Final theses
Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science and Faculty of Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies
Please note the usual procedures (see below) are suspended due to recent developments.
Latest updates:
Registering final theses
Please note it is not possible to register final theses (Bachelor’s, Master’s and Diplom theses) in person at the Examination Office at this time. Please send a scan of your registration form with your supervisor’s (digital) signature via email to the Examination Office. You will find the registration forms for the various degree programs on the final theses page. You can supply your second supervisor’s signature at a later date.
You will receive your submission deadline and more information via email.
Handing in final theses
As we are unable to offer in-person office hours at this moment, it is not possible to hand in your final theses to the Examination Office in person!
What are the alternatives?
1. All Examination Committees for our two Faculties (BA/MA Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science, BA/MA Faculty of Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies, Diplom in Sociology) have agreed to also allow digital submissions for theses in the 2022 summer semester (until September 30, 2022) – especially as an option to adhere to deadlines. You will only need to supply paper copies if one or both of your supervisors request you to do because they cannot or do not like to read theses on electronic screens. However, we will provide you with more information about this after you have submitted your thesis. If you opt for this form of submission, please do not send us any paper copies yet. Please follow these steps to submit your thesis digitally: Send an email with an attachment of your thesis to the Examination Office () on your arranged submission date at the latest. Please send your theses as a PDF file (this is in your interest too – for formatting). If it is not possible for you to send a PDF file, we also accept Word files. You must also send a scan or photo of the back of the “Information sheet on how to prepare your thesis” as a second attachment in the email. This page includes the signed declaration of authorship and, for Master’s theses, also the decision on third party assessment. Please check if you already sent the proof of your second supervisor’s approval to check and grade your thesis to us. If not, please also attach proof to the email (signature on the notice of approval or email).
2. As stipulated in the examination regulations, you may also send us paper copies of your thesis via post or by placing it in the deadline mailbox (see below). What should you keep in mind here? As described in the information sheet you received when you registered your thesis, you should submit two bound copies of your thesis, each including a declaration of authorship with original handwritten signatures. You must also submit two digital copies (CD-ROM – which you can prepare at a print shop) along with an additional signed declaration of authorship for the examination file on the back of the information sheet. In this case, you must also enclose your second supervisor’s approval if we do not yet have it.
If you send your thesis via post, the date of the postmark serves as the submission date. Please send us a scan or photo of the postal payment receipt via email in advance. If you submit your thesis using TU Dresden's deadline mailbox (located between Tillich-Bau Building and Hülsse-Bau Building – see map), the time at which the mail was deposited can be precisely determined as a flap inside the mailbox falls at midnight to separate each day’s mail from each other. The University Central Mail Service notes the date the post was received on the envelope. Please write our address on the envelope: School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Academic Affairs Office, Examination Office for Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science and Faculty of Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies. Large theses must be sent in separate envelopes so they can fit through the letter box.
Usual procedures:
BA degree programs at the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science
BA degree programs at the Faculty of Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies
Sociology Diplom degree program
Faculty of Education
Registrations
Please register your final thesis (Bachelor’s, Master’s or Diplom thesis) digitally at the Examination Office. To do this, please use the form for your degree program and send this to the Examination Office along with all (digital) signatures via email. You will then receive your submission deadline and more information via email.
Submission
- Two bound paper copies, each including the declaration of authorship* with handwritten signatures
- Three digital copies (CD-ROM or USB)
- One additional declaration of authorship* with a handwritten signature for the examination file
(*Wording as per info sheet)
You can either hand these in via post or via the deadline mailbox (see map).
Via post: If you send your thesis via post, the date of the postmark serves as the submission date. Please send us a scan or photo of the postal payment receipt via email.
Via deadline mailbox: The deadline mailbox (see map) is emptied every work day between 6:30 am and 7:00 am. Post which lies below the flap in the mailbox will receive an incoming post stamp dated with the previous work day and everything which lies above is stamped with the current date. Please enclose your thesis in an envelope and note both our exact address (School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Academic Affairs Office, Examination Office for Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science and Faculty of Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies) and the sender’s address on the envelope. Large theses must be sent in separate envelopes.
Personal submission to the examination office: If you would like to submit your thesis to the examination office in person, you can make an appointment using the appointment booking form: Terminbuchungsformular.
Deadlines
You may submit an application for a deadline extension for BA/MA theses to the responsible Examination Committee. You do not need a specific form to apply for a deadline, but your reason for an extension must be justified and it must be an event outside of your control. To do this, please write a letter stating the exact reasons and a suggested extension period. Remember to include a header (with your name, address, telephone, and the addressee) and enclose supporting documents if relevant (medical certificate or doctor’s note, child’s birth certificate if childcare is not available, etc.).
Send your signed letter via email to the Examination Office. Your letter will be forwarded to the Examination Committee to decide the matter.
Graduation documents and examination certificates
As soon as all your grades are finalized, we will create your graduation documents (certificate of graduation, attestation of grades) and send these to you via email. At the same time, your certificate documents (degree certificate in German and English, examination certificate in German and English, supplements, diploma supplement) will be prepared and signed. After the documents have been fully signed (4-6 weeks), we will send the documents to you in the post. Please make sure your current address is recorded in Selma.