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Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Faculty of business, economics and social sciences.

• Master Programmes

Progamme: Master in Economics (M.Sc.) FPO 2021

This curriculum (example) is applicable if you started your programme in or after winter term 21/22 or if you requested a change from FPO 2014 to FPO 2021 by September 30th 2021. For more details on the programme please read the full document of the examination regulations below.

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This study plan represents an example. For further options, please read the examination regulations (FPO), especially §11 and Appendix 2: Curriculum!

A wide range of specialised courses offered on a regular basis gives students an insight into many areas of economic research arising through cooperation with the Kiel Institute for the World Economy .

Examination Regulations - Fachprüfungsordnung (FPO) (german) 2021

Examination Regulations (english) 2021

Module Manual (only english)

Long term planning of course offer

Corona-Pandemic

• Corona pandemic - Exams
• Corona pandemic - Teaching

First Semester: getting started

Information of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Sciences regarding your first semester.

Orientation:

• Welcome events  for the study programmes
• Tipps für Erstsemester an der CAU (only german)
• Overview of important online tools for your study
• Forum  for all Master programmes of the Institute of Economics

Course Schedule and Types of Courses

• Overview: Types of Courses
• How to plan your course schedule? Instructions on how to set up your time-table for the semester.
• Long term planning of coure offer at the Institute of Economics
• Preparation courses econometrics/statistics/mathematics

Student's Handbook

• Student's Handbook : For a general overview of your course structure and further information, the Student's Handbook provides information on how you can organize your studies.

Further Online Information

• Important Facilities
• Campus Guide (only German) of the Asta (General Students' Committee)
• The WiSo student council has set up a forum on their Olat page where you can search for tutoring or for study groups for various modules, or post offers, just like on a blackboard .
• Welcome Service of CAU
• Advice and Links for E-Learning

International Students

• Checklist for International Students
• International Center: information on what you need to do before coming to Germany (visa, health insurance..)
• Orientation programme of the International Center for international students
•    Instructions on how to change OLAT language setting.

Contact persons

Study Programme Advisors can be contacted for questions about

• Structure and content of the study programme

Application

• Planning your study
• Recognition of courses taken abroad or at other universities
• General examination procedures

Overview of other contact persons:

• Who can I contact with my questions?

Examinations, Seminars, Master-Thesis

Examinations

Please note: In any case the degree-specific Examination Regulations together with the Examination Procedure Regulations are the legally binding documents regulating your study programme! You can find them in the "Legal Documents" below.

• Everything about examinations
• WiSo-Faculty Examination Office
• Registration to exams and seminars has to be completed in QIS during registration periods.

For information on seminar application, please visit the following links:

(Note that the registration period for seminars starts in the previous semester)

• Guidelines and Templates
• Central Registration for Seminars at the Institute of Economics
• Remarks on Seminars/ Advanced topics in...
• Further seminar information and skills

Master Thesis

• Exemplary Master's Theses
• Information on the Master Thesis at the WiSo Examination Office
• Academic writing

Legal documents

• Examination Regulations - Fachprüfungsordnung (FPO 2021) (german) (valid if enrolled after winter term 21/22)
• Examination Regulations  (FPO 2021) (english) (valid if enrolled after winter term 21/22)
• Examination Regulations - FPO 2014 (german, valid if enrolled BEFORE winter term 21/22)
• Examination Procedure Regulations (english) : is valid for all programmes at CAU
• Examination Prodedure Regulations - Prüfungsverfahrensordnung der CAU (PVO) (german)
• Anerkennungssatzung (charter of recognition, only available in German)
• Further legal regulations (only german)

The  Economics Master of Science degree programme is accredited: Certificate of Accreditation (german only)

Exchange Semester

If you are interested in doing an exchange semester abroad within the EU, or in countries outside of the EU, please find the relevant information here:

• Faculty Exchange

Further Information

• Working papers from our Economics department
• job portals

Information for prospective students

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Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Faculty of engineering, dept. of electrical and information engineering.

