Each module concludes with an examination.
An examination can be offered as a
- written (e.g. test, minutes, seminar paper, final paper),
- oral (e.g. examination talk, presentation), or
- computer-based exam
.
A module is passed if a score of at least a "pass" (D; 4.0) is achieved.
Passed examinations may not be retaken.
You may retake failed examinations (red-gold symbol) twice.
Failed coursework (blue-silver symbol) can be repeated indefinitely.
You lose your right of admission to an examination if, for your last retake exam in a module, you
- fail or
- miss it without a valid excuse.
If you have lost your right to take examinations, you will be exmatriculated by the Registrar’s Office.
For students who were enrolled in the summer semester 2020, winter semester 2020/2021, summer semester 2021, or winter semester 2021/22, the deadlines in their studies (preliminary examination, intermediate examination, completion of studies) are extended by one semester each, but by a total of maximum three semesters.
Preliminary examinations (Orientierungsprüfung)
(for students who started their studies until the winter semester 2019/2020 (PO 20150, 20170))
The preliminary examination is designed to determine whether the first examinations are promising for a continuation of the degree program.
The preliminary examination is considered to have been passed once you have passed 42 ECTS credits (7 modules) during the basic study period. Of these 42 ECTS credits, at least one (6 ECTS credits) module must be in Business Administration and one (6 ECTS credits) in Economics.
The preliminary examination should be passed by the end of the second semester. If you have not passed the preliminary examination by the end of the second examination period of the third semester, you will lose your right of admission to an examination.
If you cannot meet the deadline for important reasons, you can make a request for an extension of the deadline.
For students who started their studies in the winter semester 2020/2021:
The preliminary examination is considered to have been passed once you have passed 54 ECTS credits (9 modules) during the basic study period. In the field of methods of business and economic sciences, 6 ECTS credits must be earned in the module Quantitative Methods 1 and at least 6 additional ECTS credits must be earned in another methods module. In the field of economics, 6 ECTS credits must be earned in the module GVWL 1: Markets and Economic Decisions and an 6 additional ECTS credits must be earned in another economics module. In the field of business administration, at least 12 ECTS credits must be earned.
The preliminary examination should be passed by the end of the second semester. If you have not passed the preliminary examination by the end of the second examination period of the third semester, you will lose your right of admission to an examination.
If you cannot meet the deadline for important reasons, you can make a request for an extension of the deadline.
For students who started their studies in the winter semester 2021/2022:
For the preliminary examination, 54 ECTS credits must be earned by examinations from the first three semesters of the compulsory area according to the curriculum. In each case, 6 ECTS credits must be earned in each of the modules "Mathematics in Economics" and "Introduction to Business and Economics." A total of 24 ECTS credits must be earned through modules from the area of "Business Administration," the area of “Economics," or a combination of these two areas.
The preliminary examination should be passed by the end of the second semester. If you have not passed the preliminary examination by the end of the second examination period of the third semester, you will lose your right of admission to an examination.
If you cannot meet the deadline for important reasons, you can make a request for an extension of the deadline.
Note: If you exmatriculate at the start of your third semester without having passed the preliminary examination, your right of admission to an examination is revoked. With your exmatriculation, it is no longer possible for you to pass the preliminary examination.
Interim examinations (Zwischenprüfung)
(applies to those who started studying in or after the winter semester 2020/2021)
The interim examination is considered to have been passed once you have passed all modules in the basic study period (90 ECTS).
If you have not passed the modules in the basic study period by the end of the second examination period of the fifth semester, you will lose your right of admission to an examination.
If you cannot meet the deadline for important reasons, you can make a request for an extension of the deadline.
Note: If you exmatriculate after starting your fifth semester without having passed the interim examination, your right of admission to an examination is revoked. With your exmatriculation, it is no longer possible for you to pass the interim examination.
(applies to those who started studying in or after the winter semester 2021/2022)
The interim examination (Zwischenprüfung) is considered to have been passed once you have passed modules totaling 90 credits from the compulsory areas.
If you have not passed the interim examination by the end of the second examination period of the fifth semester, you will lose your right of admission to an examination.
If you cannot meet the deadline for important reasons, you can make a request for an extension of the deadline.
