This strongly project-based activity aims at supporting the students that are about to graduate in the management of the practical part of their final project. Rather than an actual course, the synthesis workshop is a set of activities that are strongly oriented towards and planned around the final projects. By means of a workshop, the students acquire deeper knowledge in fields related to their chosen thesis work (specialisation workshop), and their specific projects are reviewed by teachers of the relevant area (final project lab). Such activities are planned after the approval of the final projects so that the professors' work can be as customised as possible, and the students can receive very targeted support, optimising the outcomes and quality of their work. Depending on the individual cases, group lessons will alternate with individual review sessions. The synthesis workshops also include seminars and reviews of the written research work.

The total credits for this course are 12, divided as follows:

• FINAL PROJECT LAB 6

• WORKSHOP 6

The learning goals can vary a lot depending on the projects, which can be very different from one another based on discipline. Generally speaking, they usually revolve around the ability to synthesise, in form of a project, the ideas conveyed in written form by the thesis work.

The content of all activities is mainly focused on carrying out the final project, and is planned on the basis of the thesis proposals.

During the course, the students will carry out the following didactic activities, which may vary depending on the projects that will be developed:

• Front lectures

• Active participation to classes with debates

• Exercises and revisions

There is no assessment for these activities, since the goal of the synthesis workshop is to aid and support the design phase of the final work. However, qualification will be assessed by the professor of reference.

Books and other recommended or required resources may be specified by the professor.