Master of Statistics, ULB: the Master's thesis (MEMO-F-521)

General information

The master's thesis can only be started once you have no more than 75 credits (including the thesis) remaining in your program.
Course report (Fiche)

This year's forms

Please fill in the form at the bottom of this pdf file It has 6 items to be filled in:

Nom, prénom de l'étudiant --- Name and first name of the student

Matricule --- University registration number (see your student's ID card)

Section: please tick master en Statistique --- master in statistics

Nom du directeur du mémoire --- Name of the master's thesis adviser: This must be a statistics professor at ULB

Nom du promoteur éventuel --- Name of daily adviser (if applicable): In case you have a thesis topic with a company, or with another department or with another university, put the name of the adviser here. Unless otherwise settled, put the name of the president of the jury as ULB adviser. In that case, the ULB adviser does not take part in the daily or scienticfic supervising of the thesis .

Noms des commissaires --- Members of board of readers: put the name of (at least) two readers. Check with them prior to putting their names. Readers must hold a PhD (according to the official rules, they must be even tenured professors at ULB or another university, but other PhD will be allowed)

Sign and have the document signed by the ULB adviser (directeur du mémoire)

Submit the signed document by 30 November, at the student's secretary office
(The document itself mentions 15 October, but it is OK up to 30 November)

General organisation

The Master of Statistics section follows the regulation of the department of Mathematics. You can check the rules in the same document that contains the form to be filled in. This document is in French. In case you feel unsure about the regulations or their formulation in French, please do not hesitate to ask your promotor/adviser.

Front page of your thesis

LaTeX template of a Master's thesis' front page, using this ULB seal

Evaluation

Deadlines

If you want to present your thesis in June 2024, then the printed documents must be submitted by 4 June 2024. The presentations will take place on 25 June 2024 (depending on availabilities)
If you want to present your thesis in Aug-Sep 2024, then the printed documents must be submitted by 20 Aug 2024. The presentations will take place on 2 Sep 2024.
If you plan to present in Aug-Sep, don't forget to register for the second exam session. Registration is not automatic.
Please send an electronic version as a PDF file to the secretary's office (patricia DOT semeraro AT ulb.be).
Never ever submit a thesis without your adviser's approval

Internship

If you wish, your master's thesis can be part of an internship project. In general, we do not contact companies to provide us with projects, but you are welcome to propose one on your own. Sometimes, companies contact us with proposals. When this happens, you can find these proposals on this website

In addition to the master's thesis form, also provide
a copy of the working contract at the students' secertary office.
Also contact the faculty's desk to obtain indispensable contract between the ULB and the company (i.e., the ``convention de stage''). This form can be found on the faculty's intranet. Also carefully check the further information there.
these forms must be handed in before the internship starts

The same guidlines as for any thesis apply to the internship report acting as master's thesis (though the number of pages may be a bit less, say 40 pages - can be more of course). The report should focuss on the scientific aspects of the internship, i.e., the statistical framework, sort of models, problems you have been dealing with, not on the work environment or experience and so on.

Links

Other information about the master in Statistics

This page is maintained by Maarten Jansen (maarten.jansen-AT-ulb.be)
URL: https://maarten.jansen.web.ulb.be/teaching/MaStat/mastersthesisMaStat.html