Thesis
Are you interested in writing your Bachelor's or Master's thesis at the Chair of Business Administration, esp. Financial Services?
Our chair participates together with the other chairs of business administration of the faculty in a central procedure for the allocation of final theses (bachelor and master theses). If you would like to write a thesis at our chair in the coming semester, please follow the further instructions on this website:
https://www.bachelorbwl.hhu.de/zentrale-anmeldung-abschlussarbeiten
Since the revision of the exam regulations in business administration and economics in 2023 and 2024, instead of simply writing a thesis, students must now complete a thesis module consisting of the thesis and a colloquium with an oral examination. The new mode at the Chair of Business Administration, esp. Financial Services, requires participation in a total of three events: a kick-off, an appointment for the presentation of the topic, and a colloquium for the presentation of the thesis after submission. The details of this final module are as follows:
In the Business Administration, Finance and Actuarial Science, Business Chemistry, and Art and Culture Management programs, students must participate in a central application process in order to write a thesis at a business administration chair. The deadline for this is February 15 or August 15 for the following summer or winter semester. Participation in this procedure is not required for the Economics program.
If you would like to write your thesis, you must attend the kick-off event at the beginning of the semester. At this event, you will be informed about the new procedure and the available dates for presenting your topic and thesis. Registration for the kick-off event is automatic if you have been assigned to our chair via the central application procedure. If you are studying economics, please register with us by email by the deadline for the central application procedure. Participation without registration is not possible!
A total of three dates for the topic presentation are offered each semester, as shown in the table below. Registration for the topic presentation is done via the Ilias query, which will be published here shortly. In addition, the learning module on correct scientific working methods must be completed by the colloquium at the latest, which will also be published here shortly. A meeting with the supervisor is mandatory prior to the topic presentation. This meeting must take place at least three days before the topic presentation so that any relevant feedback can be incorporated. The topic presentation takes the form of a short presentation, the structure of which (e.g., idea, motivation, method, literature, etc.) is specified. The chair and all other attendees can provide feedback. The topic must be ready for registration, and official registration in the student portal must take place within one week of the topic presentation. After this deadline has passed, the topic may no longer be registered, and a later date for the topic presentation must be attended, possibly even with a new topic!
The registration of the thesis is followed by the working period specified in the examination regulations. After submission, the thesis is presented at one of two final colloquia offered. The presentation takes the form of an 8-minute presentation.
Participation in the kick-off meeting, a presentation on a topic of your choice, and the earliest possible colloquium is mandatory. Participation in the colloquium is generally assumed if the paper has been submitted at least two weeks before the corresponding date.
Additional information:
- For master's programs, it is recommended that you only participate in one of the first two dates for the topic presentation, as otherwise the next final colloquium will fall in the following semester!
- If you are studying under previous examination regulations, you are not required to participate in the colloquium. However, all other information on this page is binding!
For your individual choice of topic, please refer to the following list of courses offered by the chair:
- Anne-Marie Ossig, M.Sc.
- Bank Accounting
- Bank Regulation
- Risk Management
- Julia Haaz, M.Sc.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Portfolio and Capital Market Theory
- Risk Management
- Behavioral Finance
- Nina Maria Jungbluth, B.Sc.
- Insurance Theory
- Credit Theory
- Behavioral Finance
- Max-Vincent Rodemann, B.Sc.
- Asset Management
- Econometrics
- Statistics
- Machine Learning
Please consider the formal guidelines for scientific papers when you are writing your thesis.
In order to comply with the applicable data protection regulations, students writing a thesis in which personal data is collected must complete the following steps before the data is collected. Corresponding data protection notices in accordance with Article 13 DS-GVO and Article 14 DS-GVO, which legally define the information requirements for the collection of personal data, can be found below:
1. data protection training
A corresponding data protection training can be found in ILIAS at the Math.-Nat. faculty (ILIAS > Magazine > Math.-Nat. faculty > Learning room > Data protection training for psychology). Direct access is possible under the following link: direct access for data protection training
2. data protection provisions
Furthermore, you must confirm that you have read the document "Handreichung Datenschutz WiWi" and agree to the agreements and obligations formulated there.
The document can be viewed and downloaded in our learning room in ILIAS. It contains the "Annex 1: Agreement on data protection" and "Annex 2: Commitment to comply with data protection requirements according to the General Data Protection Regulation (DS-GVO)". Please read these documents carefully.
