Bachelor's Thesis (BT)
A Bachelor's Thesis is a documentation of an application‑oriented scientific research project. Its primary purpose is to systematically investigate a well‑defined problem by applying established research methods, analyzing relevant data, and deriving sound, academically grounded conclusions and recommendations.
The last component of the Transfer Project is the Bachelor's Thesis. It documents an application-oriented scientific research paper in which the knowledge and skills acquired during the course of study are applied to a project from the student's professional environment (i.e., companies, industries, etc.).
The tables below contain the most important formal requirements for the Bachelor's Thesis.
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Size |
60,000-110,000 Characters (approx. 30-55 pages, from the introduction to the beginning of the bibliography) |
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Tolerance for size |
No deviation allowed |
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Evaluation criteria |
Available soon | |
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Grading weight |
Written Thesis 50% Defense 50% |
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Format |
Word Template | |
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ECTS-Points |
10 ECTS | |
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Registration |
Using the form "Bachelor's Thesis and Thesis Defense" via the Transfer Project Registration Page, latest 5 (five) months before the desired Thesis Defense date. | |
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Max. processing time |
4 months |
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Form of |
As PDF, file name: Last Name-First Name_Bachelor-Thesis |
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Method of |
Transfer Project Submission Page If an upload is not possible for larger attachments, the Bachelor's Thesis, including its attachments, can be sent to the Examination Management Team by email. |
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Additional document |
A 3- to 5-page summary as a separate PDF document |
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There are no strict guidelines for the structure of the Bachelor's Thesis. However, the current scientific conventions should be observed. As a rule, the following chapters can be found in a Thesis:
- Introduction
- Literature Review
- Methodology
- Results: answer to the research question/guide for the addressee of the thesis
- Discussions
- Conclusions and Recommendations
Students sometimes ask whether the literature and theory in the Bachelor's Thesis are still necessary, as they are outlined within the Study Work (SW). Some students believe that further elaboration of the literature and theory in the Thesis is not possible at all. This is not the case. The literature and theory work begins with the SW. It can and should be deepened or supplemented by new topics in the Bachelor's Thesis.
Together with the Bachelor's Thesis, a 3- to 5-page summary in the language of the Bachelor's Thesis must be submitted in electronic form by the deadline. This separate summary is mandatory but is not included in the evaluation. It can be created without citation from the elements of the introduction and the conclusion of the Bachelor's Thesis. The separate summary does not require any indexes or references.