 2024 - 13:00
TFM enrolled in the 2nd semester: Thursday 22 May 2025 - 13:00

Extraordinary period

TFM enrolled in the 1st semester: Thursday 03 April 2025 - 13:00
TFM enrolled in the 2nd semester: Thursday 19 September 2024 - 13:00

Be aware that by the progress review deadline your supervisor / tutor must have accepted and assessed your progress.

 

Final report

After completing the progress review milestone, the next step is to upload the TFG final report via Racó. 
There is a strict deadline to submit the final report one week before your defence (check Racó to know the deadline).

Importantly, your supervisor / tutor must accept the bachelor’s thesis report before the set deadline. Failing to meet the deadline will result in your automatic defence withdrawal.

The report is free format. It is mandatory to include:

  • Cover page. It is mandatory to use the cover (front page) automatically generated by Racó in your final report. Just use the service available in Racó to generate it with your TFG metadata. You must also include specific information about your degree, as specified in the regulations.
  • a summary of the work (or abstract) of 1 or 2 pages in Catalan, Spanish and English, and, 
  • include an analysis of sustainability and ethical implications according to the agreement of the Governing Council of 07-2023.

The specific regulations for each degree programme may determine the minimum sections required. As a guideline, it is recommended that the report includes the following sections:

  • Cover page
  • Summary
  • Index
  • Introduction, motivation and objectives
  • State of the art
  • Specification and design of the solution
  • Development of the proposal/technique/work that has been carried out
  • Experimentation and evaluation of the proposal/technique/work
  • Sustainability analysis and ethical implications
  • Conclusions
  • List of references used
  • Annexes with complementary information

 

TFG defense

The student must defend the thesis in a public session in front of an evaluation committee. The evaluation committee shall be designated at least fifteen days before the date chosen to defend the TFM. In the following days after being appointed, the commission will communicate the precise date and place for the defence. The evaluation committee will have access to the progress review and final reports. The thesis evaluation is a numeric mark between 0 and 10.

 

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