Module examinations

Module examination

Each module concludes with a module examination.

A module examination can be:

• written (e.g., written exam (Klausur), minutes, lab report, seminar paper, final thesis)
• oral (e.g., oral exam, in-class presentation, talk, other presentation)
• electronic (e.g., programming exercise) or
• another form (e.g., internship).

Coursework

Coursework is used to monitor individual learning progress and usually takes place during the semester. Coursework can be an admission requirement for the module examination but can also be part of the module examination.

Exception: In the Bachelor’s programs in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, coursework is always a module examination that can be repeated an unlimited number of times.

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Examination dates

Examinations only take place in the semester of the course to which they belong.
The examination dates are set either centrally by the Examinations Office or decentrally by the individual examiners and are then published on HohCampus.

The centrally organized examination dates are set at the latest at the beginning of the registration period.  If you do not see an examination date in HohCampus during the registration period, please ask the relevant department for the date.

Examination periods

Especially those module exams that are centrally organized typically take place within examination periods. Each semester has two exam periods: the first takes place immediately following the lecture period, and the second is at the end of the lecture-free period. Some of the exams in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences’ degree programs also take place in the Pentecost holiday week.

• Overview of the examination periods on the semester dates page

Special case: Block modules

In block modules, the examinations may take place outside the examination periods. Often these take place at the end of each block.

Special case: Decentrally organized module examinations | Coursework

Graded coursework and examinations that do not consist of a written or oral exam can take place during the lecture period or in the examination periods.

Special case: Modules at the University of Stuttgart

As a rule, the examinations at the University of Stuttgart take place only once per semester. The lecturers or the Examination Office at the University of Stuttgart determine these dates. The University of Stuttgart’s examination period is different from the University of Hohenheim’s examination periods.

Make-up exam dates are usually offered in the next semester.

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Registering a thesis

You must register for each module examination. This means you always have to register if you want to complete a module. Registration is also necessary even if the examination is not a written exam or a traditional oral exam.

When you register for an examination, you specify the area of your degree program (e.g., compulsory modules, profile area, additional modules, elective area, etc.) to which the associated module is assigned. You can find information about possibilities to change this decision under exchanging modules.

Register for examinations on  HohCampus using the function “Study Planner.”

You can register for examinations in the first or in the second examination period.
However, you can only register during the registration period. You can find the registration deadlines alongside the individual examination dates in the Study Planner.

In general, the registration deadlines are as follows:

• for centrally planned examinations in the first examination period, the registration deadline is approximately 6.5 weeks before this examination period
• for block modules 7 days before the block ends
• for the examinations in the second examination period, the registration deadline is 7 days before the examination date

The registration deadlines may differ for examinations that are planned decentrally. Always pay attention to the information in the Study Planner on HohCampus.

Late registration is generally not possible!

Cancel registration

You can cancel your registration for examinations until seven days before the examination.

After that, it is only possible to withdraw. It does not matter whether it is a registration for your first attempt at an examination or whether you wish to cancel your registration for a re-take examination.

Cancel your registration online on HohCampus.

Special case: Changing your registration

As long as the cancellation deadline for the examination in the first examination period has not yet expired, you can change your registration directly in HohCampus. The registration for the first examination date will then be cancelled and you will be registered for the second examination date.

Note: If the deadline for cancelling registrations for the first examination date has expired, then changing your registration will result in a grade of 5.0 for the first examination. If the deadline for cancelling registrations has expired, you can only submit a request to withdraw or the examination on the first date will be considered to have been missed without excuse. 

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If you miss an exam without an excuse, this exam will be graded as 5.0. This means that you lose an examination attempt.

You should therefore cancel your registration or withdraw from the exam in good time if you have a reason for missing it.

If you miss an exam, you must re-register for the exam yourself. There is no automatic registration for the next time the exam is offered.

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Students are deemed to have cheated if they gain an advantage over their fellow students by using an unauthorized aid or an external service.

An attempt to cheat is also considered to be cheating; carrying an unauthorized aid (e.g., cheat sheet, smartphone, unauthorized markings in a law book) is sufficient.

The use of third-party content without stating the source and labeling it as a quotation (plagiarism) is also considered cheating.

An examination in which cheating has been attempted will be graded with 5.0. In particularly serious cases, this can also result in the loss of the right to take examinations. Serious cheating cases are typically cases with repeated attempts at cheating.

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Examinations can be repeated a limited or unlimited number of times. What applies to the individual examinations is specified in the module catalog.

If the repetition options are limited, you must check the examination regulations to see how often they can be repeated in your degree program.

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If you do not pass an examination that can be repeated with a limit on the last attempt, your right to take the examination expires and you may no longer continue your studies.

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