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The Bachelor's thesis is a written piece of work that demonstrates that the student is capable of dealing with a problem from their subject in an academic manner. It is regulated in detail in 14 SPO 2015.

The thesis is supervised and assessed by at least two KIT examiners. At least one of the examiners must be a professor and usually an examiner at the KIT Department of Economics and Management

The regular processing time is 6 months. Upon justified request by the student, the examination board can extend the processing time by a maximum of one month. If the Bachelor's thesis is not completed and submitted to the examiner by the deadline, it will be graded as "insufficient" unless the student is not responsible for this failure (e.g. maternity leave).

The Examination Board determines the languages in which the Bachelor's thesis can be written. At the student's request, the examiner may authorize the Bachelor's thesis to be written in a language other than German. The topic can only be returned once and only within the first month of the completion period. A new topic must be submitted and issued within four weeks.

If the thesis is not passed, it may be repeated once. A new topic must be issued. The same topic may not be repeated. This also applies to comparable topics. In case of doubt, the examination board will decide. The new topic may again be supervised by the examiners of the first thesis.

This regulation also applies analogously after an official withdrawal from a registered topic.

The module grade is the grade for the Bachelor's thesis.

The student can independently work on a relevant topic in accordance with scientific criteria within the specified time frame.

He/she is in a position to research, analyze the information, abstract and identify basic principles and regulations from less structured information.

He/she reviews the task ahead, can select scientific methods and techniques and apply them to solve a problem or identify further potential. This is basically also done under consideration of social and/or ethical aspects.

He/she can interpret, evaluate and if required, graphically present the obtained results.

He/she is in a position to clearly structure a research paper and communicate in writing using the technical terminology.

Prerequisites for admission to the Bachelor Thesis: minimum of 120 credits must be earned. All module examinations of the basic program must be passed.

At the request of the student, the examination committee decides on exceptions to these regulations.

It is recommended to begin the Bachelor Thesis in the 5th or 6th Semester.
A written confirmation of the examiner about supervising the Bachelor's Thesis is required.
Please pay regard to the institute specific rules for supervising a Bachelor Thesis.
The Bachelor Thesis has to contain the following declaration in German:

„Ich versichere wahrheitsgemäß, die Arbeit selbstständig verfasst, alle benutzten Hilfsmittel vollständig und genau angegeben und alles kenntlich gemacht zu haben, was aus Arbeiten anderer unverändert oder mit Abänderungen entnommen wurde sowie die Satzung des KIT zur Sicherung guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis in der jeweils gültigen Fassung beachtet zu haben.“

If this declaration is not given, the Bachelor Thesis will not be accepted.

The Bachelor Thesis is the first major scientific work. The topic of the Bachelor Thesis will be chosen by the student themselves and adjusted with the examinor. The topic has to be related to Industrial Engineering and Management and has to refer to subject-specific or interdisciplinary problems.

The preparation and presentation of the Bachelor's thesis is expected to take a total of approx. 360 hours. In addition to writing the thesis, this figure includes all necessary activities such as literature research, familiarization with the topic, familiarization with any necessary tools, conducting studies/experiments, supervision meetings, etc.