Questions about the bachelor thesis?

Here we provide you with a few information about the bachelor thesis. Be aware: All important information can be found in the study and exam regulations or on the website of the faculty. The information you can find here are only experiences and serve as addition.

Information event for the bachelor thesis

The information event for the bachelor thesis targets students with Mono-Bachelors and Combined Bachelor courses. 6 professors will inform you of the different research areas of the mathematical institute. On the German page you will find more information. Be aware that the event is going to be held in German.

Typical procedure of a bachelor thesis

1. Finding a professor and a subject

Look for a professor, whose special field (of your core subject, if you study combined bachelor) is interesting to you and ask them as early as possible if you can write your thesis with them. The earlier, the better, typically at the end of the previous semester. The professor will recommend one or two different topics for you to choose, but you can also do your own proposals. If you find out you can absolutely not work with that topic, there is still enough time to change it. Sometimes professors already have enough students to work with and recommend a different professor fo you - don't lose heart. The continuing process is different for each professor. It is possible that you need to find a second consultant. Ask your professor who they can recommend.

2. Admission and registration

You can find the prerequisites for admission in your exam regulations. In the best case all courses are correct in AGNES. To register you need the Application for approval and assignment of a topic for the bachelor thesis. You fill in the form on the computer, sign it yourself and let it sign by your first and second consultant and hand it in personally to Frau Dorow. She will complete it and pass it on to Frau Prof. Schüth, who signs it as the Chair of the Examination Board. (So you only need the signatures of your professor and your second examiner.)

3. Time period and amount

The exam regulation states that you will get your subject at the same day as the regristation and then you'll have 12 weeks (mono bachelor degree, combined bachelor degree PO 2015) or 8 weeks (combined bachelors degree PO 2007, 2011) to finished it and hand it in, but in reality it works differently. Your professor talks about the subject with you and then you'll have several weeks to work on it before you registrate. You can extend this time period if you want more time to prepare. Usually, the bachelor thesis is about 20 pages long on a DIN A4 format (have a look in the exam regulations). But your professor will tell you what they expect.

4. Not-pass

If you don't pass the bachelor's thesis for any reason, you have a second attempt, with a new topic if you wish.