• Studying and Teaching
• Master's Degree Programs
• M.Sc. E&IE

Master's Thesis

The Master's thesis is scheduled for the thirds semester and you will write it at a chair of the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering.

Admission to the Master's thesis is granted to students who have acquired and proven at least 45 credit points for the Master's degree and who have fulfilled any conditions imposed as part of the program admission. In justified exceptional cases, the chairperson of the examination board may also admit you to the Master's thesis if you have earned less than the 45 credit points mentioned. However, any conditions imposed as part of the admission to the program must be fulfilled by the time you are admitted to the Master's thesis.

You can complete your Master's thesis at a chair of your choice , but there is no right to a thesis at a specific chair. Address the question of at which chair you would like to write your thesis in good time. The courses will give you first insights into the working areas of the chairs. It is not mandatory to have attended certain courses in order to be able to write your thesis at a certain chair. However, it makes sense to have attended several courses at the chair where you want to write your Master's thesis during your studies.

The chairs provide information about possible topics in various ways: you will find announcements, for example, on the notice boards of the chairs or on their websites. You are also welcome to contact the professors and their research assistants and ask them about possible topics. In order to be able to offer you theses related to current research work, the corresponding topics are sometimes only worked out concretely when the chairs receive a request for a thesis.

In individual cases, theses in cooperation with the industry are offered. If you are interested in a thesis in a company, please contact the chairs whose research topics interest you and clarify whether they currently offer a Master's thesis in cooperation with a company. Since Master's theses at the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering can only be issued and supervised by professors and private lecturers working at the Institute, it is also mandatory to be supervised by a chair of the Institute in case of a thesis in the industry.

Once you have found a topic, submit an application for admission to the Master's thesis to the Examinations Office for Electrical and Information Engineering. You will find the relevant form on the website of the Examinations Office . It is recommended that you submit the application one to two weeks before the planned start of work on the thesis. As soon as you have submitted your application to the Examinations Office, the staff there will check whether you meet the admission requirements. If this is not the case, the chairperson of the examination board will check whether you will be granted an exemption and thus still be allowed to start your Master's thesis. As soon as the necessary decisions have been made, the examination office will inform both you and the chair where you would like to write your master's thesis about the result.

Please note the further training offers for academic work and in particular for academic writing , which are offered by the university library , among others. The "on demand" workshop "Academic Writing" by service center employee Michael Meißer is available to you directly at the Faculty of Engineering. Please feel free to get in touch with him .

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Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Faculty of business, economics and social sciences, institute of economics.

Chair of Monetary Economics and International Finance

Bachelor theses (appr. 30 pages):.

You can find all valid information about registration deadlines and procedure on the homepage of our registrar's office.

Our chair offers a list of topics on this page from which you can choose your preferred topic for your thesis and make a reservation. Documents for reservation and official registration are available at our secretary’s office. There you can also make your reservation for your preferred topic with a deadline of four weeks

To meet the deadline Prof. Lux’s dated signature on the official registration document is authoritative. Please also inform the secretary’s office about your official registration. Otherwise your reservation will be cancelled and the topic is given to other interested candidates.

You can make a reservation only for one topic at the same time. You can exchange topic reservations but you cannot change back. Each topic will be assigned only once. Therefore, we recommend contacting our chair early. In case a list is not announced, please contact Prof. Lux directly to arrange a topic.

Interest in specific topics should be expressed to:

Hiwi Team ( [email protected] ) - accompanied by an up-to-date record of current status and exam results.   

Topics for bachelor theses

Master theses (appr. 40 pages):

Formalities for Master theses correspond to those of BA theses.

Assignment of Topics for Master Theses

The list of topics given below is available for Master theses to be supervised at the chair of Monetary Economics & International Finance.

Hiwi Team ( [email protected] ) - accompanied by an up-to-date record of current status and exam results.   

