General information concerning all degree programmes

For acceptance for credit 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 transfer
  Acceptance for credit for the European Studies Major
  Guidelines for the Teacher Education Programmes and Bachelor and Master of Education (German)
• Faculty of Business, Economics and Information Systems: Credit transfers (German)
• Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics: Credit transfers (German)
  Please note that the English form is only a help to fill in the German form. You have to hand in the German form.
• Faculty of Law: Credit transfers (German)

If you wish to have coursework or internships completed abroad counted towards your degree, 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 completed modules and examinations at a university abroad and had them approved at the University of Passau, 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.

Tip:
Apply for your certificate at the earliest opportunity. It can take up to four weeks until your degree documents are issued and signed.

Please read our information on dissertations and theses. The registration form for the dissertation/thesis project can also be downloaded from that webpage.

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

Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Arts and Humanities graduation ceremony: information and dates
To register, please fill in page 2 of the certificate and academic transcript request form. We will then forward your registration together with your certificate to the Dean's Office or the Department of Catholic Theology, as applicable.

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 June and December, 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. In 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 Arts and Humanities

Before the internship, the Centre for Careers and Competencies and the Programme Co-ordinators can issue personalised certificates.

After the internship, the internships are approved by the respective internship officers. Please use the Internship Approval Form (German). 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.

The Examinations Office of the Language Centre provides comprehensive information on language examinations.

You must register all core and examination modules via HISQIS.

Tips:

• Take note of important deadlines and dates.
• Register in good time, as retroactive registrations will only be approved in serious and proven exceptional circumstances.
• Check your registrations and cancellations (Correct number? Correct examiner?) in HISQIS.
• Find out about additional registration conditions from the relevant Chair.

If there is a possibility for you to improve your mark for a module, please submit the voluntary resit request for mark improvement form (German) to the Examinations Office before the set deadline. Please read the information sheet on mark improvement (German).