Student research project
What gets in the way of sleep?
Understanding sleep and circadian challenges among TUM students.
The question
What makes healthy sleep and daily routines difficult for TUM students? Academic demands, travel, paid work and social expectations may interact in ways that generic advice overlooks.
The project
Investigate students’ experiences of sleep and circadian challenges in their everyday university context. A focused survey or qualitative study could identify perceived barriers, sources of flexibility and needs for support, without treating the student population as homogeneous.
What you will do
- Review student-health research and refine an answerable question.
- Develop or analyse a survey or interview study with appropriate approvals and participant safeguards.
- Use transparent statistical or thematic analysis to connect findings to the university context.
Possible scope
A thesis could address a defined empirical question. A shorter placement could review measures or analyse an agreed subset of material. Interest in student wellbeing, survey methods or qualitative research is valuable. The project is based in Munich and requires attendance in person.
How to apply
Attendance in person is required. Send a short motivation, CV, relevant skills, preferred project, dates, format, location and any external funding plans to Prof. Manuel Spitschan at an address below.
Location, timing and scope are agreed with the supervisor; availability depends on capacity and the work involved.