Preliminary problem statement

The preliminary problem statement is where you zoom in on the scope of your project, giving a more precise description of your subject area, topic, hypothesis etc. Your supervisor must approve your problem statement and thereby also agree to supervise your project.

After your supervisor approve your preliminary problem statement, it cannot be edited on the project page. However, you can still elaborate on it in the actual project. The preliminary problem statement will not be part of the assessment of your project.

Therefore, your preliminary problem statement needs to be generic enough to allow for your scope to change as the project progresses, while at the same time be specific enough for your supervisor to be able to assess and approve of the scope of the project.

This description is also used in the process of allocating an external examiner for your oral exam (where applicable). Therefore, we recommend that you spend some time to work on the preliminary problem statement before submitting.

Deadline for submitting your preliminary problem statement

Late registration
If you register for a project, bachelor project or thesis in the registration change period, the deadline for the preliminary problem statement is moved to Friday in week 8 / week 39.