FAQ Coronavirus

1.        The exams will take place in the usual time frames. As every semester, you can find the exact framework dates in our schedule.

2.       The exam dates for oral exams and Take-Home exams have been published in STiNE. Please note the information about the exams in the course offering details.

3.       For exams, for which according to STiNE an exam type of "Written or Take-Home Exam" is planned, we have also already published exam dates in STiNE. However, since it is still unclear whether onsite exams can take place this semester, slightly longer processing periods have been filed as exam times in case onsite exams have to be converted into Take-Home exams. The lecturers will inform you at the beginning of the course about the intended type of exam and how it will be conducted.

Update 09 Feb 2021

Due to the pandemic, no onsite exams can take place in the winter term 2020/21. Instead, digital exam formats such as Take-Home Exams or digital oral examinations will be offered. This also applies to the second examination dates until further notice. Please refer to the information on Take-Home Exams for exam participants. You will also find information on Take-Home Exams in the keyword index. A brief information on conducting exams in the winter term 2020/21 as well as Take-Home Exams can also be found in the UHH Coronavirus FAQs.

Last update: 31 August 2020

Currently, the Academic Office, including the Service Point is closed. Please get in touch with our staff preferably via e-mail.

Due to the high volume of mail, the processing of your request may be delayed. We kindly ask for your patience. We will answer your request as soon as possible.

Alternatively, you can reach me during my telephone consultation hours on Tuesdays 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and Thursdays 11 a.m. to 1 p.m..

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: 18 December 2020

According to the decision of the chairperson of the examination board, the writing period will be extended by 26 days for final theses and term papers that were registered before 16 December 2020 and that have not been submitted for assessment yet.

Supply of literature is considerably restricted due to the extensive, pandemic-related closure of the university libraries from 15 December 2020 to at least 10 January 2021. In many cases, this will limit the ability to continue working on final theses severely.

An additional extension of the writing period is excluded for reasons that fall within the pe-riod of the above Library closure.

Submission deadlines will be adjusted in STiNE until the beginning of January 2021.

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.

Please note that no corresponding extension of the writing period will be granted for final theses and term papers that were started after 16 December 2020, i.e. in the knowledge of the applicable restrictions. We recommend that you register it at a later date.

Last update: 17 December 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.

• According to the examination regulations, students have to submit the following at a later date:

  ·         one bound paper version, which must be identical in text to the electronic version,

  ·         the signed statement of originality and

  ·         an electronic data storage medium.

  You can sent it by post to the address of our academic office, which you can find under “Contact”, or by putting it in the mailbox in front of the entrance to the academic office.

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.

Current information and regulations on entering Germany are published centrally in the newsroom "FAQ on the coronavirus and its impact on UHH".

All newly admitted international students receive a certificate of admission for their visa application. The certificates will be published in the application account (STiNE-University Hamburg). Should any further questions arise regarding the visa application, the infoservice for international propective students provides a contact form.

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.

Universität Hamburg offers workspaces for students in libraries and seminar rooms on campus to support students with suboptimal learning environment at home.

To get information about the workspaces, please refer to website of the Conference Management and Lecture Hall Coordination Unit (available in German only).