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Department of Environmental Systems Science

Bachelor’s thesis (from hs 23).

The Bachelor's thesis is an independently written scientific work. This can be an empirical investigation, a literature study, a planning task or a practical project.

By writing a Bachelor's thesis (BA), the students learn to

- tackle a problem with scientific methods and concepts, - write a report according to scientific standards, - and to quote correctly from the literature.

• Together with the supervisor, the students determine the topic and the form of the BA.
• A BA in social sciences and humanities deals with a question at the interface between social and humanities studies as well as the environment and sustainability. Social and humanities methods of data collection, analysis and interpretation are used.
• A BA in natural sciences deals with a topic at the interface between natural sciences, environment and sustainability. Natural science methods of data collection, evaluation and interpretation are used.
• A BA in engineering deals with the environmental impacts of a human technical activity. It can be an analysis, an assessment or the future design of this activity.
• In inter- or transdisciplinary works , insights from different disciplines are brought together or social actors are included in the work.
• The BA is usually carried out in the third year of studies.
• The BA results in 10 CP. This corresponds to a workload of approx. 300 hours (approx. 7.5 weeks full-time).
• A maximum of 9 months (38 weeks) is available for completing the BA . The Download mandatory schedule (PDF, 325 KB) vertical_align_bottom should be designed for a maximum of 6 months, s o that a time buffer is planned for unforeseen events . If the BA is conducted in a high part-time or full-time capacity, the processing time is correspondingly shorter .
• Prerequisites for  starting the BA are the successful first year examination and at least 110 CP in the BSc degree programme Environmental Sciences. It is recommended to successfully complete examination blocks 1, 2 and 3 before starting the BA. Additionally, the specialisation must be entered in myStudies before registering for the Bachelor's thesis.
• In myStudies, the BA (701-0010-10) is taken as work.
• The start date is entered by the student. Further details such as the name and email of the supervisor and the title of the BA are also required
• When enrolling in the BA, a Download mandatory schedule (PDF, 325 KB) vertical_align_bottom must be uploaded. If the supervisor requires a research plan (1-2 A4 pages; in agreement with the supervisor), this document must also be uploaded in addition to the time schedule.
• Basically, all professors and lecturers involved in the teaching of the Environmental Sciences degree programme are authorized to supervise a BA.
• It is strongly recommended that the supervisor and the student fill out and sign the Download Agreement (PDF, 480 KB) vertical_align_bottom .
• No external supervisors are allowed.
• Responsibility for BA in social sciences and humanities can only be assumed by supervisors who teach in this field. The same applies to BA in natural sciences and technology.

Supervisor and coach:

• The supervisor has the official and formal responsibility for the BA. She/he is a professor or lecturer at D-USYS. A supervisor can be involved in the BA very closely or choose a coach for this purpose.
• A coach is a scientific staff member qualified in the field of BA. The coach conducts regular meetings with the student and supports her/him in the implementation and elaboration of the BA.

Within the BA, at least three supervision meetings take place with the supervisor or the coach, if the supervisor does not take over the supervision him-/herself.

• An initial meeting focuses on requirements, expectations of the supervisor, special standards if applicable, delimitation of the topic, time schedule and research plan, important literature.
• The meeting in the course of the work is to check whether the BA is on the "right track", whether the topic is being treated correctly, with suitable means and the appropriate level of detail and  if there are difficulties or uncertainties.
• The third meeting takes place after the BA has been handed in . It serves to give the student comprehensive feedback on the quality of the work in terms of content, form and on the work process (incl. grading).
• Students can submit a draft of the BA and receive qualified feedback.
• The supervisor ensures that regular supervision takes place during the BA.
• The BA is often structured conventionally : An introduction with question is followed by a methodological part, results, discussion, conclusion and list of literature. In consultation with the supervisor, however, alternative formats such as essay, literature review, technical report or script are also possible. The format of the BA should be determinded with the supervisor right at the beginning.
• The BA can also be carried out as a group work if the supervisor agrees.
• The BA can be written in a national language or in English in consultation with the supervisor.
• The latest possible submission date is calculated from the start date plus 38 weeks.
• The form in which the BA must be submitted (printed, bound, as PDF, etc.) is discussed with the supervisor.
• The signed Download Declaration of Originality (PDF, 183 KB) vertical_align_bottom is part of the BA.

