diff --git a/application/controllers/api/frontend/v1/Abgabe.php b/application/controllers/api/frontend/v1/Abgabe.php
index e6e395aec..901c7f284 100644
--- a/application/controllers/api/frontend/v1/Abgabe.php
+++ b/application/controllers/api/frontend/v1/Abgabe.php
@@ -486,7 +486,17 @@ class Abgabe extends FHCAPI_Controller
 			$this->terminateWithError($this->p->t('global', 'wrongParameters'), 'general');
 		}
 
+		// Reject emojis and pictographs
+		// allows foreign letters, math symbols, accents, and standard punctuation.
+		$emojiPattern = '/[\x{1F300}-\x{1F5FF}\x{1F600}-\x{1F64F}\x{1F680}-\x{1F6FF}\x{1F900}-\x{1FAFF}\x{23E9}-\x{23EF}\x{2b50}\x{2700}-\x{27BF}]/u';
+		
+		// i would like this much more but our server does not recognize this utf-8 character range this way, so hexcodes it is 
+//		if (preg_match('/\p{Extended_Pictographic}/u', $titel)) {
+		if (preg_match($emojiPattern, $titel)) {
 
+			$this->terminateWithError($this->p->t('global', 'wrongParameters'), 'general');
+		}
+		
 		$this->checkProjektarbeitForFinishedStatus($projektarbeit_id);
 
 		$this->load->model('education/Projektarbeit_model', 'ProjektarbeitModel');
@@ -542,7 +552,8 @@ class Abgabe extends FHCAPI_Controller
 		);
 		
 		$result = $this->ProjektarbeitModel->load($projektarbeit_id);
-		$this->terminateWithSuccess($result);
+		$titel = hasData($result) ? getData($result)[0]->titel : $titel;
+		$this->terminateWithSuccess($titel);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/public/js/components/Cis/Abgabetool/AbgabeStudentDetail.js b/public/js/components/Cis/Abgabetool/AbgabeStudentDetail.js
index 73f82ccfb..e22a65dde 100644
--- a/public/js/components/Cis/Abgabetool/AbgabeStudentDetail.js
+++ b/public/js/components/Cis/Abgabetool/AbgabeStudentDetail.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import VueDatePicker from '../../vueDatepicker.js.php';
 import ApiAbgabe from '../../../api/factory/abgabe.js'
 import FhcOverlay from "../../Overlay/FhcOverlay.js";
 import { formatISODate, getViennaTodayISO } from "./dateUtils.js";
+import { validateThesisTitle } from './titleValidation.js'
+
 
 export const AbgabeStudentDetail = {
 	name: "AbgabeStudentDetail",
@@ -127,10 +129,17 @@ export const AbgabeStudentDetail = {
 			this.$refs.modalTitelEdit.show();
 		},
 		async saveTitel() {
-			const trimmed = this.editingTitel.trim();
-			if (!trimmed) {
-				this.$fhcAlert.alertWarning(this.$capitalize(this.$p.t('global/warningEmptyField')));
-				return;
+			
+			const validation = validateThesisTitle(this.editingTitel);
+
+			if (!validation.isValid) {
+				if (validation.error === 'empty') {
+					this.$fhcAlert.alertWarning(this.$p.t('abgabetool/c4emptyThesisTitle'))
+				} else if (validation.error === 'invalid_characters') {
+					this.$fhcAlert.alertWarning(this.$p.t('abgabetool/c4invalidCharactersThesisTitle'))
+
+				}
+				return false;
 			}
 
 			const confirmed = await this.$fhcAlert.confirm({
@@ -147,14 +156,14 @@ export const AbgabeStudentDetail = {
 			this.$api.call(
 				ApiAbgabe.postStudentProjektarbeitTitel(
 					this.projektarbeit.projektarbeit_id,
-					trimmed
+					validation.cleanedTitle
 				)
 			).then(res => {
 				if (res.meta.status === 'success') {
-					this.projektarbeit.titel = trimmed;
+					this.projektarbeit.titel = res.data;
 					this.$emit('titel-updated', {
 						projektarbeit_id: this.projektarbeit.projektarbeit_id,
-						titel: trimmed
+						titel: res.data
 					});
 					this.$fhcAlert.alertSuccess(this.$capitalize(this.$p.t('abgabetool/c4titelSavedSuccess')));
 					this.$refs.modalTitelEdit.hide();
diff --git a/public/js/components/Cis/Abgabetool/AbgabetoolStudent.js b/public/js/components/Cis/Abgabetool/AbgabetoolStudent.js
index 9886e096d..8061e9a10 100644
--- a/public/js/components/Cis/Abgabetool/AbgabetoolStudent.js
+++ b/public/js/components/Cis/Abgabetool/AbgabetoolStudent.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import ApiAuthinfo from '../../../api/factory/authinfo.js';
 import BsModal from "../../Bootstrap/Modal.js";
 import FhcOverlay from "../../Overlay/FhcOverlay.js";
 import { getDateStyleClass} from "./getDateStyleClass.js";
+import { validateThesisTitle } from './titleValidation.js'
 
