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Making Your Thesis a Success

For most students, their final research paper is the first major work written during their degree program. It is much more comprehensive and demanding than term or seminar papers they have written during the course of their studies and, therefore, requires more planning.

Formalities: What regulations apply to the thesis?

Here, you will find information on the regulations governing the writing and submission of your thesis.  Formalities Please take note: These specifications apply for bachelor’s and master’s theses. You can find the regulations applying to the diploma thesis in the §§ of the ADPO (General Academic and Examination Regulations) and the FPSO (Departmental Study and Examination Regulations) of your degree program.

Tips and Tricks

Here, you will find some tips, literature and links we have compiled to help you succeed in writing your thesis. Tips and Tricks

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Master Thesis

You are very welcome to write your master thesis with us. We always have a collection of open topics available but also encourage students to propose own topics, as long as these relate to our research interests. Please see the details below if you want to apply.

Requirements:

We are looking for students who have a particular interest in Operations & Supply Chain Management (OSCM) and participated in several lectures and seminars within this field. You should possess fundamental mathematical and technical knowledge as well as the modeling and programming skills required to tackle advanced topics in OSCM.

Application:

If you are interested in doing your Master’s Thesis with us, please send an e-mail to [email protected]  with the following information:

• Curriculum Vitae (incl. finished projects, programming skills/references)
• Transcript of records (Bachelor and Master)
• Own topic: write a short topic description including a motivation, a description of the research gap, and a possible solution approach.
• General interest: write a motivation letter that outlines your interests and a favored research field.
• List of relevant courses attended
• Preferred time frame (earliest possible start 4 weeks after application)

Due to a high workload of ongoing theses, we prioritize applications of students who successfully participated in a course or seminar offered by our chair.

Theses can only be registered on the 1 st of a month and the students need to send their documents for application at least one month in advance.

Guidelines:

Guidelines for how to write a thesis are part of our LaTeX template. We would advise you to use LaTeX for your writings for which we can provide the most support.

We ask you to meet with your supervisor on a regular basis to provide updates on your progress and ensure you receive valuable feedback. Your thesis will be graded according to the following criteria:

• Overall structure of your work
• Motivation of the research question and discussion of the current literature
• Selection and application of scientific methods
• Discussion of your results and conclusions
• Code quality and documentation

Registration at TUM School of Management:

Once you finalized the topic with your supervisor, you will be officially registered through the TUM-SoM Portal. You will receive an email to confirm the registration - please make sure to do so as soon as possible.

Open Topics

• n.A.: Resolution of charge-scheduling conflicts in the strategic planning of autonomous electric bus fleets. Masterarbeit, 2023 mehr… Volltext (mediaTUM)
• n.A.: Staggered Routing In Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand. Masterarbeit, 2023 mehr… Volltext (mediaTUM)
• n.A.: Day-Ahead Planning for A Hybrid Two-Echelon City Logistics System with Swap Body Micro-hubs. Masterarbeit, 2023 mehr… Volltext (mediaTUM)

