Legal framework
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As the thesis is part of the programme of the student and as a consequence should be public, the examination board only deviates from the public nature of the thesis in rare cases.
Only if the whole thesis has to be confidential, the board has to give permission. In principle, confidentiality is given for a maximum period of two years. If a longer period is required, the period and its justification should be clearly stated in the motivation letter.
In case the request is granted, the student has to:
- write a summary of at least 3000 words;
- send both confidential and whole thesis to the EAO (BOZ);
- upload both confidential and whole thesis to the repository.
In the following cases the supervisor can decide on confidentiality and the examination board's permission is not required:
- If part of the thesis is confidential: this part can be added as a confidential annex; the whole thesis and confidential annex must both be registered in the repository.
- If the thesis can be anonymized; the whole thesis and anonymized thesis must both be registered in the repository.
Other conditions in both cases:
- the thesis still should be readable;
- it needs the approval of the supervisor.
Mandatory documents:
- motivation letter* explaining why a confidential annex or anonymized thesis is not possible
- a complete and detailed study progress overview (SVO/SPO) from Osiris
- a written confirmation of the examiner/supervisor
- if applicable: a written confirmation of the organisation or company where you execute the thesis assignment
* mandatory data in your letter:
- student name and last name
- student number
- programme you are enrolled in
- clear substantiation for your request
- articles applicable to your request
- name examiner(s)/supervisor(s)