You will be informed of your de-registration by the university's Office of Student Affairs by e-mail or post by means of the de-registration notice. In the CAMPUS portal, we provide you with the notice of de-registration, the certificate of de-registration and the certificate of study periods for submission to the German Pension Insurance.
If you have definitively failed an examination provided for in the respective examination regulations (e.g. preliminary academic examination, final examination), you will be de-registered approximately one month after being notified by the Examination Office at the end of the respective semester in which the Examination Office was notified.
If you have already re-registered for the following semester and wish to terminate your studies (ex officio) for reasons other than those listed above (e.g. change of university, discontinuation of studies), you can de-register at your own request. Please submit your application for de-registration online in the CAMPUS portal.
You will generally be de-registered at the end of the semester in which the application was submitted. However, you also have the option of de-registration with immediate effect or at a specific point in the current semester (e.g. end of the month when transferring to a traineeship).
Please note that the earliest possible de-registration date is the date on which the application is received. Retroactive de-registration is not possible!
Once your application has been checked and approved by the Student Administration Office, you will receive an email informing you of a change in your application status. In the CAMPUS portal, we will provide you with the notice of exmatriculation, the certificate of exmatriculation and the certificate of study periods for submission to the German Pension Insurance.
If you de-register during the current semester, you may be able to apply for a refund of fees. Please refer to the section "Information on fee refunds".
Exmatriculation
The legal examination relationship and membership relationship (enrolment) exist independently of each other. You must be enrolled to attend courses and use university facilities - but not to write a thesis. You only need to have student status at the time of registration and admission to a Bachelor's or Master's thesis. After that, re-registration is no longer necessary. This does not affect the success of your examination or the issue of your certificate.
Following de-registration, your PH account will be deactivated. If you still need access to the university's services for your outstanding examinations, you can and should of course re-register for the semester in question.
Unless you request a different date, you will be de-registered at the end of the semester. You will lose your student status on 31 March or 30 September of the respective calendar year or at the desired time. Your PH account will be deactivated and subsequently deleted within 14 days. Your PH email address will also be deactivated and you will no longer have access to the CAMPUS portal and the various services of the Computer Centre and the Media Centre; among other things, you will no longer be able to view your examination results. If necessary, you should therefore back up your data and any information you still need from the various platforms to your own storage media in good time before exmatriculation.
Student status is also often decisive for services in your daily life. Therefore, please take note of the advantages and disadvantages that may arise if you lose your student status. If necessary, contact the relevant authorities or institutions in good time to find out about the consequences of de-registration.