Completed Theses

• Huang, Yi-Hsi Lawrence: A Comparative Study of Open Set Classification Approaches For Analyzing Customer Order Behavior in the Semiconductor Industry. Masterarbeit, 2023 mehr…
• Chun Hei Chung: Applying Deep Reinforcement Learning to Optimize Robotic Dispatcher's Policy in a Discrete Event Simulation: Use Case of a Tool Buffer System in Semiconductor Manufacturing. Masterarbeit, 2023 mehr…
• Vsevolod Kompantsev: Dynamic spend distribution across several advertisement exchanges over multiple time slots with constrained budgets. Masterarbeit, 2023 mehr…
• Mudit Srivastava: Improving Demand Forecasting Measures in Semiconductor Supply Chains through Sophisticated Machine Learning Models and Customer Order Behaviors. Masterarbeit, 2023 mehr…
• Robin Maximilian Köhler: Prediction of Charging Point Utilization Using a Machine Learning-Based Surrogate Model of a Multi-Agent Simulation. Masterarbeit, 2023 mehr…
• Lukas Scheurich: Two-Stage Stochastic Program for the Scheduling and Location Problem in a Flexible Layout. Masterarbeit, 2023 mehr…
• Ecem Ataç: Optimal Auction Design for Promoting Sustainable Practices in Industrial Procurement. Masterarbeit, 2023 mehr…
• Franz Felix Heim: A neural network enriched framework for conditional two-stage stochastic optimization problems. Masterarbeit, 2023 mehr…
• Alexander David Koch: Deep reinforcement learning for last-mile crowdsourced delivery. Masterarbeit, 2023 mehr…
• Heiko Hoppe: Global rewards in multi-agent deep reinforcement learning for autonomous mobility on demand systems. Masterarbeit, 2023 mehr…
• Jochen Madler: Optimization Techniques for Home Energy Management Systems in Novel Power Markets: A Comparative Analysis. Masterarbeit, 2023 mehr…
• Christopher Dudel: Selecting Operators in LNS with Reinforcement Learning. Masterarbeit, 2023 mehr…
• Jee Hyung Kim: Decision Support System Based on State-of-the-Art Deep Reinforcement Learning Models for Vendor Managed Inventory. Masterarbeit, 2022 mehr…
• Claire Schwartz: Deriving Auction Designs from Performance Pricing Value Graphs in Industrial Procurement. Masterarbeit, 2022 mehr…
• Philipp Merz: Optimizing multimodal public transportation systems. Masterarbeit, 2022 mehr…
• Finn Kern: A flexible sustainable urban same-day last-mile multi-pickup and single-delivery system. Masterarbeit, 2022 mehr…
• Kim-Kira Scheder: Decarbonization of the BMW Group: Develeoping a Strategy for the Location-Dependent Replacement of Natural Gas Using Multi Objective Optimization. Masterarbeit, 2022 mehr…
• Lena Fiedler: Electric Autonomous Bus Fleet Design with Operational Constraints. Masterarbeit, 2022 mehr…
• Maximilian Janetschek: Hybrid Flow Shop Scheduling with Integrated Maintenance Planning - A Battery Cell Case Study. Masterarbeit, 2022 mehr…
• Philipp Hohmann: The Split Delivery Vehicle Routing Problem with Truck Platooning. Masterarbeit, 2022 mehr…
• Jonas Grundler: Assembly Line Balancing with high Product Diversity and Process Variance. Masterarbeit, 2022 mehr…
• Hashmatullah Sadid: Waiting time estimation using spatio-temporal graph neural network. Masterarbeit, 2022 mehr…
• Isilsu Diedem Sahin: Development of a Decision-Making Mechanism for Revenue Management with Customer Order Behavior and Forecast Accuracy in the Semiconductor Industry. Masterarbeit, 2021 mehr…
• Marc Kaufeld: The Vehicle Routing Problem With Truck Platooning. Masterarbeit, 2021 mehr…
• Leopold Demleitner: Controlling Autonoumous Mobility-on-Demand Using a Deep Actor-Critic Algorithm: Approaches to Solve the Multi-Agent Setting. Masterarbeit, 2021 mehr…
• Maximilian Jaenichen: Supervised Machine Learning for Disruption Evaluation in End-to-End Semiconductor Supply Chains. Masterarbeit, 2021 mehr…
• Paul Stadler: A Large Neighborhood Search Algorithm for the Multi-Trip Vehicle Routing Problem with Modular Multi-Compartment Vehicles. Masterarbeit, 2020 mehr…
• Daniel Nientiedt: An Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search for Multidrone Delivery with Battery swapping at Mobile Platforms. Masterarbeit, 2020 mehr…
• Timothy Hönig: An Iterative Filtering Algorithm to Solve a Heterogeneous Locationrouting Problem for a Micro-Hub Cargo Bike Network. Masterarbeit, 2020 mehr…
• Christina Liepold: Production as a Service: On the Impact of Partial Production Capacity Sharing. Masterarbeit, 2020 mehr…
• Jose Pastor: Production schedule optimization of an automotive hot stamp line under uncertainty. Masterarbeit, 2020 mehr…
• Niklas Herzel: Solving Hub Network Design Problems. Masterarbeit, 2020 mehr…
• Shilp Patel: Supply Chain Processes for Smart Textile - Semiconductors and Textile - Within the Scope of Genus Tex with Measures to Reduce Bullwhip Effect. Masterarbeit, 2020 mehr…
• Sarah Laamimach: Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicles for Urban Logistics - Integration with Public Transportation. Masterarbeit, 2019 mehr…
• Robert zur Bonsen: Fair Matchings for the Taxi Sharing Problem. Masterarbeit, 2019 mehr…
• Lorenz Hansbauer: Measuring and Counteracting the Bullwhip Effect with Big Data and Artificial Intelligence. Masterarbeit, 2019 mehr…

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Master Theses

The number of supervised theses is based on the capacity of the Full Professorship of Financial Accounting. We strongly recommend that you only apply for a master thesis if you conducted your project study or an elective course at our chair. Students from other disciplines must have attended at least one of our seminars before they can apply for a thesis.

Application process:

• Select a topic from the list of open topics below. If no topics are listed, we are currently not offering any new topics. In this case you can either wait until new topics are announced or apply with your own topic proposal (see details below). The listed topics can be written in either English or German unless otherwise stated.
• If you have chosen to pursue your master thesis on one of the provided topics, kindly send your CV and your transcript of records as separate files to your assigned thesis supervisor. Additionally, please develop 2-3 research questions . Each research question should include the question itself, along with a brief description of the motivation, the data to be used, and/or the methodology to be applied. Please ensure that the description and the research question collectively do not exceed half a page (see details below).
• The registration date, i.e., the starting date for your thesis must be within the next 7 days. This means that you must start working on your thesis immediately and cannot "reserve" a topic. We do not provide any more information on the topic before the registration is completed than the information given in the table.
• We evaluate your application and check whether you fit our qualification profile. Please wait until your potential supervisor confirms your registration. If we receive more than one suitable application on the same topic at the same time, we will assign the thesis according to the first-come-first-serve principle.
• After receiving an acceptance email from your supervisor, both of you will discuss all further details regarding content, methodology and timeline.

List of open topics:

* German language only

** English language only

How to develop a research question?

Please watch the following video to get a basic understanding on how to develop a research question:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71-GucBaM8U

To get further instructions on how to develop a research question please check the following link: https://www.scribbr.com/research-process/research-questions/

Proposing your own topic:

It is also possible to approach us with your own topic suggestion . In this case, please provide an exposé of 1-2 pages , answering the following questions:

- Why is your topic relevant?

- What is your research question?

- What literature on the topic is already existent?

- What methodology would you like to use?

- How would you expect the results to look like?

Please send the exposé together with your CV and transcript of records directly to your preferred supervisor or, if you are not sure which supervisor is best suited for your topic, send the application to [email protected].

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Your studies are coming to an end and now all that's missing is your final paper.

Thesis - topic selection and registration

In order to find an interesting topic get in contact with chairs, lecturers, professors or external companies. There are often postings on bulletin boards or websites, or just have a look if you find something suitable on our  Jobs and Career  page.

As soon as you have found a good topic, your thesis needs to be registered.

How do I register my thesis?

Please register your thesis, no matter if bachelor’s or master’s thesis, digitally in the  thesis portal  of the TUM School of Life Sciences. Please note that the login is only possible via the eduVPN client (download: https://www.eduvpn.org/client-apps/ and instruction: https://doku.lrz.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=87425039 ).

