Projects and Graduation

1. Application to a company or institution
2. Procurement of an employment contract for the corresponding period of time for the practical project (and, if applicable, also the Bachelor's thesis)
3. Find a supervising professor
4. Fill out application form
5. Obtain signature from the Examination Office (application form) that at least 120 credit points (ECTS) have been attained
6. Submit application form, employment contract, job description and registration certificate to the supervising professor. The supervising professor confirms the start of the practical project by signing the application form.
7. Completion of the practical project
8. Submit a report (documentation) to the supervising professor.
9. Give a presentation on the practical project
10. Present a certificate or report from the company on the completion of the practical project to the supervising professor. The supervising professor confirms the degree of the practical project by signing the application form.
11. After completion of the practical project, the original signed application form must be submitted to the Examination Office.

Bachelor theses must be completed within a period of 9 weeks. The earliest submission date of the Bachelor thesis is 6 weeks after official registration.

According to the Framework Examination Regulations of 22 June 2022, § 29 Para. 2, a justified application for an extension of the Bachelor thesis must be submitted informally, in writing, with the signature of the supervising lecturer to the Chairman of the Examination Board via the Examination Office. An extension time for submitting the Bachelor thesis is a maximum of 4 weeks.

Please also urgently send an email to pruefungsamt.fb6fh-aachen.de stating your name and student ID number and the topic of your final thesis. If you have an external second examiner, please state the name of the examiner and the address of the company in the same email.

The hard-bound thesis must be submitted to the Examination Office on the day of submission at the latest.

If you submit the thesis digitally, the PDF document must not differ from the printed copy. The printed copy must be submitted to the Examination Office on the day of the colloquium at the latest.

Obligation to retain the final thesis

You oblige towards the FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences to keep the signed and stamped copy of your final thesis for at least 5 years. Please submit the completed form to the Examination Office when handing in your final thesis.

Master's theses must be completed within a period of 6 months. The earliest submission date of the Master's thesis is 4 months after the official registration (see written admission). According to the Framework Examination Regulations of 22 June 2022, § 29 Para. 2, a justified application for an extension of the Master's thesis must be submitted informally, in writing, with the signature of the supervising lecturer to the Chairman of the Examination Board via the Examination Office. The extension time for submitting the Master's thesis is a maximum of a further 8 weeks.

Please complete the forms available below (preferably on your computer). The Course Scheme (study plan) must be available in its final form when applying for the Master's thesis. Any changes made after this date cannot be taken into account.

Please also urgently send an email to pruefungsamt.fb6fh-aachen.de stating your name and student ID number and the topic of your final thesis. If you have an external second examiner, please state the name of the examiner and the address of the company in the same email.

Please submit the form "Topic of the Master's Thesis" in duplicate with the signature of the supervising professor.

Please note that the Course Scheme must be available in its final version at the time of registration of the Master's thesis.

The processing period begins with the receipt of the complete documents in the Examination Office. You will immediately receive a letter of admission to the final thesis by post to the address given on the application. Please make sure that this letter is received!

If the title of your final thesis or the examiner changes, use the corresponding form in the downloads.

The hard-bound thesis must be submitted to the Examination Office on the day of submission at the latest.

If you submit the thesis digitally, the PDF document must not differ from the printed copy. The printed copy must be submitted to the Examination Office on the day of the colloquium at the latest.

Obligation to retain the final thesis

You undertake towards the FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences to keep the signed and stamped copy of your final thesis for at least 5 years. Please submit the completed form to the Examination Office when handing in your final thesis.