By writing a thesis at the IIB, you develop the competence to comprehensively investigate and reproduce the state of research on a current issue and to develop your own (software) concept. In most of the theses, a demonstrator application is then developed. Even if the IIB has not yet been represented in your specialisation area, you are still eligible to write your thesis at the IIB.

Theses can be written in German or English and include a compulsory colloquium. For some theses, the use case is derived from industry practice, meaning that the thesis is supervised with the support of an industry partner.

On this page you will find currently advertised theses sorted by subject. We also welcome your own ideas and suggestions for topics! Have a look at the theses recently completed at the IIB , the research interests listed in the profiles of our employees and our current research projects . If you have your own ideas, please contact either a research assistant or Prof Dr Uwe Rüppel directly.

After agreeing on a topic, you will receive your assignment from the study office (or directly from us if you are not a member of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering). If necessary, we will provide you with software and hardware and give you access to our facilities. Every two weeks there will be interim meetings with the supervising research assistant.

After submitting your thesis, a compulsory colloquium will take place with Prof Dr Uwe Rüppel, our research assistants and interested students. You will give a 30-minute presentation and take part in a subsequent technical discussion. We offer you an internal trial colloquium a few days before the colloquium, where you will receive feedback and final instructions for the colloquium.