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. For more infos on writing your thesis with us, please download the document below.

Thesis

Courses in Summer Term 2026

Bachelor

B13 Lecture Ecophysiology  [144844]
[15.04.2026 - 22.07.2026 | 08:00 - 10:00 | weekly | Wed.]

B13 Climatology Practical Course A [144810]
[16.04.2026 - 23.07.2026 | 16:00 - 18:00 | weekly | Thu.]

B13 Climatology Practical Course B [144811]
[16.04.2026 - 23.07.2026 | 14:00 - 16:00 | weekly | Thu.]

B13 Seminar Physical Geography: Climatology and Climate Change [144857]
[16.04.2026 - 23.07.2026 | 10:00 - 12:00 | weekly | Thu.]

B20 Ecologial Modeling [144858]
[Block 20.07.2026 - 24.07.2026]

Master

M3 Practical Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange [144830]
[13.04.2026 - 20.07.2026 | 10:00 - 12:00 | weekly | Mon.]

M3 Seminar Climate Change [144831]
[14.04.2026 - 21.07.2026 | 16:00 - 18:00 | weekly | Tue.]


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.]


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)

2026

  • Entwicklung und Ausgestaltung des arktischen Kreuzfahrttourismus am Beispiel Grönlands (Lynn Steffen, BSc Geography, University of Münster)
  • Detection of Artisanal Small-Scale Mining(ASM) Using Segmentation-Based Deep Learning and Sentinel 2 Imagery in Madre de Dios, Peru (Augustine Ofobi Aborah, MSc Geospatial Technologies)
  • Spatiotemporal Deep Learning for detecting illegal deforestation using Sentinel 1 and 2 Imagery and context-aware modelling (Thomas Liyajabale Waliba, MSc Geospatial Technologies) 
  • Klimaangst im Klassenzimmer: Wie Jugendliche den Klimawandel emotional erleben und wie Schule darauf reagieren kann (Inga-Carola Koßmann, BSc Geography and Mathematics, University of Münster)

2025

  • The Effect of Lamb Weather Types on Storm Surges on the Irish Coast (Emma Hermes, BSc in Geography and English, University of Münster)
  • Polare Meere im Stress: Über die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf marine Ökosysteme und die Darstellung der Problematik in Schulbüchern (Finn Wehmeyer, BSc in Geography and Biology, University of Münster)
  • CO2, CH4 and N2O Fluxes of a Drained Peatland: Comparison of Eddy Covariance and Soil Chamber Measurements and Analysis of Potential Drivers (Robin Achtstetter, MSc in Landscape Ecology, University of Münster)
  • Long-term observations of tropospheric ozone in a subalpine Norway spruce forest (Lisa Johanna Voigt, BSc in Landscape Ecology, University of Münster)
  • 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)
  • Lufthygiene in NRW: Analyse von Langzeittrends und des Einflusses eines temporären Lockdowns im Straßenverkehr während der COVID-19-Pandemie (Annett L. Kornhaas-Moser, BSc Geographie, Universität Münster)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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