The Diploma Thesis is the final integrated synthetic subject of architectural studies and has a research character. Its subject matter falls within the School’s subject areas and is seen as a major culminating teaching process, intended to demonstrate the completion of the students’ scientific competences. It is carried out individually or by groups of two or three people. The treatment of the theme touches on the fundamental components of the architectural work. The levels of approach range from the spatial-urban planning scale to the object and architectural detail, while the nature of the subject and the Sector in which the Diploma is being prepared determines the areas of particular depth. By completing the Diploma Thesis, students of Architecture demonstrate their ability to identify the essence of the problems involved in architectural practice, to solve complex problems, to draw from other disciplines and to collaborate to achieve common goals. The final presentation of the proposals is characterized by the search for the best methods of presentation and visual expression. New technologies are used as a tool for design and representation, but at the same time, a key element of the work is the process of exploring the space with successive models/models and other methodological tools, adapted to the specificities of the object under investigation. It should be noted that during the preparation of Diploma theses, the School’s interdisciplinary cooperation is developed in its fullest final version, as both in the supervisory and examination committees -as mentioned below- the School insists on interdisciplinary cooperation and representation.

Theses are publicly supported by the students who have prepared them, in a 5-member jury, so that their comprehensive scientific approach can be evaluated and graded. The jury consists of one faculty member from each Department and the supervisors (who submit a grade). The marks are calculated by averaging the marks of the committee members. External judges, architects with many years of experience and awards, are usually invited to the committees, without the right to score. The whole process is open to the public who can participate with comments during the final discussion of the evaluation of the work. At the end of each examination period, the theses are exhibited in a special area so that they are open to students of the lower semesters as well as to the general public and are posted on a special platform linked to the School’s website.