The three-month period counts from the day on which the last compulsory examination was taken.

Example: the last exam was taken on 20.05.2021. The master's thesis must then be registered no later than 19.08.2021.

No. The Master's thesis must always be registered with the application for admission to the Master's thesis at the Office of Student Affairs at the University of Ulm.

No. As long as the institution where the master thesis is carried out does not require a non-disclosure agreement, it is not necessary to arrange one.

Please check with your supervising institution, or the supervised company, if you are doing an external master thesis.

The non-disclosure agreement should be read carefully and all clauses reviewed. The Department I-1 of Ulm University can help with this.

No. The reviewers receive the copies that are handed in at the Office of Student Affairs. The electronic copy is only stored in the student file.

Yes, with the approval of the first examiner, the title can be changed at the Office of Student Affairs at Ulm University, if the topic is not too far away from the registered topic.

The topic of the master's thesis can only be changed within the first month after registration.

The two printed copies of the Master's thesis must be handed in at the Office of Student Affairs/of the Registrar. It is not permissible to hand in the thesis directly to the reviewers.

There is a mailbox in front of the Office of Student Affairs/of the Registrar in which the copies of the Master's thesis can also be deposited outside the opening hours.

At the moment, theses can also be handed in by mail (University of Ulm, Dept. II-2 Office of Student Affairs/of the Registrar, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm; see also information of the Office of Student Affairs/of the Registrar).

The electronic copy must be submitted in PDF format by e-mail. If the file is too large to be sent by e-mail, it can be uploaded under this link (destination address: studiensekretariat@uni-ulm.de).

The bound theses will be sent immediately to the first and possibly second reviewer by the Office of Student Affairs/of the Registrar.

PO 2016:
If the submission falls at the beginning of a semester, there are two possibilities:

1. if you do not re-register for the new semester and hand in the master thesis within a period of 1 month after the start of lectures, the newly started semester does not count in the number of subject semesters.
2. if you have re-registered for the new semester, the newly started semester counts in the number of semesters, even if you hand in the thesis on the 1st day of the newly started semester.

Special case: if the new semester would be the 7th subject semester, the colloquium must also have been completed within a period of 1 month after the start of lectures (see §6 PO 2016).

PO 2020:
If the submission falls at the beginning of a semester, there are two possibilities:

1. if you do not re-register for the new semester and complete the colloquium within a period of 1 month after the start of lectures, the newly started semester does not count in the number of semesters.
2. if you have re-registered for the new semester, the newly started semester counts in the number of semesters, even if the colloquium takes place on the first day of the newly started semester.

The informal request must contain the following information:

1. the address of the sender
2. the address of the person to whom the letter is addressed (Chairperson(s) of the Audit Committee),
3. the date on which the letter was written,
4. the date of the original deadline,
5. one - two sentences for a brief explanation of why the extension is requested,
6. signature of the supervisor that he/she agrees with the extension.

Requests for an extension of the master's thesis must be submitted in original to the examination board at least 2 weeks before the first deadline.
Master's theses can be extended by 4 weeks depending on the circumstances.

When registering the Master's thesis at the Office of Student Affairs, the student himself/herself determines who is the first and who is the second examiner (the first examiner corresponds to the 1st examiner and the second examiner to the 2nd examiner).

In the Master Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and in the Master Biology the internal examiner is usually the first examiner.

The master's thesis is considered external if the official supervisor of the master's thesis is not an appointed examiner in the corresponding degree program.

You can use this template for the title page.

There are no further requirements for writing the master thesis. Please discuss format, length, etc. with your reviewers.