5 Tips to defend your final degree project, if you are a university student in Barcelona

You have invested many months in your preparation, first choosing the topic on which you would do the work, then getting all the necessary documentation to develop it, and finally layout and shaping the document to get it delivered in the most professional way possible.

But, you know that the Final Degree Project does not end here. Now you only think about that day, marked on the calendar, in which you will have to defend it before a tribunal of professors who will evaluate it and determine the grade of a project in which you have been working for many months. Therefore, it is normal that you feel certain nerves, you face a decisive situation, but, anxiety, uncertainty, restlessness, insecurities are not good friends at that crucial moment.

In this article, we want to transmit tranquility and some advice that will help you achieve a successful defense of your Final Degree Project.

Here are a few tips to successfully defend it:

Prepare a presentation that will serve as a script.

Try to make it concrete, perfectly structured and above all very attractive visually for the court. It must be a solid support for you, but above all something that helps to clearly understand the court in which your project consists, beyond your own explanation.

Take care of non-verbal language.

Your disposition before the teachers' court is very important when evaluating your project, for that reason, it is aware of the place of exposure, body awareness and gets an opening to non-verbal communication taking care of the expression of the hands and maintaining a good eye contact that transmits credibility.

Choose the right tone.

Find the correct intensity of the tone you are going to use.

Control breathing.

Concentrate on your breathing and use it to relax and think about the exact messages you want to convey at that moment. It shows security and confidence.

Try a few days before.

You can do it in front of the mirror, use an imaginary audience or ask one of the roommates of students in Barcelona who pretend to be members of the teachers' court and give you feedback on your essay.

We wish you all very much luck in this end of stage, and do not forget that the attitude with which you face the presentation of this Final Degree Project or any other decisive situation in your lives, will be crucial to achieve success.

Good luck!