There are 5 mandatory milestones:

• Project idea:  middle November
• Project's approach:  December - February
• Deverlopment:  middle April
• Draft and Advisor approval: beginning May
• Master Thesis delivery and oral defense: June July, or beginning September

The IMBM master project requirement aims at two major objectives:

1. To put academic knowledge, tools and skills acquired into practice, facing contemporary organisations problems and report on solutions. The project contribution should be applied, practical and work-based.
2. To learn a working method approach: To clearly define you research question, to conduct an in-depth literature and sources review, to establish clear objectives and sub-objectives which can be measured, to conduct field trip work like surveys, interviews, observations, …, to analyse data retrieved, to obtain results, and to reach conclusions recognising limitations.

Some aspects to be covered:

• Deep investigation and enquiry on management and business situation(s)
• Research and literature review and other sources
• Actual application possibilities and practicality
• Adding value and contribute to the body of knowledge in the field
• Appropriate financial analysis when applicable in the design and development or introduction of new procedures, solutions and/ or interventions.

Tutorial sessions

When it is reach an agreement for the internship between the student and the Company it must be settle as following:

• Provide company contacts to the coordination team
• Coordination will sent the contract to the company
• Student must pay a complementary insurance (5,14€) whiles waiting the company answer
• When getting the contract from the company, the coordination team will check it and sent it to the “Escola de Postgrau” to be validated and signed. This process takes at least 10 days
• When signed, the internship is ready to start 

Curricular Internship is for 225 hours. When finished them can be extended until end of September by using the platform Nexus:

Other companies can also be accepted in this extended internships

At the end of the internship, 3 reports must be delivered: 2 from student and 1 from company. You can find reports templates to fulfil into the virtual platform of the master

ONE DIGITAL COPY of this documents must be sent to the Coordination Office (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)  with signature and firm stamp.