 export const AbgabetoolStudent = {
 	name: "AbgabetoolStudent",
@@ -61,10 +62,16 @@ export const AbgabetoolStudent = {
 			this.$refs.modalTitelEdit.show();
 		},
 		async saveTitel() {
-			const trimmed = this.editingTitel.trim();
-			if (!trimmed) {
-				this.$fhcAlert.alertWarning(this.$capitalize(this.$p.t('global/warningEmptyField')));
-				return;
+			const validation = validateThesisTitle(this.editingTitel);
+
+			if (!validation.isValid) {
+				if (validation.error === 'empty') {
+					this.$fhcAlert.alertWarning(this.$p.t('abgabetool/c4emptyThesisTitle'))
+				} else if (validation.error === 'invalid_characters') {
+					this.$fhcAlert.alertWarning(this.$p.t('abgabetool/c4invalidCharactersThesisTitle'))
+
+				}
+				return false;
 			}
 
 			const confirmed = await this.$fhcAlert.confirm({
@@ -81,15 +88,15 @@ export const AbgabetoolStudent = {
 			this.$api.call(
 				ApiAbgabe.postStudentProjektarbeitTitel(
 					this.editingProjektarbeit.projektarbeit_id,
-					trimmed
+					validation.cleanedTitle
 				)
 			).then(res => {
 				if (res.meta.status === 'success') {
 					// update the local list entry in-place so the accordion header reflects it immediately
-					this.editingProjektarbeit.titel = trimmed;
+					this.editingProjektarbeit.titel = res.data;
 					// keep the open detail modal in sync if it happens to be showing this projektarbeit
 					if (this.selectedProjektarbeit?.projektarbeit_id === this.editingProjektarbeit.projektarbeit_id) {
-						this.selectedProjektarbeit.titel = trimmed;
+						this.selectedProjektarbeit.titel = res.data;
 					}
 					this.$fhcAlert.alertSuccess(this.$capitalize(this.$p.t('abgabetool/c4titelSavedSuccess')));
 					this.$refs.modalTitelEdit.hide();
diff --git a/public/js/components/Cis/Abgabetool/titleValidation.js b/public/js/components/Cis/Abgabetool/titleValidation.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fe30328c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/js/components/Cis/Abgabetool/titleValidation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/**
+ * Validates the thesis title on the frontend
+ * @param {string} title - The raw input from the title field
+ * @returns {object} Validation result containing status and cleaned title
+ */
+export function validateThesisTitle(title) {
+	if (!title) {
+		return { isValid: false, error: 'empty' };
+	}
+
+	// Replicate strip_tags / trim
+	const cleanedTitle = title.replace(/<\/?[^>]+(>|$)/g, "").trim();
+
+	if (cleanedTitle === '') {
+		return { isValid: false, error: 'empty' };
+	}
+
+	// Replicate the emoji/pictograph rejection
+	const emojiRegex = /\p{Extended_Pictographic}/u;
+	if (emojiRegex.test(cleanedTitle)) {
+		return { isValid: false, error: 'invalid_characters' };
+	}
+
+	return { isValid: true, cleanedTitle: cleanedTitle };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/system/phrasesupdate.php b/system/phrasesupdate.php
index d8a5393e8..038608c53 100644
--- a/system/phrasesupdate.php
+++ b/system/phrasesupdate.php
@@ -46941,6 +46941,46 @@ array(
 			)
 		)
 	),
+	array(
+		'app' => 'core',
+		'category' => 'abgabetool',
+		'phrase' => 'c4emptyThesisTitle',
+		'insertvon' => 'system',
+		'phrases' => array(
+			array(
+				'sprache' => 'German',
+				'text' => 'Projektarbeit Titel darf nicht leer sein.',
+				'description' => '',
+				'insertvon' => 'system'
+			),
+			array(
+				'sprache' => 'English',
+				'text' => 'Projekt work title is not allowed to be empty.',
+				'description' => '',
+				'insertvon' => 'system'
+			)
+		)
+	),
+	array(
+		'app' => 'core',
+		'category' => 'abgabetool',
+		'phrase' => 'c4invalidCharactersThesisTitle',
+		'insertvon' => 'system',
+		'phrases' => array(
+			array(
+				'sprache' => 'German',
+				'text' => 'Ungültige Zeichen im Titel der Projektarbeit gefunden.',
+				'description' => '',
+				'insertvon' => 'system'
+			),
+			array(
+				'sprache' => 'English',
+				'text' => 'Invalid characters detected in thesis title.',
+				'description' => '',
+				'insertvon' => 'system'
+			)
+		)
+	),
 	// ABGABETOOL PHRASEN END
 	array(
 		'app' => 'core',