1. The assignment of a graduate diploma dissertation (GDD) is possible after a student has attended and been successfully examined in all courses of the IPGS.
2. The GDD is required to be independent, original, have a research character and be prepared in accordance with the specifications posted on the website of the IPGS.
3. After a student has submitted a request, mentioning the proposed title of the diploma dissertation and the name of the supervisor, which is accompanied by an abstract of the proposed dissertation, the SC designates the supervisor and the three (3) members of the examination committee, one of whom is the supervisor. The graduate diploma dissertation could be written in Greek or English.
4. The title of the dissertation may be modified, provided the student has submitted an application to the SC of the IPGS, and the supervisor has consented to it. This application should be accompanied by a short justification of why the title should be modified.
5. For the approval of a dissertation, the author must present it before his three- member examination committee. The minimum pass grade has been established as 6/10.
6. The supervisor and the other members of the examination committee of a graduate dissertation must belong to one of the following categories of teaching staff of the IPGS:
- members of Teaching Research Staff (DEP), Special Educational Staff (EEP), Laboratory Educational Staff (EDIP) and Special Technical Laboratory Staff (ETEP) of the cooperating Departments or other Departments of NKUA or another Higher Education Institution (AEI) or a Higher Military Educational Institution (ASEI), who are employed beyond their legal obligations,
- Professor Emeriti or retired members of DEP of the cooperating Departments or other Departments of NKUA or another AEI,
- cooperating instructors,
- authorized instructors,
- visiting professors or visiting researchers,
- researchers and special scientists from research and technological institutions of article 13Α of Law 4310/2014 (Α’ 258) or other research centres and institutes in Greece or abroad.
After a decision of the CPS, it is possible to assign the supervision of diploma dissertations to members of DEP, EEP, ETEP and EDIP of NKUA or another AEI, who have not undertaken teaching at the IPGS.
7. It is mandatory that graduate diploma dissertations, after their approval by the examination committee, are posted on the Digital Repository “PERGAMOS”, in accordance to the decisions of the Senate of NKUA.
8. Whenever a graduate diploma dissertation contains unpublished results, at the author’s request and the supervisor’s consent, it is possible to post on “PERGAMOS” the abstract, with the proviso that the full dissertation will be posted later.
