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 Winter Term 2025/2026
Bachelor
B13 Lecture Climatology [142672]
[15.10.2025 - 04.02.2025 | 08:00 - 10:00 | weekly | Wed.]
B13 Practical Course in Climatology [142668]
[14.10.2025 - 03.02.2026 | 12:00 - 14:00 | weekly | Tue.]
B13 Seminar Ökoklimatologie [142747]
[14.10.2025 - 03.02.2026 | 10:00 - 12:00 | weekly | Tue.]
B24 Study Project Biosphere-Atmosphere Interaction [142693]
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Master
M3 Lecture Environmental Meteorology [142745]
[20.10.2025 - 02.02.2026 | 10:00 - 12:00 | weekly | Mon.]
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.]
Detailed information on individual courses: Electronic course catalog
Information about the courses of study: General pages of the University of Münster
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Completed Thesis Projects (BSc and MSc)
2025
- Soil CO2 fluxes in tropical agroecosystems: A comparative study of land use and measurement techniques in Uganda (Paula Emily Böhler, BSc in Geography and Political Sciences, University of Münster)
- Mehr Plastik als Muscheln? Eine Literaturbasierte Analyse von Clean-up-Daten zur Zusammensetzung und Verbreitung von Plastikmüll an Europas Küsten (Fiona Uhlenbrock, BSc Geography and Physics, University of Münster)
- Development of a wildfire risk prediction system based on deep learning methods and remote sensing (Jhony Alexander Sanchez Vargas, MSc in Geospatial Technologies, University of Münster)
- Review of methods to assess peatland vegetation (Justus Engelmann, BSc in Landscape Ecology, University of Münster)
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Air Quality in NRW: Analysis of Long-Term Trends and the Impact of a Temporary Lockdown in Road Traffic during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Annett L. Kornhaas-Moser, BSc Geography, University of Münster)
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Schule als Ort der Klimaanpassung? Eine empirische Befragung von Geographielehrkräften zur Bedeutung von Schulen in der Umsetzung deutscher Klimaanpassungsstrategien (Marie Christ, Zwei-Fach-Bachelor Geographie und Anglistik, Universität Münster)
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Belowground carbon storage in peatland ecosystems: Quantification of root biomass and root-bound carbon in Amtsvenn and Oppenweher Moor using ingrowth core method (Maike Abbenhaus, BSc in Landscape Ecology)
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Spatial modeling of local-scale biogenic CO2 emissions of a midsize German city: Münster (Guangyu Wang, MSc in Geospatial Technologies)
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