General information concerning all degree programmes

You can find more information about crediting of achievements here. For crediting of achievements gained in another programme or at another institution, please fill in the corresponding form for your faculty and submit it to the Examinations Office. Please also note the information on re-classification into a higher semester (German).

• Faculty of Arts and Humanities:
  Credit transfers (German)
  Guidelines for the Teacher Education Programmes and Bachelor and Master of Education (German)
  For the B.A. European Studies Major programme there is a separate application form for acceptance for credit of courses studied abroad [German content]
   
• Faculty of Business, Economics and Information Systems:
  • Acceptance for credit of assessments that were completed at the University duringthe enrolment process (organisational unit responsible: Examinations Office) or
  • Acceptance for credit of assessments completedprior to enrolment (organisational unit responsible: Faculty of Business, Economics and Information Systems).
  • For domestic courses that are taken at other universities during your enrolment in Passau (e.g. at the Virtual University of Bavaria - vhb), an individual learning agreement must be issued in advance (responsible chairs/teaching units WIWI or Dean's Office WIWI for subsequent grade confirmation).
     
• Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics:
  Credit transfers
   
• Faculty of Law:
  • Acceptance for credit of assessments for the Law undergraduate (state examination) programme [German content]
  • Acceptance for credit of assessments for the LL.M. German Law for Foreign Graduates programme [German content]
  • Acceptance for credit of assessments for the LL.B. Legal Tech degree programme [German content]
  • Leaflet on the crediting of academic achievements in the LL.M. Legal Informatics [German content]

Then you must complete the Registration of Periods of Study or Work Abroad Form and hand it in together with the Degree Certificate and Transcripts Request Form.

We require a written request from you to issue the degree documents; these are not issued automatically. You will find the application form on your degree programme page.
If you have earned credits at a foreign higher education institution and have had them recognised at the University of Passau, you must submit the Registration of Periods of Study or Work Abroad Form with your application unless you have already submitted this form at an earlier date.

Tip:

• Apply for your certificate at the earliest opportunity. It can take up to four weeks until your degree documents are issued and signed.
• Make sure you have provided a current address. You can change this in your credit points portal provided you are still enrolled.

The graduation ceremony is organised by your Dean's Office.

Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences
Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies

For the graduation ceremonies of the Faculty you will receive an invitation and further information from the Dean's Office directly by e-mail. For this purpose, please fill out page 2 of the certificate and academic transcripts request form. If you are interested, you can register bindingly for the celebration of your degree program via an online form after receiving an invitation from the Dean's Office. The ceremonies usually take place in July/August and February/March. Bachelor's and Master's graduates as well as doctoral and postdoctoral candidates receive a second copy of the certificate.

Faculty of Business, Economics and Information Systems

The Dean's Office will send you an invitation to the graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Information Systems and further information by post. At the ceremony, which takes place each March and October, you will be given a copy of your certificate.

Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics

The graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics takes place once a year, in January. Order to register, please fill in the supplementary page of the certificate and academic transcripts request form. We will then forward your registration together with a copy of your certificate to the Dean's Office.

Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law holds two graduation ceremonies every year. You will receive the invitation from Landgericht Passau. The Dean's Office will take your registration. At the ceremony you will be handed the original degree certificate.

If you are unable to attend an examination due to illness, please submit the Inability to Attend Examinations due to Illness Form to the Examinations Office as described in the related information sheet. Please make sure you follow the instructions in the information sheet.

Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies and
Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences

Before the internship, the Centre for Careers and Competencies and the programme co-ordinators issue personalised certificates.
After the internship, the internships are approved by the respective internship officers. Please use the Internship Approval Form. When requesting approval, please adhere to the internship guidelines (German) for the bachelor's and master's degree programmes of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics

Internships can be counted towards a number of degree programmes. Before starting your internship, please contact an examiner of the Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics to arrange supervision of your internship. After the internship, your supervisor is the person responsible for approvals. Please use the Internship Approval Form.

You must register for all core and examination modules, as well as other coursework and written assignments, via your Credit points portal.

Tips

• Please note the deadlines and important dates.
• Please register in good time, as retroactive registrations will only be approved in serious and proven exceptional circumstances.
• Check your registrations and cancellations your credit points portal (Is the examination code correct? Is the correct examiner listed?)
• Please also inform yourself about additional registration conditions at the relevant Chair.
• During the leave semester, you can only resit failed examinations, but you are not allowed to sit a new examination (first attempt).
  Exceptions: If you withdrew from your examination on health grounds (your record shows "ATT") or if the exam was a covid-19-related free attempt ("KNA"), your next attempt does not count as a resit but as a first attempt, which means that you cannot sit those during the leave semester.