Assessment Information

The deadline for the submission of your project will be in May 2027. The date and time will be sent to you in good time and it will appear here. Submission consists of your dissertation (compulsory), code that you wrote (compulsory) and any other auxiliary material, and the submission is digital only.

Only the dissertation and viva are marked, so you may have completed an amazing project, but with a poor dissertation you can still fail the project - so make sure you start writing early, get feedback from your supervisor and leave enough time to focus on writing up the evaluation and conclusion.

If you wrote code then you must submit a copy of all that you wrote and this may be checked by markers. If you made use of code from elsewhere which you did not write, then it needs to be properly and clearly acknowledged in your dissertation, with correct citation.

Your project will be marked by your supervisor (first marker) and a second marker who isn’t involved with the project. You will have the chance to talk to your second marker about your project at Poster Day and they will hold the viva with you.

Marking Process

Both your markers will come up with mark suggestions independently. They will do so from reading the thesis and watching/conducting your viva.

Once both mark suggestions have been submitted, these will be shared and then both markers will agree on a final mark for the project.

At this stage, feedback for the project will be collated from both markers.

In the (very) rare case that both markers cannot agree on a final mark, a third backup marker will be brought in to contribute to the discussion.

Viva (Oral Exam)

The second marker will hold your viva which for all purposes is an oral exam. Vivas are in-person and attendance is mandatory - you will fail the unit if you are not present. Vivas will take place in May 2027 and we will inform you of dates and times in good time during TB2. Note that you must attend the viva in person.

The viva has several purposes:

To showcase parts of the project which cannot (easily) be incoporated into the dissertation.
To get assurance that you have done the work yourself.
To correct any misunderstandings the second marker may have had about the work.
To discuss any mistakes or omissions within the dissertation.
To explore your understanding of the project area.

The viva will start with you giving a 5-10 minute overview of the project. Slides aren’t necessary but can be helpful to remind you of what to say.

Mark Scheme

The pass mark is 40 for BSc projects and 50 for MEng.

Your project will generally be marked along four pillars:

Challenge and Achievement
Technical Approach
Critical Interpretation
Report Presentation

These pillars don’t represent individual marks that get aggregated, but are guidelines to showcase where a project may lie.

A pdf version of the mark scheme can be found at this link.

Example Projects

A selection of projects from previous years covering a wide range of topics will appear here soon.

Assessment Support and Guidance