Topics for master theses

Guidelines for Theses:

Guidelines for writing a thesis or seminar paper

Verfassen von Seminar- und Diplomarbeiten

Halten von Vorträgen

Der richtige Umgang mit dem Urheberrecht

Further Information about formalities regarding Bachelor- and Mastertheses are available on the homepage of the  Examination Office

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Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

• Studies and Teaching
• Examinations
• Examination procedures

Bachelor’s and Master’s thesis

Legal basis: § 12 of the Examination Procedure Regulations (PVO) (.pdf)

The exact procedures for a Bachelor's and Master's thesis varies from subject to subject. The basic terms and conditions are defined in the Examination Procedure Regulations (.pdf) and, if necessary, in the Double-Subject Examination Regulations (.pdf) . Double-subject students can generally choose the subject of their thesis, but in some subjects the choice is associated with certain conditions. Information on this and other subject-specific regulations can be found in your degree-specific Examination Regulations . Most institutes regularly host information events during which lecturers explain the subject-specific procedures. If anything is unclear, however, you can also contact your academic adviser or relevant Examination Office. In certain circumstances, the relevant Examinations Office's web pages also offer more detailed information.

Submission by the deadline

Thesis can deposit to the responsible Examination Office during opening hours. Outside of opening hours, the deadline mailbox at the side entrance of the administration tower at Christian-Albrechts-Platz 4 can also be used to deposit the thesis or other  deadline items. If  the envelope is deposited until midnight, it will be labelled with the receipt stamp  of the current day; if it is deposited after midnight, it will be labelled with the receipt stamp of the following day. It is important to note that the envelope will be forwarded by the in-house post service to the relevant department and that forwarding will take some time. It is therefore important to ensure that the address of the relevant Examination Office is correct.

Opportunities to repeat your thesis

"A failed thesis can be repeated once. The new thesis topic will be set in due time, in general within a period of three months following the evaluation of the first thesis. The topic may only be returned in the case a second thesis is written, if the student has not made use of this option when writing the first thesis." (§12 (9) of the Examination Procedure Regulations (PVO))

What are the "typical" procedures for a Bachelor's/Master's thesis?

• Review: Are the subject requirements met?
• Selection of topic and assessor and registration at Examination Office: Please contact your Examination Office for more information on exact procedures for the thesis.
• Submission on time

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Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche fakultät, sektion biologie.

• Studienangebot
• Master of Science in Molecular Biology and Evolution (MAMBE) (1-Fach)

Master thesis

Your master thesis should be an independently performed research project supervised by an expert in the relevant field. It is possible to perform your Master project in any of the below listed research groups involved in the MAMBE curriculum:

• Plant Cell Biology (Prof. Dr. Jennifer Selinski)
• Plant Cell Physiology and Biotechnology (Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Schulz)
• Environmental Genomics (Prof. Dr. Eva Stukenbrock)
• Plant Genetics and Molecular Biology (Prof. Dr. Frank Kempken)
• Biochemical Ecology and Molecular Evolution (Prof. Dr. Dietrich Ober)
• Plant Environment Interaction (Prof. Dr. Sybille Unsicker)
• Evolutionary Microbiology (Prof. Dr. Tal Dagan)
• Molecular Microbiology (Prof. Dr. Ruth Schmitz-Streit)
• Microbial cell biology (Prof. Dr. Marc Bramkamp)
• Cell and Developmental Biology (Prof. Dr. Thomas Bosch)
• Marine Evolutionary Biology (Prof. Dr. Olivia Roth)
• Zoology and Functional Morphology of Vertebrates (Prof. Dr. Christine Böhmer)
• Functional Morphology and Biomechanics (Prof. Dr. Stanislav Gorb)
• Comparative Immunobiology (Prof. Dr. Matthias Leippe)
• Molecular Physiology (Prof. Dr. Thomas Roeder)
• Genetics of Host-Microbe Interactions (Dr. Katja Dierking)
• Biodiversity and evolution of marine invertebrates (PD Dr. Dirk Brandis)
• Marine Symbiosis (Prof. Dr. Harald Grubner-Vodicka)
• Molecular Systems Evolution (Dr. Julien Dutheil)
• Recombination and Genome Instability (Dr. Linda Odenthal-Hesse)
• Behavioural Ecology of Individual Differences (Dr. Anja Guenther)
• Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics (Dr. Jenna Gallie)
• Theoretical models of Eco-evolutionary Dynamics (Dr. Chaitanya Gokhale)
• Stochastic Evolutionary Dynamics (Dr. Hildegard Uecker)
• Microbial Molecular Evolution (Dr. Frederic Bertels)
• Biological Clocks (Dr. Tobias Kaiser)
• Dynamics of Social Behavior (Dr. Christian Hilbe)
• Evolutionary Cell Biology (Dr. Javier Lopez Garrido)
• Craniofacial Biology (Dr. Marketa Kaucka Petersen)

