Thesis submission options
last change: 07.04.2025
General information
Theses can be submitted in printed or electronic form in accordance with the applicable regulations. They can always be submitted around the clock, on the last day of submission by 23:59 at the latest.
Submission of electronic version
- [Only possible until 14 April 2025] > Instead of submitting the bound copies, it is possible to submit an electronic version via a university e-mail account to the relevant ZPS administration department and the assessors (in one e-mail). Here you will find further information on the requirements and instructions on the risks, which you must also take note of as part of the application for admission to the thesis/thesis.
- Instead of submitting the bound copies, it is possible to submit an electronic version by uploading it to PAUL. The ZPS administrative office will check the submission and inform the assessors. Here you will find further information on the requirements, which you must also have taken note of as part of the application for admission to the thesis/study work. => see https://digital.ub.uni-paderborn.de/urn/urn:nbn:de:hbz:466:2-44548 and https://katalog.ub.uni-paderborn.de/local/r/99375481692306441
Submission of bound thesis (for regulations see relevant examination regulations)
- Submission by post. The postmark is decisive for the submission date.
- It is also possible to hand in your thesis at the Central Examination Office, but only during office hours. Please do not drop your thesis in the letterboxes outside the offices of the Central Examination Office, but use the Service Centre or the gate outside office hours (in an envelope addressed to the Central Examination Office).
Important note
The other information and regulations in the respective application for admission and letter of admission to the final thesis and the corresponding examination regulations naturally also apply. Only the ZPS confirms the timely receipt of theses by entering the submission date in PAUL under "My examinations" (= "Submitted on:" + date of submission).
A valid enrolment status in the relevant degree programme ("enrolled" or "on leave of absence with authorisation to take examinations") must be available when submitting the thesis and, if applicable, when completing further final examinations!
Submission modalities for theses in a degree programme of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics
last change: 17.02.2023
If the result is code or a programme or similar, this should not be sent in the e-mail, but separately to the examiners (after consultation with them).
The information in the table below only applies if the submission is made in the normal form in accordance with the examination regulations, i.e. not in the case of electronic submission in accordance with the regulations by university e-mail...
| Course of study | Number of printed copies... | ... and electronic version |
| Computer Engineering Bachelor | 2 | yes, to the first examiner ("Cc" to ZPS-Processing) via e-mail or physical medium (USB stick, etc., please enclose in a small envelope with the printed copies) |
| Computer Engineering Master | 2 | yes, to the first examiner ("Cc" to ZPS Processing) by e-mail or physical medium (USB stick, etc., please enclose in a small envelope with the printed copies) |
| Electrical Systems Engineering Master | 2 | yes, to the first examiner ("Cc" to ZPS-Sachbearbeitung) by e-mail or physical medium (USB stick, etc., please enclose in a small envelope with the printed copies) |
| Electrical Engineering Bachelor | 2 | no |
| Electrical Engineering Master | 2 | no |
| Computer Science Bachelor | 2 | yes, to first referee ("Cc" to ZPS processing) by e-mail or physical medium (USB stick, etc., please enclose in a small envelope with the printed copies) |
| Computer Science Master | 2 | yes, to the first examiner ("Cc" to ZPS Processing) by e-mail or physical medium (USB stick, etc., please enclose in a small envelope with the printed copies) |
| Mathematics Bachelor | 2 | POs from 2020: yes, to first examiner by e-mail or physical medium (USB stick, etc.) |
| Mathematics Master | 2 | POs from 2020: yes, to first examiner by e-mail or physical medium (USB stick, etc.) |
| Technomathematics Bachelor | 2 | POs from 2020: yes, to first examiner by e-mail or physical medium (USB stick, etc.) |
| Technomathematics Master | 2 | POs from 2020: yes, to first examiner by e-mail or physical medium (USB stick, etc.) |