The major research project is intended to teach students to independently perform a research project of 36 weeks (51 EC). Upon completion of the project, you should be able to set up valid experiments, to draw conclusions from the results and to present your results in a concise form. Your research thesis should be formatted like a journal paper.
Research projects can be performed internally (at the Image Sciences Institute or at another department of the UMC Utrecht).
All information regarding the major research project can be found on the GSLS Students’ site. Below, we highlight some Medical Imaging specific details.
Start your research project
Make sure to read the ‘how to start’ steps and the Study Guide pages. Contact the research project coordinator at least two months prior to the start of your major research project. Consider what you want to do (topic) and where in the UMC Utrecht you want to perform your project.
You will need a supervisor to guide you. If you have a topic in mind and you know whom to approach for it, feel free to ask that person to be your supervisor. If you have a good idea of some topics that interest you, but you do not know who could be a supervisor for those topics, contact us.
Duration, extension, and delay
Make sure to read the Study Guide pages. The duration of the major research project is 36 weeks (51 EC).
Interim assessment
Make sure to read the Study Guide pages. Additionally you should send a copy of the interim assessment to mix@umcutrecht.nl.
Final assessment
Make sure to read the Study Guide pages. Your research thesis must be formatted like a journal paper, with a length between 8 – 12 pages. We advise you to use the IEEE (LaTeX or Word) template for this. Submit your research thesis including the laymen’s summary at least one week before your concluding presentation to your supervisors, second reviewer, and the Medical Imaging programme committee (mix@umcutrecht.nl).
Your final presentation will be given at the research group where you have performed your research. The presentation is to last about 20 minutes (25 minutes maximum), followed by questions from the assessment committee and the audience. To arrange this presentation, contact the research project coordinator at least two weeks in advance. Include the following items, which will be used in the announcement of your presentation:
- title
- date, time & location of the presentation (*), contact Renée Allebrandi to arrange the location
- name, e-mail adress and title of your supervisor(s)
- name of the institute where the research has been performed
- abstract of your project
(*) If the presentation can be followed online, please add a link to Teams. To do this, go to the UU Teams environment and add a meeting in Calendar by only adding yourself. The link to the meeting can then be found under Meeting info.
After your concluding presentation, the assessment committee will confer in private to decide on your grade and you will be called in to hear the end result.
After the presentation, your examiner has to complete the final assessment form in Osiris Case (within 10 working days) and perform an Urkund plagiarism check. Make sure to read the instructions for final assessment on the Study Guide.
You, the student, will receive an e-mail with instructions to upload your thesis including the laymen’s summary in Osiris Thesis Archive. Once the report has been uploaded your grade will be registered in Osiris Student.
Read the Study Guide in case of changes to your examiner, second reviewer, supervisor or host institute and contact us.