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A bachelor’s degree programme is a first degree programme that qualifies you for a job and that you can begin at university once you have obtained your university entrance qualification (e.g. Abitur or subject-restricted university entrance qualification).
You take examination assessments each semester during your studies and write a bachelor's dissertation at the end of the programme. For each successfully passed examination assessment, you receive a certain number of credits under the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS). Most bachelor’s degree programmes at university require you to earn 180 ECTS credits to receive a bachelor’s degree. During a standard study period of six semesters, this means that you should earn an average of 30 ECTS credits per semester.
Depending on the subject area, you can obtain different types of bachelor's degrees: Bachelor of Arts (humanities and social sciences), Bachelor of Science (natural sciences and economics, business administration), Bachelor of Education (teacher education), Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Engineering etc.
Having graduated with a bachelor's degree, you can either start directly with your professional life or follow on with a master’s degree programme.
Master’s degree programmes are postgraduate programmes with an academic focus. To be able to begin a master’s degree programme, you must first earn an initial university qualification (e.g. bachelor’s, state exam, Diplom). Most master’s degree programmes are consecutive master’s; this means that they build directly on a preceding bachelor's degree programme. You can continue your studies with those straight away if you fulfil the admission requirements. However, there are also non-consecutive, continuing-education master's programmes, which usually require you to have one or two years of job experience.
Master’s degree programmes vary in length. In Germany, most master’s degree programmes at universities have a standard study period of four semesters. There are, however, many (particularly abroad) that last only two semesters.
The type of degree that you can earn according to the subject corresponds to the bachelor’s degree: Master of Arts, Master of Science etc.
Academic Advice Service
advice@uni-passau.de
https://www.uni-passau.de/en/academic-advice
Unlike the bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes, the Law undergraduate programme and the Teacher Education Programmes conclude with a final examination (the so-called Staatsexamen), that is set by the respective Bavarian state ministry, similar to the Abitur. Here there is no division into bachelor’s and master’s. Rather, these degree programmes are studied uninterruptedly 'in one go' (standard study period is seven, nine or ten semesters).
For the Teacher Training Programmes, the state examination makes up 60% of the overall grade of the programme; for law it is 70%.
After the First State Examination for Jurists or First State Examination (for trainee teachers), you do a two year traineeship (Referendariat) and then the Second State Examination for Jurists or Second State Examination (for trainee teachers). After that you are qualified to work as a qualified lawyer for jobs such as a judge, public prosecutor or solicitor; or you are qualified to work in state schools as a teacher.
Here you can receive an overview of all additional qualifications and certificates that you can earn at the University of Passau.
The University of Passau offers numerous courses on key skills for students ("ZKK courses"). These belong to the categories
All of these programmes are free of charge for students of the University of Passau.
A university entrance qualification, sometimes abbreviated as 'UEQ' in our systems, is the qualification that allows you to start studying at university. The German term is 'Hochschulzugangsberechtigung' (often shortened to 'HZB'). In most cases this will be your secondary school-leaving certificate. Examples of university entrance qualifications are: Abitur; (Advanced) Highers; Baccalauréat; European Baccalaureate; GCE A Levels; High School Diploma; International Baccalaureate; Leaving Certificate; Matura; Maturità; Maturitńa Skúška; Senior Certificate; Senior Secondary Certificate of Education (please note that this list is not exhaustive).
Broadly speaking, there are three types of UEQ in Germany:
Applicants with a foreign university entrance qualification can apply for a place at the University of Passau if their school leaving certificate is recognised as equivalent to the allgemeine Hochschulreife or fachgebundene Hochschulreife. You can use the anabin portal of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education (KMK) or the Check:university admission page of uni-assist to find out more.
We have compiled a list for you of the degree programmes/teaching subjects with the subject-restricted university entrance qualification as a minimum entrance requirement at the University of Passau. From the overview, you can also find out how to earn the subject-restricted university entrance qualification.
Unfortunately, just having the university entrance qualification for programmes offered by universities of applied sciences (Fachhochschulreife) alone does NOT qualify you to study at the University of Passau!
