If, on their first attempt, a candidate receives a fail grade for their Bachelor's or Master's thesis, the candidate must register a new thesis topic with the Examination Office no later than four weeks after the fail grade was announced (see Section 23(6) of the Joint Examination Regulations for Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree Programmes of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at Saarland University). Normally, the person who set the first thesis topic will set the second topic and will continue to supervise the thesis project. In this case, the student does not need to attend a further Bachelor's or Master's seminar, unless this is explicitly requested by the supervisor. If a student requires clarification or a problem has arisen, the student must report the issue to the Examination Board before the four-week deadline.