You can find detailed instructions including screenshots on how to register your thesis  here .

The responsible examiner has to digitally agree to your application. If this is done, the examination team will check if the requirements for the thesis are met (credit requirements, internships, WPP-registration, etc. depending on the study program) and your registration will be submitted to the examination board for approval. If all requirements are met, the registration of your thesis will be approved by the examination team.

You will then receive  a confirmation via e-mail  from the system, which you should  save for your records . In order to have enough lead time for the review and approval of your application, it should be sent to the Campus Office about  4 weeks before the planned thesis start date .

As soon as the registration has been completed, it will also be entered and displayed in  TUMonline  within the next few days. Please check your account.

Please note that you must be enrolled until the day you submit your thesis . Further information about de-registration: https://www.tum.de/en/studies/graduation/withdrawal-from-university/

Thesis Extension and Suspension

If you cannot meet your submission deadline  for reasons beyond your control , the examination board may extend the completion period by a  maximum of half of the regular processing time . If you are unable to work due to illness , the processing time will be suspended accordingly upon request.

How do I extend my thesis?

The application for an extension must be submitted to the examination board before the date of submission and your supervisor has to agree by providing his signature. Therefore, please contact your supervisor early enough if you have problems with meeting your deadline. In general, you should expect a  processing period of approx. 3 weeks  until the examination board has decided on your application and the entry is recorded in your student file. If you are  ill  and can prove   by a  medical certificate  that you are prevented from working on your thesis, the processing time is suspended for the duration of the illness stated in the certificate. Please make sure that the  medical certificate  contains all the required information, especially the beginning and (expected) end of the inability to work on your thesis, a certificate of incapacity for work is not sufficient (instructions on this can be found via  https://www.tum.de/en/studies/during-your-studies/organizing-your-studies/examinations/withdrawing-from-examinations-medical-certificates ) Please send the signed application to  thesis.co(at)ls.tum.de . It will make it easier for us to process your application if you name it:  Last name_Extension.pdf . It will then be forwarded to the respective examination board and you will be informed after the examination board has decided on your application.

Thesis extension / suspension form  (English) Antrag auf Verlängerung / Ruhen der Abschlussarbeit  (German)

Title page template

The layout of the cover sheet and various specifications are usually chair-specific. Please check the website of the chair or contact the supervisor of your thesis. Various general templates can be found in the  MyTUM portal .

Thesis submission

The Bachelor's thesis must not be handed in later than three months after your thesis issue date. The Master's thesis must not be handed in later than six months after your thesis issue date. In case of part-time study programs, different deadlines apply in accordance with the respective FPSO.

• Example Bachelor: Start issue date of the thesis May 1, latest submission date August 1.
• Example Master: Start issue date of the thesis October 9, latest submission date April 9.

How do I submit my thesis?

After you have successfully completed your thesis, log in to the thesis portal and upload your thesis as PDF file. You can find detailed information about the upload procedure and about the required designation of your PDF file in the instructions with screenshots  here .  The digital submission does not prevent you from the obligation to hand in the printed and signed version of your thesis to your examiner.

If the upload to the portal is not possible due to technical reasons, please send your thesis to thesis.co(at)ls.tum.de before the deadline.

Evaluation forms for examiners

Thesis evaluation form

The evaluation form is filled out by the examiner and is then sent to the Campus Office ( thesis.co(at)ls.tum.de ) along with the title page.

Creation of certificates

After receipt of the thesis grade in the Campus Office you will receive an e-mail with all information regarding the procedure for the preparation of the certificate.

After the approval by your advisor  it can take up to 6 weeks  until your transcript is issued and signed. You will then be informed by the Central Examination Office that your transcript is ready for collection.

You can also get your certificate by mail. For this, please submit the following request for delivery of the final documents to the department of central examination matters: https://www.tum.de/en/studies/graduation/documents/

If you need an early certificate of graduation, please fill out the form for the issuance of a certificate of graduation ( https://www.tum.de/en/studies/graduation/documents/ ) and send it to the Graduation Office and Academic Records  (Campus Weihenstephan). Please note that this is not a certificate, only an official confirmation of your degree. If you have any questions, please contact your student advisor: https://www.ls.tum.de/en/ls/studies/campus-office-and-student-advising/advice-and-support/

Further information of the TU Munich on the topic of final theses.

Research Phase and Master’s Thesis in the M.Sc. Quantum Science & Technology

During the last year of the Master's program Quantum Science & Technology, you will have the opportunity to work on exciting research topics in the unique research of the Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology. During this so-called research phase, you can choose from an extensive number of research groups and current projects.

The build-up of the research phase

To the scope of the one year research phase (60 ECTS) belong firstly, the development of the necessary special knowledge within a cutting-edge research line and secondly, the acquisition of the corresponding experimental or theoretical skills, that are necessary for the realization of the research project within the frame of the Master's thesis. Each of these steps conforms a module, the Master's seminar and the Master's work experience. Both modules belong intrinsically together and account in total for 30 ECTS. Subsequently, the independent research project can be carried out as part of the Master's thesis, which corresponding module comprises 30 ECTS. The research phase is completed with the Master's colloquium, the defense of the Master's thesis, within this module.

During the research phase, the fulfilment of an independent scientific work is tighly connected with the acquisition of additional skills, such as project management, team work as well as the depiction and presentation of scientific results.

*: PL="Prüfungsleistung" graded exam, SL="Studienleistung" non graded exam (pass/fail)

Finding a topic

To find a topic, please contact the possible thesis supervisors yourself.

The thesis supervisors have the possibility to advertise topics. However, not all possible topics are advertised, so it is advisable to ask the thesis supervisors directly. Other topics may also arise during the discussion.

