Theses, Project Studies & IDPs
We welcome students to engage in state-of-the-art research projects.
For this, we supervise Bachelor and Master theses, Project Studies, and Interdisciplinary Projects (IDPs). Below you can find a list of offered topics. You can also suggest a topic of your own (areas can include but are not limited to: transportation logistics, inventory management, warehouse management, retail, supply chain management, procurement and sourcing, lot sizing or production systems).
Please consider the information below regarding the application process.
Note that since we have a high load of ongoing theses, among future applications we will favor students who have already conducted their project study at our chair.
Resilient and Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- TBA
Supply Chain Inventory Management
Digital Logistics and Transportation Optimization
- Large Language Models as Decision Support Tools for Real-World Vehicle Routing Problems (advisor: Nicolas Kuttruff)
- Location Intelligence & Economic Analysis in Drone Delivery Operations (Advisor: TBA)
Data Science, Optimization and Reinforcement Learning in Logistics
- Digital Service Transformation for Dealers and OEMs (advisor: tbd)
Application
If you are interested in doing your Bachelor (Master)’s Thesis at our group, then please send an e-mail (in English) to logtheses.log@mgt.tum.de with the following information:
- CV
- Current Transcript of records
- Topic of Interest & Preferred starting time
- Application form (only for Master thesis applications)
Do you like to suggest a topic of your own? Please also include:
- Description of the topic
If you do not find a particular topic to apply to, please contact us for a list of further topics with application documents, specifying the field of research you are interested in: Mobility, transportation logistics, inventory management, warehouse management, retail, supply chain management, procurement and sourcing, lot sizing or production systems.
Please note: Since we have a high load of ongoing theses, among future applications we will favor those students who have passed more courses at our chair.
How to prepare a scientific manuscript?
Seminar papers as well as bachelor/master's thesis and project studies vary in length and depth. However, they share same requirements and standards with regard to format and style. We therefore summarized good practice for you in our:
Latex template (You can also copy the Overleaf project from this link to your own project board)
How to submit your Thesis or Project Study?
Hard copy submission:
- From April 13th, 2026 no hard copy submissions required.
Electronic submission:
- Collect all relevant data, model and the thesis as PDF in a ZIP folder and upload it to the Moodle module.
- (Thesis submission only) On the day of the submission deadline, you must submit the thesis to Koinon Portal by 23:59 pm at the latest. Of course, you are allowed to submit the thesis before the deadline. The following documents should be added to the submission:
- Signature to the page Declaration of Authorship.
- Fill out and add Declaration on Use of AI.
Filled form Permission to View My Final Thesis.