How to request your examination certificate
You can request your examination certificate once all assessments are recordes in your grade printout.
1. Check if all assessments have been recorded. Please compare your grade printout with the course overview contained in your examination regulations.
Please note: Modules which are marked with BE oder BE (PV) in the transcript are modules you have successfully completed and passed. If some assessment are still missing, please contact your course lecturer. Should you need to transfer some assessments in other modules, please contact the Sociology examination office. If you have any questions regarding the planning of your studies and the recognition of courses, please contact your student advisor (Andreas Romer or Maria Lidola). Please note that some minor subjects (e.g. Gender Studies) only have 39 ECTS credits in the curriculum instead of the required 40 ECTS credits. The missing credits must be absolved in the Centre for Transferable Skills (SQ). In terms of content, you can choose freely from the SQ programme and also opt for a course with more than 1 ECTS. However, if you want to include a language, you must acquire 6 ECTS. Centre for Transferable Skills (SQ).
2. If the list of your assessments is correct and complete, please contact the Sociology examination office and include the following information in your email: last name, first name, student ID number, title and module of your last assessment and the expected completing date. Please note: date of exams a) thesis: the exam date is the date you have handed in your final work, b) oral examination: the exam date is the day when your final oral exams has taken place. If you have passed, the examination office will forward your request to the Central Examination Office (ZPA).
3. the Examinations Office will forward your enquiry to the Central Examination Office (ZPA) if the examination is positive. Your degree certificate will then be issued there. On the website of the Central Examination Office you will find an overview of contact persons according to your degree and their current office hours.
Exmatriculation
The earliest date for exmatriculation without interrupting your studies is when you have successfully completed all the required coursework. The achievements must have been completed, but may not yet be listed in your transcript of records. Please be aware of the fact that, should you have failed an assessment, you need to enroll again before being able to take a second attempt. Please contact the Sociology Examinations Office before you exatriculate to have your ZEuS account checked for completeness.
The exmatriculation can be done on a daily basis at an exact day. You have time until the end of each university semester (not the lecture period!) during which you have taken your last assessment to request your exmatriculation. You can find detailed information about exmatriculation at the Student Service Centre (SSZ).
As long as you are enrolled, you can attend university events or take advantage of offers for your future career from the Career Service, Centre for Transferable Skills (SQ), Language Institute (SLI), Writing Centre.