Furthermore, it is advisable to start searching for a suitable topic early, about one semester in advance. In a personal interview, you can quickly see whether a topic appeals to you and whether you feel comfortable in the group. We discourage you from simple e-mail exchange, as it is usually not successful.

A list of possible topics is given in the linked Moodle-Course .

List of possible QST supervisors

The following faculty members of the two universities TUM and LMU have been included by the examination board into the list of potential supervisors for QST research phases/Master's Theses:

• Prof. Dr. Monika Aidelsburger
• Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Auwärter
• Prof. Dr. Christian Back
• Prof. Dr. Johannes Barth
• Prof. Dr. Mikhail Belkin
• Prof. Dr. Immanuel Bloch
• Prof. Dr. Holger Boche
• Prof. Dr. Folkmar Bornemann
• Prof. Dr. Martin Brandt
• Dr. Dominik Bucher
• Prof. Dr. Ignacio Cirac
• PD Dr. Frank Deppe
• Dr. Kirill Fedorov
• Prof. Dr. Stefan Filipp
• Prof. Dr. Jonathan Finley
• Prof. Dr. Steffen Glaser
• Prof. Dr. Rudolf Gross
• Prof. Dr. Fabian Grusdt
• Prof. Dr. Christian Hainzl
• Dr. Jad Halimeh
• Prof. Dr. Alexander Högele
• Prof. Dr. Alexander Holleitner
• PD Dr. Hans-Gregor Hübl
• Prof. Dr. Reinhard Kienberger
• Prof. Dr. Michael Knap
• Prof. Dr. Johannes Knolle
• PD Dr. Gregor Koblmüller
• Prof. Dr. Robert König
• Prof. Dr. Barbara Kraus
• Prof. Dr. Claudia Linnhoff-Popien
• PD Dr. Jeanette Lorenz
• Prof. Dr. Daniel Matthes
• Prof. Dr. Christian Mendl
• Prof. Dr. Kai Müller
• Dr. Belen Paredes
• Prof. Dr. Christian Pfleiderer
• Prof. Dr. Thành Nam Phan
• Prof. Dr. Lode Pollet
• Prof. Dr. Frank Pollmann
• Prof. Dr. Menno Poot
• Prof. Dr. Peter Rabl
• Prof. Dr. Andreas Reiserer
• Prof. Dr. Gerhard Rempe
• Dr. Christian Schilling
• Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schollwöck
• Prof. Dr. Thomas Udem
• Prof. Dr. Jan von Delft
• Prof. Dr. Simone Warzel
• Prof. Dr. Harald Weinfurter
• Prof. Dr. Robert Wille
• Prof. Dr. Michael Marc Wolf

Registering the research phase

The registration to all modules belonging to the research phase is done at once, normally at the beginning of the third Master's semester. After agreeing on a topic with the future supervisor, the registration takes place via an online form, for the time being still via the physics web pages (access only from the Munich science network).

Following the online registration, the registration form must be printed out and handed in at the Dean's Office (Physics building). When doing this, the certificate of mentor counseling has to be included.

After six months the Master's thesis should begin. Passing the Master's seminar and the Master's work experience will be recorded in TUMonline and you are officially allowed to start the thesis.

Handing in the thesis and getting the grade including the colloquium

Before handing in the Master's thesis, you must fill in the final titel of the thesis in the database and upload an electronic copy (PDF-file). For the time being, the database is still located on the physics web pages (access only from the Munich science network). Afterwards, you have to hand in two printed and bound versions in the Dean's Office (Physics building). Only then is the thesis considered submitted; uploading the electronic copy is not sufficient to meet the deadline.

Extension of the deadline is only possible for good reasons. See FAQ on Thesis extension .

The Master's thesis will be evaluated by the supervisor and a second examiner. The second examiner is appointed by the examination board on suggestion of the supervisor (at the earliest after official registration of Master’s thesis).

The supervisor and the second examiner will also grade the Master's colloquium, which completes the research phase. The Master’s colloquium is organised and conducted by the supervisor together with the second examiner. The Master’s colloquium takes approximately 60 minutes, consisting of a 30 minutes talk and 30 minutes examination. Naturally, the inclusion of the colloquium in a group seminar is possible.

For any examination you must be enrolled as a student of TUM. Hence you need to re-enroll for one semester more e.g. if you hand in your Master’s thesis or your Master’s colloquium takes place after the current semester ends. With a due date for your thesis or a scheduled date for the colloquium e.g. in October, you should not forget to re-enroll for the winter semester and the corresponding deadline would be August 15.

Completing your Master studies

At the end of the semester in which you reach the necessary 120 ECTS in your Master's degree program and passed all required exams you will be exmatriculated (according to §13(1) enrolment rules of TUM). In most cases the Master's colloquium will be the last exam to reach this point.

You are principally allowed to take further exams after reaching the 120 ECTS, i.e. to replace previous results in the catalog of the focus areas with better results. Therefore it is generally not possible that the final documents are generated before you are exmatriculated. In case you need the final documents (or even preliminary documents) earlier, you have to request for it explicitly. See the Remarks on end of studies and final documents for further information.

Computation of the final grade

The final grade is the ECTS-weighted average of all graded exams.

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• Technical University of Munich

Bachelor and Master Thesis

You have the possibility to write a bachelor or master thesis in Marketing. We assign topics and research questions that seek to advance the knowledge in our field. For currently available topics please see the bottom of the page. We post new topics during the beginning of each semester .

IMPORTANT: It is not possible to apply with your own original topic. Please apply only to available topics below.

We expect theses written at our chair to provide a relevant theoretical contribution and build on empirical work. In order to prepare you for your thesis, we strongly recommend that you to attend the Consumer Behavior Research Methods class, which is offered in the winter semester. This course will familiarize you with the main steps in conducting research studies and analyse findings. 