Note: If you exmatriculate after starting your fifth semester without having passed the interim examination, your right of admission to an examination is revoked. With your exmatriculation, it is no longer possible for you to pass the interim examination.
Studies
The Bachelor’s examination (all modules and the Bachelor's thesis) should be completed by the end of the sixth semester.
You must have completed all modules by the end second examination period of the ninth semester. If you do not meet this deadline, your right of admission to an examination is lost.
If you cannot meet the deadline for important reasons, you can make a request for an extension of the deadline.
Note: If you exmatriculate at the start of your ninth semester without having completed your degree program, your right of admission to an examination is revoked. With your exmatriculation, it is no longer possible for you to complete your degree program on time.
The profile studies consist of the subjects Business Administration, Economics, the profile area, and the free elective area. For students who started their studies in or after the winter semester 2021/2022, the profile studies consist of the profile area and the free elective area.
You can find information on the semi-elective modules you can choose in your curriculum. The curriculum with which you started your studies is the one that applies to you.
Profiles
At the end of your studies, the profile area you chose will result in a profile that is included on your transcript of records.
Additional modules
You can take modules from all Bachelor’s degree programs at the University of Hohenheim as additional modules, provided that the capacity of the relevant department/institute permits this.
Additional modules are not included in the grade point average or ECTS count. However, you can request that they be included on your transcript of records (marked as additional modules).
Additional modules must also be completed with an exam.
It is not possible to count individual courses as additional modules.
You may only take part in additional modules until you have completed your studies.
You can exchange modules during your studies.
It is possible to exchange modules under the following conditions.
- You can exchange modules a maximum of two times during your degree program.
- It is not possible to exchange exams that have been failed in the final attempt.
- The module exchange must be applied for at the Examinations Office before the degree certificate is issued. This means that ideally you should submit the application no later than after you have submitted your thesis.
- Changing a module in the specialization area is only possible if the module you would like to exchange has not been completed.
Exchanging modules must be requested with the form request for a change of modules.
For this, use the request to change modules form. You can submit the form to the Student Information Center (SIZ) or put it in the postbox at the Examinations Office.
The Bachelor’s examination is made up of a written part (Bachelor's thesis).
You can find all details on the Bachelor’s examination regulations here:
The topic of the Bachelor's thesis must come from one of the following areas:
- General Business Administration
- General Economics or
- from the profile area.
With the supervisor’s agreement and with a reasoned request, the Bachelor's thesis may be written in a module from the free elective area.
Information on topic allocation and assignment of supervisors can be found on the website of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences.
The Bachelor's thesis can generally be assigned and supervised by
- professors,
- university lecturers or privatdozents,
- junior professors, or
- academic staff members with examination rights
in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences.
The supervisor is also the reviewer for the Bachelor’s thesis.
The examination committee may agree to the Bachelor's thesis being selected by a person who is not a member of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences. This person must also meet the above criteria.
The request for supervision of the Bachelor's thesis by a person outside of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences must be made informally in writing. A supervisor from the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences must agree to the topic.
Therefore, ask the professor responsible for the profile area/module to confirm that they support the supervision of the thesis by an external supervisor.
If you are interested in writing a thesis in collaboration with a company, please refer to the guidelines for external work.
You must register the thesis immediately once the supervisor has assigned the topic. You must then begin work.
Register the thesis through the Examinations Office. The application form must be signed by the student and the examiner.
You can hand in the completed form for registering the Bachelor’s thesis at the Student Information Center (SIZ) or drop it in the mailbox of the Examinations Office.
You may not change the topic.
However, title changes are possible.
To do so, submit the request to change the title of the thesis to the Examinations Office.
The Bachelor's thesis must be completed in two months.
In exceptional cases, the time may be extended by a maximum of one month. For this, an application to the examination committee is required.
The request must be received by the Examinations Office no later than two weeks before the deadline.
- If you have had problems with your work , this must be confirmed by the supervisor. The supervisor must confirm that
- the delay is not your fault and
- the requested duration of the extension corresponds to the delay.
You can submit the application at the Student Information Center (SIZ). The Examinations Office will forward your request to the examination committee for a decision. - If the request for an extension is for personal reasons , you must attach proof of the reason to the application.
