Theses at the KIT Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

The following documents are required to register a thesis:

• Zulassungsbescheinigung (completed by the student)
• Task description (important: including start date and examiner's signature)

The documents required to register a thesis are sent to the respective examination board by the examiner or their office. The documents should be submitted before starting the thesis, but must be received by the examination board within four weeks of starting the thesis. The examination board will then register the thesis in the Campus Management System. Once the thesis is complete (Bachelor's thesis: maximum four months; Master's thesis: maximum six months), students must submit it electronically via the Campus Management System. A brief guide to electronic submission is available here.

Please note that students must meet the following requirements to be allowed to start a thesis:

• Bachelor's thesis: at least 120 ECTS
• Master's thesis (BIW/CIW SPO 2016): PAT and at least three further modules of the Advanced Fundamentals as well as the internship
• Master's thesis (BIW SPO 2025): internship and at least 60 ECTS

A thesis should prove that students are able to work on a problem from their field of study independently and according to scientific methods within 4 months (Bachelor's thesis) or within 6 months (Master's thesis). The topic and task must meet these criteria. The examination board should be able to identify which colleague can be named as second examiner. The task description must be submitted to the examination board no later than 4 weeks after the start of the work. 

Please note: If the thesis is written in English, the task description must also be written in English.

• Template task description for a Bachelor's thesis
• Template task description for a Master's thesis

The examiner prepares a written report and sends it to the second examiner and the examination board. The second examiner signs the report if he or she agrees with the grading of the thesis and sends the report to the examination board.

The evaluation period should not exceed six weeks for a Bachelor's thesis or eight weeks for a Master's thesis.

•   Template Bachelor Thesis Report
•   Template Master's Thesis Report

When submitting the thesis, students have to include a declaration of originality. If this declaration is not included, the work will not be accepted. If an untrue declaration is submitted, the thesis will be graded as "not sufficient" (5.0).

Deutsch: "Eigenständigkeitserklärung
Ich versichere wahrheitsgemäß, die Arbeit selbständig verfasst, alle benutzten Hilfsmittel vollständig und genau angegeben und alles kenntlich gemacht zu haben, was aus Arbeiten anderer unverändert oder mit Abänderungen entnommen wurde sowie die Satzung des KIT zur Sicherung guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis in der jeweils gültigen Fassung beachtet zu haben."

Englisch: "Declaration of originality
I hereby declare that I have written this thesis independently, that I have not used any sources or aids other than those indicated , and that I have marked as such any passages/thoughts taken directly or indirectly from external sources. I furthermore declare that I have complied with the current version of the Statutes for Safeguarding Good Research Practice at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)."

The use of AI tools must be discussed with the task assigner and the supervisors at the beginning of each thesis. A guide on the use of generative artificial intelligence in student theses can be found here.

In general, signing a confidentiality agreement is not recommended. If such an agreement is required, DE RECHT is responsible. Information on the procedure can be found here.