Please have a look at the examination office's site and the Master's thesis module description for more details (e.g. formalities, required ECTS, etc.)

We recommend to follow the advices for your Master thesis that we summarized here .

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What MAMBE students think about the curriculum

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Kiel University

Faculty of medicine.

• Modules information

Master thesis

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Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Faculty of business, economics and social sciences, institute for innovation research.

• Chair of Technology Management

• Information on Master Theses

Guide on Application for a Master Thesis

You would like to write your master thesis at the chair of technology management? Here you will find all necessary information for your application.

General Information

• Before you can be registered for a master thesis, you have to ensure that you have at least obtained 60 credit points through completed modules. Before that topics are not allowed to be assigned.
• Normally students are able to choose the chair they would like to write their thesis at. Since our ressources are limited, please be informed that we can't accept all applications.
• Your application will only be considered binding, if you receive a positive response from us.
• If you wish to write your master thesis in summer semester , please submit your application between 01. and 15.01. of a year to us.
• If you wish to write your master thesis during winter semester , please submit your application between 01. and 15.07 . of a year to us.
• In addition, master theses can be accepted during a semester depending on the free capacities.

Application Documents

As per the above-stated deadline, you have to submit the following documents to us:

• Why do you wish to write your master thesis at the chair of technology management?
• Which focus of research are you most interested in?
• Optional: Which topic would you like to elaborate on in your master thesis?
• 2. A brief personal data sheet.
• 3. A current transcript of results from QIS, which must not be notorised.
• 4. Application form for a master thesis

Further information on our research focus can be found in the section research.

Please send your application complete and on time solely via E-Mail to: techman[at]bwl.uni-kiel.de

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Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Faculty of business, economics and social sciences, institute of business administration.

Department of Marketing

• Application for a Master Thesis

Guideline to Apply for a Master Thesis

You want to write your master thesis at the Marketing Department? All relevant information for your application can be found here.

To which topics can I write my master thesis?

Currently, the Marketing Department offers following master thesis topics:

• Augmented Reality (AR) am Point-of-Sale
• Responsible innovation
• Circular economy
• Digital services
• Retailing in virtual reality (VR)
• Sharing economy
• Consumption dilemmas
• Digital sustainable consumption
• Consumer animosity 
• Consumer responsibility
• Morally ambiguous consumption
• Digital carbon footprints tracking app 

What are the requirements of an application?

Before you apply for a Master Thesis we ask you kindly to make sure that you have reached at least 60 credit points from passed moduls. We can not assign a topic before this proof.

Additional information can be found here .

Further, the course "Marketing Forschung" needs to be passed for a admission of a Master Thesis.

Do I have the choice at which Department to write my Master Thesis?

Usually, students can decide themselves at which department to write their Master Thesis.

As the mentoring capacity is limited, we advise you kindly that we need to make a choice between the candidates.

When can I apply for a Master Thesis at the Marketing Department?

