BTU overview
Faculty 5
Chair of Decarbonization and Transformation of Industry Prof. Dr. rer. pol. habil. Roh Pin Lee

For general information about academic work at BTU, please refer to: https://www.b-tu.de/en/students/admissions-registrars-office/examinations/academic-work.

Orientation for scope and formatting of Bachelor and Master Theses at the Chair of Decarbonization & Transformation of Industry (DTI):

1. Scope (excluding content page, tables, figures, references and appendixes)

  • Bachelor Thesis: minimum 9,000 words – maximum 10,000 words
  • Master Thesis: minimum 12,000 words – maximum 14,000 words

Note: Please include a content page and a short abstract of maximum 250 words.

2. Language (American English)

3. Formatting

  • Text (Calibri 11 pt)
  • Margins: 2.5cm margins (all around)
  • Line Spacing: 1.5
  • Start the first line of each new paragraph with a special indentation at 1.25 cm.
  • Header (1.25cm from top): Title of Thesis / Name
  • Footer (1.25cm from bottom): Page number (centered)
  • Text: Justified
  • Headings & Subheadings: 
    • Level 1 headings: 1., 2., 3., …
    • Level 2 headings: 1.1., 1.2, 1.3., …
    • Level 3 headings: 1.1.1., 1.1.2., 1.1.3., ….
  • Figures & Tables:
    • Default format from MS WORD
    • All figures and tables are referred to/introduced in the text and numbered consecutively

4. References:

  • Reference Management System: Zotero
  • Bachelor Thesis: At least 20 scientific sources as references
  • Master Thesis: At least 30 scientific sources as references

5. Citation style: APA  

6. Declaration:

This declaration applies to homework, essays/reports, and final assignments (Bachelor, Master, and Diplom theses) and must be included on the front page of any homework, essays/reports, and final assignments.

Declaration

The author(s) declare(s) that he/she/they has/have written the thesis at hand independently, without outside help and without the use of any other but the listed sources. Thoughts taken directly or indirectly from external sources (including electronic and AI sources) are marked accordingly without exception. Sources used verbatim and contextual were quoted according to the recognized rules for scientific working. This article has not been submitted in the same or similar form, not even partially, within the scope of a different examination. Thus far, it has also not been publicized yet. I herewith agree that the thesis will be examined for plagiarism and third-party generated content with the help of corresponding detection services

Place, Date                Signature of the author(s)

7. Acknowledgement:

    • Of any funding received
    • Of any third-party support in preparing/improving the thesis