Acceptance and supervision of theses even during parental leave
Please note that theses are offered and supervised throughout, despite parental leave.
Open theses
Under the following link you will find all currently available theses.
Please note that we receive a lot of requests and we are forced to keep waiting lists.
General Information
Interested students are requested to apply for a thesis via the application form . Applications that are not submitted via the application form will not be considered in the selection process.
The thesis is finally registered through the secretariat of the chair.
Different kinds of theses
At the chair of Operation Research, scientific papers can be divided into different categories, depending on the topic and emphasis:
- Literature-based papers: The goal of literature-based papers is to examine and review new publications on current methods used in Operations Research.
- Implementation tasks: Existing solution approaches for optimization problems shall be programmed, or new algorithms shall be developed. Usually, C# or Python are used as the programming language for these tasks.
- Cooperation thesis: A thesis in cooperation with a company can only be supervised if it has a sufficient connection to the subject of Operations Research.
Design Guidelines
Please follow the design guidelines (opens in new tab) when writing your thesis.
Requirements
In order to write a bachelor thesis at our chair, the following requirement should be met:
- Successful exam in “Operations Research” with a good or very good grade
In order to write an independent research assignment or a master thesis at our chair, one of the following requirements should be met:
- Successful exam in “Warehousing & Delivery Logistics" with a good or very good grade
- Successful participation at a seminar offered by the chair of Management Science / Operations Research with a good or very good grade