A deadline extension is only possible in exceptional cases. The Director of Studies decides on requests in consultation with the supervisor.

The front page must contain the following information:

• Type of thesis (Bachelor's thesis)
• Name of the student
• Student ID no.
• Degree Programme Environmental Sciences
• Title of the Bachelor's thesis
• Supervisor, with the academic institution (group, institute)
• Coach, with the academic institution (only if available; does not give an evaluation)
• Date of submission (dd/mm/yyyy)
• Note "Confidential" (only if asked)

There are no restrictions on the design regarding order, image, logo (not ETH) etc.

Download Sample front page (PDF, 316 KB) vertical_align_bottom

Bachelor's thesis  external page Overleaf design template call_made

The submitted BA is graded by the supervisor according to the criteria listed below, which are usually equally weighted. The weight of criterion 5 may depend on the assignment.

• Contribution to answering the research question
• Originality of the work
• Practical relevance of the results (especially for theses in the technical field)
• Assertions and conclusions are backed up by facts and arguments.

2) Transparency/Reproduciblity

•   The data and statements used are substantiated by sources and reproduced in their own language or as verbatim quotations.
• Data collection and analysis are correct.
• Assured knowledge, facts and doctrines are separated from assumptions and own thoughts.
• It is evident which methods or theoretical foundations were used.  

3) Communicative quality  

• The BA is - in relation to the addressees - logically structured and written in an understandable way.
• The findings are clearly presented.
• There is a scientifically sound discussion.
• There is a meaningful summary.
• The layout is appealing.

4) Formal quality  

• The texts are written independently or marked as citations.
• The rules of citation are respected.
• Grammar, spelling and punctuation are correct.

5) Independence in the working process

• Did the student contribute his/her own ideas and creative thinking to the BA?
• Has feedback and criticism been implemented and processed constructively?
• The weight of criterion 5 depends on the assignment.

Unless otherwise agreed, the grade will be announced through myStudies no later than 4 weeks after submission of the thesis.

A non-passed BA can be repeated once. In case of a repetition, a new topic must be worked on with a different supervisor. Further information regarding the repetition of the BA is described in the Studienreglement (in German).

• Download Schedule (PDF, 325 KB) vertical_align_bottom and Download Declaration of Originality (PDF, 183 KB) vertical_align_bottom for the Bachelor's thesis
• "Ready for take-off: How to start your Bachelor's and Master's thesis”: Moodle-Link
• Information on the Bachelor's thesis is given in the Bachelor's seminar of the specialisation in the 5th semester.
• Phone phone +41 44 632 53 75

Study administration Universitätsstrasse 16 8092 Zürich Schweiz

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We recommend that you use our thesis template. It supplies most of the basic structure required for a thesis, includes a lot of comments about the packages used and should get you started very quickly. This template is mostly self-documenting; that is, the template text explains the template itself and some rules and guidelines.

You can download the template as a zip file .

To use it, proceed as follows:

• Unpack the zip; you should get a directory called thesis/ with the files in it. (If you used git, you shouldn't need this guide.)
• Open thesis.tex in your favourite TeX editor. (There's also a Makefile if you know what that is.)
• Read the template, both the typeset version and the source code (there are lots of comments).

