Our seminars are designed to introduce students to academic work, with a view to enhancing their skills in dealing with research and knowledge. The aim is to gain a deeper insight into how knowledge is generated, thereby raising awareness of the limits of our knowledge and the process of knowledge creation.
To this end, students produce a short seminar paper on a selected topic and present their findings to the group.
The current overarching topics for the seminars taking place in the winter and summer semesters can be found on this page. Please note that registration for a seminar takes place at the end of the preceding semester (see notes on this page).
Applications for the Bachelor’s/Master’s seminar in the summer semester of 2026 can be submitted from 12 January 2026 up to and including 19 January 2026. Please use the application forms for the Bachelor’s seminar and the Master’s seminar, which will be available on the department’s website during this period.
Announcement of acceptances: expected on 23 January 2026
Deadline for accepting offered places or withdrawing: by 26 January 2026
Kick-off meeting for the Bachelor’s/Master’s seminar: expected in the 1st or 2nd week of the semester
Important:
Bachelor's and Master's seminar places are allocated in a coordinated manner in the Information Systems (chairs of Prof. Gnewuch, Prof. Krämer, Prof. Widjaja, Prof. Gerlach). You will therefore not receive more than one offer for a seminar place. In order to maximise your chances of getting your preferred place, please only apply for exactly one seminar in the Information Systems per semester. If you are unable to get a place in your first-choice seminar but there are still places available in other seminars, we will offer you a place in another seminar without the need for a separate application. When allocating places in the Information Systems seminars, hardship cases (i.e. students for whom not being considered could extend their studies; this is particularly the case if you are studying for a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems and have at least 90 ECTS credits) will be considered separately and across all chairs. Therefore, multiple applications are not necessary here either, as these students are assigned to one of the seminars in any case.
Please note that the kick-off events for the seminars take place in the week in which the places are allocated (i.e. at the end of the previous semester in which the seminar takes place) or at the beginning of the new semester, and attendance is mandatory.
