The educational work of each academic year is structured in two (2) semesters of study, the winter and the spring, each of which includes thirteen (13) weeks of teaching and four (4) weeks of examinations. In case a student fails in the courses of the winter and spring semesters, he/she must re-sit in September.
The attendance of the courses/lab exercises, etc., is mandatory.
In case of a course not being held, it will be substituted. The date and time of substitution are posted on the website of IPPS MP-RP.
In the case that the percentage of student absences exceeds 20% per course / or in all courses, the issue of the student's deletion arises. This issue is examined by the CC, which provides an opinion on the matter to the SPC.
The evaluation of postgraduate students and their performance in the courses they are required to attend is carried out at the end of each semester with written examinations and / or with assignments throughout the semester. The method of evaluation is determined by the teachers of each course. Grading is done on a scale of 1-10. The grades of the courses are submitted to the Secretariat of the IPPS within twenty (20) days from the end of the examination period.
In order to obtain a Master’s degree, each postgraduate student must attend and be successfully examined in all the courses offered by the IPPS and prepare a postgraduate thesis, thus collecting ninety (90) ECTS.
If a postgraduate student fails the examination of a course or courses, so that according to the provisions of the Postgraduate Studies Regulation, it is considered that he/she has not successfully completed the program, he/she is examined, upon application, by a three-member committee of faculty members/researchers of the Collaborating Institutions, whose members have the same or related subject to the examined course and are appointed by the SIC. The person in charge of the teacher examination is excluded from the committee.
In the third (3rd) semester of the Program, students are obliged to draft their postgraduate thesis. The Coordinating Committee, following a request from the candidate in which the proposed title of the thesis, the proposed supervisor and a summary of the proposed thesis are attached, designates the supervisor and sets up the three-member examination committee for the approval of the thesis, one of its members of which he is also the supervisor.
The supervisor and the other two members of the three-member examination committee come from all categories of teachers of the IPPS, holders of a PhD degree, in accordance with the current legislation.
The subject of the master's thesis must have a research character and novelty.
A necessary condition for starting the preparation of the thesis is the successful fulfillment of all the student's obligations in the 1st and 2nd semesters.
The language of the postgraduate thesis can be Greek or English.
The Master's thesis must be submitted computer-typed and printed on one side of the page, on good quality white A4 size paper, with adequate margins on all sides and with 1.5 body spacing while footnotes (or notes end) single. For footnotes (or endnotes) it is recommended to use the same font but a smaller font size than in the main text. Headings of chapters, sub-chapters and paragraphs may use a different font than that of the main text. In general, the format of the work should be simple.
In its final form, the thesis is filed bound in a single volume. The cover/title page of the paper must contain, in order from top to bottom: the logos of the collaborating institutions, the title of the IPPS, "Medical Physics – Radiation Physics", the title of the thesis, the full name of the postgraduate student, the name of the supervisors as well as the names of the members of the examination committee and the time of its submission. The size of the postgraduate thesis is at the discretion of the student in collaboration with the supervisor and is related to the requirements and specificities of the subject. The scientific completeness of the work is evaluated more than its size. A size of 50 to 150 pages is indicated, including any appendices, bibliography, tables and diagrams, etc., without these limits being limiting.
In order for the work to be approved, the student must present it to the examination committee in an open session.
Grading is done on a scale of 1-10.
Postgraduate thesis, if approved by the examination committee, must be posted on the website of the Medical School.
Also, the thesis is submitted electronically to the Digital Repository "PERGAMOS", in accordance with the decisions of the Senate of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
