The Honours thesis dissertation is the major piece of written work submitted at the end of the 12UOC research project. An Honours thesis dissertation in Materials Science and Engineering is typically 80 pages which is marked by the supervisor and two nominated independent academic assessors using a standardised rubric for all theses.

The Introduction and Literature Survey chapters are submitted in Term 1 and marked by the supervisor to provide formative assessment and feedback to the student. The completed thesis is graded by the student's supervisor and another independent academic from the School following submission at the end of Term 2. The name of the independent grading academic is not given to the student. The average of the above marks is reported to the student in writing (via Moodle) following the release of results at the end of Term 2. All feedback and discussion concerning the marked work is provided by the student's supervisor. Marks are given at the end of the project averaged over the two Terms.