Hindrance factors of Students Thesis Completion on Electrical Engineering Education At FT Unimed

The main purpose of this study was to find the factors that hampered the progress of complet ion of student thesis.
The research method used descriptive approach. The factors to be analyzed are: (1) quality of service (covering
the quality of administrative services and the quality of thesis supervision services); (2) support of research
subjects; (3) student ability on scientific article writing; (4) peer environmental support; and (5) searchability and
availability of resources. The factors analyzed as a whole are expected to assist students in completion of the
thesis, so that the length of the study can be shortened. The results showed that the factors that are still a barrier
to the completion of student thesis include: (1) the existence of weaknesses in the field of administrative services,
(2) low quality of guidance service to students, (3) lack of support of research methodology, (4) low ability of
students in writing scientific articles, and (5) low ability of students in tracing relevant sources.