On this page you will find all relevant information about exams: Examination regulations, registration, admission and extension of Master's theses and contact persons.

The master's thesis is an experimental final thesis and can only be completed at the end of the Master's programme. The Master thesis is supervised by a professor or a research associate with a habilitation who works full-time in the subject of the regulated course of study at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. Exceptions are regulated by the examination board.

• Registration for the Bachelor's or Master's thesis is done via the student portal.
• Before registering online on the portal, as has been the case up to now, a discussion on the intended registration should already have taken place with the desired first examiners.
• Please note that you will receive feedback on your registration by e-mail as soon as possible. Please check your HHU-mail account at regular intervals. As soon as you receive the mail, the processing time starts.
• According to § 63 paragraph 1 of the Higher Education Act, the examinee must also be matriculated when submitting the paper.
• The issued topic can be returned by the examinee only once and only within four weeks after the issue.
• The processing time for the Bachelor thesis is 3 months.
• The processing time for the Master thesis is 6 months.
• Exceptionally, the examination board may extend the processing time by up to 6 weeks in individual cases upon justified request. The application for extension of the processing time is submitted to the examination board via the Student and Examination Administration.