Examination office Chemistry

The Bachelor's thesis is worth 12 credit points.

The Bachelor's thesis is issued by the Chairperson of the Examination Board.

The time of issue must be recorded in the examination office.

The Bachelor's thesis can only be started once all modules of the first three semesters have been successfully completed in accordance with the course schedule. It should be started no later than four weeks after passing all other examinations of the Bachelor's degree program. The examination office must be informed of the start date in writing on a form issued by the Examination Office.

The processing time for the Bachelor's thesis is 10 weeks. The topic can only be returned once and only within the first month.

The Bachelor's thesis should not exceed 50 pages.

In the event of illness of the candidate and in cases for which he or she is not responsible, the examination board may extend the processing time for the Bachelor's thesis upon request.

The application must be submitted to the Examination Board before the end of the processing time and must be justified. The application must be accompanied by appropriate evidence.

When submitting the Bachelor's thesis, the candidate must confirm in writing that he/she has written his/her thesis independently and has not used any sources or aids other than those specified and has identified any quotations.

Three copies of the Bachelor's thesis must be submitted to the Examination Board by the deadline; the submission date must be recorded. If the Bachelor's thesis is not submitted on time, it will be graded as "insufficient" (5.0). In addition, an electronic version of the Bachelor's thesis (without password protection) must be submitted on a suitable storage medium for the plagiarism check.

The Bachelor's thesis accounts for 12 credit points of the Bachelor's degree program.

The application for admission to the Bachelor's thesis must be submitted in writing to the Examination Board.

Modules 4CHEMBA01, 4CHEMBA02 and 4CHEMBA04 to 4CHEMBA10 and modules 4PHYBAEX02 and 4MATHBAEX06 must have been passed for admission to the Bachelor's thesis.

The processing time for the Bachelor's thesis is 10 weeks. The length should not exceed 50 pages (line spacing 1.5, Arial size 11). The topic can only be returned once within the first month after registration.

If there is an important reason, the deadline for submitting the Bachelor's thesis can be extended by a maximum of 5 weeks(application for extension).

In the cases of §§ 19 and 20 of the RPO-B, the Examination Board may extend the deadline for submitting the Bachelor's thesis to a maximum of twice the originally planned completion time.

As a rule, proof of this must be provided to the responsible Examination Board no later than one week before the deadline.

Proof of illness must be provided immediately in the form of a medical certificate.

The Bachelor's thesis must be written in German or English. The choice of language is made in consultation with the first assessor.

The Bachelor's thesis can be assessed by any university lecturer from Faculty IV - School of Science and Technology as well as by university lecturers from natural science subjects from Faculty V: School of Life Sciences at the University of Siegen, whereby the first assessor must belong to the Department of Chemistry and Biology. The candidate has the right to propose the topic of the thesis and a reviewer. After hearing the nominee, the Chair of the Examination Board appoints the first assessor, the second assessor and the topic of the Bachelor's thesis.

The topic of the Bachelor's thesis is issued by the Chairperson of the Examination Board.

If the Bachelor's thesis is to be completed at an institution outside the university, the approval of the Chair of the Examination Board is required.

The Bachelor's thesis must be submitted to the Examination Office both as an electronic version in the form of a PDF file on a suitable storage medium and as a single copy in bound written form; this copy forms the basis of the assessment by the assessors. In addition, the Bachelor's thesis must be submitted in full with all attachments (e.g. elementary analyses, spectra, diffractograms, program code, models, technical drawings, circuit diagrams) in electronic, searchable form. The electronic form can be used to check individual authorship using plagiarism checking software.

The passages in the thesis that are taken from other works in terms of wording or meaning must be identified, stating the source of the borrowing. The candidate must add a written declaration to the thesis stating that he or she has written the thesis independently and has not used any sources or aids other than those specified and that citations have been identified:

"I declare that I have prepared the written work independently and have not used any aids other than those specified. I have clearly identified all passages that are taken from other works in terms of wording or meaning (including translations) as borrowings in each individual case, stating the exact source (including the World Wide Web as well as generative AI and other electronic data collections). This also applies to attached drawings, pictorial representations, sketches and the like. I acknowledge that the proven omission of the indication of origin will be regarded as attempted deception".

30 credit points are alloted to a master thesis. Students have to apply for admission to a master thesis through the examination office before starting working on it.

The chairman of the examination board shall decide upon it. The candidates shall be informed by the examination office regarding the starting date and and submission deadline.

Admission shall be granted in case all modules from the first and second semester according to the curriculum have been successfully completed.

A regular duration of a completion time of a master thesis is 6 months.  A regular withdrawal from  a master thesis is possible within the first month of the completion time.

In justified cases a completion time can be prolonged upon an application by a maximum of 3 months.

Further possible cases of prolongation are regulated by the general examination regulations of master degree programmes at the university of Siegen.

The scope of a thesis should not exceed 70 pages (excl. all kinds of attachments), line spacing 1,5, font type Arial, font size 11.

A master thesis might be conducted externally. The chairman of the examination board shall decide upon the application.

A master thesis must be submitted to the examination office in due time. One soft copy (PDF) should be sent to the examination office per e-mail. Also one hard copy should be submitted to the examination office. It can be sent per regular mail or submitted personally during the public hours.

A digital version of a master thesis should be plagiarism screening software-compatible.

A master thesis must include a signed declaration of authorship:

„I herewith confirm that I worked on my thesis independently and did not use any sources other than the specified sources and tools, as well as made citations. All passages including wording or content (incl. translations) are appropriately marked indicating the source (incl. world wide web, generative artificial intelligence  and other digital data mining). The statement covers in particular tables, sketches, drawings and pictorial representations. I acknowledge that the attested omission of the indication of source shall be evaluated as a fraud“.