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There is the possibility to register as a guest student. Registration as a guest student will cost 50€ per semester. After activation, you can register for selected courses at the TU Darmstadt and attend the lectures.

• As a guest student, it is not possible to earn credit points.
• You may take courses for a maximum of 12 semester hours.
• It is not possible to participate in any kind of exams.

Further information

Foundation modules that are equivalent between the two degree programs can usually be recognized via a separate application.

Download area of the study office

As with all other subject examinations, the examination must be passed in the third attempt at the latest. A supplementary oral examination is not possible.

• Notes on this in the admission letter: within the first three semesters.

If the requirements are not met within the specified time, enrollment in the master's program will be revoked.

• The edition modules are only offered in German.
• There is a binding deadline for the requirement modules and this deadline cannot be extended. Failure to fulfill the requirements within the deadline will result in exmatriculation.
• Therefore, find out early when the respective requirement modules are offered and be sure to complete them first when you come to the TU Darmstadt.
• For international students without good German language skills: Find out whether accompanying and supporting literature is also available in English and whether exams can be offered in English. For this purpose, contact the respective module supervisor(s) of your conditional modules.

From the slides of the information session on the changes in the study programs (opens in new tab) :

• B.Sc. BIG – BI: General and subject compulsory area fulfilled (up to approx. 120 CP)
• B.Sc. BIG – Geod: General compulsory area fulfilled (up to approx. 80 CP)
• B.Sc. UI – General and Specialized Compulsory area, supplementary modules fulfilled (up to approx. 120 CP)

The M.Sc. BI/CE is a newly introduced program. The PO change only works via a new application. The central application deadlines apply.

The last opportunity to re-register for the M.Sc. BI (PO 2014) is in the winter semester 2023/2024. In the summer semester 2024, students must change to the new PO or to the new degree program.

If it is already foreseeable that the completion of the M.Sc. BI (PO 2014) is not or hardly possible by then, it is better to change sooner than later, because the PO 2021 stipulates that at least 42CP must be completed in English within the framework of bilingualism.

More information in the slides of the information event on the changes of the study programs (opens in new tab) .

The Office of Student Affairs has published an equivalency list (opens in new tab) for this purpose, which assigns a module from the PO 2021 to each module from the PO 2014.

No. Under the PO 2014, examinations must be taken in German according to the current status. An examination in English is only possible if an application for the new M.Sc. BI/CE has already been submitted or a change of PO has already been applied for. In addition, the study office must be contacted so that the corresponding modules can be considered.

A similar module (characteristics: project work, seminar, 2-6 CP) should be chosen. The choice has to be discussed with the study office.

Below is a list of suggestions from the study office (important: recognition must still be applied for at the study office):

• 15-01-0362 “Interdisciplinary Project in the Initial Study Phase” (2 CP) + 3-4 CP module from the General Elective Area.

• 16-21-5040 “Design of human-machine interfaces” (6 CP, SoSe)

• 16-21-5030 “Work and process organization” (4 CP, SoSe)

• 16-21-6027 “Work Science” (6 CP, WiSe)

• 16-21-5120 “Work Organization in Intercultural Context” (2 CP, SoSe + WiSe) + 3-4 CP module from the general elective area.

According to § 32 of the General Examination Regulations (APB), students studying according to these APB are entitled to an oral supplementary examination (mEP). This is a one-time chance to take a failed second written repeat examination again in the form of an mEP upon request.

The service rendered can only be evaluated with the grades “sufficient” (4.0) or “insufficient” (5.0).

• If no oral supplementary examination (mEP) has yet been taken or applied for within an examination regulation.

• If the application is submitted to the responsible study office within one month after the publication of the examination result in TUCaN. Example: the examination result was announced on 15.05. Thus, the application for the mEP can be submitted to the responsible study office until 15.06 (23:59) (the start of the deadline is the publication date of the second failed retake exam).

