Assignment of Master's and Bachelor's theses
We offer the opportunity to write a Master's/Bachelor's thesis with us every semester. Typical areas of specialization are: National as well as international accounting, group accounting, non-financial reporting, financial analysis/balance sheet analysis, credit risks, auditing and internal auditing, corporate finance, capital market theory as well as corporate governance and information economics. An exemplary list of selected topics from the past can be found here.
Bachelor theses
Bachelor's theses are assigned via the central assignment office. Please refer to Klips for information on the allocation procedure. If you have been assigned to the Accounting & Taxation area, you have the opportunity to submit your personal details and topic preferences via our questionnaire. You can find it here. Please refer to the information on writing theses and seminar papers at the bottom of this page.
Master's theses
Master's th eses are assigned directly via the Trustee Seminar. It is possible to apply twice a year, each time with two deadlines for registering the thesis (i.e. four possible starting dates per year). The application deadline for the April/July registration dates is March 15; the application deadline for the October/January registration dates is September 15.
| Winter semester 1st deadline | Winter semester 2nd deadline | Summer semester 1st deadline | Summer semester 2nd deadline | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start of registration | August 01 | August 01 | February 01 | February 01 |
| Application deadline | September 15 | September 15 | March 15 | March 15 |
| Acceptance/rejection | End of September | End of September | End of March | End of March |
| Start of processing | October | January | April | July |
<figcaption>Overview of the deadlines to be observed</figcaption>
Please apply on time and exclusively electronically via our questionnaire. After you have sent the completed questionnaire electronically, please submit a current transcript of records by e-mail to treuhandseminar
wiso.uni-koeln.de, stating your matriculation number. Please be sure to use your SMail account. Only then will your application be considered in the process.
Please understand that not all students may be admitted due to limited supervision capacity. Students with a seminar certificate and who have completed courses in the fiduciary seminar will be given preferential admission. Please refrain from making further enquiries about the application process.
We will contact you as soon as possible after the application deadline. After an initial discussion in which the topic will be specified (possibly based on your topic preferences), your thesis will be registered. Please refer to the information on the preparation of final theses and seminar papers at the bottom of this page.
Preparation of Master's and Bachelor's theses and seminar papers
- Guidelines for the preparation of academic papers
- Guide to writing a critical appraisal