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Bonner Dissertationen und Habilitationen online

Die elektronischen dissertationen und habilitationen sind umgezogen und befinden sich nun auf bonndoc , dem publikationsserver der universität bonn., sie wollten eine bestimmte dissertation/habilitation aufrufen und wurden auf diese seite umgeleitet.

Der frühere Hochschulschriftenserver wurde abgeschaltet. Alle elektronischen Dissertationen und Habilitationen finden Sie nun auf bonndoc . Sie haben die folgenden Möglichkeiten, um an die Dokumente zu gelangen:

• Wenn Ihnen die URN der Arbeit vorliegt (z.B. urn:nbn:de:hbz:5-XXXXX), geben Sie diese hier in das Textfeld ein und Sie werden direkt zum Dokument auf bonndoc weitergeleitet.
• Recherchieren Sie im Suchfeld in bonndoc nach Autor und/oder Titel der Arbeit. Über die folgenden Links können Sie außerdem alle elektronischen Dissertationen und Habilitationen der jeweiligen Fakultät auf bonndoc durchblättern: Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät Landwirtschaftliche Fakultät Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät Medizinische Fakultät Philosophische Fakultät Rechts- und Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät
• Alternativ können Sie in bonnus , dem Suchportal der Universität Bonn, nach allen verfügbaren Dissertationen und Habilitationen (gedruckt und elektronisch) recherchieren.

Falls Sie eine Arbeit nicht finden können, wenden Sie sich bitte an [email protected] .

Sie möchten Ihre Dissertation oder Habilitation online publizieren?

Alle Informationen dazu finden Sie auf den Webseiten der Hochschulschriftenstelle .

Ansprechpersonen: Elena Dyck Jaakko Kneissl eMail [email protected] Tel.: +49 228 73-9533

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University of Bonn thesis

This template can be used directly for PhD, master and bachelor theses in physics and astronomy. With small adjustments, it is also possible to write a habilitation thesis using this style. 

The template is intended for the typesetting program LaTeX and can be downloaded as a tar archive or from the University of Bonn Bitbucket. It contains a README, thesis guide, style file and templates for various cover sheets. If you want to create a cover sheet without the rest, you need the corresponding file from the cover directory in addition to ubonn-thesis.sty.

Click on Bitbucket to browse the repositiory.

You can clone the template using the command:

As mentioned in the thesis guide I have written a Python wrapper for the LaTeX package TikZ-FeynHand. This is available from CERN GitLab or the University of Bonn Bitbucket:

The repository also contains a lot of example graphs.

Documentation can be found in the thesis guide .

Files to download

On the right you can find the thesis guide related files. The list contains the latest thesis guide tar file, README and thesis guide pdf as well.

PI members (and only these) can have their master's or doctoral thesis printed as an official publication of the institute. There is no obligation to do so. The whole thing has nothing at all to do with the one copy of the doctoral thesis that is to be handed in to the institute library as part of the doctoral procedure.

To do this, the following "Laufzettel" must be filled out.

laufzettel.pdf

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Universität Bonn

Guideline for the Bachelor’s thesis

Important Information about registering, writing and submitting your Bachelor’s thesis

Please note that the use of AI (such as ChatGPT) is prohibited in the context of term papers and theses.

It is considered an unauthorized aid unless expressly permitted by the examiners

Time of registration

Registration for the Bachelor’s thesis is possible as soon as 108 credit points have been achieved. As a rule, this should be the case during the fifth semester. The completion of the BA thesis is usually recommended for the sixth semester (submission by 30 September or 31 March, if the standard period of study must be adhered to and if, for example, a Master’s program immediately follows).

Registration and topic

Please agree on a topic with your supervisor, who usually also acts as the first supervisor, before registering your Bachelor’s thesis. As a rule, you must write it in your major ; a topic from your minor is only possible if there is a connection in terms of content and/or methodology.

In the dual-subject Bachelor’s program , the thesis can be registered in either of the subjects. An interdisciplinary topic in both subjects is possible if supervision by one supervisor per subject is guaranteed.

The topic is agreed either in a personal meeting between the candidate and the supervisors as part of a course/meeting or by exchanging emails with the first and second supervisor. The topic specified in the email from the first supervisor is binding and must be transferred to the registration form.

