B.Sc. and M.Sc. Thesis Projects

We have a wide range of opportunities for  B.Sc. and M.Sc. thesis projects. Check here for a selected list, or feel free to propose your own topic of interest.

Courses in Summer Term 2025

Bachelor

B13 Lecture Climatology II [140712]
[09.04.2025 - 16.07.2025 | 08:00 - 10:00 | weekly | Wed.]

B13 Climatology Practical Course A [140710]
[10.04.2025 - 17.07.2025 | 16:00 - 18:00 | weekly | Thu.]

B13 Climatology Practical Course B [140711]
[10.04.2025 - 17.07.2025 | 14:00 - 16:00 | weekly | Thu.]

B13 Seminar Physical Geography: Climtology and Climate Change [140716]
[10.04.2025 - 17.07.2025 | 10:00 - 12:00 | weekly | Thu.]

B20 Advanced Methods in Applied Ecophysiology [140713]
[Block 21.07.2025 - 25.07.2025]

Master

M3 Practical Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange [140714]
[07.04.2025 - 14.07.2025 | 10:00 - 12:00 | weekly | Mon.]

M3 Seminar Climate Change [140715]
[08.04.2025 - 15.07.2025 | 16:00 - 18:00 | weekly | Tue.]


Courses in Winter Term 2024/2025

Bachelor

B13 Lecture Climatology [148739]
[09.10.2024 - 29.01.2025 | 08:00 - 10:00 | weekly | Wed.]

B13 Practical Course in Climatology [148740]
[08.10.2024 - 28.01.2025 | 12:00 - 14:00 | weekly | Tue.]

B24 Study Project Biosphere-Atmosphere Interaction [148736]
[n. V.]

Master

M3 Lecture Environmental Meteorology [148741]
[07.10.2024 - 27.01.2025 | 08:00 - 10:00 | weekly | Mon.]

M3 Practical Environmental Meteorology Measurement Techniques [148742]
[07.10.2024 - 27.01.2025 | 10:00 - 12:00 | weekly | Mon.]


Detailed information on individual courses: Electronic course catalog

Information about the courses of study: General pages of the University of Münster

News about exams, excursions, study projects, etc.:  ILÖK-"Studieren" or website of the front office

Completed Thesis Projects (BSc and MSc)

2024

  • Evaluation of drought definitions in scientific publications with the help of automated information retrieval (Jonathan Mattis Wisser, BSc Geoinformatics, University of Münster)
  • Understanding the cooling effect of peatland ecosystems through measured energy fluxes (Vincent Flemming, BSc Landscape Ecology, University of Münster)
  • Link between climate stress, tree physiology and herbivores in urban environments (Tjara Horstmann, BSc Landscape Ecology, University of Münster)
  • Tracking peatland vegetation phenology using digital repeat photography (Anna Böttger, BSc Landscape Ecology, University of Münster)
  • Untersuchung der Erweiterbarkeit der Webapplikation Ember-sim zur Simulation einer Brandausbreitung (Gustav von Arnim, BSc Geoinformatics, University of Münster)

2023

  • Assessment of structural and topographic influences on greenhouse gas flux observations using a footprint model and LIDAR measurements in a peatland ecosystem (Visweshwar Arulmozhi Nambi, MSc Geoinformatics, University of Münster)
  • Trace elements in urban vegetation: case of the city of Münster (Mika Radtke, BSc Landscape Ecology, University of Münster)
  • Sediment metals concentration in urban rivers: case of the city of Münster (Frederike Kunz, BSc Landscape Ecology, University of Münster)
  • Analysis of single and compound climate extreme events in a temperate grassland in Switzerland (Jessica Gross, BSc Landscape Ecology, University of Münster)
  • Assessing changes in volatility of maximum air temperature in Germany between 1971-2022 (Elisa Jordan, BSc Landscape Ecology, University of Münster)
    Jordan E, Shekhar A, Gharun M (2024) Assessing the volatility of daily maximum temperature across Germany between 1990 and 2022. Atmosphere 15(7), 838. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15070838

2022

  • Measuring dissolved gases in-situ in tree xylem sap (Capucine Marion, MSc in Environmental Sciences, ETH Zürich and Eawag)
    Marion C, Gharun M, Brennwald MS, Kipfer R (2024) In situ measurements of dissolved gases in xylem sap as tracers in plant physiology, Tree Physiology, tpae062, https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpae062