Universities
Theses from real projects.
We offer bachelor’s and master’s theses on questions from our day-to-day work – on AI (artificial intelligence), software, design, SEO/GEO marketing and research and development. Students work on a real question; chairs gain a partner from practice who provides hands-on guidance.
Open topics
Currently open.
Each posting describes the research question, tasks and conditions. Your own ideas within the topic are welcome.
Bachelor's or master's thesis: 3D models from pattern files for a product configurator (m/f/d)
Build a tool in your thesis that turns SVG pattern files into a 3D model for the browser – including custom text and logos.
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Bachelor's or master's thesis: document AI for invoices (m/f/d)
Delivery notes, invoices, waybills: use your thesis to find out how reliably AI can read business documents – and where it reaches its limits.
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Bachelor's or master's thesis: GEO and AI search (m/f/d)
When do ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews mention a website? Use your thesis to develop a method that makes GEO measurable.
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Bachelor's or master's thesis: AI agents for customer inquiries (m/f/d)
Research in your thesis how AI agents pre-sort customer inquiries and when a human has to decide – close to real vona client projects.
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Bachelor's or master's thesis: local language models (m/f/d)
Use your thesis to compare local language models such as Llama via Ollama with cloud models – on quality, cost and data protection for mid-sized firms.
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Bachelor's or master's thesis: web performance & accessibility (m/f/d)
Use your thesis to find out how the load time and accessibility of real websites can be measurably improved – 100% remote.
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Process
How a thesis works with us.
01
Find a topic
From a posting or from your own idea. In a first conversation we clarify the question, scope and what your study regulations require.
02
Agree with your chair
Academic supervision and grading remain with your university. We shape the topic with you so that it fits the chair’s requirements.
03
Work on it
At vona, a dedicated contact person guides you on the subject matter, with regular check-ins. You get access to the tools you need for your experiments and work hybrid – in Leipzig and from home.
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Finish
You submit the thesis to your university, which grades it. The duration follows your study regulations and you plan your hours around your semester; data from client projects is anonymised.
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Practical topics for your students.
We are an AI and software agency from Leipzig working for SMEs, trades and startups. The topics of our postings come from these projects and from our own products.
Topics with real background
Every posting builds on our practice – client projects or our own products, with an open research question rather than a constructed exercise.
Clear roles
Academic supervision stays with the chair. We provide hands-on guidance, data and tools, and meet regularly with the students.
Feel free to share
You are welcome to share our postings on job boards, career portals and in courses. If a topic fits your focus, we are happy to develop it further together.
University directory
Universities at a glance.
Thinking about studying computer science, media, design or business, for example? Here you will find universities with their main areas and a link to their official website. This overview is meant for orientation; being listed does not mean a cooperation with vona.
Chemnitz
Technische Universität Chemnitz
TU Chemnitz is a technically oriented university with faculties including computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, economics and business, and the humanities and social sciences. Its Faculty of Computer Science covers software engineering, web and distributed systems, media informatics and artificial intelligence, and information systems is represented by a professorship for business analytics.
Website ↗Dresden
Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden (HTW Dresden)
HTW Dresden is a state university of applied sciences with faculties including Computer Science/Mathematics, Business, Design, Engineering and Geoinformation. In computing, its programmes include Computer Science, Media Informatics, Business and Public Administration Informatics and an Applied Computer Science master's, and its research covers artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, visualisation and digital services, among other areas.
Website ↗Dresden
Technische Universität Dresden
TU Dresden is a large comprehensive technical university whose faculties range from engineering and natural sciences to medicine, the humanities, social sciences and economics. Its Faculty of Computer Science works on software engineering, human-computer interaction and visualisation, among other fields, and the ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig centre does research in data science and artificial intelligence.
Website ↗Freiberg
Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
TU Bergakademie Freiberg is a technical university in Saxony, founded in 1765, that concentrates on geosciences, raw materials, materials science, energy and the environment. Alongside engineering and the natural sciences, it has a Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science and a Faculty of Business Administration that includes business informatics.
Website ↗Halle (Saale)
Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle
Founded in 1915, Burg Giebichenstein is a public university of art and design in Halle (Saale) with two faculties, Fine Arts and Design, and about 1,200 students. Besides industrial, communication and fashion design, its Design faculty offers digital programmes such as Multimedia Design (covering interaction design, UX/UI, 3D, mixed reality and game design) and Design of Playing and Learning.
Website ↗Halle (Saale)
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg is a comprehensive university in Saxony-Anhalt. It has faculties ranging from the humanities and social sciences to medicine, and an Institute of Computer Science within the Faculty of Natural Sciences III. Its Faculty of Economics has its own Institute of Business Information Systems, which focuses on e-business, information management and digital innovation.
Website ↗Ilmenau
Technische Universität Ilmenau
TU Ilmenau is a technology-focused university in Thuringia with faculties of electrical engineering and information technology, computer science and automation, mechanical engineering, mathematics and natural sciences, and economic sciences and media. It is characterised by linking engineering and computer science with media and business studies, for example in media technology, media informatics and business informatics.
