General information concerning all degree programmes

Students and members of the public cannot visit the service points in person. All central service points can, however, be reached by telephone and e-mail during the usual office hours. Since many staff members are telecommuting due to the special situation we are finding ourselves in, they may not be reachable at their office phone number. If that is the case, please use e-mail to contact them.

Applications can be submitted by post or e-mail. In order to enable us to process your application as quickly as possible, we ask you to send applications by e-mail as a single PDF file arranged in the following order: application – supporting documents – additional information, if applicable.

For documents that are not in German or English, a certified translation is required.

This section provides semester-related information, such as registration deadlines and examination dates, permitted examination aids and information on viewing exam scripts.

Please also note the information specific to your degree programme.

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 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 for recognition of credits from abroad
Faculty of Business, Economics and Information Systems: Credit transfers (German)
Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics: Credit transfers
Faculty of Law: Credit transfers for the undergraduate law programme
Recognition of credits for the LL.M. German Law for Foreign GraduatesCredit transfers for LL.B. Legal Tech (German)

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 on HISQIS provided you are still enrolled.

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 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.

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

You must register for all core and examination modules, as well as other coursework and written assignments, via HISQIS.

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 in HISQIS (Is the examination code correct? Is the correct examiner listed?)
Please also inform yourself about additional registration conditions at 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).

We have compiled an information sheet on exam access arrangements for you.
You can also find the application forms there.