• Successful completion of the mandatory course “Law, Economics and Business”

• Completion of Introductory and Orientation Phase

• Completion of the course “Academic Skills”

Furthermore, priority will be given to students who have successfully completed the specialization “European and International Tax Law”

The following courses must be successfully completed:

• Introduction to tax Law (compulsory subject)

• Basic course in tax law (compulsory subject)

• Advanced course in tax law (compulsory subject)

Preferably you have completed a tax law course in the “Law elective” plan module.

The ability to deal with jurisprudential questions is absolutely necessary for working on a tax law bachelor’s thesis. If you are interested in working on a tax law bachelor’s thesis topic, successful performance not only in the tax law subjects, but also other legal subjects taken during the first and second phase of the program, should be decisive.

The first rule is “quality over quantity”. In the ideal case, a Bachelor’s thesis should be concisely and precisely worded and ready for publication. If a Bachelor’s thesis is of outstanding quality and contains original, well-founded thoughts, 25 pages (main text and footnotes only) will be sufficient. The Bachelor’s thesis must be written in English.

A list of the tools used for the creation of the work must be included with the bachelor's thesis. If AI was used, it must be explained accordingly where and in what form.

The topics of the bachelor’s theses can be assigned to a current general topic. There are two general topics per semester. The announcement of the general topics and the particular subtopics takes place one month before the date of the announcement and will be published on the homepage. The assignment of bachelor’s thesis topics takes place four times per academic year and the application period ends on the following deadlines: 1^st October, 2^nd January, 1^st April and 1^st July. Students can apply for five topics under specifications of preferences.

A disposition has to be submitted no later than four weeks after the preliminary talk. The bachelor’s thesis must be completed within five months. Each student can only be allocated one bachelor topic at our Institute.

The bachelor’s theses will be summarized in a series available in the library of the Institute.

For the approbation of a Bachelor’s thesis, mastery of spelling, grammar and proper citation is required. In the Bachelor’s thesis, the candidate has to demonstrate their profound knowledge of the relevant scientific literature on the subject. Furthermore, the candidate must be able to describe, discuss and assess different perceptions on the subject and (if possible) develop their own thoughts on it.

Due to current opportunities provided by AI, increased attention will be paid to:

• Whether the processed legal status is up-to-date

• Correct/existent citations

• Correct use of abbreviations

• Comprehension

• Errors in the outline

During the whole process of writing, students will be offered support by the advisors (always both a professor and a teaching and research associate). However, students are expected to engage fully in their work.

In the course of a preliminary meeting, the subtopics of the current year’s general topics will be assigned and discussed. Each student can only be assigned one Bachelor’s thesis topic at our Institute.

Please submit your application to Stefanie Kroiss (lehretaxlaw@wu.ac.at) by the respective deadline with the following documents:

• Transcript of academic records

• Letter of motivation

• CV

• A list of three subtopics in the order of your preference

The five best-qualified students will be selected based on their applications and informed by Professor Kofler, Professor Lang, Professor Rust, Professor Schuch, Professor Spies and Professor Staringer.

For the promotion of high-quality bachelor theses, our Institute, together with PwC, have initiated the “PwC Best Bachelor Thesis Award”. The bachelor thesis with the highest quality is awarded with a €1.000;- prize. All bachelor theses submitted by August 31 of the respective academic year are considered for the award.

The jury, consisting of Professors Kofler, Lang, Rust, Schuch, Spies, Staringer and Szudoczky, as well as representatives of PwC, choose the best thesis. The award ceremony takes place at PwC during the subsequent winter semester.

The Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law regularly advertises bachelor's thesis topics in cooperation with the following companies: EY Tax Challenge and PwC.

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