Important note: Please note that by registering, you are giving your binding consent to the assumption of data protection in the context of your thesis.
With this data protection notice, the chair of Business Administration, esp. Financial Services at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf fulfills its obligation to provide information in accordance with Articles 13, 14 of the EU Data Protection Regulation (DS-GVO) for the above-mentioned processing of personal data
Supplementary information can be found in the data protection declaration of the HHU (https://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/home/footer/datenschutz.html).
With regard to the other terms used, "personal data", "processing", "responsible person", "third party", etc., reference is made to the definitions in Article 4 of the DS-GVO.
1. Contact details
Responsible for the processing is the chair of business administration, esp. Financial Services at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, a legal entity under public law supported by the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is represented by the Rector Prof. Dr. Anja Steinbeck.
1.1 Contact details of the responsible person
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Universitätsstraße 1
40255 Düsseldorf
Phone: 0211 81-10000
Web: https://www.hhu.de/en/
1.2 Contact details of the contact person
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Chair of Business Administration, esp. Financial Services
Universitätsstraße 1
40225 Düsseldorf
E-Mail: anne-marie.ossig(at)hhu.de
1.3 Contact details of the data protection officer
You can contact the data protection officer by post at the address of the person responsible or as follows:
Data protection officer
E-Mail: datenschutzbeauftragter@hhu.de
phone: +49 211 81-13060
Web.: https://www.hhu.de/en/about-hhu/organisation-and-bodies/self-government-and-representation-of-interests/commissioned-persons/data-protection-officer
2. Information on the personal data processed and the purposes of the processing
In the context of project work and final theses at HHU, the following personal data will be collected from you
- surname, first name
- matriculation number, course of study, current grade point average
- E-Mail address
will be processed for the following purposes:
- Contact purposes
- Legitimate registration of the work
- Planning & organization of project and thesis work
We obtain your personal data through their registration on the HHU website and form generator.
3. legal basis of the processing
Your personal data will be processed on the basis of the provisions of the DS-GVO and the State Data Protection Act and, if applicable, other relevant laws. This is done only for the purposes stated in section 2.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data for the purposes of contacting you, lawful registration of work and planning and organization of project and final work is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e. DS-GVO. The processing is carried out within the scope of fulfilling the tasks of the university in accordance with § 8 of the Higher Education Act of North Rhine-Westphalia, if necessary in connection with a special law, e.g. Higher Education Statistics Act, State Civil Servants Act, Staff Representation Act, Equal Opportunities Act, or the university's regulations.
4. transmission of personal data
As a matter of principle, we do not transfer your personal data, which is processed by HHU for the purposes mentioned in section 2, to third parties. However, we would like to point out that the IT departments or a service provider may have access in the context of care and maintenance work.
5. Duration of processing/data deletion
Personal data will be deleted 6 months after completion of the project/final work or as long as it is necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes according to section 2, for the fulfillment of contractual obligations or legally prescribed obligations. After that, these data will be deleted.
6. your rights as a data subject
As a data subject, you may assert the rights granted to you by the GDPR at any time:
- The right to information as to whether and which of your data is being processed (Art. 15 DS-GVO). The restrictions according to § 12 DSG NRW apply;
- the right to request that the data concerning you be corrected or completed (Art. 16 DS-GVO);
- the right to have the data concerning you deleted in accordance with Art. 17 DS-GVO. The restrictions according to § 10 DSG NRW apply;
- the right to demand restriction of the processing of the data in accordance with Art. 18 DS-GVO;
- the right to object to future processing of the data concerning you in accordance with Art. 21 DS-GVO;
- the right to revoke a given consent at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation (Art. 7 (3) DS-GVO).
You are welcome to contact marius.wehner@hhu.de if you wish to exercise any of your rights.
In addition to the aforementioned rights, you have the right to file a complaint with the supervisory authority (Art. 77 DS-GVO). The supervisory authority responsible for HHU is the
State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Kavalleriestrasse 2-4
40213 Düsseldorf
Phone: 0211 38424-0
E-mail: poststelle(at)ldi.nrw.de
However, we would be grateful if you would contact our data protection officer -before taking your concern to the supervisory authority. We will try to do justice to your concern.
7. Validity of this data protection notice
We reserve the right to amend this data protection notice in order to adapt it to changes in relevant laws or regulations or to better meet your needs. This data protection notice applies in the version last published by HHU.