Which documents are needed for my application.

Up to the application deadline you should hand in following documents at the Marketing Department office:

• Letter of motivation
• Form sheet for the application of a Master Thesis
• Actual transcript of records , which does not need to be certified

Letter of motivation:

The letter of motivation should answer following questions:

• Why do you want to write your Master Thesis at the Marketing Department?
• In which research area are you interest the most?
• Optional: Which own topic do you want to work on within your Master Thesis?

Further information regarding our research areas can be found here .

Please hand in your full application - with pleasure by email - on time at:

Marketing Department

Kiel University

Olshausenstraße 400

[email protected]

When is my application binding?

Your application is only then binding, when you receive a positive response by the Marketing Department.

Is there a verbal presentation of the Master Thesis?

Within three weeks after handing in your Master Thesis a presentation of the thesis will take place in which the students present and discuss the most important content. The duration of this presentation will be approx. 45 minutes, composed of 20 minutes presentation and 25 minutes discussion. Please arrange before handing in your Master Thesis an individual appointment with your supervisor.

Who will supervise me when I apply for my Master Thesis?

When you are accepted to write your Master's Thesis you will be assigned to one of our supervisors (either Prof. Hoffmann or Prof. Köcher) and will be mentored either by one of the professors or researchers from the department. Please note that you cannot choose a supervisor, but you are allocated with respect to your topic, supervision capacity, and other criteria. Please note, that Prof. Hoffmann and Prof. Köcher apply same evaluation criteria for grading.

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Kiel University

Faculty of engineering, department of computer science.

Intelligent Systems

Bachelor and master theses.

In the working group "Intelligent Systems" topics for theses projects are available at any time. In the following, we list some current examples of possible topics for bachelor and master theses - the topics are available in principle, but also offer a framework for what other topics might look like. Also, we list at the end of this page all the work already done. In general, we try to define a topic together with the interested students. This means that you are welcome to contact us even with a rough idea or a direction in which you would like to work. We try to involve our students in current research projects so that the topics are of practical use for our research group. Please note, however, that we assume that you already have all the necessary basic knowledge. This does not mean that you have to be an "expert" in the field of machine learning, for example - we are, however, not in a position to give you a basic course in the research and teaching area as part of a thesis project in addition to the learning content necessary for writing a student thesis. This means that ideally, you have already completed modules of our research group. Besides, you should be able to work with the chosen programming language (i.e. primarily JAVA or Python) without any help. We also assume that you have a strong interest in machine learning and intelligent systems!

Proposal bachelor thesis

Anomaly detection in unclean mixed 5G data using Deep Learning

Environment-aware Deep Reinforcement Learning for ship data transmission in 5G Networks

Temporal and High Density Region Anomaly/Novelty detection using Digital Shadows technique

Behaviour cloning for Autonomous Surface Vessels

FerryGym 2.0: Towards a realistic OpenAI Gym simulation environment of the Fjord of Kiel

Transfering learned bird sound representations to other animals

Learning flood forecasts with ensemble training data

Using conforming prediction to estimate uncertainty in waterlevel forecasting

XCSF in latent space for Reinforcement Learning (RL) problems with high dimensional state space

Proposal master thesis  

Application of Reinforcement Learning (RL) for controlling of initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) processes

Improved Simultion of Sinter Processes with Deep Learning

Simulating intelligent biological networks - agent-based modelling of angiogenesis

A distributed execution of 5G simulation runs in C++

From wild to safe reward using Inverse Reinforcement Learning

Deep-Learning for Darts

You are welcome to suggest your own topic for a thesis, please contact Prof. Tomforde  