This is a brief changelog, mainly intended for people already using the template since a certain version so they can "upgrade" the layout manually without losing their content. If you used the zip version, the thesis.tex (main file) will indicate the version you started from at the very top starting with v1.2. (If you used the git version, just pull from the 'layout' branch.)

v1.5 (April 8 2014): Declaration of Originality

You can change this manually by adding

to the used packages, the declaration of originality to the folder, and

to the thesis.tex file just before the

v1.4 (August 10, 2009): Coloured citation links

You can change this manually by changing

v1.3 (July 13, 2009): Overfull hboxes

You can fix this by opening layoutsetup.tex and changing the line p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }

This has no effect on the actual layout, but makes some "Overfull hbox" warnings go away. (There's also an unrelated Makefile change that you don't have to worry about.)

v1.2 (July 9, 2009): 'proof' environment in roman font

You can fix this manually by inserting the marked line near the end of theoremsetup.tex:

v1.1 (June 30, 2009): Load 'hyperref' last to avoid clashes with 'varioref'

You can fix this manually by moving

further down, at least after '\input{extrapackages}' (but the new version of the template just loads it last).

v1.0 (June 23, 2009): First release available on this website

Questions and feedback.

Please contact Asier Mujika and Miloš Trujić if you have any questions, feedback or corrections.

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Chair of Energy and Public Economics

Guidelines bachelor thesis and semester project.

• Location location_on ZUE E 14
• Phone phone +41 44 633 63 42

Energy and Public Economics Zürichbergstrasse 18 8092 Zürich Switzerland

Goal of Semester project and Bachelor thesis

The objective of a bachelor thesis or semester project is to provide a detailed analysis and discussion of an economic issue using microeconomic theory and empirical methods.

Requirements for Bachelor Thesis

The student should be familiar with the contents of the following courses (or courses with equivalent contents) :

• Principles of Microeconomics or Managerial Economics
• Energy Economics and Policy
• One lecture in 'Statistics' (not Stochastics)
• Two other lectures out of the field Environmental / Resource Economics  

Requirements for Semester Project

• Principles of Microeconomics
• One lecture 'Statistics' (not Stochastics) or Operations Research

Semester projects and Bachelor thesis can be written on the following topics:

• Energy economics and policy
• Public economics

Form and outline of the thesis

Semester project.

• Problem description and goal of the thesis
• Detailed microeconomic description of the problem
• Discussion of the relevant literature
• Policy implications

Outline: 15-20 pages (Font: Times New Roman, size 12, line spacing: 1.5, border: double-sided 3 cm)

Bachelor thesis

• Empirical analysis of the problem set

Outline: 30-40 pages (Font: Times New Roman, size 12, line spacing: 1.5, border: double-sided 3 cm)

A) Choice of the topic

The student has the possibility of making a proposal for your thesis (the topic should be in the field of the institute) or to choose a general topic from the topics given by the institute.

B) Preliminary advisement

The student should contact the institute for a preliminary advisement in order to finalize the topic and choose a thesis supervisor from the institute. The assigned person for preliminary advisement is  Dr. Suchita Srinivasan.

C) Proposal

After the preliminary advisement, the student will submit a short proposal. The final decision for the commencement of the thesis is based on this proposal. The proposal should be maximum two pages and must contain the following points:

• A description fo the problem/ research question
• Methodology
• A description of the data to be used (in case of empirical study)
• Bibliography
• Provisional table of contents

D) Start to write

As soon as the proposal has been accepted you can start writing the thesis.

E) Support and workplace

Semester project After the discussion of the proposal there is the possibility of having one meeting with your supervisor. After handing in the final report there will be a final discussion. Bachelor thesis After the discussion of the proposal there is the possibility of having one meeting with your supervisor. Furthermore you can hand in a draft of the final report in order to get a feedback from your supervisor. After handing in the final report there will be a final discussion.

F) Submitting the thesis

Two copies of your thesis must be handed in, duplex print and bound. In addition, the abstract of the thesis including your e-mail address (in pdf format) is needed for the CEPE website.

G) Evaluation

The following points will be assessed:

• Structure: Structure and outline should be consistent and logical.
• Content: The content must be correct and clear.
• Language: Accurate wording and correct grammar is assumed.
• Empirical analysis: The data collection and analysis must be performed in an accurate and transparent way.
• Literature: The relevant literature should be critically discussed and the references should be correctly cited.

