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    Diploma thesis topics 2024/2025

    One of the three pillars of the Matura, officially called the maturity or diploma examination, is the diploma thesis, along with the written and oral examinations. 

     

    We are pleased that the different interests create a wide range of topics and would like to thank the supervising research and teaching staff for their support - our students have prepared the following topics with them for the final exams in 2024/2025:

    Topics of the diploma theses 2024

    • Regulation of ferns on alpine pastures to preserve and recultivate alpine pastures

    • Comparison of two manure separators in terms of throughput, specific energy requirements and degree of separation

    • Hunting benefits and cost-effectiveness of game warning systems

    • Stable climatic differences from cattle freestalls to tethered housing in summer and winter situations

    • Space, risk and resilience

    • Rural living environments in the Alpine region - structures and gender issues

    • Sheep manure storage and processing methods in comparison

    • Local herbs – healing effects and further processing

    • Microplastic fibers in alpine lakes - Microplastic fibers in alpine waters

    • Thrush and laminitis in the horse industry

    • Automation in the dairy stable and its impact on work, well-being and profitability

    • Pig farming in comparison - conventional farm - organic farm - outdoor climate stable

    • Comparison of soybean cultivation and varieties

    • Austrian Wagyu beef, niche or marketable?

    • Greenhouse gas accounting of three certified golf courses in Austria

    • Capon production combined with red clover feeding

    • Hay yield and feed potential in Austria influenced by grassland regions, management and climate change impacts

    • Horse breeding in Austria

    • Brown Swiss in Styria - breeding strategies to increase profitability and strengthen the breed

    • Comparison of different cultivation variants and varieties using mulch seeding methods in pumpkin cultivation

    • Comparison of fodder harvesting methods in grassland management

    • Comparison of no-till variants to the standard method in soybean cultivation

    • Feasibility study on the construction of a plant for the purification and processing of biogas

    • Investigation of the animal-specific consequences of using different performance feeds in calf rearing

    • Types of bite protection in a practical comparison

    • Bark beetle search using a search dog

    • Resource efficiency and CO² relevance of selected building standards - a historical comparison 1970 and 2022

    • Christmas tree culture as a second mainstay in Styria

    • Application of compost tea on different crops

    • Effect of different manure application techniques on fodder contamination in grassland

    • Cultivation of elephant grass in the forest on the Schober Pass and use as heating material

    • Cultivation of a corn-bean mixture to feed cattle

    • The use of phosphorus-containing commercial fertilizers based on biostimulants in permanent grassland

    • Game impact analysis on regeneration and bare areas in the Schaab-Feuergrube district

    • Lying behavior of young cattle in different pen designs

    • Comparison of fawn rescue measures before the first mowing with a drone or dog handler

    • Behavioral changes in hoofed game due to almost universal recreational use in the Dachstein-Tauern region

    • Wild grazing area in the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein teaching forest - A mixture comparison

    • Hinteregger and Angereralm near Liezen - a comparative analysis

     
     

     

     

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