Please submit the completed “Registration for Bachelor’s Thesis” form, signed and dated by you and your supervisor ("Supervisor; First Reviewer; Examiner") and the second supervisor, immediately by mail (or as a scan via the contact form) to the Examination Office.

The binding notification of the topic, including the setting of a submission deadline, is then sent in writing by the Examinations Office. The submission deadline is calculated from the date the topic is issued, based on the date of the first supervisor’s signature. You should therefore also endeavour to obtain the signature of the second supervisor at the same time and submit the registration form to the Examination Office immediately after finalizing the topic. 

If the topic was agreed by exchanging emails with the first and second supervisor, please forward the email from the first supervisor together with the email from the second supervisor and the scanned registration form (completed and signed by all parties) to the Examination Office via the contact form.

The binding notification of the topic, including the setting of a submission deadline, is then made in writing by the Examinations Office. The topic is therefore formally set by the examination Office (Examination Office, Maximilianstraße 22, 53111 Bonn) following registration.

The submission deadline is calculated from the date the topic is issued based on the date of the first supervisor's signature. You should therefore also endeavour to obtain the signature of the second supervisor at the same time and submit the application to the Examinations Office immediately after agreeing on the topic. 

Important note : Please note that the Examination Regulations only recognise the term “topic”, not “title”. The topic of the thesis is therefore synonymous with the title of the thesis. The specific topic that you have indicated on the registration form and agreed with the supervisors is placed on the cover sheet and in the declaration of academic integrity. Please refer to the separate point below under the heading ‘Changing the topic’ for the possibility of changing the topic at a later date.

You can download the registration form here: Registration form .

Supervisors

In principle, all lecturers in your subject may act as supervisors for a Bachelor’s thesis. Please note that one of the two supervisors must be employed with at least 50% at the University of Bonn. Both supervisors must have at least the academic degree "Magister Artium (M.A.)" or "Master of Arts (M.A.)". Please also note that there is no legal entitlement to a specific supervisor.

Writing period

A maximum period of three months from the issueing of the topic (date of signature of the first supervisor) is allowed for the writing of the provided topic & thesis. Upon justified request, the Examination Office may, in agreement with the supervisor, grant an extension of up to six weeks for the submission of the Bachelor’s thesis. An extension of more than six weeks is not possible, even in cases of illness (in these cases it is only possible to withdraw from the registered examination, cf. the section “Withdrawal”).

Change of topic

It is possible to slightly change the focus of the original topic upon written request to the Examination Office, provided that your supervisor supports the request and documents this with his/her signature. Please note that a complete change or reorientation of the topic requires a withdrawal in accordance with the regulations.

There is a one-off opportunity to return the topic no later than one month after being notified of it by the Examination Office and to document this formally with a written request to withdraw from the Bachelor’s thesis registration. In this case, the topic is deemed not to have been issued; there is therefore no failed attempt. Please note that it is not possible to withdraw after this deadline. As an exception, this is only permitted after the deadline if there are valid reasons (in particular inability to take the examination due to illness). In both cases, the thesis must be re-registered later; the newly issued topic must differ significantly in content from the originally issued topic.

Scope and requirements

The text part of the Bachelor’s thesis should contain at least 70,000 characters including spaces and notes (or 35 A4 pages) and may not exceed 120,000 characters including spaces and notes (or 60 A4 pages). The content and form of the thesis must meet the standards of academic work at “Bachelor of Arts” or “Bachelor of Science” level. You should therefore enquire about the specific requirements with your academic advisor. Please also note that the regulation of registration becoming possible after achieving  108 credit points means that you can prepare the Bachelor’s thesis during your studies (as opposed to at the very end of them) thoroughly with the necessary research and readings before registering the thesis during your fifth semester.

Cover sheet/title page

To ensure that all the necessary information appears on the cover page of the Bachelor's thesis, please follow this template:  Sample cover page (DOCX). Please note that it is not allowed to place the University’s official seal or the Faculty’s logo on this page or anywhere else. The copyright is held by the University and the Faculty respectively; unauthorized use may result in legal consequences.  

Until further notice, Bachelor’s theses must still be submitted digitally AND by mail (three bound copies, see below). The content of the digital version and the written copies must be identical! CD-ROMs and USB sticks no longer need to be attached. As usual, the Examination Office will take care of forwarding the thesis to the first supervisor and the second supervisor. Once submitted, a Bachelor’s thesis cannot be withdrawn!