Requirements

Bachelor Thesis Besides a high interest in marketing and consumer behavior, all students need to have completed the module " Empirical Research Methods (WI000261)" .

Master Thesis Besides a high interest in marketing and consumer behavior, all students need to have completed the module "Consumer Behavior Research Methods (WI001175)" . In addition, students who want to write their thesis under the supervision of either Prof. Christoph Ungemach, Balachandar Kaliappan, or Nienke Buters are required to have completed the module "Consumer Analytics & Big Data (WI001178)" or an equivalent module that covers data analysis with R . Please also refer to your respective study regulations for details regarding the general conditions of your final thesis and discuss them with us before starting your final thesis.

Applying for the topics advertised If you are interested in one of the advertised topics, please send your full application via e-mail to the relative supervisor . The email should include the following:

• Letter of motivation describing your interest on the topic
• Curriculum Vitae (tabular)
• Current transcript of records

Registration of the final thesis After our chair has accepted your application and after mutually agreeing on an outline, your final thesis can be registered at the examination office  (Prüfungsamt) . Here , you can find the registration form. 

Submission of the final thesis:

• via email as a PDF to the Grade Management team
• for the chair (your supervisor): electronic version of your final thesis (Word/pdf), raw data and analysis files (e.g. R, SPSS or NVivo files)

Available Topics for the SS 24

Currently, there are no topics available.

Assigned Topics for the SS 24 (no longer available)

"Sustainability and Guilt" - Supervisor: Sara Caprioli

"Brand Identification in Munich's Road Cycling Subcultures" - Supervisor: Sara Caprioli

"Consumer Preferences for Novelty and Usefulness in Product Marketing" - Supervisor: Sara Caprioli

Assigned Topics for the WS 23/24 (no longer available)

"Civic acceptability of mobility policies promoting sustainable mobility behavior” – Supervisor: Nienke Buters

"The Dark Side of Second-Hand Supply: A Qualitative Exploration" - Supervisor: Benedikt Schnurr

"Support of Sustainability Interventions Targeting Low- Versus High-Income Individuals: A Field Study" - Supervisor: Benedikt Schnurr

"Attitude and Behavior in Unsustainable Consumption" - Supervisor: Sara Caprioli

"Non-luxury second-hand garment consumers" - Supervisor: Sara Caprioli

"Enhancing Value Creation in Gift Exchange" - Supervisor: Sara Caprioli

"Who lives our life? An exploration of the relative importance of our different selves" - Supervisor: Armin Granulo

"An exploration of consumption preferences for unsustainable products" - Supervisor: Armin Granulo 

"Sustainability and Consumption Motives" - Supervisor: Armin Granulo 

Assigned Topics for the SS 23 (no longer available)

"Does risk behavior depend on the perspective?" - Supervisor: Armin Granulo

"Does being a boss change you decision frame?" - Supervisor: Armin Granulo

Assigned Topics for the WS 22/23 (no longer available)

"Public perceptions of inclusivity and accessibility" - Supervisor: Benedikt Schnurr

"Managers perspectives on accessible services" - Supervisor: Benedikt Schnurr

"Consumer preferences for accessible services" - Supervisor: Benedikt Schnurr

Bachelor and Master thesis

In this section, you find potential topics for a bachelor and master thesis based on the research topics, we are working on at the Chair for Supply and Value Chain Management. We encourage students to write their thesis in English language. Research journals are majorly published in English, and companies today expect their employees to speak English fluently.

We preferably accept students with a significant number of lectures in supply and value chain management and related fields, as well as former participants of the advanced seminar of our chair. Nevertheless, we are always happy to receive excellent applications from students with other focus areas/ qualifications that relate to our field. The number of available topics for theses is limited by the capacity of the chair. If the number of applications is exceeding the capacity of the chair, theses will be allocated according to your previous seminars, elective course, and personal interests.

Currently tendered topics by the chair

Here, you find specific topics tendered by the chair at the moment. If you are interested, please use the “Apply now” button above.

Bachelor theses

Currently, there are no tendered topics from the chair. Please apply with an own topic suggestion.

Master theses

Topic: Markdown optimization for fresh categories (Kaufland)

For a retailer, ordering the right quantity of products is a crucial task on a daily level – too much quantity leads to food waste whereas too little leads to out – of – stock situations, lost sales, and dissatisfied customers. Excess stocks are particularly c ritical in fresh categories since the items must be sold off within a very short time due to their short best – before date. In order to sell the items before they perish (e.g., before reaching the best before date), targeted discounts are given by the employees in the stores. If a price discount i s too high, the remaining stock may be salvaged quickly, and the margin losses may be too high. On the other side, if the price discounts are too low, the risk of food waste increases.

The aim of t his master’s thesis is to develop an approach for profit – optimized markdown pricing in fresh categories (bakery, dairy and/ or counter) on a market – specific and item – specific level, with the goal to minimize the total write – offs and waste (losses from pric e reduction and remaining stock).

For a more detailed description, please follow this link: PDF: Markdown optimization for fresh categories

The tasks include:

• Complete a structured literature review about markdown policies for overstocks
• Structurally derive decision problem and formalize it as a stochastic – dynamic optimization model
• Implement the decision problem as a simulation model (e.g., in Python or AnyLogic)
• Collect data from Ka ufland and prepare it for the application
• Complete numerical studies to generate some managerial insights
• Develop plan for potential implementation of the tool at Kaufland

A real – world dataset will be provided

Topic: Food waste in the hospitality and food service sector

Catering for a large number of people, as is the case in canteens, at events, or in hotels, for example, poses major challenges for service providers. Consumers require an attractive offer of dishes, while their preferences and hunger are hardly known. At the same time, the provider must prevent empty buffets and sold-out meals at all costs, a setting that practically provokes food waste. We want to approach this problem from the providers’ point of view, analyze the current way of planning the quantities and meals in facilities such as hotels, canteens, mass catering, etc. and find strategies for improvement.

