Master project

You should begin with your Master thesis project once you have accumulated 45-50 ECTS credits from your Master studies. You must also have completed the additional prescribed courses (Auflagen) before beginning your Master project.

Completion of your Master thesis (including public defense) awards you 30 ECTS credits in the curriculum. This corresponds to the work load of 6 months. As Master projects in the experimental molecular biology may take longer than that, the time spent in the lab hosting your Master project could be extended at the expense of lab internships, such as Großpraktikum (Master study program Molecular Biology, MMB) or Vertiefungsübungen (Master study programs MGE and MMEI) for additional 15 ECTS credits (corresponding to the work load of 3 months), completed and assessed as described in the curriculum. Additionally, a maximum of one rotation project (corresponding to 5 ECTS credits) could be used to extend the time in the lab hosting your Master thesis project. Remember, that the law stipulates that the scope of the master thesis project should be chosen in such a manner that it can be reasonably completed with 6 months!