Registration
Administrative registration
If you are a Master’s degree student following the prescribed study programme, you are automatically registered for your Master’s thesis at the fourth semester of your degree programme.
The registration takes place at this point in time, as this gives you the possibility to carry through three exam attempts in your master’s thesis within your maximum duration of studies.
If your maximum duration of studies is extended or shortened, your (automatic) registration will depend on your maximum duration of studies.
It is also possible to register for the Master's thesis in the 3rd semester. It is a prerequisite that you have passed 60 ECTS credits before starting your Master's thesis. This means that you must have passed 60 ECTS by September 1st, if you wish to write your Master's thesis in an autumn semester, and you must have passed 60 ECTS by February 1st, if you wish to write in a spring semester. If you wish to write your Master's thesis on your 3rd semester, please send an email to: kandidat.bss@au.dk.
Choice of topic
Find inspiration for your choise of topic at AU Library, where you can search for publicly available Master's thesis. Go to AU Library where you can search by author, title, subject and supervisor.
List of supervisors
List of available ECON supervisors and suggested topics.
If you experience difficulty finding a supervisor, please contact the Department of Economics and Business Economics by writing to: studadm@econ.au.dk.
Registration
You must fill out an online registration form with topic and suggested supervisor here on the study portal.
Please note that as a rule, it is not possible to apply for a change of specialisation, when a topic for the master’s thesis has been registered. Applications for exemption to change specialisation must therefore be received before the registration deadline.
If you want to write your thesis in a group, only one group member must register in the form and make sure to add the other group member.
Deadlines for filling out the registration form is at noon on 1 December (for Spring) and 1 June (for Fall), respectively.
The registration form will be made available via the link 1 May/1 October: Registration form
Approval of preliminary title and thesis statement
Your supervisor must formally approve of your preliminary title and thesis statement. This means that immediately before you begin writing your Master’s thesis, you will be asked to upload your preliminary title and thesis statement to WISEflow, where it will await formal approval from your supervisor. You can find the relevant deadline in the table under 'Deadlines'.
It is perfectly acceptable for the preliminary title and thesis statement to be identical to the description you submitted via the online form in connection with your request for / choice of supervisor, and you may change your title and thesis statement in collaboration with your supervisor on an ongoing basis while writing your Master’s thesis.
Do you wish to write your thesis as part of a group?
If you wish to write your thesis as part of a group, you should be aware of the rule that during your master's programme, you are required to submit at least one major written assignment as an individual written assignment. Both the Master’s thesis as well as the project courses (P) are considered major written assignments. Hence, you can only write your thesis as part of a group if you have submitted or plan to submit an individual written assignment in connection with your project course (P).
For further information, please refer to section 3.6 in your academic regulations.
Students with specialisation in Public Policy
Students with the Public Policy specialization are required to apply for a main supervisor from the Department of Economics and Business Economics and a co-supervisor from the Department of Political Science. Please send an e-mail to Department of Economics and Business Economics at studadm@econ.au.dk with the name of your preferred co-supervisor the same day you fill in the registration form with the name of your preferred main supervisor.
