Checklist - Applying for a Thesis at BGD

Formal and Personal Requirements

• You are a TUM Student at TUM School of Engineering and Design or TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology
• You are used to work autonomously and take care of the deadlines in your study program.
• You are willing to be present at the professorship in Ottobrunn for some occassions during your thesis.
• For a thesis at a company: Check if the company ever worked with TUM. If yes, let the company supervisor contact former TUM supervisors first before contacting us!

Application

• Apply directly with a potential thesis advisor. You may find this advisor
  • on the thesis topic examples or
  • you can identify them through their personal interests, previous supervised work or published research on their personal webpage.
• For all application for a thesis always include the e-mail eduhub.bgd(at)ed.tum.de in CC.
• The application should include:
  • The topic and type of work you are applying for. If you do not have a topic in mind yet, line out what you want to work on and what you do not want to work on.
  • The time period you want to conduct the work.
  • A description of fitting skills and capabilities for the project (e.g. Programming Languages, Software, Hardware, …).
  • Your current academic records (e.g. a transcript).
  • A CV.
• Don’t:
  • Copy paste your application.
  • Send the application to all people at the chair (we will notice).