How are Final Year Project Assessments done?

It is important to familiarize yourself with the assessment criteria and expected standards defined by your university and/or department.

The common standards used for assessing project are as below:

General

Relevance of chosen topic
Originality of chosen topic
Significance of findings
Degree to which the work is the student’s own work (as opposed to the supervisor)

Report

Clarity of presentation
Consistency between different parts of the report
Degree of insight apparent from the arguments presented to support the decisions made in the project
Ability to differentiate between others’ thoughts and your own
Ability to handle references and citations
General stylistic impression

Defence

Degree of insight apparent from the arguments presented to support claims and conclusions
Degree of insight apparent from discussion in response to relevant questions

Other