Assessments: Information and FAQs
In response to the significant challenges facing universities and students during the COVID‑19 pandemic, a new Art. 99 was added to the Bayerisches Hochschulgesetz (Bavarian Higher Education Act, BayHSchG) in the summer of 2020. Where the deadlines to meet a minimum ECTS score requirement (Grundlagen- und Orientierungsprüfung, Kontrollprüfung) are concerned, the rule applies that the 2020 summer semester does not count as a subject semester.
According to the latest amendment to the BayHSchG, that rule also applies for the 2020/21 winter semester, the 2021 summer semester and the 2021/22 winter semester. This is why students who need to meet a minimum ECTS score requirement (Grundlagen- und Orientierungsprüfung, Kontrollprüfung), i.e. need to have successfully completed the assessments in certain modules, in the semesters in question have been granted an exception: Until the end of the 2021/22 winter semester, the University will refrain from checking whether they have achieved the required number of ECTS credits.
If you have any questions about your specific case, please contact the competent Examination Office.
To ensure that students who are enrolled in a degree programme in the 2020 summer semester and are not on leave of absence in that semester will not face a disadvantage if they miss deadlines prescribed by the academic and examination regulations for their degree programmes because of the COVID-19 pandemic, those students will be granted an automatic extension of the deadlines in question.
According to the latest amendment to the BayHSchG, that rule also applies for the 2020/21 winter semester, the 2021 summer semester and the 2021/22 winter semester.
The Examination Office will grant that automatic deadline extension on its own initiative. Students will not be required to file a request.
If you have any questions about your specific case, please contact the competent Examination Office.