Previous theses

• Erprobung von Reinforcement Lernverfahren in einer MAZE-basierten Laborumgebung
• A Simulation-based Comparison of Incident Detection
• Vergleich von Ansätzen des maschinellen Lernens zur Verhaltenssteuerung im Spiel-Framework "Evoman"
• Quality Assessment in Industry 4.0: Knowledge Self-Adaptation for Image Classification with XCS-R
• Emergent Green Waves in Organic Traffic Control
• A Comparison of Traditional and Bet-based Evolutionary Algorithms concerning the Evolution of Classifiers in XCS applied to Maze Solving
• Adaptive Urban Tidal Flow Lanes
• Hyperparamter Optimization for Reinforcement Learning Techniques in the OpenAI Gym Environment "Space Invaders"
• Is it possible for intersections in a simulated urban road network to establish "green waves" for traffic only with minimal information from the immediate neighbours?
• A self-learning suggestion system for unique items using the example of garments
• Multiple Concurrent Incidents in Urban Traffic Networks: A Detection Approach Using Traffic Flow Clustering
• Incident-aware Formation of Distributed Progressive Signal Systems in Organic Traffic Control
• Autonomous ship collision avoidance trained on observational data
• A Digital Shadow Based Approach for Anomaly Detection in Autonomous Ferries
• A Simulation-Based Collision Avoidance Testbench
• Adaptation of a bet-based evolutionary algorithm to evolutionary generative adversarial networks
• Bet-based GAN-generated Bach-like Musical Pieces
• Optimisation of 5G data transmission for autonomous ships using deep reinforcement learning
• Deep Learning Algorithmus zur Anomaliedetektion in einem Multi-Roboter System
• Digital Shadows for Online Anomaly and Novelty Detection
• Synthetische Daten im Zahlungsverkehr
• Investigation of possible improvements to increase the efficiency of the AlphaZero algorithm
• Digital twin for autonomous ships: development and analysis of the behavior
• A Heuristic for Online Applicability of Novelty Detection Techniques − Implementation and Analysis
• Collaborative Incident Validation in a Self-Organised Traffic Management System
• Deep Reinforcement Learning with a Classifier System
• Adaptive gradients in neural networks based on an incorporation of relevance-levels of training samples
• Causal Inference for Treating Pathological Datasets
• Deep active learning strategies for road traffic sign detection
• Anomaly detection in unlabeled 5G PHY data using Deep Learning
• Confidential Computing and Remote Attestation in the Context of Telecommunications Infrastructure

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Kiel University

Faculty of mathematics and natural sciences, department of geography, institute of geography.

Earth Observation and Modelling

Master theses.

Prof. Dr. Natascha Oppelt

Caroline Trabhardt Tel.: 0431 880 1258 [email protected]

Ludewig-Meyn-Straße 8 24098 Kiel

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Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Wirtschafts- und sozialwissenschaftliche fakultät, institut für quantitative betriebs- und, volkswirtschaftliche forschung.

• Masterarbeiten / Masterthesis

QBER - Masterarbeiten / Masterthesis

You can apply for a master thesis at the QBER Institute through OLAT courses. 

Topics will be assigned as follows:

Candidates for the summer term must register with the exams office (Prüfungsamt) by Mar. 31 . Candidates should meet with their advisor between Jan. 31 and Mar. 31 to discuss the topic of their thesis.

Candidates for the winter term must register with the exams office (Prüfungsamt) by Sept. 30 . Candidates should meet with their advisor between Jul. 31 and Sept. 30 to discuss the topic of their thesis.

We have already registered previously arranged topics. However, we would like to request that you also register for this OLAT course.

Please be advised that you will lose the right to thesis supervision if you do not register your thesis with the exams office by Mar. 31 or Sept. 30. If you fail to do so, you will be required to submit a new application.

http://www.wiso.uni-kiel.de/de/studium/pruefungsamt/infos-ma  

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Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Philosophische fakultät.

• Gemeinsames Prüfungsamt

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• Bachelor's and Master's thesis

Requirements for the Bachelor's / Master's Thesis

Bachelor's / Master's theses are generally written in German. Some subject examination regulations permit the thesis to be written in a language other than German. In some cases, an application or similar is necessary for this; for more details, please refer to the subject examination regulations that apply to you. If an application is required, submit it to your first examiner, who will confirm the permission to write the Bachelor's / Master's thesis in a foreign language to the Joint Examination Office with his/her signature on the application for admission.

