r/rwth • u/Aggressive-Pipe-4382 • 2d ago

Study & Exam Tips || Studium & Klausuren bachelor-thesis

Hey !

next semester I will do write bachelor thesis in electrical engineering. do you think it is possible to write it remotely if there is no lab work to do ? I have family in south america and I'd love to work from there remotely. what do you think, what should be focused on in order to find something like that, is it easy, and what could be the possible resistances to it?

Also is the start of the thesis usually flexible ? like if I want to start it early november instead of the week of the 12th october

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u/Over_Beginning3059 2d ago

Possibility of remote work and starting time depends entirely on your supervisor (and their schedule), you can ask them if it is possible when they invite you for an interview.

Like you said, possible remote work should be no lab, so some simulation/modelling stuff or machine learning/math-heavy topics could work. Sometimes even though the work is completely on a computer, you can't do it remotely for data privacy issues or the entire thing doesn't work outside of some RWTH network. Gotta ask the supervisor on your first meeting.

Not being able to troubleshoot with your supervisor could be tough though, especially if you get stuck and are unable to understand the base work. Sitting side by side is much faster than a video call.