Academic papers abroad

 

If you would like to write a project paper or your final thesis during your study abroad, you need to collect signatures on the respective documentation sheet (see below) in the order specified on the sheet. Amongst other things, prior to starting with your paper you must find a supervising professor in Aachen in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and get approval for the topic of your paper from the Examination Board of the Faculty.

The following table outlines the procedure for external papers:

What to do	Study paper	Project paper	BA/MAThesis
1. Get permission from Central Examination Office		x	x
2. Find topic	x	x	x
3. Find external mentor	x	x	x
4. Find internal mentor	x	x	x
5. Get signature of external mentor	x	x	x
6. Get signature of internal mentor	x	x	x
7. Get signature of occupational field / master advisor			x
8. Get signature of Examination Board	x	x	x
9. Register with Central Examination Office	x	x	x

 

Please note the following restrictions which apply to the number of external papers:

Study program	Restrictions
Mechanical Engineering (B.Sc.)	A max. 1 of both papers external
Mechanical Engineering (M.Sc.)	A max. of 30 CP external; an external Master Thesis counts with 15 CP as external.
Business Administration and Engineering (field of Mechanical Engineering) (M.Sc.)	A max. of 30 CP external; an external Master Thesis counts with 15 CP as external (in the chosen field).