- If you cannot submit your Bachelor's thesis on time for health reasons , your doctor must fill out the form “Extension of Deadline for Final Thesis" using the University of Hohenheim’s template. Submit the certificate together with the informal and signed application to the Examinations Office.The application for the extension of the deadline for health reasons should be submitted immediately (that is, when you are sick).
The Bachelor's thesis can be registered as a group work.
Group work is only allowed if the individual contribution is clearly identifiable and assessable because the information on who is responsible for which sections, pages, or other objective criteria enables the work of the individuals to be distinguished and evaluated.
The regulations for the delivery apply individually to all group members of the Bachelor’s thesis. This means that each person must submit one bound copy and an electronic document.
The Bachelor’s thesis may be completed in German or English.
If you write your Bachelor's thesis in English, the supervisor must approve. The signature on the registration form is considered sufficient approval.
You must include a declaration in your Bachelor's thesis.
With this, you declare that you
- have followed the Principles of Good Scientific Practice,
- have written the work independently and have used no sources or aids other than those listed,
- have marked the passages taken from other works word-for-word or paraphrased,
- that the digital version of the Bachelor's thesis is identical in terms of contents and wording without exception to the printed version,
- and that you agree to the electronic version being evaluated for plagiarism with an anti-plagiarism software.
You must sign this declaration.
If you submit an untrue declaration, the Bachelor’s thesis is evaluated with “unsatisfactory” (5.0).
Information on submitting your thesis can be found on the final theses page.
If the Bachelor’s thesis is evaluated by a reviewer with “unsatisfactory” (5.0), it will be evaluated by another examiner from the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences. The second examiner is appointed by the examination committee.
If the evaluations of the two reviewers are different, the examination committee will set a grade within the framework of the two grades.
If the Bachelor's thesis is evaluated with “unsatisfactory” (5.0), it may be repeated once with a new topic.
It is possible to withdraw from the Bachelor’s thesis if you cannot work on the thesis for more than six weeks for health or other personal reasons.
You must make your request to withdraw informally in writing. You can submit it to the Student Information Center (SIZ) or put it in the postbox at the Examinations Office.
The Faculty appoints the examination committee.
Members of the examination committee are
- three professors
- two research associates primarily employed by the University and
- one student member.
The student member has an advising vote.
The examination committee shall ensure that examination regulations are complied with. It also decides on applications when examination regulations provide for this (for example, when deadlines are missed).
Requests to the examination committees must be made immediately after the reason for the request is known. This means: You must respond immediately if you find that you cannot, for example, meet a deadline.
Requests to the examination committee are to be made informally. You do not need to meet any formal minimum requirements, but they must be signed by hand. Your application must explain the reasons for your request in detail (and include documentation if necessary).
Applications to the examination committee can be submitted in the Student Information Center (SIZ) or dropped in the postbox of the Examinations Office.
The examination committee may allow the Chairperson of the examination committee to decide alone in an urgent situation.
The examination committee shall notify the Examinations Office in writing of its decisions.
You may have examinations (Prüfungsleistungen) which you completed at another university recognized.
To do so, you must submit a request. The examination committee will decide on the request.
You can submit the request (no official form) to the Student Information Center (SIZ) or put it in the postbox at the Examinations Office.
Deadlines
If you would like to request recognition after changing degree programs or universities, then you must submit the request within the first three months of the semester in which you started your studies in Hohenheim (31 December or 30 June).
For recognition of coursework and examinations that you completed during your studies at another university, e.g. in a semester abroad, there is no deadline for submitting a request.
Recognition of compulsory and semi-elective modules
Examinations that were completed at other universities can be recognized if there are no significant differences between the competences you obtained and the competences of the modules at the University of Hohenheim.
The Examination Board decides on recognition at the request of the students.
The following forms are available for requesting the recognition of coursework and examinations the University of Hohenheim:
For students who began studying before the winter semester 20/21:
- Request for recognition of basic studies and general business / economics
- Request for recognition of specialization area (not including general business / economics)
For students who began studying in and after the winter semester 21/22:
For further information on the recognition of coursework and examinations completed abroad, please visit the homepage of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences.
Withdrawing from examinations
for health reasons
Module exchange
Request for module exchange
Bachelor’s thesis
Registration of the Bachelor’s thesis
Declaration of independent work
Extension of deadline - medical certificate
Request for change of title
