Final papers
Admission requirements
In order to write your final paper with the Chair of Industrial Management all formal requirements must be met according to the valid examination regulation. Furthermore, it is neccessary that the student already finished a seminar paper at the Chair (Aktuelle Forschungsfragen, Advanced Approaches, IM Challenge or Methoden der KI) and attended successfully the specialization „Operations and Logistics Management“ respectively intends to do so. As final papers are basically written with the document preparation system LaTeX knowledge it is crucial to have knowledge in this area as it is provided within the seminar "Instruments and Applications in Industrial Management" respectively the Bachelor seminar (new Bachelor study regulations). Moreover, especially candidates with programming skills are invited to apply for a final paper due to the quantitative orientation of the subject.
You can apply for your desired topic by sending the completed application form together with your overview of all grades from HISQIS (PDF-file) to . Within 14 days we will get back to you, whether you can write your thesis with the Chair. You will get a concrete topic to work on only in a meeting with your supervisor!
Currently available topics for your thesis can be found here.
To get an overview of completed Bachelor theses click here.
In order to write a Master or Diploma thesis it is mandatory to attend the preliminary research seminar. It consists of an exposé (15 pages plus coarse arrangement and literature) as well as a presentation of 30 minutes. The motivation and the essential objectives of the thesis are presented in the first-mentioned. Furthermore, the proposed approach and the necessary methods are to be demonstrated, whereby a coarse arrangement should be derived out of it. The exposé should be delivered one month after starting the research seminar. Subsequently, you can start working on the Master/ Diploma thesis. The second part of the research seminar takes place about half of the editing time by presenting the results to date. Therefore, the current editing status has to be submitted to the supervisor one week before the presentation.
As the research seminar covers the same topic as the Master/ Diploma thesis, the application addresses both the research seminar and the final thesis. Please submit the completed application form together with your overview of all grades from HISQIS (PDF-file) to . Within 14 days we will get back to you.
Currently available topics for your thesis can be found here.
To get an overview of ongoing and completed Master/ Diploma theses click here.
Generating scientific papers with LaTeX
The Chair provides a template for LaTeX as well as a guideline for writing a scientific paper. Alternatively, you can use the template with the LaTeX service of the ZIH. There is also a handout that summarizes the most relevant aspects, you should consider when writing a thesis.
A comprehensive introduction into working with LaTeX is provided in the seminar Instruments and Applications in Industrial Management.