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Computational Science and Engineering

 REMEMBER: each project for a Term, BSc-, or MSc-Thesis must be approved via this form .

A thesis project is usually supervised and graded by a lecturer in charge of teaching a Core Course or a course in a Field of Specialization, but any other lecturer of ETH Zurich, who is entitled to supervise master thesis in her or his own department is also eligible.  

The topic of a thesis project must be approved by the Director of Studies CSE. Approval can be requested via the form above and needs a brief description of the project. That description must convey that the following requirements are satisfied:

All projects in CSE must involve the application of core CSE techniques and must have a strong software implementation component. Algorithm development and implementation, numerical or discrete modeling, or simulations must constitute the main contribution of the student to the project.

If a thesis project is conducted at an institution or company outside ETH Zurich, an authorized lecturer of ETH Zurich must take responsibility as in-​house supervisor.  

Please also note the gen­eral pro­ced­ures for do­ing thesis pro­jects:

protected page Procedure for Semester/BSc/MSc-theses lock

All theses/projects end with a written report (including the declaration of originality) and with a presentation.

The Bachelor Thesis in CSE ends the BSc program and can be written not earlier than 5th semester, better in 6. semester of study. It should require about 420 hours and 14 ECTS are obtained. Both full time and part time work are allowed.

A Term Thesis in CSE should be computational and application oriented work in a team in order to deepen the knowledge in an application area. It should require about 160-240 hours and 8 ECTS are obtained for an accepted paper. The supervisor defines the tasks to be accomplished and establishes the dates of start and end of the work. A term theis is graded pass/fail. The Master Thesis takes 6 months, which is a strict deadline for its completion, and is supposed to be full-​time work. It concludes the CSE Master studies and should train students for independent work on a particular topic. 30 ECTS credits are awarded for an accepted thesis.

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Department of Computer Science

Bachelor's and master's theses.

Below is a list of the research groups of the department with hyperlinks to their available theses.

Institute for Computing Platforms

• Prof. G. Alonso, Information and Communication Systems Research Group
• Prof. A. Klimovic,  Efficient Architectures and Systems Lab
• Prof. T. Roscoe, Network and Operating Systems
• Prof. Ce Zhang, Data Sciences, Data Systems and Data Services

Institute for High Performance Computing Systems

• Prof. T. Hoefler, Scalable Parallel Computing Lab

Institute of Information Security

• Prof. D. Basin, Information Security Group
• Prof. S. Capkun, System Security Group
• Prof. K. Paterson, Applied Cryptography Group
• Prof. A. Perrig, Network Security Group
• Prof. S. Shinde,  Secure & Trustworthy Systems Group
• Prof. F. Tramèr,  external page The Secure and Private AI Lab call_made external page call_made

Institute for Intelligent Interactive Systems

• Prof. S. Coros, Computational Robotics Lab
• Prof. O. Hilliges, Advanced Interactive Technologies Lab
• Prof. C. Holz, external page Sensing, Interaction & Perception Lab call_made
• Prof. A. Wang,  external page Programming, Education, and Computer-Human Interaction Lab call_made

Institute for Machine Learning

• Prof. V. Boeva, Computational Genetics and Epigenetics of Cancer
• Prof. J. Buhmann, Information Science & Engineering
• Prof. N. He,  Optimization and Decision Intelligence Group
• Prof. T. Hofmann, Data Analytics Lab
• Prof. A. Krause, Learning & Adaptive Systems Group
• Prof. F. Perez-Cruz, external page Swiss Data Science Center call_made
• Prof. G. Rätsch, Biomedical Informatics Group
• Prof. M. Sachan, external page Mrinmaya's Lab call_made
• Prof. J. Vogt, Medical Data Science
• Prof. F. Yang,  Statistical Machine Learning Group

