{"id":20575,"date":"2026-02-14T13:59:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T12:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wi.bwl.uni-mainz.de\/?page_id=20575"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:04:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:04:55","slug":"faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wi.bwl.uni-mainz.de\/en\/faq\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<jgu-base-pageheader react-props=\"{\n    &quot;items&quot;: [\n        {\n            &quot;box&quot;: {\n                &quot;index&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n                &quot;title&quot;: &quot;FAQ&quot;,\n                &quot;link&quot;: {\n                    &quot;url&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n                    &quot;title&quot;: &quot;learn more&quot;\n                }\n            },\n            &quot;color&quot;: &quot;red&quot;,\n            &quot;image&quot;: {\n                &quot;url&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n                &quot;id&quot;: null\n            },\n            &quot;imgCredit&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n            &quot;useVideo&quot;: false,\n            &quot;video&quot;: false\n        }\n    ],\n    &quot;type&quot;: &quot;border&quot;,\n    &quot;align&quot;: &quot;full&quot;,\n    &quot;quicklinks&quot;: {\n        &quot;show&quot;: false,\n        &quot;selects&quot;: []\n    },\n    &quot;useBreadcrumb&quot;: false,\n    &quot;autoplay&quot;: false\n}\">\n<\/jgu-base-pageheader>\n\n<jgu-base-accordion react-props=\"{&quot;selected&quot;:1,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;wide&quot;,&quot;hasAllOpenButton&quot;:true,&quot;onlyOne&quot;:false,&quot;initAllClosed&quot;:true,&quot;enableSearch&quot;:false}\">\n    \n<jgu-base-accordionitem react-props=\"{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Questions and answers for master\\u2019s students&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;questions-and-answers-for-masters-students&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;wide&quot;,&quot;init&quot;:true,&quot;customSlug&quot;:false}\">\n    \n\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Where can I find topics for my master\u2019s thesis?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">You can find ideas for a master\u2019s thesis topic in the topics provided each semester for the master\u2019s seminar on presentations in this <a href=\"http:\/\/s.uni-mainz.de\/moodle\/course\/view.php?id=20604\">LMS Moodle course<\/a>. 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