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Master’s theses in the field of hydrotechnical engineering at the Faculty of Civil Engineering (University of Rijeka) - good practice examples

The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the student master’s theses on the University Master level at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Rijeka in the area of hydrotechnical engineering since 2015 in order to point out good practices with students that could be useful to other Higher Education (HE) institutions. After presenting the short history of the Chair for Hydrotechnics development, based on analyses of 104 master’s theses in the area of hydrotechnical engineering, different types of the master’s theses are defined and examples from each type of the master’s thesis (practical, scientific, and theoretical) are presented.

hydrotechnical engineering, hydrotechnical laboratory, master’s thesis, practical, scientific, theoretical

The preparation of this paper was financially supported by the Erasmus+ Capacity building in Higher Education project: Strengthening of master curricula in water resources management for the Western Balkans HEIs and stakeholders (SWARM project) and the University of Rijeka projects: Implementation of Innovative Methodologies, Approaches and Tools for Sustainable River Basin Management, UNIRI-TEHNIC-18-129, and Hydrology of Water Resources and Identification of Flood and Mudflow Risk in Karst, UNIRI-TEHNIC-18-54).