Institute for Programming Languages and Systems

• Prof. R. Jung,  Programming Language Foundations Lab
• Prof. P. Müller, Programming Methodology Group
• Prof. M. Püschel, Advanced Computing Lab
• Prof. Z. Su, Advanced Software Technologies Lab
• Prof. M. Vechev, Secure, Reliable and Intelligent Systems Lab

Institute of Theoretical Computer Science

• Prof. B. Gärtner, Theory of Combinatorial Algorithms
• Prof. D. Hofheinz, Foundations of Cryptography
• Prof. D. Komm,  Algorithms and Didactics Group
• Prof. R. Kyng,  Algorithms and Optimization Group
• Prof. U. Maurer, Information Security and Cryptography
• Prof. A. Steger, Combinatorial Structures and Algorithms
• Prof. D. Steurer, external page Computational Complexity, Optimisation and Estimation call_made
• Prof E. Welzl, Theory of Combinatorial Algorithms

Institute of Visual Computing

• Prof. M. Gross, Computer Graphics Laboratory
• Prof. M. Pollefeys, Computer Vision and Geometry Group
• Prof. O. Sorkine-Hornung, Interactive Geometry Lab
• Prof. R. Sumner, Game Technology Center
• Prof. S. Tang, Computer Vision and Learning Group
• Prof. M.  El-​Assady,  external page Interactive,Visualization & Intelligence Augmentation Lab call_made

Chair of Information Technology and Education

• Prof. J. Hromkovic, Information Technology and Education

Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory

• Prof. R. Wattenhofer,  Distributed Computing Group

Research Centers

• Dr. Fabio Zünd, Game Technology Center
• Dr. Fabio Zünd, Media Technology Center

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Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering

Student projects.

Focus Project

The Focus Project promotes project-oriented learning. Students develop a concept, design, calculate and build a product; working together in teams from the initial idea through to a fully-functioning prototype. They acquire the necessary knowledge either through individual study, attending courses, or discussion with their professor. Projects are generally carried out in conjunction with partners in industry.

Website Focus Roll-out

Bachelor's Thesis

Students work on their Bachelor's Thesis in the sixth semester, and complete it with a written report and a presentation. The thesis builds on the basic knowledge acquired during the Bachelor course and the Focus Specialization or Focus Project.

Master's Thesis

The Master's Thesis concludes the Master's studies. It should demonstrate the student’s competency in both independent and scientifically-structured activity. The subject of the thesis is either closely linked to the research activity of the professor / tutor, or covers a challenging theme in industry.

Contact in research

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Department of Earth Sciences

Bachelor's seminar and thesis.

Alongside the Bachelor's thesis students take part in the Bachelor's seminar during the fifth and sixth semester, in which students learn scientific writing and presentation.

• chevron_right Bachelor's seminar I and II
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Bachelor's seminar I and II

In the Bachelor's seminars I and II, students gain an insight into scientific work. Important aspects are efficient scientific research and the processing of scientific findings as well as their oral and written presentation. Special emphasis is placed on scientific ethics and correct scientific work.

In the Bachelor's seminar I, students learn important research skills, such as how to efficiently search scientific literature and present scientific research in orally and in writing.

The Bachelor's seminar I is major specific.

The Bachelor's seminar II is completed by students of both majors alongside the Bachelor's thesis. In the Bachelor's seminar II, students apply what they have learned in writing their Bachelor's proposal and Bachelor's poster. The highlight of the second seminar is the Bachelor's posterfair, where students present their Bachelor's poster. 651-3698-01L Bachelor's seminar II

Bachelor's thesis

The Bachelor's thesis is the final project of the Bachelor's programme. It is carried out in parallel with the Bachelor's seminar II. The Bachelor's thesis consists of:

• Literature study, approximately two weeks
• Practical work, approximately three weeks (laboratory, fieldwork, etc.)
• Written Bachelor's thesis, approximately three weeks

The Bachelor's thesis is written in the area of the chosen major. Students can either propose a topic or choose a project from the list of topics within their major. A clear outline of the project is essential. The Bachelor's thesis can also be carried out in collaboration with industry or a geological office. The students organise the collaboration in industry independently.