If the Bachelor's / Master's thesis is written in a language other than German, an abstract in German must also be enclosed. Unless otherwise specified in the subject examination regulations, the summary should not exceed 2-5 pages.

A declaration must be added to the Bachelor's / Master's thesis. With this declaration you confirm that you have written the thesis independently and that you have not used any sources or materials other than those indicated and that you have marked citations. Please use the wording from the information sheet / registration confirmation, there you will also find further information on the formal requirements on the part of the Joint Examination Office for the design of the Bachelor's / Master's thesis. Please note that the university logos or seals are subject to copyright and trademark law and may therefore not be used.

Subject-specific information on the Bachelor's / Master's thesis is listed in the respective subject examination regulations, all other requirements for the preparation and design (page margin, line spacing, citation etc.) should be discussed with the first examiner.

Bitte beachten Sie, dass eingefügte Unterschriftenkopien, digitale Unterschriften oder digitale Signaturen leider nicht ausreichen.

Insbesondere für

• Eigenständigkeitserklärungen (Hausarbeiten, Bachelor- oder Masterarbeiten, vergleichbare Arbeiten)
• Joker-Anträge
• Anträge auf Zulassung zu einer Bachelor- oder Masterarbeit
• Übereinstimmungserklärungen der schriftlichen Fassung mit der elektronischen und ggf. digitalen Fassung der Bachelor- oder Masterarbeit
• Rücktrittsanträge
• Widersprüche

Die Originalunterschrift muss geleistet werden - auch wenn der Antrag/die Erklärung als E-Mail-Anhang versandt wird. Das bedeutet, dass der Antrag/die Erklärung ausgedruckt, unterschrieben und anschließend eingescannt (oder alternativ abfotografiert) werden muss.

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Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche fakultät, sektion geowissenschaften.

• Institut für Geowissenschaften

M.Sc. Marine Geosciences

Presentation of the programm

A presentation of the study programm is provided in the frame of the "Studieninformationstag" at the CAU Kiel.

The "Studieninformationstage" are taking place on 5th - 7th March 2024.

Date: NN Accisible via: to be named

Please find further information on the "Studieninformationstage" here .

Regulations and Application

The Master programme Marine Geosciences starts in winter terms - in October.

The Master programme has 4 semesters with 120 ECTS-points (90 ECTS-points for modules and 30 ECTS-points master thesis) and is presented as full time programme .

The programme is certified until September 2027 by the system certification of the CAU.

To apply for the programme , candidates need to fulfil the following requirements:

- Bachelor Degree with GPA 2.5 or better with a minimum of 50 ECTS-points collected on geoscientific subjects. Additional requirements will be obligatory if only 40 ECTS-points are provided by geoscientific subjects (set of courses with maximum 30 ECTS-points)

- proof of English language skills

- successfully submitted application documents.

Please be ready to provide the following information/documents:

1) Curriculum Vitae (max. 2 pages)

2) Letter of motivation (max. 1 page)

3) Certificate and Transcript of Records (please also provide an overview table that shows ECTS-points or hours of course you choose in a) Geosciences, b) Geophysics, c) Mineralogy)

4) Proof of Bachelor of Sciences in a relevant field - with a grade of 2.5 or better

5) Proof of proficiency in English (unless you are native English speaker)

6) Certified copies of the following: a) certification of the university entrance qualification (e.g. Abitur, high school degree), b) certificate of academic diplomas, c) official academic transcripts from all universities attended.  

Enrolment at CAU

After successful application process the registration will be supported by the  International Center at CAU .

