FAQ

InSL is responsible for general questions regarding the organization of the study program and regular inquiries from students of our department. From our contact point, students are referred to the right contact person, e.g. the examination board, if necessary with a concrete appointment. For all international questions you can contact ISIM directly.

If you have questions specific to your study programme, please contact the subject advisory service for our study programmes. For Mechanical Engineering, this is InSL. For questions specific to the Materials Science and Materials Engineering program, students may contact the MatWerk Student Advisory Service. Students of the interdepartmental study program Mechatronics and Information Technology may contact the study program service Bachelor MIT and the study program service Master MIT for program-specific questions. The student advisory services also provide counselling for students changing universities or courses of study and applicants with alternative university entrance qualifications.

The examination boards of the respective study programs are responsible for applications in special cases, such as application for the extension of a deadline (Fristverlängerungsantrag) deadline extensions or application for the second repetition (Zweitwiederholungsantrag).

Yes. This depends on the module in question.

You can register for exams online via the student portal . Exceptions are exams for study programs administered in HIS-POS. Further information on this can be obtained from InSL.

Notification of illness or withdrawal from the examination must be made to the examining institute. A medical certificate must be submitted to the institute as soon as possible. If the deadline is exceeded, please contact the examination board.

Yes, an examination that is to be conducted in writing can also be conducted orally, and an examination that is to be conducted orally can also be conducted in writing, if the effort involved is unjustifiably high (cf. the respective SPO).

No. According to the study plan, each brick and each major can only be chosen once in either the Bachelor's or the Master's program.

Yes, but bricks already examined must be carried over to the new plan.

A form for recognition must be filled out and submitted to the examination board. The procedure and the required documents can be found in this application. Recognition should take place within the semester following the return.

A form for recognition must be filled out and submitted to the examination board. The procedure and the required documents can be found in this application. Recognition must take place within one semester after enrollment.

"Mathematical Methods" can be chosen in different modules. In the Master's program, an exam from "Mathematical Methods" must be taken in any case, even if you have already taken another course from "Mathematical Methods" with an exam in the Bachelor's program.

Additional bricks must be registered as such for examination at the Student Service (HIS-POS administered students) or at the Examination Office (CAMPUS administered students). The additional bricks are included in the Transcript of Records, but the grades are not included in the calculation of the overall grade.

Yes, if they correspond to the subjects of the curriculum. Recognition must take place within one semester after enrollment.

For each subject that is to be transferred, a form must be filled out and submitted to the Examination Office. Recognition will only take place after enrollment in the Master's program.

Yes. The Bachelor's and Master's programs are two separate programs.

Study programs administered in CAMPUS: The Bachelor's/Master's thesis is created in CAMPUS by the supervising institute and registered there by the student.

Study programs administered in HIS-POS: The form for registering the Bachelor's thesis or Master's thesis is completed as described on the information sheet and submitted to Student Services. The resulting "green slip" is handed in to the supervising institute.

The application deadline is at the end of each semester (31.03. or 30.09.).

As with the bachelor's program, the application is made online.

According to §3(3) of the admission statutes (Nov. 2017), provisional admission to the program may be granted under certain circumstances if it can be assumed that the bachelor's program will be successfully completed in time before the master's program begins. More information can be found here.

Yes, if the bachelor's program has not yet been completed.

Please follow the instructions in your admission letter.

...can be found here.

Please contact the examination board in this regard. Please bring a detailed performance record ("alle Leistungen") with you.

The examination board is responsible for this. Please submit a detailed performance record ("all performances") as well as a schedule with all outstanding examinations.

Please contact the secretariat of the Bachelor Examination Board of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology with a current transcript of grades.

Under certain circumstances yes. Further information can be obtained from the BAföG office.

For a late re-registration, please contact the Student Services immediately. In any case, the semester fee must be transferred beforehand ("manually", i.e. without direct debit, stating the correct purpose).

As soon as you have reached 180 LP (excluding LP in the additional module), re-registration in the Bachelor's program for the next semester is no longer possible.

According to §8(3) of the Study and Examination Regulations of 2016, the examination entitlement in the Bachelor's degree program in Mechanical Engineering expires if the Bachelor's examination has not been taken in full by the end of the ninth semester. Due to the Corona pandemic, the maximum duration of study may be extended (see link).

According to §9 of the Study and Examination Regulations of 2016 , the examination entitlement in the Master's program in Mechanical Engineering expires if the Master's examination has not been taken in full by the end of the seventh semester. Due to the Corona pandemic, the maximum duration of study may be extended (see link).