For Teacher Education Programmes at primary and middle schools, the subject-restricted university entrance qualification is sufficient as an entrance requirement independent of the subject affiliation, with all teaching subjects possible.
Student Registration Office:
registry@uni-passau.de
www.uni-passau.de/en/student-registration-office
Depending on the country in which you obtained your qualifications and the degree programme you wish to study, different conditions apply with regard to the application and enrolment process.
Student Registration Office:
registry@uni-passau.de
www.uni-passau.de/en/student-registration-office
Please check whether the application phase for the degree programme you are interested in is active. Consult the university's academic calendar for deadlines and dates.
There is no point making an online application if you do not have a final Abitur certificate. You must enter your the date of the certificate correctly (as on the certificate) on the relevant page of the online enrolment. If this differs from the data on the certificate, you may not be allowed to enrol.
'On time' means that the documents must be received on the day of the deadline. The postmark date is irrelevant, as the deadline does not refer to the date of posting.
You have the choice of sending the letter by post or courier service – please give it enough time for delivery (within Germany or international) – or you can drop it in the letter box of the University of Passau, Innstr. 41, yourself.
Please first log in to the application portal.
You will find the list of missing documents on the right side of your study application page, under your personal information.
Please apply as early as possible within the application time period. If uni-assist has already checked your application before the application deadline and established that documents are still missing, you have until the end of the application deadline to submit them.
This question refers to direct applications via the campus portal of the University of Passau (i.e. all applications apart from via uni-assist).
Status 'received'
Applications submitted by you for the first time, including their application subjects, will receive the status ‘received’. Applications/application subjects with this status have merely been saved in the system. You need to print out your letter and follow the instructions. In most cases, you need to send in your application documents.
Status 'in preparation'
Your application has been received by us and is being checked by an employee. If there are documents missing in your application, this will be shown in your status.
Status 'temporarily excluded'
Appears in the application subject status. Your application has this status if you have applied for an NC degree programme and the required documents for application have yet all been submitted. The missing documents are shown in the portal with the effects of same.
Status 'valid'
Once your status is set to 'valid' by the Student Registration Office it means that the processing of the subject application/application is completed, all details are correct and all necessary documents have been submitted. All application subjects that are classified as valid take part in the placing procedure or selection procedure.
Status 'excluded'
Your application has this status if you have applied for an NC degree programme and, owing to missing documents, you were not involved in the selection procedure. You can download the official notice from your portal.
Status 'admission offer currently not possible'
Depending on the status of the procedure, you may receive an interim message or the official notice of rejection with the reasons you were rejected. You can download the official notice from your portal.
Status 'admission offer is present'
Your application for admission was successful. There is an offer letter for you in the portal.
Status 'enrolment applied for'
This application/application subject status is set if you have carried out the online enrolment. Applications/application subjects with this status have merely been saved in the system. You must print out the enrolment application and send it to the University of Passau with the required documents.
Status 'enrolment pending'
This status shows that your enrolment application has been received. It can take two to three weeks to process your application. If there are documents missing for your enrolment, the missing documents will be shown in your status.
Status 'enrolled'
This status is displayed once your enrolment has been carried out by the Student Registration Office. You will receive your new access data via e-mail.
Please contact the Student Registration Office (registry@uni-passau.de). Unfortunately, you cannot correct the details yourself.
If you realise – during the application period – that you want to change your details, you can do so in the uni-assist application portal. Once the application period has ended, you cannot make any changes.
Once you have entered and confirmed the data in the application form, you can no longer change them. You can, however, add further university entrance qualifications subsequently.
If you realise during the application period that you want to change your details, you can do so in the uni-assist application portal. Once the application period has ended, you cannot make any changes.
The official notices of admission or rejection for master’s degree programmes are deposited in the campus portal as a PDF document that you can print out yourself. You are not sent the notices by post.
As soon as an official notice is deposited, the status of your application changes. You will be informed by e-mail of this status change.
International student applicants who have applied via uni-assist will be informed about their admission or rejection by e-mail.