The Master thesis should cover the following tasks:

• Literature overview of planning approaches in this area (both empirical and modeling-based)
• Development of an interview guide based on open research questions appearing from the literature review (in coordination with the supervisor)
• Finding and contacting suitable interviewees
• Conducting the interviews and analysis of the gathered information via qualitative content analysis
• Derivation of improvement measures

Topic: The Stochastic Patient-to-Bed Assignment Problem

Patients who are admitted to a hospital as inpatients must be assigned a bed while respecting certain constraints. For instance, gender-mixed rooms are usually to be avoided, and it is desirable to assign patients of similar age to a room since this has been shown to increase patient satisfaction. Transfers of a patient to a different room during their stay are possible but should be minimized in order to reduce work for the nurses and stress for the patients. The goal of the master’s thesis is to go beyond a rolling horizon approach by formulating the patient-to-bed assignment problem with stochastic arrivals and lengths of stay of patients using Markov decision processes (MDPs).

For a more detailed description, please follow this link: PDF: The Stochastic Patient-to-Bed Assignment Problem

The specific tasks to be performed include:

• Generate explicit distributions and test instances from the real data set
• Set up an automated instance generator
• Formulate an MDP for the case with a stochastic length of stay
• Formulate an MDP for the case where both length of stay and patient arrivals are stochastic

Inspiration for own topic suggestion

Food retail Retail Logistics

• Last mile logistics in omnichannel retail
• Multi depot online order fulfillment

Assortment Planning

• Optimizing assortments for omni-channel retailers and packaging-free food stores
• Planning problems in omnichannel distribution

Waste management

• Planning approaches to prevent food waste before it actually emerges
• Inventory management and assortment strategies in food retail market and their effects on the amount of food waste

Last mile delivery

• Last mile delivery routing
• Vehicle assignment with machine learning methods

Hospital operations

Warehouse automation

• Automated and robotized warehousing systems
• Behavioral issues and human factors in supply chain management – transportation and warehousing

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Theses at the Chair of Prof. Rinderle-Ma

• All theses have to be written in English (at our chair).
• All theses have to be written in LaTeX (use Template for import in ShareLatex/Overleaf or local writing).
• All prototypes created as part of theses are to be hosted on our servers, thus Linux/backend and programming knowledge is mandatory.

We highly recommend to attend the (Master-)Seminar - Scientific Methods in Information Systems in advance.

Please send all applications with a CV, Grade Report (Leistungsnachweis), and an Application Form (including a detailed motivation). Contract work for companies is not a thesis. Please note that every thesis must make a separate, independent scientific contribution. External topics can be supervised only when there is a close link to the research topics and areas of competence of this research group.

Please always contact us with your tum/cit.tum e-mail adress (emails from other addresses will not be answered).

Contact: [email protected] , [email protected]

Bachelor Thesis Topics

The topics listed below are examples, concrete topics will be discussed in the regular meetings, to which you are invited after sending all necessary application documents.

Prerequisite for a thesis at this chair: Einführung in die Wirtschaftsinformatik (IN0021) and one of the Practical Courses / Seminars of the Chair.

• Robot Palletizing
• Robot Movement to Process Model
• Process Tree Difference Calculation and Visualization  
• Process Data Flow Visualization (SVG)
• Process Resource Visualization (SVG)
• Process Model Generator for CPN IDE

Master Thesis Topics

Prerequisite for a thesis at this chair: Business Process Technologies and Management (IN2105) or one of the Advanced Practical Courses of the Chair.

• Process Engine Based Edge Nodes for High Performance Sensor Data Collection
• Conformance Checking in Processes Choreographies
• Privacy and Confidentiality Mechanisms for Process Mining
• Equivalences and Properties of Petri Nets vs. Block-structured Business Process Modeling Languages
• Master Thesis: Overcoming Challenges in Integrating Process Engines in Engineering Processes

Theses at the KrcmarLab

Please note that since Prof. Krcmar retired in October 2020, he only supervises selected topics. You can find topics offered by his research group in the list below.

If you want to apply for a student thesis or project at the KrcmarLab, please send the following documents directly to the contact person indicated in the topic offering and give us your motivation for the chosen topic(s) in your application letter/email:

• Application form  (max. three topics): application form
• Current grades ("Notenauszug") from TUMonline

The following guidelines apply for theses and projects at the KrcmarLab:

• Theses can be written in German or in English
• Theses can be written using Word or LaTeX
• Guidelines for student theses and projects at Krcmar Lab: Deutsch | English
• Reader for scientific writing: Deutsch | English
• Example of thesis formatting: Template

CURRENT THESIS TOPICS: 

• Competing in the Age of Algorithms: Rethinking Business Models for the AI Economy (in cooperation with QUT, Brisbane) (MA)
• Stratification and dynamics of the cloud market in Germany  (MA/Guided Research)
• Digital Health Interventions & Applied AI in Healthcare: Predicting Overcrowding in the Emergency Department (MA)

*BA = Bachelor's Thesis, MA = Master's Thesis, IDP = Interdisciplinary Project, GR = Guided Research

Theses at the Wittges Lab

You can find topics offered by Wittges research group / SAP UCC in the list below.