The thesis must be accompanied by a written declaration ( Declaration of Academic Integrity) in which you affirm that you have written the thesis independently, have not used any sources and aids other than those specified, have marked quotations and have submitted identical digital and written copies. Please note that the use of AI (applications such as ChatGPT) in the preparation of written work is prohibited! It is an unauthorised aid unless its use has been expressly permitted by the supervisors. In cases of doubt, the Examination Office may request a sworn declaration.

Please attach declaration with date and original signature (not digital) as the last page of your thesis (Download Declaration of Academic Integrity here) .  This declaration must be submitted together with the other parts of the thesis, such as the cover sheet, the bibliographies and any appendices, firmly attached to the rest of the thesis (no loose sheets!).

1. digital submission:

Please send the digital version as a text file (Word document or PDF) from your University of Bonn e-mail address to the Examinations Office of the Faculty of Humanities or use the contact form. The hand-signed Declaration of Academic Integrity must be inserted as a scanned document into the Bachelor`’s thesis as the last page. This file of your Bachelor’s thesis will be forwarded to the respective two supervisors by the Examinations Office; submission deadlines are met upon receipt of the electronically sent form at the Examinations Office. As we have already received the document in electronic form from you by e-mail/contact form, you no longer need to send us a CD-ROM or USB stick with the thesis by post until further notice.

2. submission by mail:

Your thesis must be submitted to us in triplicate by mail. Please submit each of these copies in bound form (adhesive, spiral or hardcover binding is the norm). Please also note that the indexes and appendices as well as the cover sheet and the self-signed declaration of academic integrity are part of the thesis and must therefore be firmly bound. The paper version must be submitted by post no later than one week after the submission of the digital version.

3. personal submission:

As the Examination Office has been offering in-person office hours again since March 2023, you can of course also submit your documents to us in person. After you have sent us your thesis digitally via the contact form, you can hand in the three copies of your thesis in person during office hours or by making an individual appointment with the person responsible for you at the Examination Office of the Faculty of Arts at Maximilianstraße 22 (3rd floor).

Please send the three copies to the following address:

University of Bonn Faculty of Philosophy Bachelor/Master Examination Board Am Hof 1 53113 Bonn

Exceeding the submission deadline

If you exceed the deadline for submission, the Bachelor’s thesis must be assessed as "insufficient" (5.0). If necessary, please submit an application for an extension in good time before the deadline (at least three weeks before the deadline).

A failed Bachelor’s thesis can be repeated once . Failed attempts in the same subject at other universities will be recognized. In these cases, the topic can be chosen from another subject area. If the second Bachelor’s thesis is also assessed as "insufficient", the Bachelor's exam has been failed conclusively.

De-registration

In general, you must remain enrolled even after submitting your Bachelor’s thesis or another final exam in your degree program in accordance with § 63 Para. 1, 2nd half-sentence HG; the examination procedure is only completed when it has been determined whether it was successful or unsuccessful. Students who have not re-registered, e.g. in order to save the associated fees, although they are not expected to know their examination result at the end of the previous semester are therefore taking a risk, especially as their uni-ID will be switched off and they will no longer have access to BASIS and their transcripts.

 If you have failed your last examination(s) and have therefore unfortunately not yet obtained your degree, you must re-enroll in order to be able to make another examination attempt. If you have already missed the set re-registration deadline at this point, late re-registration at the Student Registry in accordance with Section 16 of the Enrollment Regulations can only take place later if the missed deadline is excused in writing for an important reason and proof of this is provided. You cannot register for the last outstanding exam before you are re-enrolled. It may also be the case that you can no longer be enrolled in your old Examination Regulations, but must continue your studies in accordance with the new Examination Regulations then in use, which may be followed by a time-consuming credit transfer procedure and possibly the loss of credits already earned.

However, if you have properly re-registered, you are entitled to a partial refund of the fees as soon as you have passed the final exam. You can find more information here . 

