Registration Master’s thesis

In § 11 of the study and examination regulations for the Master's degree program in Biochemistry you will find information and requirements for the Master's thesis and the Master's presentation.

The Examination Board provides the following guidelines and recommendations for writing the Master's thesis.

The master's thesis must be registered by the student at the Examination Office at least two weeks before the start of the master's thesis and the start must be approved by the Examination Board.

Application forms for the Master's thesis

Procedure for external Master's theses:

The Master's thesis can also be carried out externally at institutes or research facilities. This application must be submitted in addition to the regular form:

Application for external conduction of the Master's thesis

You can submit the application for external conduction before or together with the regular application.

Please note that the approval to carry out the Master's thesis externally is not sufficient to start the thesis. You may only begin once the regular application has been approved.

Please submit the completed application to the Examinations Office four weeks before the start of the thesis. If your application has been approved by the Examination Board, you will be informed by the Examination Office by e-mail about the submission date and all additional submission formalities.

Important: When registering for the Master's thesis, only persons authorized to conduct examinations are admitted as supervisors or reviewers; these are usually professors (Prof.) or private lecturers (PD). Please bear this in mind when looking for a supervisor for your Master's thesis, as otherwise the examination board may reject your Master's thesis application. The application can only be processed once all signatures have been obtained.

If there are comprehensible and valid reasons during the processing period for the Master's thesis for which the student is not responsible and as a result it is not possible to complete the Master's thesis on time, an application for an extension can be submitted to the Examination Board. The application must be justified by the student and confirmed with the signature of the first supervisor. The application must be submitted to the Examination Office and the Examination Board will decide on the application.

Submission of the thesis:

The Master's thesis must be submitted by e-mail to pruefungsbuero@biochemie.fu-berlin.de as a PDF file by the deadline on the day you have been notified as the “latest deadline for submission” (by 11:59 p.m.) at the latest. The PDF file must contain the text in machine-readable form, not just graphically, and must not contain any rights restrictions. Please remember to include the handwritten signed affidavit.

There is no need to submit a printed version.

The use of the FU logo on the thesis is not permitted!

The thesis will only be forwarded to your reviewers by the examination office!

As soon as the submission of the thesis has been booked in the system, you can see the status.

 

Master's presentation:

In accordance with § 11 SPO, the results of the Master's thesis are defended in an oral presentation. The Master's presentation lasts approximately 60 minutes and consists of a presentation of the results (approximately 30 minutes) and a subsequent discussion (30 minutes). The student arranges the date for the defense independently with the two reviewers and must inform the examination office 2 weeks in advance (by e-mail: pruefungsbuero@biochemie.fu-berlin.de).

The Master's presentation must be examined and assessed by 2 examiners. These examiners should be identical to the reviewers of the thesis. The reviewers will receive the protocol sheet for the oral presentation together with the Master's thesis.

The oral examination usually takes place in person.