Study contents

The internationally oriented graduate study programme Master of Science 'Marine Geosciences' promotes the latest state of marine geosciences and technology, in particular in the areas marine costal geology, past climates, biogeochemistry and paleoecology. The degree programme shall provide the student with the knowledge of fundamental terms of geological, biological, geochemical and physical processes in the ocean. Both basic and applied research are the objectives of the programme. As a result of the extensive marine sciences spectrum at CAU, the programme offers an insight into modern research topics. The graduate will be able to create and critically assess scientific results and to plan, carry out and evaluate ship and laboratory projects on their own responsibility. Its specific characteristic closely relates to the marine oriented research units at the Institute of Geosciences at CAU Kiel, in intently collaboration with the highly research oriented Helmholtz Centre of Ocean Research GEOMAR. It is precisely this collaboration that verifies interdisciplinary and sound professional education and serves to provide the students with qualifications to work successfully in companies, universities or in other public institutions both at home and abroad. Since the research of marine sciences is mainly international oriented, this programme is designed as an international study and all courses are offered in English. The courses offered can be subdivided into three categories, which modules are corequisite: core-courses, specialization and comprehensive courses. There are obligatory courses (69 credit points), which cover all aspects of Marine Geosciences (lectures and exercises) and will be completed by additional courses of the degree programmes 'Climate Physics' and 'Geophysics'. Furthermore the participation in marine or terrestrial field campaigns and / or project oriented data evaluation are obligatory.

Institut für Geowissenschaften Olshausenstr. 40 D-24118 Kiel

Geschäftsführung: Dr. Miriam Tanhua [email protected] Tel.: 0049 431 880 2878

Lageplan und Anfahrt

• Virtueller Rundgang auf dem deutschen Forschungsschiff METEOR
• Ein Jahr nach Einschlag: Elmshorner Meteorit kommt an Uni Kiel
• Dr. Nina Keul mit Ars legendi-Fakultätenpreis Biologie 2024 ausgezeichnet
• Elmshorn - Paradebeispiel eines Meteoritenfalls
• SEA-EU at CAU - 2023 im Rückblick

FINAL THESIS.

You learn from us – we learn from you. The BMW Group offers you professional support in writing your Bachelor's or Master's thesis with practical relevance. In all areas of the BMW Group, you can show how you would like to shape the future in a sustainable way.

BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S THESES.

Are you an enrolled student at a university and would like to write your thesis with a high level of practical relevance and delve deeply into a specific field of research? Start as a Bachelor or Master student. General conditions.

• The paid contract period for your final thesis depends on the processing time specified in the examination regulations of your university and the corresponding degree programme (Bachelor's or Master's).
• You do not have any prescribed working hours during the contract period. Your work serves the purpose of writing your thesis. Therefore, you can plan your working hours individually in consultation with your department.
• After completion, you are required to provide the BMW Group with a copy of your thesis.

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What awaits you as a bachelor's or master's student..

ONLINE WELCOME DAY.

At the beginning of your assignment, you will be welcomed by an online welcome event. Here you will receive all important information and content about your assignment as well as exciting and current insights into future topics of the company. 

STUDENT INITIATIVE NAWI.

NAWI is a student-founded initiative of the BMW Group. NAWI offers exchange and networking opportunities and organises exciting events at our various German locations. This way, you can network right from the start.

OWN PROJECTS.

We place special emphasis on your professional and personal development. Therefore, you have the opportunity to take responsibility for your own exciting projects during your assignment. 

During your thesis at the BMW Group, you will be assigned a permanent supervisor. This person will help you with all your questions right from the start, give you regular feedback and support you in a strength-oriented manner.

LECTURE SERIES.

In order to know early on how you can continue with us after your thesis, we regularly offer presentations on our entry-level programmes. Current participants in our different talent programmes will inform you about the programmes and answer your questions.

REGULAR FEEDBACK.

It is very important for us to receive regular feedback from you, as this is the only way we can improve and offer optimal opportunities. You will also receive feedback from your supervisor to support your professional and personal development.

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