FAQ Coronavirus

Last update: 23 March 2020

Currently, the Academic Office, including the Service Point is closed. Please get in touch with our staff preferably via e-mail. To a limited extend, it is also possible to reach us on the phone.

Last Update: 29.05.2020

The postponed exams of the winter term 2019/20 will take place from 02 June 2020.

 Please carefully read the information on mandatory infection control measures against SARS-CoV-2 during exams. You can find it in the document Hinweise zu Präsenzprüfungen (dt./en.)

 Please note that you can only take exams if you follow these guidelines.

 Participation is generally prohibited if you are currently ill or feel sick.
 For exams in the Audimax, in the student dining hall (“Mensa”) or in the main building ESA 1, admission begins 90 minutes before the exam and should be completed at least 15 minutes before the start of the exam.

For exams in the VMP 5 or VMP 9 buildings, admission starts 45 minutes before the exam begins.

Last Update 13 May 2020

The repetition of exams from the winter term 2019/20 will take place in June.

The specific exam dates will be gradually updated in STiNE in the next days.

The registration and deregistration is organized as follows:

1. The existing registrations for the exams persist. If you do not want to take the exam, please cancel you registration.

2. If you are no longer or not yet registered for the exam, you can do it yourself during the registration period for exams.

3. Registration is possible in the following period: 18 May 2020 to 29 May 2020.

4. De-registration is possible in the following period: 18 May 2020 up to 3 days before the exam date.

We ask for your understanding that late registrations and cancellations cannot be executed. If you have any problems with registration and deregistration, please contact the Academic Office in time.The spatial distribution for most exams is centrally organized and not by the Academic Offices. Due to changed space requirements and necessary hygiene and safety measures, organization takes a few more days. Please continue to check your STiNE messages regularly. We thank you for your patience.

Update 14.04.2020

All lectures of the department Economics will take place digitally with the beginning of the lecture period on 20 April 2020. Please refer to the lecturer's information in STiNE on the specific beginning, on scheduling of the lecture and the examination.

Last Update: 29 June 2020

The exams of the 1nd examination period will take place in attendance form. At present, the central coordination and adjustment of the room planning is taking place in order to be able to guarantee the hygiene and safety regulations. The planning will be completed by the end of June 2020, so that the final exam dates will be available in STiNE from 03.07.2020 on. Detailed information about the status of planning as well as information about the registration and deregistration period has been sent via email by 08 June 2020. Detailed information and safety instructions will be made available to you separately via STINE message before the examination period in July.

Last update: 24 April 2020

It is possible to register for final theses again from 4 May 2020. The standard writing period applies for the completion of a thesis.

 When registering, it is therefore a prerequisite that this takes place with knowledge of the current restrictions (e.g. more difficult access to literature) and that there is no automatic entitlement to an extension of the writing period. There is no deadline for registration. Please consider very carefully when you would like to register under the current circumstances.

 You can find information about final theses, such as the registration process or the writing period, on the website of the Academic Office:

https://www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/en/studienbuero-volkswirtschaftslehre/service/service-fuer-studierende/abschlussarbeit.html

Last update: 27 April 2020

For a few days, you have been able to access literature electronically to a certain extent.

In order to compensate for possible initial difficulties with the lending business, the possible writing periods for already registered term papers and final theses, for which the original submission date was after 14 March 2020, are once again extended by a further 14 days (i.e. in addition to the first extension of 38 days).

The prolonged writing periods for final theses will be entered in STiNE in the next days and can be viewed in your STiNE portal.

The extended writing periods of term papers cannot be updated in STiNE. If you have any questions about the deadlines, please contact the lecturers directly.

Submission deadlines will not be prolonged for term papers and final theses that have been registered in the summer term 2020. The standard regulations and writing periods apply.

Last update: 23 March 2020

Term papers

• Until further notice, please send your papers via e-mail to your lecturers.
• Please enter the following information in the subject of your e-mail: number of the course, lecturer of the course, student ID, name, first name
• Send only PDF files.
• With the successful submission of the e-mail, it is ensured that you submitted your paper in good time

Final Theses

• Until further notice, please hand in your thesis exclusively via e-mail to the Academic Office Economics.
• Please enter the following information in the subject of your e-mail: “Thesis”, study program, student ID, name, first name
• Send only PDF files.
• Copy the statement that you have completed the thesis independently without unauthorized aids as text to the e-mail.
  With the successful submission of the e-mail including the thesis attached to the Academic Office’s inbox, it is ensured that you submitted your thesis in good time.
• The Academic Office will forward your thesis to the examiners.
• One printed version of the thesis, which has to be identical to the digital version, together with the signed statement that you have completed the thesis independently has to be handed in later, once lectures start again. We will inform you accordingly.
  Degree certificates will only be handed out to students after the printed version of the thesis has been handed in.

Last update: 23 March 2020

Until further notice, you can submit applications signed and scanned per e-mail to the Academic Office.  Appeals still need to be sent via post. Applications for the recognition of coursework have to be submitted via STiNE; please contact your study coordinator for further information.

Last update: 08 June 2020

Students with a disability or students with family responsibilities face new challenges in coping with online teaching and the changing examination conditions during the corona pandemic. The "Students in special situations" section provides helpful information on how to design online teaching. If you also need support in planning the semester or exams, please contact your responsible academic advisor.

Last update: 04 August 2020

Students who under normal circumstances would have completed their studies in Winter Semester 2019/20 and who now must complete their studies in Summer Semester 2020 due to the coronavirus can request a refund of the cost of the semester contribution. This applies only to those students who could not take exams in the last 2 weeks of March 2020 due to the coronavirus situation. Detailed information on the application process can be found in the FAQ of Universität Hamburg.

To request a refund, you also need a certificate from your department stating that you were unable to take scheduled examinations in the last 2 weeks of March due to the exceptional circumstances and were therefore required to extend your studies until Summer Semester 2020. Please request this certificate from the examination manager responsible for you.

Last Update: 24 April 2020

Universität Hamburg supports its students in various ways concerning the effects of the corona pandemic on teaching and examination: Different institutions and advice centers have digitized their offers or adapted them to comply with rules to protect against transmission of the infection. You can find details and current information on the websites of the various institutions and offices.