Before you begin writing your Master’s thesis, the application is to be submitted digitally via Moodle.

Students must use their HTW E-Mail address and login details and self-subscribe in the course.

In the course there are two activities:

1. Thesis Application - first and most important step!
2. Upload of confirmation(s) from your supervisors, the exposé (if required) and further required documents:
• The confirmations if you use an email, need to contain at least your name, the topic of the thesis and the semester in which the thesis is to be completed.
• If you have a second supervisor who is not working at HTW, you have to submit documentation for their education, i.e. degree certificate. They must have earned at least a Master’s degree.
• Note: You may also only suggest a 2^nd supervisor (signature not required in this case) or leave this open. A 2^nd supervisor will then be assigned to you.
• Please submit .pdf files only.
• Even if you use the old application Form instead of the email confirmations you need to enter your application in the Moodle course!

NOTE: If you have to repeat the Thesis please check below!

(1) Candidates are admitted to the Master's thesis if they have successfully completed all modules of the first two semesters of the curriculum totaling 60 credit points (ECTS) and have registered on Moodle by the end of the specified lecture period at the latest. A candidate may also be admitted if he or she has not yet successfully completed modules totaling up to six credit points of the credit points specified in accordance with sentence 1.

(2) The time required to complete the Master's thesis corresponds to 25 ECTS. The processing time for the Master's thesis is 18 weeks.

(3) Enrollment under condition: Students who have been enrolled for a degree programme with conditions must have fulfilled/completed the conditions before applying for the thesis.

Currently the thesis must be submitted as a PDF from your HTW email account to  MIB Administration. 

A statutory declaration must be included in the final PDF Document. It has to be signed manually, not electronically.

• Students who do not submit their thesis by the deadline or have failed the attempt will receive a grade of 5.0 (fail
• The thesis must be repeated immediately (without further delay).
• The examination administration - Team Faculty 3 & International Affairs - will inform the students officially of the failed attempt and the new deadline for submitting the application for the Repeat Thesis.
• The Application for the Repeat Thesis (Master) can be downloaded here. It has to be submitted within the Deadline via email to: Fachbereich3@htw-berlin.de, Subject Line: MIB Repeat Thesis Application
• Topic and the signature of the 1st Supervisor are compulsory. If you cannot find a supervisor, please fill out only the 1st page and a Topic and Supvervisor will be appointed.
• In most cases you need to re-enroll for the following Semester!

After the successful evaluation of your written Thesis and if all grades are on LSF you will be invited to the Last Exam of your studies, the Thesis Defense/colloquium.

A pre-liminary document of the Exmatriculation will be handed out to you after the colloquium, your Student Status will end on this day.

Please use the HTW Thesis Template as your cover page.

Writing your Thesis in Summer Term 2025

• 1st Session: 10.01.25 - TA A 222, 10:45 - 15:15
• 2nd Session: 30.04.25 - TA A 223, 09:45 - 15:15
• 3rd Session: 25.06.25 - TA A 003, 09:45 - 15:15
• Contact Person: Prof. Dr. Tine Lehmann

Writing your Thesis in Winter Term 2025/26

• 1st Session: 07.05.25 - TA A 003, 09:45 - 15:15
• 2nd Session: TBA
• 3rd Session: TBA
• Selfregistration for the moodle course: Moodle
• Contact Person: Prof. Dr. Tine Lehmann

Attendance to the Thesis Seminar is mandatory!