Before you can register your thesis, the ZPA first checks whether you meet the admission requirements. This is done using the registration form provided here, which is then further completed by your examiner. When you start the registration process, you have exactly four months for the Bachelor thesis and six months for the Master thesis. You will also be informed by mail about the exact submission date.

• Receiver: Examination board computer science.
• Deadlines: None.
• Note: If you would like to use an RWTH logo for your cover page, the corporate design regulations apply and an application for logo use must be submitted. This can be found in the next dropdown ↓.

https://pa.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/application/register-thesis

Students are allowed to use the logo of the institution where they write their exam paper under certain conditions. In accordance with the corporate design of RWTH Aachen University, the logo of institutions is always used together with the RWTH logo. To use it, certain conditions must be met and an application must be submitted.

• Receiver: In the case of theses, the form must be submitted to the ZPA. In the case of other written work, the form must be submitted to the relevant chair/institute.
• Deadlines: The application can be submitted with the registration of the thesis at any time until the submission of the thesis at the latest.
• Note: It is recommended to submit the application together with the thesis registration.

Click here to go to the application.

The examination regulations provide for the possibility of deleting module grades if you complete your studies in the standard period of study. In this case, the grade of one or more modules is replaced by "passed" and is therefore not included in the calculation of the overall grade. However, the original grade is shown in a separate section. A total of up to 30 credits can be deleted. More detailed information on the scope and deletable modules can be found in the examination regulations. A module grade will only be cancelled upon request.

• Receiver: If possible, the application should be sent by email to the responsible administrator at the ZPA.
• Deadlines: The application must be submitted to the ZPA no later than one week after the result of your last examination has been registered.
• Note: Of course, you can also submit your application earlier. Please note, however, that the ZPA will still only implement the grade cancellation once your degree has been awarded and it has been determined that you have completed your studies in the standard period of study. Once a module grade has been cancelled, it cannot be reversed. Here you can also find an online tool for calculating grade cancellations, which was kindly provided by a student.

Click here to go to the application.

If you have already completed your thesis and colloquium, but no grade has been registered yet, you can apply for a pass certificate. This will help you if you want to enroll in a new program (for example, the Master's program), for which proof of graduation is required.

• Receiver: Depending on the purpose. For example, for a successful enrollment, the certificate must be sent to the responsible administrator of the ZPA.
• Deadlines: None.
• Note: A 4.0 certificate is not your final certificate. It merely confirms that both the final examination and the colloqium were passed with a grade of at least 4.0. It must be signed by the first and second examiner.

Click here for the certificate.

When submitting a thesis, it is also necessary to submit an statutory declaration in which you declare that you have completed it independently and without outside help.

• Receiver: To be enclosed with submission or to be included in the work.
• Deadlines: With submission of the thesis.

Click here to go to the statutory declaration for a thesis.

In individual cases, an extension of the processing time of a thesis is possible: for Bachelor's theses by a maximum of four weeks, for Master's theses by a maximum of six weeks. In this case, you must submit a justified request to the examination board, which will decide on this in consultation with your examiners. As soon as you have received the decision from the examination board, the new submission date will be entered in RWTHonline. You can view it there under "My achievements".

• Receiver: Examination board computer science.
• Deadlines:
• Note: Please note that a temporary illness is not a reason for an extension of the processing time. Chronically ill students as well as students with a disability can, however, be granted an extension of the processing time via a disadvantage compensation.

https://pa.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/application/extend-deadline-of-thesis

If you want to change the title of your thesis after registration, this is only possible with the approval of the examination board. As soon as the decision of the examination board has been received, the new title will be entered in RWTHonline, where you can view it under "My achievements".

• Receiver: Examination board computer science.
• Deadlines:
• Note: If the ZPA finds out after submission that the title printed on the cover sheet differs from the one printed on the application, the paper cannot be forwarded to your examiners. Either you submit a new cover sheet with the original title to the ZPA or you contact your examination board with a request for a change of title. Until the corresponding decision is received, the work remains at the ZPA.

https://pa.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/application/change-title-of-thesis