To secure your place, you must log in to your applicant account and carry out the online enrolment. The enrolment is completed only once you print out the online application and submit the documents named there to the university. You will find the details about this in the offer letter and in the enrolment application.
Yes, you do. All students must provide proof of sufficient health insurance. This is done using an electronic registration procedure.
Even if you are insured with a foreign or private-sector insurance company, proof is absolutely necessary for enrolment.
If you cannot sign in with your log-in data, it could be that you have not activated your account.
Please click on the link in the confirmation e-mail that you have received after successful registration. Alternatively, you can use the activation code in the e-mail to activate your account.
If you did not receive this e-mail, or you have deleted it, please get in touch with the Student Registration Office.
To get a new password, use the 'forgot password' function on the homepage of the application portal.
For more information about the Campus Portal, please visit our help pages.
Here you will find all the information about the Orientation Week, important dates and tipsfor starting your studies.
Please go to our website Getting started to find all information for the beginning of your first semester, e.g.:
If you have prior knowledge of a foreign language which you wish to study, you must participate in a language placement test. The language placement test take place before or during the Orientation Week (dates). The results of the placement test are binding.
If you have an official language certificate and want to be graded according to this, then please contact Mr Wolfgang Killer.
If you want to begin a language without prior knowledge, then you should register for the Foundation 1.1 level (Grundstufe 1.1).
The individual language courses can be found in Stud.IP, in which you navigate in the quick access rubric 'search' on the homepage. Under 'search in course catalogue' select the language you want in the row after 'Zentrale Einrichtungen', 'Sprachenzentrum'. In this way you can see all language courses assigned to the relevant semester and can register during the given registration period.
You must bring a print-out of the result of the language placement test to the first lesson of the course.
Students who are nationals of an EU member state, one of the signatory countries of the treaty establishing the European Economic Area (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein), or Switzerland do not need a visa. Students who are nationals of the USA, Australia, Brazil and certain other countries (please use the visa navigator to check what rules apply to you) can enter Germany without a visa, but must apply for a residence permit after arrival.
After your arrival in Passau, you have to register in the citizens' office (Bürgerbüro).
If you do not come from one of the above mentioned countries, you will normally require a student visa for your period of study at the University of Passau. Once you have arrived in Passau, you must apply for a residence permit at the Ausländeramt (foreigners' registration office), located at Rathaus Altes Zollamt, Rathausplatz 1, 94032 Passau. For this, you require various documents, which you can find on the website under the topic of visa/residence permit.
If you are studying as an international student with a residence permit in Passau, please note that changing your degree programme after more than three semesters may affect this residence permit. Please obtain advice from the iStudi Coach, Ms Luise Haack (istudicoach@uni-passau.de).
Yes. The University's Language Centre offers German language courses to enrolled students at all levels (Foundation 1.1 to Advanced 2.2) These courses are free of charge for you. You can even attend them if you have already submitted an official German test for your enrolment in your degree programme. In some degree programmes, the language exams can be counted towards your degree.
In the Buddy Programme, Passau students help you get off to a good start with your studies. Please register if you would like to be involved.
As well as the general Academic Advice Service and the programme adviser there are further contact persons available to help you study successfully in Passau:
In the brochure for international students, degree-seeking students and exchange students will find a lot of important information and assistance for a good start in Passau and successful studies at our university. In addition, we provide you with information about numerous contact addresses, e.g. the various advice centres that are available to you during your studies in Passau.
Please check the Student Registration Office pages or contact one of the staff if you have a question about topics related to your enrolment status.
The study and examination organisation is handled using different VLEs. You can find a list, including explanations and access links, in the login area.
In the help portal of the Centre for Information Technology and Media Management (ZIM) you will find – as well as many other topics – detailed documentation on:
The study and examination regulations are the legally binding basis for your degree, in which, among other things, the examination and general study regulations are set down. In many degree programmes there are 'general study and examination regulations' (which contain general rules for several degree programmes of one faculty) as well as 'subject-specific and examination regulations' with rules relating to specific degree programmes. Both sets of regulations are important for you.
Please familiarise yourself with the regulations at the beginning of your studies.