Website ↗Jena
Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena (University of Applied Sciences)
Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena is a public university of applied sciences in Thuringia offering programmes in engineering, business, health and social sciences. Computing-related topics are mainly covered in the Industrial Engineering department (business informatics, software engineering, mobile and cloud computing), the Business Administration department and the Electrical Engineering/IT department, which runs the new bachelor's programme in Applied Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence; the university also hosts the Centre for Applied Artificial Intelligence (ZAKI).
Website ↗Jena
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Friedrich Schiller University Jena is a comprehensive university with ten faculties covering a broad range of subjects, from the humanities and social sciences to the natural and life sciences. Computer science is part of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, with work on information retrieval and natural language processing, distributed information systems, image processing and visualization, while business information systems are taught at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
Website ↗Köthen (Anhalt)
Hochschule Anhalt
Hochschule Anhalt (Anhalt University of Applied Sciences) is a university of applied sciences in Saxony-Anhalt with campuses in Köthen, Bernburg and Dessau. It offers practice-oriented programmes in fields such as computer science, engineering, business, agriculture, design and architecture; its Department of Computer Science and Languages in Köthen covers applied computer science, data science and software localisation, among others.
Website ↗Leipzig
HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
HHL is a private business school in Leipzig with university status, offering master's programmes (including a Master in Management and an MBA) as well as doctoral studies in business administration. Its focus areas are entrepreneurship, strategy, innovation and digital transformation, along with finance, marketing and responsible leadership.
Website ↗Leipzig
Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
HGB Leipzig is a public art academy founded in 1764. It offers programmes in book art/graphic design, photography, painting/printmaking and media art, as well as a master's programme in Cultures of the Curatorial. Most of its art programmes lead to a Diplom degree, and they are supported by theory teaching and artistic workshops, for example in digital fabrication.
Website ↗Leipzig
Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig (HTWK Leipzig)
HTWK Leipzig is a university of applied sciences with degree programmes in engineering, business, computer science, media and culture. Software and AI topics are mainly covered by its Faculty of Computer Science and Media, which offers Computer Science and Media Informatics, among other programmes, and runs practical projects with external partners.
Website ↗Leipzig
Universität Leipzig
Founded in 1409, Leipzig University is a comprehensive university with 14 faculties, including the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science and the Faculty of Economics and Management, which has its own Information Systems Institute. Its computer science research covers areas such as large-scale data processing, artificial intelligence, natural language processing and software systems, and it is a partner in the AI centre ScaDS.AI.
Website ↗Magdeburg
Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal
Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences is a university of applied sciences with campuses in Magdeburg and Stendal. Its programmes range from engineering, industrial and interaction design, and human-technology interaction to business, social, health and media subjects, with a growing focus on applied AI, including through the joint AI Engineering bachelor's programme.
Website ↗Magdeburg
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg is a university in Saxony-Anhalt. Its main focus is on engineering, computer science, the natural sciences and medicine, alongside economics, the humanities and the social sciences. Its Faculty of Computer Science works on topics such as artificial intelligence, data and knowledge engineering, business informatics, visualization, and virtual and augmented reality.
Website ↗Merseburg
Hochschule Merseburg
Hochschule Merseburg is a public university of applied sciences in Saxony-Anhalt with three faculties: engineering and natural sciences, business and information sciences, and social work, media and culture. Its programmes include applied computer science, business informatics, technical information design and information design and media management, and it takes part in a multi-university bachelor's programme in AI engineering.
Website ↗Mittweida
Hochschule Mittweida (University of Applied Sciences)
Mittweida University of Applied Sciences is a public university of applied sciences in Saxony. It traces its origins to the Technikum Mittweida, founded in 1867. Its faculties cover engineering, applied computer and life sciences, industrial engineering, social work and media. Computer science there includes software development, media informatics, VR/AR and human-technology interaction.
Website ↗Weimar
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is a university with four faculties: Architecture and Urbanism, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Art and Design, and Media. Besides design and construction, the Faculty of Media has a computer science focus through its Media Informatics programmes, covering areas such as human-computer interaction, information systems, software engineering and virtual reality.
Website ↗Zittau
Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz (University of Applied Sciences)
Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz is a university of applied sciences in the border region of Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic, with campuses in Zittau and Görlitz. It offers programmes in engineering, computer science, business, social work and natural sciences; computer science belongs to the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, located in Görlitz.
Website ↗Zwickau
Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau
The University of Applied Sciences Zwickau (WHZ) offers programmes in engineering, computer science, business, health and nursing, languages and applied arts. Computer science belongs to the Faculty of Physical Engineering/Computer Sciences and works on topics such as intelligent systems, software engineering, human-computer interaction and AI in education.
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As of October 2026. No guarantee of accuracy – the universities’ own websites are authoritative.
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