Note
The documents available for download/ consultation in this webpage are in Portuguese – we are currently making an effort to produce these in English.
Since the very beginning of QUC’s operation, its extension to all of Técnico-Lisboa’s Curricular Units (UC) has been planned. In a first stage, all the 1st and 2nd cycle UC whose operation is considered “normal” were covered. In 2013/2014, the Pedagogical Council highlighted the importance of creating a survey for the Dissertation UC, due to the need to ascertain the reasons that have led to poor completion rates and/or an average time to complete the dissertation that is significantly longer than expected. It is expected that the identification of these cases will lead to the adoption of preventive and corrective measures in the future, as provided for in the QUC regulation.
Although this survey is not embedded in Fénix, another platform is used which guarantees the anonymity of the responses, as any link between the answer and the student’s identity is broken once the notification of submission has been sent.
- QUC Dissertation Survey (PDF, 375KB) (January, 2019)
Application
In the 2nd Cycle, the QUC Survey is applied to all the UC whose operation is considered “normal”. After attending the dissertation UC, in the 2nd year, an invitation to participate in the QUC dissertation survey is sent by email to all the students who were enrolled in Dissertation.
Results Appreciation
In order to comply with the recommendation of A3ES (Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education), within the scope of the ASIGQ (Audit of Internal Quality Assurance Systems), in 2019, to SIQuIST (Internal Quality Management System of IST), it has become necessary to complement the QUC Dissertation component.
Therefore, in 2020, the process of collecting the Course Coordinators’ appreciation of the results of the survey applied to students enrolled in the Dissertation in 2018/2019 began, in this case, based on the results documents made available each year.
In order to do this, the Course Coordinators must record, in a Word document (sent by email), an appreciation of the results for the courses they are responsible for. In the support guide for filling in the form, which is also available by email, it is possible to consult the methodology used to process the responses and the applicability of the survey.
Supporting Documents
- Guião de Análise QUC Dissertação (PDF, 330KB) [QUC Dissertation Analysis Guide] (July, 2022)
- Template de feedback sobre os QUC Dissertação por parte da equipa de coordenação do curso (DOCX, 22KB) [Feedback template on the QUC Dissertation (course coordination team)]
Global results history
Over the years, around 30% of students enrolled in the dissertation have taken part in this process, with some fluctuations between 25% (in 2016/17) and 46% (in 2013/14). Last year (2021/22), 26% of the expected students took part in the survey.
The table below shows the overall results of the surveys of students enrolled in Dissertation, by academic year and type of course (BM – Bologna Master’s Degree; IM – Integrated Master’s Degree). This distinction will no longer be made from the 2021/22 academic year, with the extinction of the Integrated Master’s degrees, so from then on, the results presented are the overall results per academic year (GR – Global Results). As of the academic year of 2021/22, the reports are available in Portuguese and English.
| 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MB (PDF, 458KB) | MB (PDF, 518KB) | MB (PDF, 285KB) | MB (PDF, 647KB) | MB (PDF, 677KB) | MB (PDF, 810KB) | MB (PDF, 285KB) | MB (PDF, 391KB) | MB (PDF, 387KB) | |
| MI (PDF, 447KB) | MI (PDF, 524KB) | MI (PDF, 285KB) | MI (PDF, 645KB) | MI (PDF, 678KB) | MI (PDF, 814KB) | MI (PDF, 394KB) | MI (PDF, 388KB) | MI (PDF, 391KB) |
MB – Masters Degree results
MI – Integrated Masters Degree results
GR – Global Results
The results by course can be consulted in the menu at the right, by choosing the desired academic year. Likewise, as of 2021/22, the results have been made available in English for the courses in which more students of foreign nationality are enrolled.