All study and examination regulations of the University of Passau
All degree programmes (exception: Law undergraduate programme) are subdivided into modules. A module is a study unit of a single complete subject, which consists of one or several courses that have a closely related topic. The modules are allocated a certain number of ECTS credits in accordance with the amount of time deemed necessary for successful participation in them.
You earn coursework and examination assessments by regularly attending the respective course in combination with exams, colloquia, presentations, reports, seminar papers and other similar attainments. Modules typically conclude with an examination assessment for which you receive a grade and a fixed number of ECTS credits depending on the grade, as long as you have passed the course.
To complete your degree in the standard study period, you should earn approx. 30 ECTS credits every semester.
Credit points according to the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) are a measurement indicating the workload of the students. The overall number of credits for a course are given independently of the grade if the required examination assessment has been successfully earned. The workload for one credit should be on average 30 hours throughout Europe. Further details
For bachelor’s degree programmes, 180 ECTS credits are required with a standard study period of six semesters. This means a workload of 30 ECTS credits per semester. For example, if you receive five ECTS credits for every successfully completed course, you should attend six courses per semester to keep to the standard study period. This is, however, not compulsory, as you can and may earn more or fewer than the average 30 ECTS credits.
For master’s degree programmes lasting four semesters, 120 ECTS credits are normally given.
Academic Advice Service
advice@uni-passau.de
https://www.uni-passau.de/en/academic-advice
In the module catalogue, you can find all courses relevant for your degree programme as well as important information such as pre-requisites, ECTS credits and learning content. Please take a look at the module catalogue carefully when you begin your studies. You can often find in the module catalogue the answers to many questions about the attendance requirement for courses, the type of examination or your possible elective course options.
You can find your module catalogue here:
As the degree is not modular, there is no module catalogue. You can find detailed information about Law studies
Additionally there are excursions, field trips and further special types of courses.
Academic Advice Service
advice@uni-passau.de
https://www.uni-passau.de/en/academic-advice
There are various types of assessments, e.g.:
You can check which type of examination is intended for your course in the module catalogue for your degree programme.
You must register for all examinations, generally via HISQIS. When you sign up for a course at the start of the semester, you are not automatically registered for the exam! You must register separately during a specific registration period over the course of the semester. If you cannot or do not wish to complete the examination, you can deregister again before a specified deadline. This also generally takes place via HISQIS.
Examinations Office:
https://www.uni-passau.de/en/examinations-office
| Numerical grade/mark | Description |
|---|---|
| 1.0 – 1.3 | 'sehr gut' – very good; an outstanding piece of work |
| 1.7 – 2.3 | 'gut' – good; all expectations have been met in full |
| 2.7 – 3.3 | 'befriedigend' – satisfactory; an average work |
| 3.7 – 4.0 | 'ausreichend' – sufficient; an average work with some minor deficiencies |
| 4.3 – 5.0 | 'nicht ausreichend' – insufficient (fail) |
| Points | Description |
|---|---|
| 16–18 | excellent, a particularly outstanding achievement |
| 13–15 | good, the work significantly exceeds the average requirements set |
| 10–12 | completely satisfactory, the work exceeds the average requirements set |
| 7–9 | satisfactory, the work fulfils the average requirements set |
| 4–6 | sufficient, the work fulfils the average requirements set despite its deficits |
| 1–3 | deficient, the work has substantial deficits and is not acceptable as a whole |
| 0 | insufficient, a completely unacceptable piece of work |
Each degree programme has a standard study period in which you can usually complete the programme.
There is also a maximum period of study that you should not exceed. If you do exceed it, you will have failed the programme and there is also the risk of de-registration from the degree programme. For some degree programmes there are additional special regulations regarding earning a minimum number of credits. Please consult the PDF info brochure of the Academic Advice Service for more information.
If you have any difficulties completing your degree programme within the standard study period, please obtain advice in good time from the Academic Advice Service or the respective programme adviser.
If you are studying as an international student with a residence permit in Passau, please note that changing your degree programme after more than three semesters may affect this residence permit. Please obtain advice from the iStudi Coach, Ms Luise Haack (istudicoach@uni-passau.de).
