Timetable

From autumn semester 2024, the Master's thesis can be started every month. The booking period is therefore in the respective month and the start date falls on the first day of that month.

If the Master Thesis is started in January the Module can not be booked in the booking tool. Therefore, students starting in January have to contact the Teaching Support Team (teaching-support@geo.uzh.ch) by E-mail with the subject "Master Thesis Enrollment January". The module will then be booked manually.

Example for the Start and Booking Period:

Modul ID to book in the Student Portal:

*A 60 ECTS credits thesis is meant to be more research oriented than a 30 ECTS credits thesis and is recommended for students willing to publish a scientific paper based on their thesis. Furthermore, it is a good option for students who consider doing a PhD after their master studies.

The minimum duration of the 30 ECTS Master's thesis is 6 months and the maximum 12 months and for the 60 ECTS Master's Thesis minimum 12 months and maximum 18 months. The Master's thesis can be submitted at any time between these months. The Master's exams take place four times a year. In order to take part in the next Master's exam, the Master's thesis must be submitted latest of Friday 4 weeks before the exam. If the Master's thesis is submitted later, students must wait for the next exam date.

Attention: The latest submission in the second column of the timetable refers to the last date on which you can submit in order to participate in the corresponding exam period, and NOT to the latest possible submission of the Master's thesis. This is always 12/18 months after the start of the Master's thesis. 

^{1) Submission of Master's  Thesis via GEO Lean Gate.
2) Registrations via Student Portal. Latest registration: Monday four weeks before the final examination week.
3) Latest deregistration: Friday two weeks before the final examination week.
4) Three weeks after Master's Exam
5) Request for final degree over this form, at least two weeks before the validation by the Committee for Student Affairs. To guarantee the validation at the mentioned month, the submission must take place latest on Monday two weeks before the deadline of the Faculty of Science that the Student Coordinator of GIUZ can check the submission before it goes to the Faculty of Science.} 

As long as the application is submitted in week 7 resp. week 37, the degree can still be processed for fall semester resp. spring semester.

For the participation at the Master's Exam period at the end of September, the Master's Thesis can be submitted until end of August (Friday four weeks before the examination week), if the maximum period of 365 is not exceeded before.

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