• If the grade “not sufficient” has been given due to unexcused absence, handing in of a blank sheet of paper or an attempt at deception

• If the deadline of one month after announcement of the examination result is not met

• If students of the discontinued diploma and master's degree programs are involved

• If the subject examination has to be taken within the framework of an edition module

• If an oral supplementary examination has already been taken in another degree program, which can be recognized in the compulsory area of the degree program in which the application was submitted

• Compensation for disadvantages and family support according to § 24 General Examination Regulations (APB) is an instrument to create equal opportunities. The ombudsperson decides whether and the examination board how long a disadvantage compensation can be granted. The examiners decide on the form of the disadvantage compensation.

• Please submit your application with a medical certificate to the study office. Students will receive a certificate which can be presented to each examiner in good time before the exam (at least two weeks before) in order to coordinate the implementation.

• Students of PO 2021 choose their focus directly via TUCaN. The form only needs to be filled out and sent to the study office when changing the focus.

• Students of PO 2014 choose the focus directly via the form.

• A change of emphasis is possible twice by means of the form (PO 2014 & 2021).

• The form for this can be found here.

• Only pages 2 f. must be signed by the student and submitted to the study office or placed in the mailbox of the study office; the other pages are for the student's own information, planning and control of the course of study. Thus, only the focus combination is chosen and not the modules within the focus.

• One exception: students in the free profile of the Master's program in Civil Engineering (pages 7 f.) must still submit the fully completed examination plan, signed by the mentor, to the study office before taking examinations in the elective area. A justification for the module selection must be attached in written form to the individual study and examination plan.

Yes, registration in TUCaN is also possible. However, as soon as the personal study and examination plan has been submitted, i.e. the choice of focus has been made and entered on TUCaN, these modules automatically fall into the area “Additional achievements”. Either the student deregisters from the modules himself/herself and re-registers in the correct areas, or applies for a transfer/check in the study office or has it done there. However, it is important that this is done in the same semester and before the grades are entered on TUCaN, otherwise a transfer is no longer possible without further ado. If the final grade has already been entered on TUCaN, a distinction is made between the following two cases:

• Mandatory module: Module will be transferred to the correct area by the study office.

• No compulsory module (e.g. module from the subject elective area): An application must be submitted to the study office. However, this is rejected in 95% of cases, because the circumstances do not usually have the effect of extending the course of study.

No, this area is only activated in TUCaN when the personal study and examination plan is submitted, i.e. when the focus is selected.

• The personal study and examination plan must be submitted to the study office before registering for the first module in the compulsory elective area. Only then will the compulsory elective area be activated in TUCaN. In the Master's program, the Personal Study and Examination Plan must therefore already be completed in the 1st semester, in the Bachelor's programs mostly not until the 4th semester.

• The deadline for submitting the Personal Study and Examination Plan is:
• • 15.05. – for the SoSe.
  • 07.11. - for the WiSe.

The Personal Study and Examination Plan form can be found in the download area of the Department 13 Office of Student Affairs.

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The first two pages of the study and examination plan (exception: free profile of the Master's program in Civil Engineering) must be printed out and signed and submitted to the study office or dropped off in the mailbox of the study office. The deadline must be observed.

In general, language courses can be taken in the general elective area. However, it should be noted that for the Master of Science (M.Sc.) Civil Engineering (bilingual), language courses in German or English can only be registered under additional modules and not in the general elective area.

• Modules registered under additional modules do not have to be completed to obtain the B.Sc. or M.Sc. degree.

• Attention: separate deregistration deadlines apply here!

• B.Sc. BI and UI: Extension by 6 CP possible

• M.Sc. BI and UI: Extension by 12 CP possible

• Students can apply for an extension of the general or subject elective area. Only by approval of this application the best grades will be taken into account for the calculation of the overall grade.

• Application for extension of the general or subject elective area is mainly made in the Master's program!

• Excerpt from the Regulations of the Master's Program in Civil Engineering (M. Sc.) to the Examination Regulations 2014 (to § 12 (2) General Examination Regulations): “More modules than required can be completed in the general and subject electives. Modules started with a subject examination must be completed. In this case, the student may notify the study office of modules up to a maximum of 12 credit points to be included in the transcript. If no notification is made, correspondingly more completed modules will be automatically selected, sorted by the best result. All completed modules will be listed in the Diploma Supplement.”

