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Frequently Asked Questions Before the After the Project

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Is it possible to take a seminar in addition to the Graduate Research Project?

  Yes. Principally you must take at least one seminar in your Master. This obligatin is met with the Graduate Research Project. However, you can take additinal semianr in your Master if you like this for of work.

  Note: There are specific regulations for the Master in Quantitative Accounting and Finance.

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Does a research-oriented project always end with a PhD?

  No. The research-oriented project cover topic that are theoretically more demanding. Such topics are definitely more suited for a PhD project. However, such topics are also interesting for specialist departments of companies, risk consulting companies, advisory departments of auditing companies since these types of companies have their focus on technical instead of management skills. In addition, a research-oriented project will be a good choice if would like to write a scientifically ambitious Master thesis.

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Do "normal" moduls or a industry-oriented project prevent me from obtaining a PhD?

  No.

  "Normal" moduls rest upon pre-structured courses and stress less self-structured work that is characteristic of a PhD project. However, should you develop an desire for self-structured work and scientifically ambitious topics, you can of course choose the PhD path – assuming that your grades are good enough.

  Industry-oriented projects cover topics that (usually) are close to the needs of companies. However, should you develop an desire for self-structured work and scientifically ambitious topics, you can of course choose the PhD path – assuming that your grades are good enough.

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen How are projects graded?

  Industry-oriented projects
  Paper and presentation are graded by the Finance and Banking research group. In addition, the industrial partner must state that the stay in the compnay has been passed succesfully. The stay in the cmpona is, however, not graded. All three components must have been passed so that the Graduate Research Project as a whole is passed. In particular, without having passed the stay in the company, neither paper nor presentation can be completed.
  
  

  Research-oriented projects
  Paper and presentation are graded by the Finance and Banking research group. The third part of the project, the data analysis, a method course etc. usually is not graded - it depends on the specific course. In any event, if an explict corse is taken, the lecturer of the cpourse must state that you have successfully participated in the course.
  All three components must have been passed so that the Graduate Research Project as a whole is passed. In particular, without having passed thethird part of the project, neither paper nor presentation can be completed.
  
  

  Teamwork
  The contributions of the team members must be clearly identifiable so that they can be graded separately. In research-oriented projects, this requirement can be met, for example, as follow: One team meber computes the theoretical model, the other team member does the empirical analysis. In industry-oriented projects the first team member is responsible for the generation of the data set, the second team member programs the algorithms, and the third team member provides the economic interpretation of the results.

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Who grades the project?

  Projects are graded solely by the Finance and Banking Research Group. However, we cooperate closely with industrial partners in the case of industry-oriented projects.