Academic Advice Service
advice@uni-passau.de
https://www.uni-passau.de/en/academic-advice
As soon as you are enrolled in a higher education institution in Germany (including a technical college/polytechnic), your university semesters begin to count.
Examples:
You enrol initially for the six-semester B.A. Historical Sciences, follow that directly with the four-semester M.A. European Studies, and then you end your studies. This means that you have studied for a total of ten university semesters.
If you had switched your bachelor’s degree programme after two semesters and begun, for example, with the nine semester degree Teacher Education Programme for Gymnasium schools without doing a master’s, you would have studied for a total of eleven university semesters.
If you spent a semester doing a work placement in France during your teacher education study, and then took a 'leave semester', you would have a total of twelve university semesters.
Subject semesters, by contrast, describe the number of semesters during which you are regularly enrolled in a degree programme and not in a leave semester. The standard study period given in the degree programmes always refers to the subject semesters. For example, during your study, you can insert two leave semesters and nevertheless end your studies in the standard study period of six subject semesters. You will then have studied for eight university semesters.
If you change the subject you are studying and no credits or only a few ECTS credits can be accredited from your previous programme, then you again begin your studies in the first subject semester. However if you are accredited 25 ECTS credit points, for example, you are upgraded to the second subject semester.
Your university semesters continue without interruption.
Academic Advice Service
advice@uni-passau.de
https://www.uni-passau.de/en/academic-advice
There are various reasons for applying to have a leave semester:
Students on leave semesters retain their status as students and remain enrolled at the university. Owing to their leave of absence, however, they are freed from the obligation to do regular studies.
During a leave semester they continue to pay the semester contribution to the Student Services Association (Studentenwerk) and the semester ticket.
The number of subject semesters during the leave semester does not increase, unless you earn at least 25 ECTS credits during your stay at a foreign higher education institution, which you can have credited to your degree.
This means that despite spending a semester abroad, you can still complete your studies within the standard study period. You are allowed to take a total of two leave semesters per degree programme (more in cases of illness).
During your leave semester, you are not allowed any new examination assessments at the University of Passau but you are allowed to take part in any resit examinations if you would like.
You are allowed subsequently, however, to have credits that you acquired during a semester abroad added to your credits gained in Passau. If you earn at least 25 ECTS credits during your semester abroad, the seminar abroad no longer counts as a leave semester but as a standard subject semester.
Student Registration Office:
registry@uni-passau.de
www.uni-passau.de/en/student-registration-office
Yes, of course! You must be regularly enrolled (this means not on a leave semester or already de-registered) both at the time of registration and admission to the dissertation/thesis, while you are working on it and on the day you hand it in.
Examinations Office:
www.uni-passau.de/en/examinations-office
The winter semester officially begins on 1st October, the summer semester on 1st April.
The semesters are divided into lecture periods and semester breaks. The lecture period of the winter semester begins in mid-October and normally goes until the beginning/middle of February. The lecture period of the summer semester begins in mid-April and goes until the middle/end of July.
During the semester break, examinations are taken, seminar papers are written, and work placements can be carried out. Some weeks are completely free, however. The university is closed during Christmas/New Year (24 December to 6 January).
During each semester, there is a set re-registration period for the following semester.
During this time you need to pay the semester contribution and let the Student Registration Office know that you want to continue studying at the University of Passau in the following semester.
Each semester you must revalidate your CampusCard, i.e. your student ID card, with a new date of expiry. Without a date of expiry, your CampusCard is not valid, e.g. as an ID card for examinations or as a bus pass.
Student Registration Office:
registry@uni-passau.de
www.uni-passau.de/en/student-registration-office
We recommend that you regularly attend all selected courses and continue to participate in learning, in order to pass the examination at the end. However, the following generally applies: there is no attendance requirement for most courses. Exceptions are regulated in the module catalogue.
For key qualifications courses of Future: Careers and Competencies ('ZKK'), attendance is required.
If you are ill and cannot attend a lecture, you do not need to do anything in particular. In the case of language courses or seminars, please inform your lecturer about your absence.
