Key Dates - Life Science (Master of Science)

Possibility of different time periods

Please note that when you take modules from other degree programmes/subjects, different time periods may apply. Please talk to the examiner/teaching staff about when the examinations are offered!

For this degree programme, variation 1 applies.

Winter semester

Registration period – VbP*

15–31 October

Examination period – VbP*

1 November–28 February

First registration period – all other examination/assessment types**

15–30 November

Examination period (variation 1) – all other examination/assessment types**

15 December–14 April

 

Summer semester

Registration period – VbP*

15–30 April

Examination period – VbP*

1 May–31 August

First registration period – all other examination/assessment types**

15–31 May

Examination period (variation 1) – all other examination/assessment types**

15 June–14 October

EXAMINATION AND ASSESSMENT TYPES

  • * What are VbPs?

    A course-accompanying examination (VbP) is a piece of assessed work that is completed alongside a course.
    The term VbP serves as a “container” for a range of examination and assessment types. The abbreviations and names for these are listed below:

    AA

    Written assignment

    DO

    Documentation

    ES

    Essay

    KO

    Colloquium

    KU

    In-class test

    KW

    Artistic academic presentation

    Lab exercise

    MO

    Model

    ME

    Teaching a group to play music

    MU

    Musical performance

    MK

    Musical performance by pupils

    PF

    PK

    Portfolio

    Concert with an educational focus

    PR

    Presentation

    PP

    Practical examination

    P

    Project assignment

    SE

    Seminar assignment

    TP

    Theatrical performance

    Ü

    Tutorial

    U

    Lesson preparation and implementation

    ZD

    Graphic representation 

  • ** What are all the other examination and assessment types?

    The names and abbreviations of all the other examination and assessment types are as follows:

    HA Term paper
    K Written examination
    KA Multiple-choice examination
    MP Oral examination
    PB Placement report (PB)
    PJ Project-related examination
    SP Practical sports presentation
    ST Independent assignment

     

General information about examination registration and the model examination regulations as of winter semester 2022/23