If you want to apply for a student thesis or project at the Wittges Lab, please send the following documents directly to the contact person indicated in the topic offering and do not forget to include your motivation for the chosen topic(s) in your application letter/email:

The following guidelines apply for theses and projects at the Wittges Lab:

• Please note that Bachelor's theses are oriented around the Information Systems degree programme and have a duration of 5 months. Therefore students of Information Systems are prioritised when assigning topics
• Save Memory With Sap Hana With Data Tiering (MA)
• Context Data infusion in Pre-Trained Large Language Models (MA)

Natural Language Processing on IBM Power Hardware for ML-driven Support Ticket Classification (BA/MA)

BA = Bachelor's Thesis, MA = Master's Thesis, IDP = Interdisciplinary Project

Thesis Guideline

Phase 0: finding a topic and application.

• Topic selection
• Look at our available topics for Bachelor’s Thesis, Master’s Thesis, Project Studies, or IDP at the Chair for Strategy and Organization
• Choose your own topic

In case you want to apply with your own topic, directly proceed to the application. However, make sure that the topic is aligned with our research.

• Application
• Application for a topic offered by the CSO

Please send your complete application as described on the respective offer page to the contact person stated. Usually, this includes your CV and a current transcript of records . If required, also include a tentative research idea (exposé) including the research question, hypotheses, data, methods, and possible outcomes with a tentative outline.

• Application with your own topic

Please send the application to a supervisor that fits your research idea. Include your CV and a current transcript of records as well as an exposé with the tentative research idea, including the research question, hypotheses, data, methods, possible outcomes, and a tentative outline. Please note that your proposed topic should be in line with one of the research topics of the CSO. Inform yourself and integrate a clear argument on why your topic fits with the CSO in your exposé.

Further information can be found in the guidelines on how to write a research proposal:

• Acceptance / Rejection

We will usually come back to you within 2 weeks. If you do not hear anything, please kindly remind us of your outstanding application by email.

Phase 1: Registration

• Once your application is approved, your supervisor will send you the link to the application form. We will then register you in the online portal of the TUM School of Management. By filling out the application form, you accept the ❗ Non-Disclosure Agreement .
• The official thesis registration  is approved by grade management  - not by our chair - it will take up to four weeks. If you have not received a confirmation after two months, please briefly contact Mrs. Eva Pongracz ( [email protected] ). However, you can already start working on it!

Phase 2: Writing the thesis

Thesis seminar.

It is compulsory for all students to study the materials in the thesis seminar of our chair when writing your thesis here. If you have questions beyond the provided material, you can attend the monthly Q&A sessions.

No registration is necessary for the thesis seminar as you will not receive extra ECTS credits Furthermore, no attendance is required for the Q&A sessions and you do not need to present your thesis.

You can find all information about the thesis seminar here:

Regular updates to your supervisor

In our team and in collaborations, we highly value conscientiousness, autonomy, and proactivity. Please send regular (about once per month) updates per email which concisely and shortly summarize the following points:

• what are you working on right now
• are you within your predefined timeline
• what challenges do you face at the moment
• what will you be working on until the next update
• questions that only your supervisor can answer

As a format we suggest attaching a PowerPoint presentation or Notion page so that we can effectively make comments.

Important milestones for updates are typically the following:

• Topic definition (if not specified through predefined topics)
• After you have read and know the literature:
• summary of what we already know about this topic
• what we don’t know about this topic and why it would be important to know
• your research question
• Your research model and empirical approach (that is: how do you want to answer your research question) . If you work (quantitative) empirical, your research model, hypotheses, and empirical approach.
• Your results and conclusions

For all other questions, please ask them in the Q&A sessions of our  thesis seminar .

Formatting guidelines

Being able to format your thesis according to the given specifications is an important skill. Therefore, we will not provide you with a word template or similar. Here are our guidelines:

For everything not specified, please refer to the APA Manual:

The cover page should look like this:

Template for declaration of authorship:

  https://www.ie.mgt.tum.de/fileadmin/w00cem/tim/Abschlussarbeiten/8_Declaration_of_Authorship_Master_s_Thesis.pdf

Optionally, a template for LaTeX incorporating the guidelines of our chair is available here: Thesis Template Chair for Strategy and Organization (APA7). To create a project, you have to log in with your TUM-ID (e.g. "ab12asdf") and your password. Documentation is available under  https://sharelatex.tum.de/learn .

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Phase 3: Submission

The faculty has allowed solely digital submissions!

On the day of the submission deadline , send your thesis to [email protected] by 23:59 pm at the latest (and CC your supervisor). Of course, you are allowed to submit your thesis before the deadline. If the submission date falls on a public holiday or a weekend, you may submit your thesis on the next working day.

The following documents should be added to the submission:

• Signature to the page Declaration of Authorship
• Filled form Permission to View My Final Thesis

The subject of the email should be Thesis Submission Name/Matriculation Number: xxxxxx . You may choose the file names for the thesis and all the other documents. You can find more information in the information sheet in the download center on the website of TUM School of Management ( https://www.mgt.tum.de/download-center ).

All other supplementary files (codes, excel lists, power point slides, etc.) should be sent directly to the supervisor : Discuss with your supervisor how these files should be submitted.

Here is a list of all documents required to submit for your thesis:

• Final Thesis : Thesis (as word and pdf)
• All data, articles/chapters, statistics, literature, etc. – thus the whole input and all sources and references you used
• References of scientific literature compiled in an Excel-File
• Your project file from the literature management software, such as Citavi, Endnote, Mendeley, etc.
• Executive summary * : a short summary of your thesis (3-5 pages) (as word and pdf)

Optional: Prepare your executive summary as an article on medium ( https://medium.com/ , or any other free publication medium) and include a word document with the link to the article in the shared folder.

• Presentation on your thesis topic  (as ppt)
• Infographic on your thesis topic* (as ppt and PDF/JPEG)
• Notion page on your thesis topic* (should also contain your infographic and a link to the article if available)

For more details about submissions 2 to 5, please refer to the  thesis seminar.