If you are unwell on the day of the examination, you must decide before the written examination starts if you are too ill to take the examination. In this case, you require a doctor’s certificate. If your illness begins during the written examination you require a certificate from the medical officer (Amtsarzt).
In both cases you must submit an Inability to Attend Examinations Due to Illness Form as early as possible. You need to submit your certificate and application to the Examinations Office, as described in the information sheet. Please make sure you follow the instructions in the information sheet. Examinations Office page on the subject
If you become ill for a prolonged period during the semester, it may be a good idea to apply for a leave semester. In this case, you need a certificate from a medical practice-based doctor confirming that during this semester you are unable to study or take exams. You then must make an application for a leave semester. You are not allowed to backdate the application for a leave semester once the relevant semester has ended. Application form and other information
Many lectures are accompanied by an exercise course. During the exercise courses, which are held several times a week, the same lecture material is usually discussed. This means that you only need to attend one of the exercise course groups. Sometimes however, there are different types of extra courses, e.g. apart from exercise courses there are also tutorials. In this case, it’s often worth attending the different offers.
The suffix 'c.t.' after a time indication stands for 'cum tempore' and means that this course begins 15 minutes later than stated in the plan. (This is usually the case.) A lecture period from 10 a.m. to 12 noon usually means that you will have tuition from 10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. If the lecturer begins on the hour, he/she will tell you so at the start of the semester.
The abbreviation 's.t.' stands for 'sine tempore' and means that the course begins exactly at the time stated.
If you would like to change your degree programme – in the case of Teacher Education Programmes, a teaching subject or didactics subject – this is in principle possible only at the beginning of a new semester, i.e. 1st October or 1st April. You can formally apply to change your degree programme or subject at the Student Registration Office.
To explore possible alternatives and discuss any effects (e.g. the calculation of examination assessments and thereby the categorisation in a higher subject semester, continued funding through BAföG or your residence status in Germany), we urgently recommend that you get advice from the Academic Advice Service before changing your course.
On the website of the Examinations Office you can find the application for recognition of examination assessments, listed by faculty.
Please consult the infosheet for your degree programme or ask your contact person at the Examinations Office, who is responsible for the recognition and where you must submit the application.
Examinations Office:
https://www.uni-passau.de/en/examinations-office
At least a year before finishing your bachelor’s degree programme you should look into admission conditions for master’s degree programmes that may be relevant for you, to be able to earn any credits necessary for admission.
Information about the many careers can be found at: http://berufenet.arbeitsagentur.de/
On Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, the Federal Employment Agency offers drop-in consultations for study and careers advice and employment services for academics.
For every master’s degree programme there are individual and sometimes very specific admission requirements. The official databases on www.hochschulkompass.de and www.studienwahl.de give you an overview of the range of further degree programmes and initial reference points on admission requirements. Please always find out directly from the respective university, to receive binding information.
Important: About a year before you plan to transfer to a master’s course you should start looking for degree programmes you want to apply for. This will mean that you have enough time to catch up on any qualifications you need to earn. You should also stay up to date about the current admission requirements, as these can change!
Academic Advice Service
advice@uni-passau.de
https://www.uni-passau.de/en/academic-advice
There are various types of assessments, e.g.:
You can check which type of examination is intended for your course in the module catalogue for your degree programme.
You must register for all examinations, generally via the Campus portal. When you sign up for a course at the start of the semester, you are not automatically registered for the exam! You must register separately during a specific registration period over the course of the semester.
If you cannot or do not wish to complete the examination, you can deregister again before a specified deadline. This also generally takes place via the Campus portal.
Examinations Office:
https://www.uni-passau.de/en/examinations-office
If you want to take an examination, you must register for it.
Exam registration and de-registration is done in the campus portal during the exam registration dates. These are different for each faculty and are set by the Examinations Office.
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.
Please read the FAQ of the Examinations Office on the topic of module examinations.
The semester contribution at the University of Passau is comprised of the fee for the Student Services Association (Studentenwerk) and the semester ticket. This money does not go to the University. Find out here about the current semester contribution. There are no tuition fees in the conventional sense. However, there may be some smaller fees for individual services, such as using the Sports Centre for recreational sports.