Bachelor's Thesis topics

The Bachelor's thesis is supervised by two persons:

• one main supervisor
• one co-examiner

At least one person must be a lecturer of the Department of Earth Sciences or the Institute for Atmosphere and Climate. Both supervisors may belong to the same research group.

The supervisors follows the progress of the thesis with regular meetings and supports the student in writing the Bachelor's thesis.

The Bachelor's thesis is carried out independently by the students. The writing of the text is the responsibility of the student. It is important that supervisors and student outline the project in detail at the beginning and that there is a common understanding of the methods and the expected results. The supervisors provides the infrastructure needed such as samples, instruments and/or data series, which must be in place at the beginning of the work. All parties involved are familiar with the scope of work, time and deadline defined in the Bachelor's proposal.

Both Bachelor's seminar II and Bachelor's thesis must be registered in the same semester.

• Provisional registration of the Bachelor's thesis (651-3698-00) in myStudies by mid-March (“project/paper/theses”) incl. indication of the main supervisor and co-examiner.
• The Bachelor's proposal must be uploaded in myStudies by mid-April , the Bachelor's thesis is considered as definitely registered only after the confirmation of the main supervisor in eDoz .

The students write their Bachelor's proposal for the Bachelor's thesis in the Bachelor's seminar II.

• Discuss and correct the Bachelor's proposal together with the main supervisor and the co-examiner.
• Upload the accepted Bachelor's proposal to myStudies as assignment.
• By confirming the registration for the Bachelor's thesis in eDoz the main supervisor accepts the Bachelor's proposal.
• The Bachelor's proposal has to be sent as a PDF to the lecturers of the Bachelor's seminar for grading.

Refer to the Download guidelines for writing a Bachelor's proposal (PDF, 121 KB) vertical_align_bottom for more information (only available in German).

The Bachelor's poster is prepared in the Bachelor's seminar II. The students design a scientific poster for their Bachelor's thesis, which is presented and graded at the Bachelor's posterfair (end of spring semester, the exact time is communicated in the Bachelor's seminar II).

Bachelor's poster

In order to design the Bachelor's poster, students can download the ETH scientific poster templates and the D-ERDW logo. Please refer to the ETH logo guidelines if you choose to use another poster template.

• chevron_right ETH templates: scientific poster
• protected page lock D-ERDW logo (ZIP archive)  (ZIP, 189 KB)

The outline of a Bachelor's thesis consists of the three main parts:

• Introduction

The formatting of the Bachelor's thesis is as follows:

• Length: recommended between 4,500 - 12,000 words (excluding appendices).
• Paper size: A4, min. 80 g/m2
• Font: Times New Roman
• Font size: 11pt or 12pt
• Paragraph justification
• Line spacing: 1.5
• Margins: inside 3 cm, outside 2 cm, top and bottom 3 cm each
• Binding: ring or adhesive binding

For details please refer to the Download guidelines for writing a Bachelor's thesis (PDF, 128 KB) vertical_align_bottom (only available in German).

The Bachelor's thesis must be submitted to all supervisors in time (printed or in electronic form as a PDF by arrangement).

Deadline: 30 June Late submission will result in a fail according to the Ordinance on Course Units and Performance Assessments at ETH Zurich Art. 11.

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LaTeX template for a PhD thesis at ETH Zurich.

• Based on ClassicThesis by André Miede.
• Some ideas from Patrick Pletscher (title page, chapter folders).
• Adapted to A5 paperback size.
• Install TeXLive or MacTeX .
• Clone this repository.
• Run make from the top level directory to compile.

See cover/README.md for instructions on how to create a soft cover.

See my PhD thesis for a complete example: High-resolution Kelvin probe force microscopy of active nanoelectronic devices .

GPLv2 inherited from ClassicThesis .

© 2017 Tino Wagner

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ETH Zürich IDSC Thesis Template

Thesis template for Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control (IDSC) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich. (Downloaded 10 May 2016)

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