In principle, the person must be habilitated or have a teaching qualification (venia docendi):

• Academic Staff of the Faculty of Humanities with teaching a qualification
• Persons who have completed their habilitation at the Faculty of Humanities, as well as emeritus and retired academic staff with teaching a qualification

 If necessary, the responsible dean of studies may also appoint persons who are not habilitated.

Announcing the subject of the master’s thesis
You have to announce the subject and supervisor of your master’s thesis to the dean of studies at the dean’s office of the Faculty of Humanities using this form before you start writing.

Changing the subject of the master’s thesis
You can change the subject of your thesis with the consent of your supervisor, but you must announce the change by again submitting an application form to the dean's office of the Faculty of Humanities.

Changing the supervisor of the master’s thesis
A change of supervisor is admissible until the master’s thesis is submitted, but must be announced to the dean's office of the Faculty of Humanities by again submitting an application form (including the confirmation notice on the agreement of the previous supervisor).

How do I submit the form?
Simply send the form by e-mail to gewi.anerkennung(at)uni-graz.at!

Your thesis is almost or already completed and you are only working out the kinks in the layout? Congratulations! Here, you will find all the guidelines you need to follow in terms of layout!

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Please note: For data protection reasons, a sworn statement must not be included in the thesis!
• This is what the title page of the master’s thesis (sample title page) should look like!
• ÖNorm excerpt (outer design)

ABSTRACTS

Before submitting the thesis, all students must prepare a short abstract in both German and English (max. 4,000 characters incl. spaces each), as well as in the original language of the thesis, when this is neither in German nor in English.

HOW DO I SUBMIT?

• Upload all abstracts and the thesis (in PDF/A format) in UNIGRAZonline via the app "My theses".
• Fill in all required fields (see "Processing status" in the app).
• Once both abstracts and the thesis are uploaded, click the "Submit Now” button. This automatically notifies your supervisor via e-mail that the abstracts are to be released.
• If your supervisor is not an employee of the University of Graz, please inform the examinations office / dean's office responsible immediately about the submission via e-mail.

If you need more help, you can find detailed instructions for submission here!

Your supervisor may additionally request a printout of your master's thesis. You must hand this printout directly to your supervisor.

TEMPORARY EXCLUSION OF USE

If the publication of your thesis would compromise important legal or economic interests, you can request a temporary exclusion of use for your thesis for a maximum of five years. During this period, your thesis will not be publicly available.

If this applies to you, fill out an application for temporary exclusion of use of the master's thesis and send it via e-mail to the examinations office/dean's office immediately after submitting the thesis in UNIGRAZonline.

PLAGIARISM CHECK

Once you have uploaded und submitted your thesis (in PDF/A format) in UNIGRAZonline, it will be subject to a plagiarism check after approval by your supervisor. You will be notified via e-mail as soon as the check report has been sent to the reviewer.

Once you have submitted your thesis successfully and received a positive grade for it, you can register for the master's examination before a committee.
Information and registration form for the master's examination before a committee

Between submission of the thesis and the exam: at least 4 weeks
The time between the submission of a thesis and the final degree examination and/or completion of studies must be no shorter than four weeks.

Between exüert report and examination: at least 2 weeks
If the degree programme is completed with a final degree examination, this examination can be taken two weeks at the earliest after the expert report(s) has been submitted to the dean's office.

How long can the evaluation of the thesis take?
According to the Excerpt of Statutes: Provisions under Study Law, the supervisor must assess the thesis within two months of its submission.