This survey was examined to UPME students who just completed their thesis in 2020. They were requested to participate in a web-based online survey regarding their bachelor's thesis workload experiences. The survey took approximately 30-45 minutes to complete. Their responses remained anonymous. 

The following indicates the results of the survey. The survey examines students' experiences regarding total time and adequacy in completing the thesis, the opportunity to take other courses besides the thesis at the same time, the adequacy of the number of credit units provided by UPME for completion of the thesis, strategy for completing the thesis in a timely manner, experience in writing a thesis, availability and adequacy of the number of theses advisor, and constraints in completing the thesis.

The survey results show that students think that the thesis load of 6 credits is worth the time for completing their thesis. (6 credits mean 6 x 100 minutes of consultation, 6 x 70 minutes of structured activities for 16 weeks, for a total of 272 hours per semester).  It is indicated by the majority of respondents (91.7%) agreed with the number of credit units provided by UPME for thesis. In addition, they agreed that they spent more than four hours a day working on their thesis (43.2%). Regarding the role of the thesis advisor, all agree that the role of the thesis advisor is very helpful in the process of finalizing the thesis, for example in terms of the availability of time to guide, preparation of research ideas, collecting research data, to writing in the form of a thesis and scientific article format. To complete their research project in their thesis, they use a lot of strategies such as making good time management, increasing scientific references and discussing with lecturers and peers. Even so, they also encountered obstacles, especially in completing research projects during the pandemic, such as in terms of communication with lecturers, thesis advisors, and colleagues, constrained due to social distancing, as well as determining and taking research subjects that involved a lot of schools, which in this pandemic era There are many new adjustment rules regarding research data collection policies in schools to comply with the Covid-19 protocol.