Student Registration Office:
registry@uni-passau.de
www.uni-passau.de/en/student-registration-office
There are different ways to finance your studies. As well as financial support from your parents, personal savings or a job there are various funding possibilities available. Some examples:
Please use our information page on costs and funding.
The social advice service of the Student Services Association (Studentenwerk) for Lower Bavaria/Upper Palatinate is available for questions regarding financing your studies and in financial emergency situations, and also has various tips on the topic of money during your studies for you.
The Amt für Ausbildungsförderung (aka BAföG Office) and the social advice service are part of the Student Services Association (Studentenwerk) of Lower Bavaria/Upper Palatinate. There you will receive comprehensive advise about BAföG ('Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz', the German federal teaching assistance act) and other forms of student support.
There are many scholarships and funding programmes for students (e.g. the Deutschlandstipendium scholarship that is awarded at the university). Make the most of your opportunity and find out about the various funding schemes at an early stage, for instance by attending one of the University's scholarship information events.
The Academic Advice Service advises you on the following topics:
Academic Advice Service
advice@uni-passau.de
https://www.uni-passau.de/en/academic-advice
Programme advisers dispense information about subject/programme-specific questions as well as questions on the opportunities for specialisation or focus areas in the respective degree programme. They will also answer questions on coursework and examination assessments, particular if you are planning to switch to another higher education institution.
iStudi Coach – iStudi stands for international students – advises enrolled, international degree-seeking students on every day issues about studying, careers and questions about Passau. With the iStudi Pass you will receive optimum preparation for getting started in your career in the city and region of Passau.
In a brochure specially for international students you can find plenty of useful information and contact addresses, e.g. on the different advice centres that are available to you during your studies in Passau.
The main contact persons for all students are the student committees of the five faculties. They look into and after the concerns and interests of the students. The student committees give information about the relevant developments in the respective faculties relating to studies and advise the students.
For many degree programmes there are also subject-specific university groups, that also take on advisory functions.
The International Office of the University of Passau advises you about all aspects of a stay abroad in the context of your studies.
It also has specific FAQs about studying abroad.
Future: Careers and Competencies (ZKK) advises you about the topics of work placement (also: scholarships for work placements abroad) and starting a career.
Here you can find an overview of the advice centres at the University of Passau.
All students can access the Psychological Counselling Service for support with personal problems, family difficulties, or academic stress.
The University of Passau offers students with disabilities individual advice and support during all phases of their study. These include:
Your contact person, Dr Ulrike Bunge, will be pleased to advise you personally.
Please note that you also have the possibility to apply for exam access arrangements to compensate any disadvantages caused by your condition.
The family service of the University of Passau offers consultation for pregnant students and students with children.
Important information for students who are pregnant or breast-feeding
The law on the protection of pregnant or breast-feeding mothers (Mutterschutzgesetz) also applies to students. In order to ensure the protection of you and your (unborn) child as a pregnant or breast-feeding student, the University of Passau is obliged to take measures that make it as easy as possible to combine pregnancy or parenthood with studying. To ensure that the University of Passau can fulfil its obligations and inform you about the regulations during your pregnancy and in the months following the birth of your child, you must register with the Equal Opportunities Section (Ms Marie-Helene Wünsch).
Please visit our information page about housing in Passau.
Information on parking permits for the students underground car park at Innstrasse 27–29.
Please note that you must have a parking badge to be allowed to park in the underground car park. You can read about the procedure for downloading the parking badge in the help portal.
The University Library comprises the Central Library and four reading rooms. You can find the opening times here during the lecture period and the semester break.
The Sports Centre of the University of Passau offers a wide range of university sports classes. There are also many student university groups as well as clubs that you can take part in during your leisure time. Here you can find an overview of the student societies and clubs.
The Cultural Office of the Student Services Association (Studentenwerk) is responsible for cultural promotion and the contact partner for all students who want to be culturally active (e.g. contact with cultural groups, booking music rehearsal rooms and stages, photography and film courses and much more).