• A maximum of 12 CP additional credits can be taken and these only from the general and subject electives. No additional credits can be taken from the basic and specialization modules. The additional credits do not appear on the transcript. However, a request can be made for the additional achievements to be issued in a separate document.

• Excerpt from the General Examination Regulations (APB): “Voluntarily completed graded modules and credit points can be shown on request in an additional performance overview (in German and English) in an attachment to be attached to the certificate.”

• Excerpt from §20 APB, para (2): “In addition to the modules listed in the study and examination plan according to para (1), every examinee has the right to voluntarily take additional examination performances within the framework of modules in study programs at Darmstadt University of Technology that are not subject to admission restrictions and to acquire corresponding credit points. In degree programs with restricted admission, admission to the associated modules must be approved by the examination board of the degree program with restricted admission. Credit points and examination performances of the modules according to sentence 1 will be credited including any failed attempts in case of a change of study program.”

To apply for a consecutive master's program, select “Change program or subject” in TUCaN and follow the instructions.

Students in a Bachelor's degree program can register and acquire up to 30 CP as voluntary additional examinations within the framework of modules from a corresponding consecutive Master's degree program at TU Darmstadt. Credit points and examination achievements of the advanced modules, including any failed attempts, will be credited upon admission to a consecutive Master's degree program.

No. The review of your documents, possible conditions and ultimately the admission itself will only take place after we have received your application.

From the regulations of the study program:

“In order to be admitted to the master's program, […] experience must be demonstrated for courses in civil engineering totaling at least 50 credit points (CP), mathematics and statistics totaling 20 CP, law totaling at least 9 CP, economics totaling at least 30 CP, and an independently prepared seminar paper.”

Further information: Regulations of the M.Sc. Industrial Engineering and Management technical specialization Civil Engineering (German)

• Change B.Sc. UI to M.Sc. BI:
  • The module Data Acquisition and Geoinformation Systems can be recognized as content from Surveying I/II, since there is overlap in the theory (lecture) and there is also an exercise with the total station.

• Change B.Sc. BI to M.Sc. UI:
  • The module Surveying Science I/II cannot be recognized as module Data Acquisition and Geoinformation Systems, because there is no content on geoinformation systems, which make up a large part of the exercises and therefore there is no basis for the focus on assessment and modeling.

• Excerpt from the regulations of the bachelor program Civil Engineering (B. Sc.) [BI] or Environmental Engineering (B. Sc.) [UI] to the examination regulations 2014:
  • BI: “to § 23 (2): Final thesis – topic and requirements: Admission requirements for the registration of the Bachelor thesis are the successful completion of all modules of the general compulsory area as well as the proof of the internship according to § 11 (2). The general compulsory area in the orientation Civil Engineering has a scope of 87 credit points, in the orientation Geodesy this scope is 82 credit points.” (page 5, study regulations)
  • UI: “to § 23 (2): thesis – topic and requirements: Admission requirements for the registration of the Bachelor's thesis are the successful completion of all modules of the general compulsory area as well as the proof of the internship according to § 11 (2). The general compulsory area has a scope of 82 credit points.” (page 5, study regulations)

• Excerpt from the regulations of the study program Civil Engineering and Geodesy Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.) [BI] or Environmental Engineering Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.) [UI] to the examination regulations 2021:
  • BI: “to § 23 (2): thesis – requirements:
    The topic of the final thesis – civil engineering orientation will only be issued if the following modules from the engineering and technical compulsory area have been completed in the course of study:
    - Chemistry I
    - Geometric modeling and visualization I and II
    - Fundamentals of Planning, Design and Construction I and II
    - Fundamentals of Engineering Informatics
    - Mathematics I-III
    - Measurement Technology – Data Acquisition and Geoinformation Systems (BIG)
    - Physics / Basic Physics Practical Course (for BI)
    - Engineering Mechanics I-III
    - Materials in Civil Engineering (BI)
    - Proof of internship
    have been successfully completed.
    
