All information related to the submission of the Final Dissertation report is included in the Procedemento
de oferta, adxudicación e defensa dos Traballos de Fin de Grao, available at the Faculty of Sciences website (Traballos de Fin de Grao section).

Formatting requirements for the final (written) report

The final report of the Final Dissertation must be signed by the supervisor or supervisors. It is important to consider, though, that this will never be a substitute for the official authorisation of the defense signed in the "secretaría virtual" by, at least, one of the the supervisor/s.

-The format of the report will also be evaluated, and it must conform to the following basic requirements:

1. Title page. A compulsory title page model can be downloaded from the Faculty of Science website (Traballos de Fin de Grao section)

2. Maximum 25 pages, not including the cover, the supervisor signature page, the summary and the index. 

3. Margins not below 2 cm (top, bottom, left and right)

4. Body text: Arial (or equivalent), 12 points / Captions and headings in figures and tables: not less than 10 points

5. Single to 1,5 lines spacing

6. Annexes (graphics/tables/extra figures) may be added if necessary

-The supervisor or supervisors will decide whether they want to use plagiarism detection software or not, although the use of turnitin is strongly recommended. The reports not analysed using turnitin can be presented, although they will not be included in the institutional repository of the University of A Coruña (RUC)

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The student will present the aims, methodology, contents and conclusions (if any) of their project in a maximum time of 15 minutes (10 minutes is strongly recommended). The evaluation committee will inform the student of the available time at the beginning of the defence.

2. After the project is presented by the student, they will discuss their results with the evaluation committee. Members of the committee will make all the comments and questions they consider relevant. A maximum time of 5 minutes per member of the committee is strongly recommended. The discussion of the Final Dissertation should not last for more than 20 minutes. Refusing to answer the committee's questions will cause the Final Dissertation to be assessed with a qualification of 4 points or less.   

3. The oral presentation of the work can be conducted online when circumstances make on-site presentation unadvisable. The student can also request for the presentation of their work to be carried out online when there are compelling reasons, but this will always have to be granted by the Dean. 

Assessment considerations

The assessment of the Final Dissertation is the responsability of the evaluation committee. After the Final Dissertation has been submitted and presented, the evaluation committee will assess the student's work. The grade of the Final Dissertation will be the arithmetic mean of the marks given by each member of the evaluation committee, always taking into account the assessment made by the supervisor/s of the student (30% of the final grade).

Students whose grade in the Final Dissertation is 9 or above are elegible for a distinction (Matrícula de Honra), always depending on the evaluation committee's criteria.

Students who fail their Final Dissertation will receive a document produced by the evaluation committee with its recommendations for the improvement of the report. A copy of said document will also be submitted to the supervisor/s of the work.

Students can appeal their Final Dissertation grades following the process described in the UDC assessment regulations  (article 31, Normativa de Avaliación, Revisión e Reclamación das Cualificacións dos Estudos de Grao e Mestrado Universitario).

Enrollment allows the student to submit and present their Final Dissertation report in the two opportunities included in each term, always according to the UDC regulations. Students who fail to pass their Final Dissertation (or absent themselves) in the two opportunities included in each term will have to re-enroll. They will not need to choose a different topic for their Final Dissertation, as long as there is agreement between the student and the supervisor/s and the student requests it.