Underlying provisions

The regulations for the Bachelor’s thesis can be found in the following provisions, depending on which Examination Regulations you are studying under:

• §§ 18 und 19 der Prüfungsordnung für die Bachelorstudiengänge vom 5. August 2013 in ihrer aktuellen Fassung (BPO 2013)
• §§ 21 und 22 der Prüfungsordnung für die Bachelorstudiengänge und die konsekutiven Masterstudiengänge vom 17. August 2018 in ihrer aktuellen Fassung (BMPO 2018)
• §§ 20 und 21 der Prüfungsordnung für den Bachelorstudiengang „Psychologie“ und den konsekutiven Masterstudiengang „Psychologie“ vom 17. August 2018 in ihrer aktuellen Fassung (Psychologie-BMPO 2018)
• §§ 20 und 21 der Prüfungsordnung für den Bachelorstudiengang „Psychologie“ und den konsekutiven Masterstudiengang „Psychologie“ vom 28. August 2020 in ihrer aktuellen Fassung (Psychologie-BMPO 2020)  

You can find our telephone numbers and office hours on the "Contact & Advice" page . You would like to contact us via this website? Please use the contact form!

Universität Bonn

Master's Thesis

You can register your Master's Thesis after acquiring at least 60 ECTS. For registering and submission you must be a matriculated/enrolled student. It is not allowed to be on a leave of absence while working on your thesis.

Here you can find more information on thesis registration, submission as well as formalities and FAQs.

Research Topic / Examiners

There are two examiners for the Master's Thesis, one has to be a member of the group of university lecturers at the University of Bonn, the other has to be a lecturer from the United Nations University EHS. The first examiner is the main examiner who assigns the topic. The Examination Office allots the second examiner, but the candidate has the right to make suggestions. You can find a list of possible examiners in the FAQ section.

The research topic should be discussed with your main supervisor in the format of a written research proposal.

Research Proposal and Ethics Form (PDF file) (208 KB) Research Proposal and Ethics Form (docx file) (185 KB)

Once the examiner has accepted your proposal, you need to register your Master's Thesis.

Registration

Master's Thesis must be registered before starting to work (including fieldwork)!

Download/print out the Master Thesis Registration Form (ER2020) (850 KB)

The first examiner fills out the topic and the date of beginning. The candidate has to submit the form at the Examination Office.

The Master's Thesis has to be submitted in the given time at the Examination Office , which can be done during the office hours (see below), during pre-arranged appointments or via postal way (post stamp/date stamp counts as date of submission):

• Two printed and binded hard copies incl. one digital version (USB / CD) each
• One digital version on USB / CD to stay in your file at Exam Office (Note: There will be no way to get your USB back)

      ➔  In total, you have to submit two printed and binded hard copies and three USB flash drives or CDs!

We highly recommend you arrange an appointment with Examination Office in order to submit your thesis in person.

Please do not post your thesis in the mail box in front of our office!

Alternatively, you can hand in your thesis at a post office to make sure to meet the deadline!

Postal address:

Department of Geography, University of Bonn Examination Office M.Sc. Georisk Meckenheimer Allee 166 53115 Bonn Germany

Formalities

• The Master's Thesis has to be registered before starting (including fieldwork)!
• The maximum time allotted for completing the Master's Thesis is six months.
• You have to use this cover page (34 KB) for the Master's Thesis and you have to sign the statement of authorship.
• An exmatriculation is not permitted until after submission of the Master's Thesis!
• It is not allowed to be on a leave of absence while working on your thesis.
• The Master’s Thesis may not be accepted in the form of a group project.
• The text portion of the Master's Thesis must consist of a minimum of 100,000 and a maximum of 200,000 characters, including spaces and footnotes.
• Format/style guidelines as agreed upon by supervisors: 1.5 line spacing for the text body; a legible font (e.g. Times New Roman, Arial, Calibri), font size 12pt; margins: top 2.5cm, bottom 2.5cm, left 4cm, right 2.5cm; printed double-sided.
• In case of submitting the Master's Thesis via postal way, the date of the post stamp will be the date of submission.
• The student may reject the topic of the Master’s Thesis only one time, and only within the first two months after its assignment.
• Master's Thesis not submitted in the given time will receive the grade "insufficient" (=failed).
• If the Master’s Thesis receives a grade of “insufficient” or is considered to be invalid, the candidate may repeat the Master’s Thesis one time.

