Your application for a thesis at our chair

Application process

Please inform yourself about the advertised topics currently offered for supervision by the department team before submitting your application. The listed topics are updated regularly for each new application period. If any of the listed topics have sparked your interest, please send your complete application documents by email to jannes.marquardt(at)ku.de. We also welcome your own topic proposals or collaboration with a practical partner. In such cases, please include a detailed exposé with your application.

Applications for theses at the DLM are possible for both the summer and winter semesters. The application deadline for the winter semester is July 31, and for the summer semester, it is February 28. Students of the DICE Master's program are exempt from this regulation.

Please read our guidelines for theses in advance.

Application documents

Please feel free to apply with your personal documents. These include the following documents:

•  Tabular curriculum vitae
• Current transcript of records
• Information sheet for theses  with indication of prioritized topics
• If necessary, a prepared exposé (only necessary for final theses with a practice partner or own topic suggestions)

Please send your application documents by email to jannes.marquardt(at)ku.de.

Commitment of support

Upon receipt of your application documents we will review them and a member of the chair will contact you and inform you whether you can write your thesis at the Chair of Service Management. If you are accepted, you will agree on the exact topic with your supervisor. Please make sure that you write an exposé (1-2 pages) on your thesis before you register and coordinate it with your supervisor. This can take about 2-4 weeks, depending on the case. We therefore recommend that you apply approx. 4-6 weeks before the desired starting date for Bachelor theses and approx. 6-8 weeks before the desired starting date for Master theses.

Selection criteria

We require that you have successfully completed at least one bachelor’s or master’s module offered by the Chair of Business Administration and Service Management or comparable modules at our partner universities. Another selection criterion is the grades you achieved in these modules, as well as any additional experience and skills that appear useful to us in the supervision of your chosen topic.

Registration date

All final theses can be registered continuously in agreement with the supervisor. Please let us know your desired registration date on the information sheet for Master and Bachelor theses.

Research areas and topics

The team at the Chair of Business Administration and Service Management offers a variety of topics within the department’s areas of expertise.
If you are particularly interested in a specific focus area, please indicate this in the information sheet for bachelor's and master's theses. For bachelor’s theses, we recommend using a literature review methodology. Master’s theses should generally adopt either a quantitative or qualitative research approach. In the overview below, you will find the subject areas in which we are currently offering thesis supervision. Here you will also find a file with the currently advertised topics.