Important dates for Landscape Architecture master program students in 2023/2024


Landscape Architecture master program students 1st year

17th November 2023 – members of the chair announce their suggested topics or areas of studies for master thesis to the head of methodical commission (students can propose a topic for thesis by themselves in cooperation with the methodical commission)

31st January - 2nd February 2024 - introduction to the courses in the professional elective module, incl. professional training (internship) courses

28th February - 1st March 2024 - instruction about the content and procedure for writing master thesis

2nd April 2024 - Deadline for submitting a status report for finding an internship position (type of office a student is looking for, preparatory activities done and steps to be taken in order to make contact with potential internship places) to be sent to Toomas Muru 

26th April 2024 - deadline for submitting student’s topic of master thesis with supervisor’s consent on an application form to Specialist of Academic Affairs (Lagle Lõhmus: lagle.lohmus@emu.ee)

Application
29th May 2024 - development of thematic framework, review of core literature, preliminary methodological selection and description of the core structure of the thesis is sent to one’s supervisor (followed by the individual discussion with supervisor within the following week)

12th June 2024 - latest report to the head of methodical commission by the supervisors for approval of the methodology of the thesis (to register the credit points of Research methods course)

Landscape Architecture master program students 2nd year

18th October 2023 - master thesis’ progress seminar with supervisors and chair members. Students to attend the whole session and coordinates time with supervisor.

25th October 2023 - Last call for the master thesis topic- in the exceptional circumstances that a student has not already registered the topic of the master thesis, they should submit his/her topic of with supervisor’s consent on an application form to the Specialist of Academic Affairs (Lagle Lõhmus: lagle.lohmus@emu.ee

15th November 2023 - Master thesis’ progress seminar with supervisors and chair members. Students to attend the whole session and coordinates time with supervisor.

13th December 2023 - master thesis’ progress seminar with supervisors and chair members. Students to attend the whole session and coordinates time with supervisor.

16th February 2024 - Deadline for submitting an application (at the supervisor’s discretion) to request the thesis and/or defence is closed to the public.

13th March 2024 - first draft of the structure of the master thesis together with the literature review and the results part should be sent to your supervisor

3rd April 2024 - the 75% draft version of master thesis should be sent to one’s supervisor and to mart.kylvik@emu.ee 

15th/16th April 2024 - Spring defence round: predefence of master thesis  (compulsory attendance in order to defend the thesis)

10th May 2024 - Spring defence round: all the courses of the curriculum should be passed and registered in ÕIS in order to get permission to participate the master thesis defence in spring

17th May 2024 -  Deadline for submitting the master thesis. Digitally signed electronic copy of thesis should be submitted before 14.00:  https://nextcloud.emu.ee/index.php/s/tM5oaxyMeHJGKWy

17th May 2024 - Spring defence round: identical electronic copy of the thesis must be uploaded as a pdf file to university’s library website http://library.emu.ee/en/studies/sending-a-dissertation/. Filename should contain name of the author, study programme, study level, graduation year and notion whether the file is thesis’ brief, full text or appendix (samples on the library’s webpage).

28th May 2024 -  opponent’s review is made available to the student.

30th - 31th May 2024 - defence of thesis at the Department of Landscape Architecture or in BBB, beginning at 9:15

19 June 2024 - PKI public GRADUATION CEREMONY for master students starting at 15:00