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Are you interested in attending a course/module of another faculty at JLU?

Please proceed as follows:

1. Clarify with the examination office whether the course/module can be recognized before! participation. For this you have to send the module description by email to the examination office.
2. For information about module participation and exam participation you have to contact the lecturer in charge.
3. After successful completion please submit the graded certificate to the examination office.

Please note that the use of the university email address is obligatory for every student of our faculty. Don't forget to identify yourself in every email with your student identification number and your course of study. For data protection reasons the examinations office will only respond to your university email address, if you are a student at the JLU. Therefore it is recommended to check your university email account regularly.

All modules are completed with a final examination. Each semester has three examination periods. These are scheduled for the end of the lecture period (1st examination period), for the end of the semester break (2nd examination period) and take place during the following semester (3rd examination period). The exact dates of examination periods are defined by the examination committee each semester and are published on the website in the document Deadlines .

Registration for Examinations

In order to be entitled to take part in an examination you have to be registered for it. You can decide for each examination whether to take it during the first or second examination period. In any case you have to make sure that you are registered for the examination as otherwise the achieved grade will not count. Re- and repeat examinations are registered automatically. Before the examination takes place the lecturers receive a list of all registered students, which will be checked before starting the examination.

Each examination period has its own registration period, within which you can register in FlexNow. The 3rd examination period is only intended for re- and repeat examinations. You cannot register yourself for this examination period.

Please recheck your data in FlexNow after having performed a registration and verify that you are registered for the correct module examination. Furthermore, please keep the confirmation mail, which you will receive in you university e-mail account, carefully for further questions.

Degregistration

During the registration period you can also deregister from an examination in FlexNow without giving reasons if it is an initial examination. In case you are registered for an examination and you do not take the examination it will be deemed failed. A deregistration from a repeat examination is not possible.

Deadlines

The regulations for module examinations and doctoral studies of the faculty 09 are defined by the respective Specific Regulations. The responsible committee ensures compliance with the regulations and decides on cases which are not defined by the regulations.

Examination Committee

Head of the examination committee: Prof. Dr. Martin Petrick

(For an appointment please contact studies by specifiying the subject)

Responsibilities and tasks of the examination committee:

• Organization of the Bachelor and Master examinations
• The committee ensures adherence to the examination regulations
• Decision on matters which are not defined by the examination regulations

Examination Regulations

You find the current examination regulations on "Mitteilungen der Universität Gießen (MUG)":

• General Regulations for modular and multi-stage study programmes at Justus Liebig (German / English)
  https://www.uni-giessen.de/mug/7/7_34_00_1
• Specific Regulations "Agricultural Sciences, Nutritional Sciences and Environmental Management" (German)
  https://www.uni-giessen.de/mug/7/findex36.html/7_36_09_1_AOeU
• Specific Regulations "Oenology, Wine Economics, Beverage Technologies" (German)
  https://www.uni-giessen.de/mug/7/findex36.html/7_36_09_3_WeOeGe

The General Regulations apply to all study programmes of the university. They define how the final grades are correctly calculated. Certificates are created by a software of the university observing the general regulations.

The faculty 09 provides an English version of the regulations. The English translation serves solely for purposes of information. The German language version of the examination regulations is the legally binding version.

• Special Regulations Faculty 09 (.pdf)

Justus Liebig University offers various courses to enhance your professional and interdisciplinary skills.

These courses can be recognized as one profile or one additional module as long as the courses are completed with a graded exam. For recognition one or several course certificates with a total of 6 CPs have to be handed in to the examination office.

Registration for attendance and examination has to be done directly with the lecturers since it is not possible to register via Flex Now.

Below you can find various courses:

• Professional and interdisciplinary skills at ZfbK
• German courses as a Foreign Language
• English for specific purposes offered by Faculty 09

From the summer semester 2023 on, you will need to hand in a proof with a justified reason (e.g. medical certificate) if you do not attend an exam for reasons beyond your control, otherwise the exam will count as failed. For submission please fill in the online form and upload the corresponding proof. The form must be sent online no later than three working days after the examination date.

For proof of illness you may print the certificate available here and present it to the doctor, or you can upload a certificate provided by the doctor.

Please use the online form for submission of the corresponding proof / medical certificate.

For your personal documentation please keep the medical certificate. If the certificate is accepted, the examination will not count as failed but has to be repeated during the next possible examination period. This registration is effected automatically.

In the profile module plan you define which profile modules you want to attend in which semester.

On the one hand it is important that you have an overview of the modules you are planning to attend (matching module combinations, setup of your personal schedule – no overlaps) and on the other hand it is the basis for distributing seats in modules with limited capacity.

You can find more information about the Profile Module Plan here .

Applications for recognition may be submitted for academic achievements and completed modules if they are equivalent to a module in a degree course of the faculty 09

Application Documents

The follwing documents have to be completely submitted to the examination office.

• Form (.pdf)
• Detailed Module descriptions in German or English language (not a complete module catalogue but only the description of the respective module in the orginal - no self-created descriptions !). In addition you can submit: scripts of lectures or practical courses.
• a certified copy of the achievement record showing the CPs and grades in  German or English language

Information for University Applicants

• Application for a higher semester of study: one semester of study will be recognized for four (4) modules with 6 CP each. Applications for a higher semester of study including all documents for recognition have to be submitted at least four weeks before the application deadline of the study programme. It is inevitable to calculate enough time ahead for the recognition procedure. As the processing time for the application recognition of international students is considerably longer, they have to hand in their applications eight weeks before the application deadline of the study programme.

• Entry of recognised modules into FlexNow
  The recognised modules will be entered into FlexNow as soon as you have presented the enrolment receipt of your degree programme to the examination offfice.

Attention: The recognition of modules or even semesters of study is NOT a guarantee for a study place and does NOT replace a study place application. Please pay attention to the information on the application procedure for international students click here

Information for Students of the Faculty 09

• Applications for the recognition of academic achievements may also be submitted if you are already immatriculated. In this case, recognised modules will be immediately entered into FlewNow without further notice.
• Information on the possibilites to change the study programme within the faculty 09 is given here
• For modules of other faculties please take into consideration the following information: Courses of other faculties at JLU
  

Registration of repeat examinations

The registration of repeat examinations is effected automatically at the end of the registration period.

Postponement of the second repeat of a module examination

If the first repeat examination is taken in the second examination period and is not passed the student can request a postponement in order to attend the module again.

Form Postponement of the second repeat of a module examination (.pdf)