Preparation for the Master thesis in Medical Biotechnology requires at least one year of experimental research. Students can conduct the necessary research activities in the Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology (DMMBM), in other Departments of the University Federico II, or in other research centers and companies (public or private), pending the approval of the Thesis and Internship Committee.
The Thesis Advisor in Medical Biotechnology is the Faculty or the Scientist who supervises and is responsible for the student’s research. If this person is not affiliated with the Master or the DMMBM, the Thesis and Internship Committee will nominate an Internal Advisor among the Masteri Faculty. Students are expected to contact potential advisors based on their academic and professional interests as soon as possible to discuss research content, timeline and modalities.
Advisors and Internal Advisors must complete and sign the form "Assegnazione Tesi" (see Modulistica in this site). Students will submit the signed and completed form to Ms. Angela Canzio, the Thesis and Internship Committee secretary. To certify the timely submission of this form, students must sign a submission registry available in the administrative office.
A list of approved thesis assignments will appear on this website each month.
The official start date of thesis activities corresponds to the day the student submitted the Thesis Request Form to the Master Thesis and Internship Activities Committee.
It is mandatory that the thesis research take place over at least one academic year. However, in rare and extraordinary circumstances, the Thesis and Internship Committee may allow for an exception. Students enrolling in or after the academic year 2014-2015 must submit the appropriate forms for Internship and Thesis Activities by April 30.
Thesis preparation
The experimental work performed by the student must be illustrated in the text and in the presentation. In the case of collaborations, the student's role in the work must be clearly indicated.
Students are required to strictly follow the guidelines (Formato tesi) for the format of the thesis and to use the first page model (see: Frontespizio della Tesi at the link Modulistica.)
The written thesis, in its final form, must be submitted to the Students Secretary Office 15 days before the Graduation date.
The .pdf file of the thesis must be sent by e-mail 15 days before the graduation date to prof.ssa Paola Costanzo Vincenzo De Simone (paola.costanzo@unina.it), deputy of the Thesis and Internship Committee. If the Student wishes to graduate cum laude (a possibility reserved for students having a graduation starting mark greater than or equal to 102,66, see below Graduation Grades), in the same e-mail, he/she must ask for a member of the Graduation Committe who challenges the graduate's dissertation (controrelatore).
Thesis Defense and Graduation Committee.
The thesis defense consists in a computer-aided presentation of the results obtained by the graduating student. It is allowed to present results obtained by the lab, but the contribution of the graduating student must be clearly evident.
The presentation must not exceed 15 min (better 12-13), in order to allow the Committee to ask several questions. The presentation must be divided in three parts: 1) introduction (the scientific problem, the state of the art in the field and the aim of the work); 2) results (where the single results are described and explained); 3) general discussion (outcome of the results, possible conclusions and future prospectives of the work).
All Faculty thesis advisors, Internal advisors or advisors members of the Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, will form the Graduation Committee for the relative session. Thesis advisors from Research Centers or other Universities will be invited to participate to the Graduation session.
Graduation Grades
The final graduation mark is assigned by the Thesis Committee. The mark is mostly determined by the score obtained by the graduating student at the exams. A 110-point scale is used: for excellent results, the Lode "praise" is added to the maximum grade. First, the weighted average of the exams score is determined (the average corrected for the credit weight of each single exam). Next, this value is multiplied by 11 and divided by 3. This is the graduation starting mark. To the students completing the Master in the 2-years time, the Committee may assign additional points to the graduation starting mark:
a) 1 point if the weighted average of the exams is greater than or equal to 27/30;
b) 1 point if all the exams of the I semester of the I year have been passed within the I semester;
c) 1 point if all the exams of the II semester of the I year have been passed within the II semester;
d) 2 points if all the exams of the I year have been passed within the September exam session of the I year.
(note that the a) additional point may be added to the others, but the b) and C) points cannot be added to d).
At this stage, the obtained number is rounded up or down (i.e., 88,500 is rounded to 89 while 88.499 to 88).
The Graduation Committee, evaluating the thesis defense, may add up to 10 points to the Graduation starting mark.
The Laude may be proposed by the Advisor only for student having a graduation starting mark greater than or equal to 102,66.
The Committee may assign a Special Distinction to graduating students having a weighted average of exams score greater than or equal to 29/30.
Thesis and Internship Committee:
prof. Rosamarina Mellillo (chair)
prof. Stefano Bonatti
prof.ssa Paola Costanzo
prof. Vincenzo De Simone
dott.ssa Gabriella Caporaso