Legal basis

EU

• Lisbon Convention (Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region)This international convention of the Council of Europe and UNESCO forms the basis for the recognition of higher education degrees and qualifications in the European Higher Education Area.
• Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG)These guidelines define quality standards for teaching and learning and serve the purpose of external quality assurance at universities.

Federal level

• Higher Education Framework Act (HRG)Regulates the federal legal framework for higher education in Germany.
• Model Ordinance (MRVO)This ordinance defines the requirements and procedures for the accreditation of study programmes and serves to ensure quality assurance in the higher education sector.
• Qualifications Framework for German Higher Education Qualifications (DQR)
• Standards for teacher training: Educational sciences (KMK)
• Standards for teacher training: Specialised sciences (KMK)
• Framework regulations for German language examinations for study at German universities (RO-DT) (KMK)
• Framework examination regulations for legal education (RPO-Jura)
• Licensing regulations for doctors (ÄAppO)
• Licensing regulations for dentists (ZÄPrO)
• Licensing regulations for pharmacists (AAppO)
• Ordinance on the examination for food chemists (LChPrV)
• Ordinance on the training and examination of speech therapists (LogAPrV)
• Nursing Professions Act (PflBG)
• Midwifery Act (HebG)
• Licensing regulations for psychotherapists (PsychThApprO)
• HRK position papers
• HRK topic papers

Bavaria

• Bavarian Higher Education Innovation Act (BayHIG)
• Implementing Ordinance to the Bavarian Higher Education Innovation Act (AVBayHIG)
• Ordinance on Qualifications for Studies at Universities of the Free State of Bavaria and State-recognised Non-State Universities (Qualification Ordinance - QualV)
• Ordinance on the authorisation to conduct university examinations at universities, art colleges and the University of Television and Film (University Examiner Ordinance - HSchPrüferV)
• Ordinance on the Secondary Employment of Civil Servant Academic and Artistic Staff at State Universities (Bayerische Hochschullehrernebentätigkeitsverordnung - BayHSchLNV)
• Teaching assignment and teaching remuneration regulations for academic universities
• Ordinance on the Bavarian Virtual University
• Law on university admission in Bavaria (University Admission Act - BayHZG)
• Ordinance on university admission at state universities in Bavaria (University Admission Ordinance - HZV)
• Ordinance on the granting of university performance-related pay and a secondary office allowance (Bavarian University Performance-Related Pay Ordinance - BayHLeistBV)
• Ordinance on the trialling of electronic distance examinations at universities in Bavaria (Bavarian Distance Examination Trialling Ordinance - BayFEV)
• Ordinance on the regulation of study accreditation in accordance with the State Treaty on Study Accreditation (Bavarian Study Accreditation Ordinance - BayStudAkkV)
• Regulations for the First Examination for a Teaching Qualification at Public Schools (LPO I)
• Teacher Training Act (BayLBG)
• Concordat between His Holiness Pope Pius XI and the State of Bavaria

• Treaty between the Bavarian State and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria on the Right Bank of the Rhine

JMU internal regulations and principles

• Basic Regulations
• Matriculation, re-registration and de-registration statutes
• Fee regulations
• General and subject-specific examination regulations (BA, MA, LA, doctorate, habilitation, additional studies, etc.)
• Module handbooks