Master's Thesis
Students of the Master’s Program "Politics. Economics. Philosophy" are expected to submit and defend a Master's Thesis at the end of the 2nd year of studies after the successful completion of all the other components of the Program. The Master's Thesis is a part of the Final State Certification.
Module | Activity | Dates |
Module 2 | Topic Application Term Paper/Master’s Thesis (submission to the Study office and LMS) | before 1st of November 2024 |
First draft of Master’s Thesis submission | March 2025 | |
Module 3
Module 4
| Preliminary defense Master’s Thesis | Research Seminar mid-term exam exam (end of March 2025) |
Supervisor change (through LMS and the study office) | no later than the 15th of March 2025 | |
Thesis topic change (through LMS and the study office) | no later than the 15th of April 2025 | |
Finalized Master’s Thesis (LMS submission) | 15th of May 2025 | |
Defense of Master’s Thesis | late May - early June 2025 (Thesis) June 2025 (Term paper) |
Necessary documents:
General documents | |
Requirements | |
Cover Page Draft | Standard Cover Page |
Thesis documents | |
Thesis topic application | Thesis topic submission |
Thesis topic change | |
Thesis supervisor change | |
Thesis review template |
Politics.Economics.Philosophy Practical training regulations 2024/2025
The thesis defense is a mandatory part of the final state certification (FSC). More information about the thesis defense in the final state certification is available on the following website: Final Assessment
Antiplagiat system
All students must submit not only their thesis with a written review of the supervisor, but also a printed registration form confirming that the text of the thesis has undergone the Anti-Plagiarism system.
Instructions for uploading works to the LMS are here. You can check your work in the Anti-plagiarism system.