Designation of documents:

• All non-literature documents (Word, Excel, PPT, etc): YYYYMMDD_name (e.g. 20200301_Mustermann_Report.ppt)
• Literature: Author(s)_(Year)_ Journal abbreviation_Title keyword (more than 2 Authors: 1. Author and et al.: e.g. Mustermann et al. .pdf)

In case some files are too large, you can send them via Dropbox, LRZ Sync&Share, Wetransfer or similar. Submit the files marked with a star (*) in addition  to this form:  https://forms.gle/qJBv4adescNZfEQn9

Please make sure to adhere to the formatting guidelines.

Phase 4: Assessment and next steps

Once you have submitted your thesis, we will grade it as soon as possible. The supervisor / examiner has 2 months to grade your thesis. We will enter your grade in the online portal of the TUM School of Management. Once your examiner has confirmed the grade in the portal, you are informed of the grade by the portal. After that, grade management will be publish you grade in TUMonline within 3-5 working days. The grade management will contact you regarding all further actions.

Congratulations!

What’s next?

If you wrote an excellent thesis, please consider publishing your thesis in Junior Management Science   in consultation with your supervisor . You can find more information at  https://jums.academy/ .

Please also consider the following resources that reward prices for excellent theses:

• GfHf-Nachwuchspreis  (Gesellschaft für Hochschulforschung)
• Preise der GI (Gesellschaft für Informatik), z.B.  der Fachgruppe Bildungstechnologien
• Nachwuchspreis GP  (Gesellschaft für Prozessmanagement)
• Diploma Thesis Award der SERES Unit  (Area: Enterprise Systems)
• Stiftung Industrieforschung  (Scholarship for theses)
• Schmalenbach Gesellschaft
• Global Student Innovation Challenge  by PDMA
• MLP Nachwuchspreis VHB  (Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft)
• Additional  TUM Information on prices and awards

You can download a suggested cover page and the Declaration of Authorship form from our website on http://www.wi.tum.de/programs/downloads/.

If the title of your thesis changes significantly while you are writing it, agree with you supervisor on a new title and get his/her agreement to the change. Once you got your supervisor’s agreement, write an e-mail to Grade Management (CCing you supervisor) where you inform them about the change of the title. If the change in title is only minor, you do not have to write to the Grade Management. Remember that the title of your thesis as per your original registration document will otherwise be printed on your final certificate.

• Fill in the registration form (Anmeldung_Fakultät_Formular.pdf)
• Send the registration form for final approval to your adviser at the Chair for

Strategy and Organization

• Hand in the signed registration form to the office management the Chair for

Strategy and Organization.

• After the successful registration you receive a registration mail by the TUM

School of Management (this process may take up to 4 weeks).

Yes. The Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) (NDA_Formular.pdf) should be read carefully, signed, and brought to the first or second meeting at the latest. Note that signing the NDA is required for a collaboration with our chair.

Our chair’s general rule is that it is not forbidden to use AI within your thesis – but: AI is an aid you are using and therefore you have to label for what you used AI. Please cite the AI in your text and clarify in the Appendix of your work, how you got that result from the AI (e.g., by sharing the link to your chat with ChatGPT or by sharing the prompts you used and the outcome the AI generated). But when you plan to use AI, please talk to your supervisor, if he/she allows that and if he/she wants a different documentation of your AI usage than stated here - your supervisors specifications are deciding if and how you can use AI.

Formal Requirements :

We would like to point out that in the background of the general internationalization of science and the economy, we highly recommend you write your thesis in English. Check with your supervisor if a German thesis is possible in your case.

• Most important information regarding the format and layout is included in the official guidelines of our chair and the thesis guidelines.
• Use the font style Times New Roman (font size 12) for the text. Write with a line spacing of 2.0. All margins should be 1 inch.

You should use the citation guidelines of the American Psychological Association (APA) in your thesis. You can access the APA Publication Manual in the library.

• Bachelor thesis 30 (+/- 10%) pages of written text (not including tables, cover sheet, references, graphs, pictures, and appendix).
• Master thesis 50 (+/- 10%) pages of written text (not including tables, cover sheet, references, graphs, pictures, and appendix).

Following APA, a table of content is not necessary. However, we ask you to include a table of contents in your final thesis.

The thesis begins with a cover sheet, followed by an abstract, which is followed by your actual text. After the text follow the references, figures and tables and then possibly the appendix. At the very end you should attach your declaration of authorship. Current samples for the cover page and declaration of authorship can be found in the download

area of the faculty homepage (Guidelines_ScientificManuscripts.pdf).

Submission :

You can submit your thesis digitally to the Grade Management Team. A printed version is not required.

No. A scanned signature is not valid.

Yes, you are allowed to submit your thesis before the deadline.

If the submission date falls on a public holiday or a weekend, you may submit your thesis on the next working day (Monday to Friday) at the latest.

• Please check the respective mail address of the Grades and Examinations Office
• Printed copies may be handed in: At the Service Point of the TUM School of Management (room 1554). Mon - Fri from 9 am – 12:30 pm & 1:30 – 4 pm. On no account should you hand your thesis in to your supervisor, office management or the Examination Office. The Grade Management Team will pass on copies to your supervisor.

Please put it in a suitable envelope and hand it in at the main gate on Arcisstrasse 21, Munich. Use the address label which you can obtain on request from the Service Point or via mail from the relevant person in the Grade Management Team. In advance, get a “Permission to view this thesis" declaration form from the relevant person at the Service Point or in the Grades and Examinations Office, fill it in, and put it in the envelope together with your thesis.

Yes. A special authorization is not required.

Yes, but we advise you to hand it in digitally. If you do submit by post, you should send your thesis to the following address:

Technische Universität MünchenTUM School of Management Grade Management Bachelor or Master Arcisstrasse 2180333 Munich

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