Theses & Internship

Thank you for your interest in writing your thesis at our institute. From 01.12.2023 we will offer diploma theses via STROD (Student Thesis and Research Opportunities Database) of the TU Berlin. Please search for “Energy, Comfort and Health in Buildings”. The relevant research assistant will then be responsible for the selection process.

Who supervises the thesis and is there any collaboration with industry? Our theses are supervised by our research assistants, who are named in the respective calls for proposals and who work on the research projects, sometimes in cooperation with partners in practice.

What is the selection procedure? When you apply for a thesis via the STROD portal, you will be asked to submit certain documents. Based on your qualifications and your degree program, you will enter the selection process. All degree programs are welcome to apply. However, we must point out that students of our own Master’s degree program in Building Energy Systems and the Bachelor’s degree program in Energy and Process Engineering may be given a certain selective priority, depending on the topic. This is also reflected in the expected qualifications.

What can I do if I cannot find a thesis in the institute’s portal or if I want to write an external thesis? If you cannot find a thesis in the portal, please send an e-mail to: s.brandt(at)tu-berlin.de. We will then check internally why this is the case.

If you want to write an external thesis, what do you have to do? Please write a scientific essay and submit the topic to: s.brandt(at)tu-berlin.de

Registration of theses: To register your thesis, please contact your examination team by e-mail. From there you will receive the application form, the first part of which you fill out and send back to your examination team. Once the form has gone through the normal channels, you will receive an email to your TUB account informing you of the chosen topic and the submission deadline.

Submission of theses: Detailed information on registration, processing time and submission of a thesis can be found here. You must submit 1 digital version of your thesis to the Examinations Office. Send the thesis to your responsible examination team using the contact form or deposit it in the cloud and send the link. Please also attach a photo or scan of your registration form. The thesis file should be labelled as follows Thesis_YourMatriculationNumber.pdf

The email attachments will not be opened by the examination team, but will be forwarded directly to the examiners. Therefore, the following information must be included in the body of the e-mail:

• Your name
• Matriculation number
• Degree and degree program
• Name and e-mail address of first examiner Name and e-mail address of second examiner
• Topic of the submitted thesis
• Declaration that the thesis contains a declaration of independence according to § 46 para. 8 AllgStuPO.
• For English theses or depending on the regulations of the StuPO: Declaration that the thesis contains a German / English summary.

The internship guidelines apply: Professional Internship Master Energy and Building Engineering (StuPO 2009 and 2010) and Professional Internship Master Building Energy Systems (StuPO 2014). If you have any further questions about the Professional Internship in the Master’s program Building Energy Systems, please contact the Internship Supervisor.robert.rank(at)tu-berlin.de.