Yvonne Hilger

[email protected]

+49 228 73-4291

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Meckenheimer Allee 166

Universität Bonn

University and State Library

• First semester students

Publishing a habilitation thesis

Most habilitation theses (postdoctoral theses) are not subject to a publishing obligation, meaning that you will not need to submit printed copies to us or publish your work online on our bonndoc publication server.

However, the Faculty of Medicine does require habilitation theses to be published : in this case, you will have to provide us with two printed copies or publish your work online on bonndoc.

For all other faculties, we are also happy to publish habilitation theses online on bonndoc or accept printed copies on request.

Option a: Publishing online on bonndoc

We can publish your habilitation thesis from the University of Bonn online for free on bonndoc , the University’s publication server.

The procedure is similar to that set out in our guide for publishing doctoral theses online , with the following differences:

• You do not need permission from your faculty.
• If necessary, update the year of publication (i.e. the year you submit it to us) on the title page in your PDF file and add the date of your habilitation on page two.
• When you are registering via our online form (step 3), please select “ Habilitation ” when you get to “Art d. Hochschulschrift” (“Type of thesis”).
• Please note the relevant points of our information on cumulative doctoral theses if your habilitation thesis includes publications (in journals).

Option b: Copies printed yourself

Get your pdf file(s) ready for printing.

• For data protection reasons, we recommend  removing your curriculum vitae  if one is included (however, you are welcome to leave in a list of your academic publications that follows your curriculum vitae).
• Please feel free to send your PDF file as a download link (e.g. via sciebo ) or email attachment (max. 10 MB) to [email protected] so that other formal aspects can be checked out. We will give you feedback on your file, allowing you to avoid potential problems with publication before they occur.

Printing of the copies

Requirements for printed copies:

One copy will be able to be borrowed by USL library users and one will be held permanently at the German National Library. Specific requirements  therefore apply:

• Permanent binding  · high-quality bookbinding glue (e.g. PUR adhesive), thread stitching or impressBIND binding folder. Not all copy shops can meet these requirements. We would be happy to advise you.
• Paperback or hardback cover
• Age-resistant and wood- and acid-free paper
• Printing on both sides  · Single-sided printing is only permitted if it is technically necessary for binding (usually for theses with less than 30 pages).
• Format depending on the layout of the thesis  · Please discuss the format (DIN A4 or A5) with us before you have the thesis printed. Any necessary adjustment of the format (e.g. downscaling to A5 format) takes place during printing, i.e. you do not have to reformat your file.
• Coloured content in colour  · Printing of originally coloured elements (e.g. in figures) in black and white is only permitted if this does not impair comprehensibility.
• Not  permitted: spiral binding and stapling as well as plastic film as cover (i.e. a transparent cover).

Submission of the copies

You have the following options to let us have your copies. In the case of the Faculty of Medicine we will send the  confirmation of receipt  directly to the dean's office after checking the copies (If we have your e-mail address, we will send you a copy).

Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn Abteilungsbibliothek MNL - Hochschulschriftenstelle - Friedrich-Hirzebruch-Allee 4 53115 Bonn

• Handover at the loan desk in the MNL Branch Library : during service hours for borrowing and returning items . You don't need an appointment. N.B.: The colleagues at the loan desk do not send a confirmation of receipt. This is only done after checking by the dissertations department (three times a week).
• Handover at the dissertations department in the MNL Branch Library : If you would like to hand in your copies directly to our office, please make an appointment in advance at [email protected] . Appointments are usually possible on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.

Final steps

In the case of the Faculty of Medicine you have now fulfilled your publication obligations vis-à-vis the USL.

One printed copy will remain at the USL and be made available for borrowing. The second copy will be sent to the German National Library, where it will be kept permanently.

Your habilitation thesis will be cataloged so that it can be found in the Bonn library catalog bonnus as well as in the catalog of the German National Library.

Dissertations department

We receive all the doctoral theses written at the University of Bonn, publish theses online and help doctoral students through the publication process. Availability by e-mail and phone:  Monday to Friday, 9 am to 4 pm.

MNL Branch Library Friedrich-Hirzebruch-Allee 4 53115 Bonn 2nd floor, room 2.013

On-site appointments only by prior arrangement!

[email protected]

+49 228 73-9533

Jaakko Kneissl