In their Master's thesis, students generally carry out an empirical study on a psychological issue, which is fully processed and reported on. It is usually written in the fourth semester.

You can find a list of current Master's thesis topics for the Master's degree program in Psychology in the regularly updated Moodle course Theses in Psychology. If you are interested in one of the topics, please get in touch with the named contact person. In this Moodle course, all professorships of the Institute of Psychology list their currently available Master's thesis topics. These Master's theses can only be worked on by students of the Master's degree program in Psychology. Students of other degree programs should contact the lecturers directly.

The following rules apply to the application process:

• You can apply for a topic or for a place with a lecturer at any time to begin work on their thesis
• You may only apply for one thesis topic at a time, i.e. only contact one teacher
• The respective supervisor will reply within approximately one week. If you receive an acceptance, you have the place
• If you receive a rejection, apply to your second choice. Make sure that your newly requested topic has not already been marked as "assigned"
• If you want to study within the standard period of study, you should have registered for a topic by 15.07. in your 3/4 semester at the latest

Admission: You can only be admitted to the Master's thesis if you can prove that you have at least 60 CP. Please submit the application for admission to the Master's thesis together with the confirmation of the first assessor to the Psychology Examination Office. The application should be submitted 1-2 weeks before the planned start of work. Always plan the processing period so that the end of the processing period falls on a day when the Examinations Office is open. This ensures that you have the opportunity to hand in your thesis to the Examinations Office by the last day of your deadline. If the topic of the Master's thesis is changed again after admission, a declaration of consent from the first reviewer must be submitted (this should be done before the thesis is submitted!).

Time and scope: The processing time is six months. As a rule, the Master's thesis should not exceed 80 pages (incl. bibliography, excl. appendix). The topic of the Master's thesis can only be returned once within four weeks of the start of the processing period. In accordance with Section 11 (7) of the departmental examination regulations, the Master's thesis must be submitted on time to the Chair of the Examination Board or the office designated by him or her in duplicate in printed form and in duplicate in digital form (on a digital storage medium labeled with matriculation number and name without password protection). For the digital form, a further identical digital version of the thesis should be submitted, which contains only the text of the thesis. This means that there should be a second PDF on the storage medium that only contains the text (summary, introduction, methods, results, discussion), i.e. without cover sheet, list of contents and abbreviations, bibliography, declaration of plagiarism.

Declaration of independence: The following fully completed, signed and dated written declaration must be attached to the thesis as the last page: Declaration of independence
Programs not used must be confirmed with a "0" (Not used)! The whitelist is for information purposes only and does not have to be printed.

Assessors: The candidate can propose a first and a second reviewer. The second assessor can be a member of an Institute of Psychology at another university.

Further information can be found in the examination regulations. You can find these and other forms here.