A bachelor's project is a comprehensive written paper, and you must decide whether you wish to write it on your own or in a group (groups of up to four persons are allowed). The most important thing to remember when choosing whether to write on your own or in a group is that you should do what is right for you. 

There are advantages of writing a bachelor's project in a group, because you will have someone to be your partner to discuss and reflect on theories and ideas with. This will usually be a great advantage, because different angles on the project will often provide a better result. But a bachelor's project requires a lot of work and will often involve many hours spent together in the group and sometimes compromises. For this reason, it is important that the group members both work well together and are socially compatible. A good tip is therefore to know the expectations of the person(s) you are writing the thesis with, as it is important that everyone in the group agree on the objective of the project. You should note that it is not possible to change groups during the process.

On boostyourstudentlife.au.dk  as well as on AU Studypedia you will find information and inspiration on how to work in study groups.

The topic of the project is typically based on an existing real-life problem, that is, an issue within the academic fields of the bachelor’s programme. It may be problems in a given organisation (private or public company, interest group, etc.), an industry or the community. You choose/define the topic for your bachelor's project yourself, as long as it stays within the academic frames of your programme. When choosing the topic, you might be inspired by a problem, an observation or a phenomenon that you find interesting or by models and theories from courses you have had. It might be helpful to discuss ideas for topic(s) with a possible supervisor for your project. 

It is a good idea to search for inspiration in the links below: 

• The AU Job and Project Bank
  At AU Job and Project Bank, you can find both student jobs, project collaborations, internships and full-time positions
• The news/Companies' own websites:
  Use the news, the newspapers or the companies' own websites to find problems that may be relevant for a bachelor's project . You have access to news media and company information through the library's databases.
• Supervisors and topics:
  You can also be inspired by the available supervisors and the topics on the supervisor lists (please find the lists under 'Supervisor').

In the course description you will find the specific requirements for the Bachelor's project including types of theses and formal demands of the thesis such as summary, word count, front page, language and layout.

Your bachelor's project must adhere to the specific requirements (formal demands) specified in the course description in order to be accepted for assessment.

The guidelines for written assignments include: referencing tools, how to refer to your sources and make a reference list, and how to avoid plagiarism.

If you as a student will have access to or collect personal data for use in a written assignment, a Bachelor's project or a Master's thesis e.g., it is your responsibility to handle the information according to rules and regulations in force. Please go to this webpage for more information on the rules concerning personal data.

Tuesday 30 January 12-15 in room 2002 there will be a project day for those of you who are writing your bachelor’s project in spring. The project day is mandatory for all students enrolled in the bachelor’s project.

On the project day Christina Uldum gives good advices on writing an academic project and on cooperation with companies for better and worse. You will have the chance to get clarified potential more general moot points, which may have arisen since your enrolment for the project.

In connection with the project day, a former student shares his/her experiences, tells about how he/she handled the process and answers questions.

The project day will be announced during the Autumn semester.

You can enclose appendices where you find it necessary to include extra material such as (but not limited to):

• Supplementary information about the empirical setting
• Interview guides, transcriptions of interviews, questionnaires, etc.
• Reports used as secondary data sources 

The thesis is evaluated solely on the basis of the contents of the main thesis and therefore the main thesis must be a complete and meaningful document independent of the appendices.

If you use interviews as data collection, there are no formal requirements that you transcribe interviews. However, transcribing interviews will often lead to significantly better analyses of the data. You can also attach a sound file as an electronical appendix.

When you collaborate with a company you must register by using the company registration form and whcih you find on this page (choose your degree programme).

Note that your supervisor and the external examiner(censor) both have implicit confidentiality through their jobs. However, some companies might still ask for a confidentiality agreement between AU and the company.

Note: When handing in your project, you can choose whether it should be ‘open shelf’ (i.e. accessible to others in the future). Choosing ‘closed shelf’ will ensure that only your supervisor and the external examiner will ever see your thesis.  

If you have any problems, such as personal or health problems which will affect your ability to complete your project, or you have unsolvable problems with fellow students in your group, contact the Student Counsellor’s Office to get information on how to handle this.

For any major changes affecting your pro, please inform your supervisor. In the rare instances of problems between you and your supervisor, first try to sort it out with the supervisor by mentioning your concerns or issues to the supervisor. If this is not possible or the problem persists, you should contact the Programme Coordinator at the department where your project is registered:

Inger Mørch Hauge - ingerh@btech.au.dk

It is important that you do not wait until you have handed in your project or until after the defence to address these issues, as misunderstandings or issues about the supervision process are not grounds for a subsequent complaint about the final grade.