Barcelona School of Civil Engineering

Final Thesis deposit

The thesis is delivered in digital format. The on-linedeposit aims to introduce and facilitate the management of users. It also allows the electronic documentary management of the thesis presented, guarantees their permanent preservation and their archiving and custody.

Academic requirements

  • You must have enrol the Final Thesis in the current academic year.
  • The title must be the same as that submitted to the Intranet or Portal Camins / e-Secretaria. In case it is not the same, contact your supervisor in order to ask the General Academic Services to change it.
  • If necessary, you must send your external supervisor's report by e-mail to SIAE Camins.
  • Your supervisor must fill in the 3a form available online at Portal Camins

How to make the on-line deposit 

In order to complete the on-line deposit, you actually need to do access two different platforms using your UPC username and password:

1) eSecretaria

You must fill out the form with information such as:

  • keywords
  • confidentiality
  • language of delivery, etc.

In order for the information you have filled in to be recorded correctly, it is essential to fill in all the fields and click on the "Desar" button.

Access eSecretaria!

2) Atenea TFE

The work and annexes are not deposited in the eSecretaria but in Atenea TFE.

As indicated in the Agreement on Plagiarism Prevention Procedures, students must accept the declaration of originality of the work by checking the box "I declare that this is an original work and that the sources consulted are cited in the bibliography" in the "Delivery" section. This step is a prerequisite for the validation of the Final Thesis by the thesis supervisor.

Access Atenea TFE!

Format of the thesis

Please refer to the specific section of the master/bachelor's thesis in the OpenCourseWare to know the format of the thesis for each degree.

As a general rule, it should consist of a maximum of 6 files:

  • Project report: 1 file, maximum 40 MB (pdf format)
  • Annexed documents: a maximum of 5 files of up to 30 MB each (pdf/zip)
  • Total (report and annexes): up to 120 MB altogether

In the event that the thesis is a construction project, basic project or any other project that includes plans or blueprints, a hard copy of the work plans must be submitted to the president of the board, on the day of the defence. The scale and the format of the plans (to be chosen from the standard DIN A0 to DIN A4) are free, but they must allow to visualize correctly their components and details.

From the February 2025 call, all Final Theses (Bachelor's and Master's) at UPC must include a chapter entitled "Sustainability Analysis and Ethical Implications" in the project report.

How do I incorporate sustainability analysis into my Final Thesis?
General guide

Covers

Due to Data Protection Regulations, students must only write either their name or ID number on the cover. Do not write both!

Bachelor's Final Thesis cover

Master's Final Thesis cover

Highlights

In the case of the bachelor's thesis and the qualifying master's thesis, in order to publish the project in the website, it will be necessary for students to provide some highlights:

  • Summary of the work (maximum 4000 characters)
  • Image summarizing the work (main compulsory image, which is the first image that is requested. Maximum size of 10 MB)
  • Optionally, choose two secondary images associated with the thesis (in gif, jpg, png format to a maximum size of 10 MB)

You must upload these files at Portal Camins > Treball Final de Grau > Resum del TFM.

On-line deposit
Guide for students

Deposit validation at Atenea TFE
Guide for supervisors

When to deposit

You can upload your thesis between 8.00 a.m. and 10.00 p.m. during the period of submission. You may check the dates in the Final Thesis procedures calendar.

Support

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    Monday to Friday from 9 am to 1 pm at UPC Campus Nord, Building C2, ground floor.