The application for recognition should be submitted by the end of the first semester of enrolment in the respective degree programme at the latest, provided that the credits were earned before enrolment. If the credits were earned after enrolment, the application must be submitted by the end of the semester following the respective acquisition at the latest. These deadlines apply accordingly to the recognition of other knowledge and qualifications.

Change of university:
You can find more information on credit transfer at the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics here.

Semester abroad:
You can find more information on the recognition of academic achievements during a semester abroad here.

Please refer to the information below when submitting applications.

If you wish to rebook examinations, please contact the Examination Office directly. If your application cannot be processed there, you will be forwarded to the relevant examination board by the Ecamination Office.

Please note

Occasionally there are supposedly incorrect bookings for three main reasons:

1) the wrong application in the repeat case.

2) as soon as there is an overbooking.

Please pay attention to these factors and contact the Examination Office if you have any questions.

Students can only be admitted to examinations in the profiling phase if they have earned all credit points in the assessment phase or have not exceeded the fourth semester.

Exceptions can only be granted in individual cases.

No subsequent admissions to modules will be authorised after the end of the revision phase. Exceptions can only be granted in special individual cases.

A special individual case can only be assumed if it would be unreasonable to allow the legal consequences resulting from the expiry of the deadline to continue. This requires an application by the student concerned to the Examination Board, which must substantiate special reasons which, in the specific individual case, make it appear to be an unreasonable hardship not to admit the student retroactively to the module in question as an exception.

A placement recommendation is only made as part of your application for a higher semester at Paderborn University. The following documents are required for a placement recommendation:

• A copy of your signed application documents/application for admission to higher semesters or your Paul application number
• A current overview of the coursework you have already completed
• The module description of the module achievements of the respective university

All information on credit transfer can be found here.

Please let us know your study programme (specifying whether it is a Bachelor’s or Master’s study programme) and when you started your studies (specifying the first semester).

• Please briefly let us know what the Examinations Board is to decide on.
• You can viewthe areas of responsibility and competence of the Examinations Board of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics on the websitevia the following link:
• Do you wish to commence your studies at Paderborn University in a specific semester? If so, please let us know, stating your planned starting semester, whether you:
• need a placement certificate

or

• wish to apply for credit transfer for modules already completed at another universityonce you have completed your enrolment.

• Briefly summarise – ideally in bullet points – everything that has happened so far and that could be relevant to the Examinations Board’s decision, for example:
  • Why have you requested a decision from the Examinations Board?
  • Which members of staff and departments at Paderborn University have you been in contact with so far regarding your application? What did they tell you?
  • Have you been in contact with any individuals or authorities outside Paderborn University regarding your application? What did they tell you?
• Please send us all supporting documentation relating to the facts you have described. In particular, please send us any information you have already received from other departments, individuals or authorities regarding your application, and provide us with the name and email address of the relevant body.

Note:

If you do not send us the relevant supporting documents, we will have to make a decision based on the information in our files; in such cases, any doubt will be interpreted against you.

• Please let us know by when you need a decision from the Examinations Board.
• Any particular urgency – i.e. a decision within a short timeframe – must be justified separately.

Note:

In cases of particular urgency, please provide evidence demonstrating the urgency of your application. If you are unable to provide such evidence and if the urgency of your application cannot otherwise be verified, we cannot guarantee that your request will be processed at short notice.

• Please let us know whether any decisions relevant to your application have already been made by other bodies, both within and outside the university, which you have not yet listed under 2.
• Please also send us all supporting documentation relating to these decisions.

Note:

If you do not send us the relevant supporting documents, we will have to make a decision based on the information in the file, in which case any doubt will be to your disadvantage.

Once we have received all the above information and supporting documents, we will process your application as quickly as possible. If you do not provide the requested information and supporting documents, or do not provide them to the required extent, the Examinations Board will be unable to process your application.

Please note:

Depending on the complexity of the application, please allow several weeks for processing.