• You choose the person who you wish to act as the first supervisor for your final thesis. This person must be a professor at HTW Berlin.
• The second supervisor can either be chosen by yourself or by the examination board for your study programme. As a minimum requirement, this person must hold at least the university degree for which you are currently studying. This could therefore be a qualified individual from a company, a different study programme at HTW Berlin or at a different university. External supervisors generally agree a teaching contact to supervise the thesis.

The final examination panel — first and second supervisor — is assigned by the examination board for your study programme.

A non-disclosure agreement can be concluded between the supervising professor and the company, corporation, etc. within the framework of the completion of the thesis. If a non-disclosure agreement is to be concluded, we recommend using the version available for this purpose on the HTW intranet. It can be downloaded by HTW employees.

In Bachelor's degree programmes:

• it is mandatory to fulfil the admission requirements according to your study and examinations regulation
• special consideration will be given to modules that were registered for the examination but could not be completed due to the crisis situation.

At the beginning of the semester, the examination board for your study programme will decide

• whether to grant you admission to write your final thesis
• who will serve on the examination panel — comprising the first and second supervisor
• the title of your final thesis
• when the period of time for writing your thesis will start and finish

You will receive confirmation of this information from the faculty administration.

If requested for the purposes of disadvantage compensation for disability or any other reason, the examination board may define a longer completion period. To apply for an extension for writing your final thesis, submit the following documents to the examination board:

• An application for extension of the completion time [PDF]. For Faculty 1: School of Engineering – Energy and Information you must submit the application for students of Faculty 1 [PDF].
• If you are pregnant, a copy of your maternity record (Mutterpass) with the expected date of birth. The deadline is extended by the period of statutory maternity leave.
• In the event of illness, a medical certificate from a doctor or medical officer must be presented with a precise description of the reason why you are currently unable to write your thesis and the duration of your medical
  condition. The medical certificate must be presented within three working days. A certificate of incapacity for work is not sufficient.

Even if you have already been granted permission to write your final thesis, the topic can be

• slightly changed. Submit an application to change the topic of the final thesis [PDF] to the examination board. For Faculty 1: School of Engineering – Energy and Information you must use the following form: topic specification of the final thesis for students of Faculty 1 [PDF].
• withdrawn. Submit an request to reject topic of final thesis [PDF] to the examination board. For a Bachelor’s thesis a deadline of four weeks applies from the beginning of the writing period, for a Master’s thesis a deadline of six weeks applies.

You do not have to re-register if (exception: Public und Nonprofit-Management):

• You have already been admitted to the thesis in the current semester and only the submission of the thesis and the final oral examination are still outstanding and the set submission deadline is in the first four weeks of the following semester.
• the thesis has already been submitted in the current semester and only its defence within the framework of a final oral examination is still due.

Please note:

• De-registration before submitting the thesis may have consequences for insurance issues (in particular the discontinuation of accident insurance when entering the HTW Berlin), child benefit, etc.
• You must re-register in any case if there are other module examinations open apart from the final thesis.
• If you do not re-register, you will automatically be de-registered at the end of the semester.

• No personal data (only your first name and last name) is to be shown on the cover page of your thesis. Please adhere to the guidelines according to this sample [PDF].
• Please submit only one PDF file containing all components (cover sheet, affidavit, etc.). If the file size for your email attachments is more than 25 megabytes, please save your file in reduced size.
• The thesis may only be submitted once and not in multiple versions.
• Please refrain from sending paper copies or CDs. Submit additional paper copies of your work only if the exam panel asks you to do so.
• Send your thesis only to the e-mail address of your department (FB 1: Fb1@htw-berlin.de, FB 2: fachbereich2@htw-berlin.de, FB 3: Fachbereich3@HTW-Berlin.de, FB 4: FB4-Service@htw-berlin.de, FB 5: f5absch@htw-berlin.de).

HTW Berlin publishes the final theses of its students electronically in the university library in OPUS, where they can be viewed and borrowed by other library users.

In Moodle you will find the information portal on academic writing. The learning centre offers support in the form of writing coaching and an open writing group.