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State Final Certification

Final State Certification Info-2025:

State Exam Committee for the Final State Certification (Programme 'Data Analytics for State and Society'):

State Examination Board (DOCX, 18 Kb) 


Head of the State Exam Committee for the Final State Certification
(Programme 'Data Analytics for State and Society'): 
Ivanov Dmitrii V., Doctor of Sociology, Professor of the Department of Theory and History of Sociology, Faculty of Sociology, St. Petersburg State University.

Final State Certification Schedule:
 

Defenses schedule (DOCX, 18 Kb) 

 
 Faculty Appeal Committee for the Final State Certification: 

Chairperson – Polina E. Yakovleva, senior lecturer, Department of Public Administration
 Committee members:
-         Dr. Mariia V. Rubtсova, Doctor of Sciences, Professor, Department of Public Administration, St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences
 -         Dr. Dmitry Goncharov, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Affairs,St. Petersburg School of Social
 -         Natalia V. Kolesnik, Candidate of Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology,St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences
 Secretary – Nadezhda E. Oreshenkova, the Head, Undergraduate Programmes Curriculum Support (Public Administration), St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences
 

Documents:

Final State Certification Programme-2025:

 

How to apply for a Term paper/Thesis topic:

Please note that the Term Papers and Theses topics approval has been moved to the LMS system since this academic year! You need to talk about your topic with the supervisor and then make a topic request via LMS Course Themes Module.

Download instruction 

Please do not forget that your request shall be approved by your Supevisor via his/her LMS account.

How to change the Term Paper/Thesis topic:

Please note that the Term Papers and Theses topics change requests has been moved to the LMS system sine this academic year! You need to talk about your topic with the supervisor and then make a topic request via LMS Course Themes Module.

Download instruction 

Please do not forget that your request shall be approved by your Supevisor via his/her LMS account.

Thesis Request Forms:

Thesis Deadlines 2024/2025:

ModuleDeadlineEvent
2nd moduleNovember 1Deadline for Theses Topics Applications via LMS system
November 8Subject of MA Thesis and supervisor approved by the Academic Supervisor
December 1Subject of MA Thesis and supervisor approved by the Academic Council of MA Programme
December 15Deadline for the submission of the Master Thesis proposal to the scientific supervisor
3-rd moduleFebruary 12Deadline for the submission of the extended project proposal to the academic supervisor
February 19Defense of the Project Proposal within research seminar
4th moduleApril 3, 18.00External Reviewer Appointment
April 11, 18.00Deadline for submission the first version of thesis for the Preliminary defense
April 15Preliminary defense of MA Thesis
April 21, 18.00Deadline for submission a request for changes in the title / supervisor change of the master thesis
April 29Deadline for the submission of the final version of the Master thesis text to the supervisor
May 15, 18.00Final draft of MA Thesis submission to LMS system
May 23Deadline for placing the Theses' Supervisors' Reviews
May 26Deadline for placing the Theses' and External Reviewers' Reviews
May 30Deadline for Thesis Printed Version Submission (to the Office)
June 5Defense of MA Thesis