Master Thesis

Qualification aims

The master's degree thesis is intended to demonstrate the examinee's capacity for independent scientific work and particularly for independent and punctual problem solving in one of the subject areas in the Automation and IT master's degree. The ability to perform scientific work in a methodically clearly structured way is to be proven in the thesis.
The examinee may identify previous material relevant to the thesis in available literature, develop new approaches, evaluate them and finally implement a solution. The examinee must be able to present methodology and results in a structured manner and to present the whole to a specialised audience in such a way that the relevant aspects of the solution are understood.

Contents

The examinee has to accomplish the following tasks:

• Familiarization with the technical or scientific problem
• Determination of relevant previous work in available literature
• Development of solution approaches
• Verification and evaluation of the solution approaches
• Selection and realisation of the best approach
• Implementation of this approach
• Comprehensive scientific description of the methods and the approach used in the form of a written final thesis
• Presentation of the procedure and the solution in the form of a lecture