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Special Assignments

The special assignments have a key role in the studies of engineering physics students at TKK. Special assignments are not connected to a specific lecture course, but the requirements and expectations of a special assignment are similar to ones of a bachelor’s work. Students should begin working on their special assignments during or after the third academic year after they have first finished their bachelor’s work.

The special assignments are usually small research or construction projects or literature surveys. Their aim is to teach independent work on certain scientific topics and to increase the students’ knowledge on selected fields of science and technology.

The special assignments are a very good opportunity for the students to learn how to write technical or scientific reports before they start working on their diploma work. Students should therefore pay a special attention to the written report of their special assignment.

You can find more information and some related forms from the links below:

  • There are 10 op and 5 ov courses available
  • Recommendations for selecting the topic of your special assignment
  • What kind of supervision I need?
  • How much time I should reserve?
  • It is good to have a plan for your special assignment
  • Advices for the report
  • Guidelines for evaluation
  • If you want to make a special assignment outside TKK
  • How to proceed with a special assignment: from start to finish

Library of Accepted Special Assignments

Listings of the accepted Special Assignments are available for the following courses.

Normally, the special assignments are archived as paper copies only for one year.
Some of the special assignments will be available on the intranet of the Department of Applied Physics as pdf documents.
Paper copies of the special assignments of Tfy-3.393 and Tfy-3.394 are available for the personnel of the Department of Applied Physics in the room U113.