FAQ

They are generally accepted in case they are equivalent. Upload in the application process.

For bachelor's degree programme the application deadline generally is 15 Jan or 15 July ; for master's degree programmes the application deadline is 15 Jan or 15 Aug. The deadlines of degree programmes with open admission may deviate.

For more information, please see here.

Must generally be submitted by 15 January or 15 July; degree programmes with open admission are exempt. More information available under contactform.

You may apply for several degree programms. You may only enrol in ONE degree programme! For degree programmes with restrictes admission via hochschulstart.de, no more than 12 applications.

If you want to upload many documents, please put together multiple documents to one meaningful PDF file and choose an explicit name for it.

Please indicate study times in Germany and abroad. Please indicate study times at THWS as well.

No. Please enrol online in the THWS CampusPortal or here. For more information, please see Information for new students.

The status of your application has not changed in over two weeks? Please contact ust via the contact form.

After admission, the letter of admission will be available for download in the THWS CampusPortal. Not sent via post or e-mai.

Please choose a closely related degree programm.

Please apply nonetheless! Or else you will miss the application periods. Your application will then be assigned the status "preliminarily excluded". Upload the certificate upon availability under "Withdraw and alter application". Resubmit the application!

Please click here for the application form and the framework conditions. In case of questions, please contact the Department of Student Affairs via the contactform.

For more information on language certificates, please see information about language requirements.

Only in exceptional cases. Subjects to approval of the faculty. For more information, please see here.

All Information you will find here.

The documents will be available in the THWS CampusPortal after enrolment:

"My Studies -> Study Service -> Requested Reports/Reports"

Please note: Your account will be activated 48 hours after enrolment, but not earlier than three weeks before the start of the semester.

Admission are granted by Hochschulstart according to prioritisation. THWS cannot influence this decision. If there are still places available and you have received a letter of rejection from Hochschulstart, you may still be offered a place by THWS through an internal move-up procedure (mid-September until mid-October).

For a simplified presentation of relevant examination deadlines, please see General examination deadlines for studying at THWS

Is there an examination deadline? --> Please immediately (within 1-2 days) submit the completed "Application for deadline extension / de-registration from examination(s)" and a medical certificate to the Department of Student Affairs via contact form.

Please contact the Department of Student Affairs via the contact form.

Change your contact data in the THWS CampusPortal. In case of Change of name, please contact the Department of Student Affairs via the contact form.

Please ask your new health insurance provider to send us a digital certificate of insurance.

Please contact the Department of Student Affairs via contact form.The decision will be made by the examination committee.

After determination of the results by the respective examination committee, the results are published on the THWS CampusPortal.

 If you are facing de-registration, please apply for another degree programme within the application period. After the announcement of the exam results applications are no longer possible!

In the THWS CampusPortal, you can identify that the de-registration from an examination has been accepted if the concerned examination has been deleted by HSST. The approval of an extended deadline can be seen in the transcript of records available through the THWS CampusPortal.
In case of rejection of a de-registration or deadline extension request, you will receive a written notification to the address known to us.

For requirements, please see the study and examination regulations (SPO) of your degree programme. Submit a copy of the contract to the Department of STudent Affairs using the contact form BEVORE starting your semester abroad.

Fill in the application for leave of absence (for family or other reasons) and submit it via the contact form.

You have to apply for grade improvement by completing the application form for grade improvement.

Please note that the Department of Student Affairs (HSST) will perform the exam registration in the FHWS CampusPortal for you once your application for grade improvement was accepted by HSST.

Please note: As a rule, the claim for grade improvement expires 6 months after the first attempt at the examination, i.e. the application must be submitted in the following examination period. An extension of the deadline is excluded in this context.

If you had an accident (at FHWS, at an FHWS event, or on the way to FHWS or home), please complete the accident report for students (available only in German) and submit it to the Department of Student Affairs (HSST). In case of an accident on the way to/from FHWS, please also submit the questionnaire for commuting accidents (available only in German).

Forms available at the competent BAFöG-Amt and in the form centre. Confirmation by Department of Student Affairs via the contact form.

Informal signed proxy.

Information as well as the form to notify us of your pregnancy and explanations in English are available in our form centre.

In order register your bachelor’s thesis, you will first need a professor supervising your thesis. Please fill in the registration form together with your supervisor. The form is available from the faculty. It has to be signed by your supervisor as well as yourself. You must meet the requirements in accordance with your study and examination regulations (SPO). The registration form must generally be submitted BEFORE you start work on your thesis (about 2 weeks before).

Comprehensive information about all courses as well as contact information of your lecturers is available on the pages of your faculty. The Department of Student Affairs (HSST) does not have any information about that.

Download in the THWS CampusPortal at  "My studies - Student services - Certificates". For first-semester students no later than 14 days prior to semester start. For students in their second semester or higher upon successful re-enrolment in Mid-February or early August.

If you can foresee that you finish your studies at the end of the semester, please do not re-enrol. In case of unforeseen delay, you can re-enrol by bank transfer immediately at the start of the next semester.

You will stay enrolled until the end of the semester, even if you graduated already at the start of the semester.
However, you may submit a special request form to be de-registered earlier. Usually, it is no problem to stay enrolled until the end of the semester, even if you are already employed.

You have successfully completed your studies when the degree grade is published in the online FHWS CampusPortal with legal effect. Please take into account that until the publication of your degree grade, there will also be time needed for assessing your thesis, determining the grade of your thesis by the examination committee and calculating your degree grade.
Generally speaking, your degree grade should be available at the Department of Student Affairs (HSST) about three weeks before the end of the semester to enable graduation by the end of the semester. In case your bachelor’s thesis is the last piece of coursework you have to deliver for your graduation, please discuss this with your supervising professor.

When your degree grade is published in the FHWS CampusPortal, we start finalising your degree certificate and related documents. As it takes some time to create the documents and especially to get them signed, we must ask you to bear with us. 

Upon completion of the documents we will contact you again. You can then collect the documents in person at HSST during office hours, or have a person authorised by procura collect them).

Your degree grade is calculated in accordance with the appendix to your study and examination regulations taking into account the specified weighting factors.

In this case, please contact your HSST contact person.

Please complete the form provided by the German Rentenversicherung including your degree programme and submit it to the Department of Student Affairs (HSST).

The de-registration form is available in our form centre. Please note that de-registering retroactively is not possible.

An overview of your payments to the Studentenwerk is available on request from the Department of Student Affairs (HSST).

If a refund of already paid semester fees can be made in accordance with the statutes of the Studentenwerk, this will officially be initiated by us. A special application for this is not required.

You can contact the Academic Advisory Service. They will advise you and inform you about your opportunities after finishing your studies.