Study and Examination Adminstration – VITIS-VINUM (M.Sc.)

For further questions, please contact Ms Jutta Brandscheid (Müller-Thurgau-Haus, ground floor)

Online application for admission to the Master's thesis: Application for admission
Please note that you have to register in ILIAS to use the application form.

The application for admission to the thesis module must be completed online. After printing out the completed application form you will need to obtain the signatures of your thesis supervisors.

Please submit the completed and signed application to your degree program administrator (Jutta Brandscheid) at the Study Organization & Examinations Office (Studienorganisation und Prüfungswesen - StoP), Müller-Thurgau-Haus, ground floor.

To apply for the Master's thesis, you must have successfully completed your first year and have a certificate of completion of an 8-week internship.

The first step is to find a topic and supervisors for your Master’s thesis.

The first supervisor is always a member of the academic staff of Hochschule Geisenheim University.

The second supervisor is usually a member of the academic staff of your “home university”.

To apply for the Master's thesis, you must have successfully completed your first year and have a certificate of completion of an 8-week internship.

If your second supervisor is not able to sign the form, please ask him/her to send a  confirmation by e-mail.

The elaboration period for writing your thesis is 24 weeks.

The elaboration period starts when you get the admission signed by Prof. Dr. Randolf Kauer, Head of Examination Board.

Very important: Please note that the submission date of your Master’s thesis is the exact FINAL date by which you must submit your thesis up to which you have to submit your Master’s Thesis together with all the required documents. Submitting the thesis after this date later than on thethis submission date means will result in a FAIL.

In case of illness, you have to provide a medical certificate BEFORE the submission date.

In case of extraordinary circumstances justifying you not being able to submit your thesis in due time, please file an official application to Prof. Dr. Kauer,, Head of Examination Board, explaining your reasons and asking for an extension of the submission date.

Your supervisors have to confirm by email that they agree with the extension.

To submit your Master’s thesis, please bring all the required documents with you.

The “Personal Information” sheet is required so that we can issue and send you the official documents after your graduation.

You can submit your thesis personally or by post. Should you decide to send the documents by post, please note that it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to make sure that the parcel arrives in the Examination Office during the normal office hours (by 4pm) on the submission date.

You will be admitted to the Master’s Thesis DEFENSE if you passed:

• All the 2^nd year exams at Hochschule Geisenheim University
• The written part of the Master’s thesis.

Application for Admission to the Master's Thesis defense:

• Suggest a time for your defense.
• Please note that the defense usually takes place 3-4 weeks after the submission of the Master’s Thesis.
• Your supervisors have to read the final version of your thesis, decide if you passed this written part, and find a date and time for your defense which is convenient for all members of the examination committee.

Defense:

• The defense should not take longer than 30 minutes. The presentation of the thesis should last between 10 and15 minutes.
• The jury consists of your 1^st and 2^nd supervisor (via video conference) and two other academic staff members of Hochschule Geisenheim University. Three members must be physically present at Hochschule Geisenheim University. Additional members can participate via video conference.
• The Master's thesis including the defense is finally graded by the jury.
• The defense is open to the public.