    
    The topic of the final thesis – geodesy orientation is issued only when the following modules in the program of study to the engineering and technical compulsory area:
    
    - Introduction to Geodetic Metrology
    - Geometric Modeling and Visualization I
    - Fundamentals of Planning, Design and Construction I and II
    - Fundamentals of Engineering Informatics
    - Mathematics I-III
    - Metrology – Data Acquisition and Geoinformation Systems (BIG)
    - Physics / Basic Physics Practical Course (for BI)
    - Engineering Mechanics I and II
    - Proof of internship
    have been successfully taken.”
    (page 4, study regulations)
  • UI: “to § 23 (2): Thesis – Prerequisites:
    The topic of the final thesis will only be issued if the following modules from the engineering and technical compulsory area have been completed in the course of study.
    - Chemistry I and II
    - Geometric Modeling and Visualization I
    - Fundamentals of Planning, Design and Construction I and II
    - Fundamentals of Engineering Informatics
    - Fundamentals of Environmental Sciences
    - Mathematics I-III
    - Metrology – Data Acquisition and Geoinformation Systems (UI)
    - Physics / Basic physics practical course for BI
    - Engineering Mechanics I and II
    - Materials in Civil Engineering (UI)
    - Proof of internship
    have been successfully completed.”
    (page 4, study regulations)

• Excerpt from the regulations of the Master's program Civil Engineering (M. Sc.) [BI] or Environmental Engineering (M. Sc.) [UI] to the Examination Regulations 2014:
  
  • BI: “to § 23 (2): Thesis – Topic and Requirements: If requirements are set at the time of admission, the fulfillment of these requirements in the research subjects that are included with their basic modules in the chosen focuses is an admission requirement for registering the Master's thesis.”
    (page 5, Study Regulations)
  • UI: “re § 23 (2): thesis – topic and requirements: If requirements are specified at the time of admission, fulfillment of these requirements in the selected focuses is an admission requirement for registration of the master's thesis.”
    (page 6, study regulations)

• Excerpt from the regulations of the program Civil Engineering – Civil Engineering Master of Science (M. Sc.) [BI] or Environmental Engineering Master of Science (M. Sc.) [UI] to the examination regulations 2021:
  • BI: “to § 23 (2): thesis – requirements:
    The topic of the final thesis will only be issued after possible requirements in the degree program have been successfully completed in accordance with § 17a (8) APB.”
    (page 4, study regulations)
  • UI: “to § 23 (2): Final thesis – Prerequisites:
    The topic of the final thesis is not issued until possible requirements in accordance with § 17a Abs. 8 APB have been successfully completed in the course of study.” (Page 4, Study Regulations)

• In principle, any module that is included in the curricula of both study programs can also be credited in both study programs. For this purpose, an application for recognition of the achievements must be submitted to the respective study office after completion of the module, i.e. if the module is selected via TUCaN in the M.Sc. UI, an application must be submitted to the Energy Science study office.

• Attention for the master thesis:
  The master's thesis in M.Sc. UI gives 24 CP, whereas in Energy Science it gives 30 CP. If only one thesis is to be written, but it is to be credited in both programs, the master's thesis must in any case be registered via the M.SC. Energy Science. Additionally, it has to be ensured that the topic also fits to a chosen focus of the M.Sc. UI. This should definitely be discussed with both study offices before starting the thesis in order to avoid complications afterwards.

There is the possibility of part-time study. For this, an application must be approved, for which various reasons can be given::

• Employment at least 14 hours per week
• Raising a child under 18 y.o.
• Care activity
• And other

Part-time study does not change the dates of the modules. Only every second semester counts as a semester and many deadlines are doubled.

Further information

The TU Darmstadt also offers support for students with children. On the one hand, the above-mentioned part-time study can be applied for. In addition, the following supports are offered:

• Childcare
• financial support
• infrastructural facilities such as parent-child rooms, breastfeeding and diaper-changing facilities
• information and networking meetings for students with children
• Examination regulations for pregnant women and students with children

Further Informationen

Moodle course “Studying with Children”