Page limits:

• Master's Thesis: 60-80 pages
• Bachelor's Thesis: 30-40 pages
• Industrial Internship (Ingenieurpraxis): 20-30 pages
• Research Internship (Forschungspraxis): 20-30 pages

You may write your thesis in German or English.

Please follow the TUM guidelines for scientific work (no plagiarism!)

 

Presentation time of your thesis during the jour fix of the Chair on Tuesdays:

• IP, FP: max. 10 min + Q&A
• Bachelor: max. 15 min + Q&A
• Master: max. 25 min (BEMP: 30 min) + Q&A
• Registration for the presentation must be made through  Ingrid Franz 

 

Thesis evaluation criteria:

Work (organization, perception, creativity, communication, commitment, duration*, ...)	40%
Results (compared to the initial goals, quality and accuracy of the results, ...)	30%
Written report or thesis (structure, documentation of own contributions, layout, ...)	30%

* E.g., the student is expected to work 6 months full-time for his Master's thesis.

 

The final version of your thesis should be given to your supervisor and/or reviewer prior to your final presentation. Hand in one hard copy of your Master's thesis. Align with Ingrid Franz on offboarding requirements, and save one digital copy in your “AG Hayden Students” folder.

Only digital copies of Bachelor's theses or (IP, FP) Reports need to be provided to the supervisor, and one copy needs to be saved in your “AG Hayden Students” folder.

 

The thesis or report should consist of the following parts:

• Title page
  • Thesis type (Master's, etc.)
  • Topic
  • Name of the University, Chair, and supervising Professor
  • The author's name,
  • Matriculation number,
  • Address
  • Email
  • Name of the adviser(s)
  • Start of your thesis or internship
  • End of the thesis or internship work (usually the day of the final presentation)
• Abstract
  • Problem statement and your hypothesis (half a page)
  • German version of the abstract in case of an English thesis
• Table of contents
• Main Part
  • Introduction
    motivation, objectives, scope of the thesis
  • Background and State of the Art
    theoretical background, related work, literature review
  • Materials and Methods
    experimental setup, data acquisition, methodology
  • Results
    presentation of experimental or simulation results
  • Discussion
    interpretation, limitations, comparison with literature
  • Conclusion and Outlook
    summary of findings, implications, and future work
  • Do not use deeply nested subsections (e.g., no 1.2.3 numbering)
• Appendix (if necessary)
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Glossary (optional)
• List of Symbols (optional)
• List of Abbreviations
• Bibliography
  • A complete list of the literature and internet references
  • The reference style needs to be consistent
  • Nature reference style is preferred
• Index and code (optional)

 

Thesis layout

• Please use the  Word template „Vorlage_BA_MA_Ausarbeitung_LBE_2023“ (see below) or the LaTeX template of TUM for your thesis. A short description of LaTeX is available at the computer center LRZ. Note, the TUM templates are usually only available in German.
• Binding of the Master’s thesis with a black cover and perfect-bound ("Klebebindung").
• The spine should be labeled with your name, title, and year.

Figures and tables should be numbered (including the chapter number) and appropriately captioned. Use Arial or Roman fonts, a 12-point character size, and single spacing.

Please note that symbols for physical quantities and their respective units have a defined typography:

• Italic Style
  Physical Quantities (e.g., Ufor voltage), variables (e.g., x), as well as variable functions and operators (e.g., f(x)).
• Upright Style
  Units and their prefixes (e.g., kg, pF), numbers, and well-defined functions and operators (e.g., sin, lg).

 

Figures and Tables

• Explain what the reader should see and learn from the figure or table.
• A good figure, combined with a clear caption, allows the reader to gain a basic understanding of the message without needing to read the main body.
• Use size bars for micrographs.