FAQs for master's students

The lecture time varies every year as well as the lecture-free time. You can find the current dates and those of the next semesters under the semester dates and application deadlines on the university website.

The requirements that you will find in the module handbook or on alma for a specific module or course are primarily meant to be a guide for students. No one will check whether you have passed certain exams. For example, the module "E424 Advanced Microeconomics" is a prerequisite for the module "E427 Globalization and Labor Markets". You can also take "E427 Globalization and Labor Markets" if you have not yet passed the examination for "E424 Advanced Microeconomics". However, you should be aware that certain contents from the module mentioned are helpful and will not be explained again. You may therefore have to be prepared to review any missing requirements during the semester.

According to the Bologna Rules, students must complete a total of 300 ECTS credits from their Bachelor's and Master's programs. If you have completed a Bachelor's programme with 180 ECTS credits and are now enrolled in a Master's program with 90 ECTS credits, you must complete 30 additional ECTS credits by the time you close your credit point account. These 30 additional ECTS credits are neither included in the B.Sc. grade nor in the M.Sc. grade, i.e. they only have to be completed.

There are various options for the additional 30 ECTS credits:

• modules in economics or business administration from the third B.Sc. year (number begins with 300, e.g. B351 Tax Accounting)
• courses and modules listed in the module handbook for extra-curricular events
  • advanced language courses (at the Language Learning Centre or at the Faculty of Humanities) that go beyond the mandatory part of your B.Sc. studies
  • extra-curricular courses (e.g. psychology, mathematics, computer science, law or sociology) according to the module handbook for extra-curricular courses
• master modules in economics and business administration, i.e. you can select additional courses from the course programme of the Master programs.

You can register for the exams during the registration phase via the alma portal. To do this, please look under the tab "Exam administration / Examination registration and deregistration". Now you can select the respective modules of your course of studies and register the corresponding event. You can also cancel your registration for the examination during the entire registration phase. You will then no longer be able to unsubscribe afterwards, nor will you be able to register for an exam. For the registration of your language courses, please contact your lecturer; this also applies to extra-curricular courses in the field of Elective Studies (computer science, psychology, maths, ...). If you receive a certificate ("Schein") for your examination performance, please bring it to the Examination Office (submit original and copy). Please note the separate registration periods for the main and follow-up dates. If you have any questions, please contact the Examination Office at Haußerstrasse 11.

If you are not enrolled in a major or minor degree programme in the School of Business and Economics, participation in examinations is only possible for students of certain courses of study in the context of the neighbouring programme ("Nachbarfach"). You can download the relevant information sheet here. The registration for the examination is done in a written form at the examination office during the same registration period.

Cancellation via alma is possible until a certain deadline that You can find here. If you become sick, you can withdraw from the exam within three working days after the exam. To do this, you write an enquiry to the chairman of the examination board and enclose a medical certificate. If the reason is acknowledged, you will not get an unsuccessful attempt for the exam!

In principle, everything that was covered in a lecture and/or exercise is relevant to the written exam. Any deviating regulations will be announced by the lecturer.

You will find the examination dates from around mid-November or mid-May on the website of the Examination Office.The lecture theatres in which the examinations take place will be announced by the examination office on the homepage mentioned a few days before the corresponding exam. Please note that the allocation is by surname, i.e. not all students write the same exam in the same lecture hall.

A non-programmable calculator is admitted to all examinations in the first semester. Details (details of the calculator and whether further aids are permitted) will be explicitly announced by the lecturer in the individual lectures.

You may use a dictionary in the exam. The dictionary may not contain any notes or remarks.
 

You can find information on how often you may rewrite an exam if you fail it in the general section of the study and examination regulations which can be downloaded here. Once you have passed an exam, you will not be able to take the same exam again. 

The examination results for main subject students are posted on alma after correction by the examination office. They are also published by the Examination Office.

Each chair/research unit organises the post-exam review itself. Please inform yourself on the homepages of the chairs/research units. After correction, the dates will also be published at the examination office at https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/129171.

Please contact the Examination Office directly if you have any further questions concerning the organisation of the examinations. You will find the contact details of your contacts here. If you have any questions regarding the content of the courses, please contact the responsible persons at the respective chair.

You will find the form you need to register on this page. We will be happy to advise you and issue the form for you during our office hours. If you need the form very urgently for enrolment and cannot reach someone in our office immediately, you can extend the deadline for enrolment at the Student Administration (in person during opening hours or by telephone). We will then be able to advise you on the next possible date.

You can transfer everything that is creditable both in your original program and in the program You wish to transfer to. You will find information on the study plans in the module handbook (see our download section). We'll be happy to advise You.

No, you can only be enrolled in one program in business and economics at the same time.

In order to complete a semester abroad, it is important that you have enough time for planning. The application deadlines for the individual Erasmus (EU) and overseas programmes vary considerably and often require the relevant documents more than one year before the start of the semester abroad.
For more information on how to apply and the deadlines, see the links below.

studying abroad within a master's program

Erasmus

International Office

After an exciting semester abroad, it is now important to have the courses taken credited by the University of Tübingen. There are some formalities to be observed. A total of 30 ECTS credits can be credited in the Master's program . The crediting is carried out by the respective chairs. Since crediting usually has to be carried out at several chairs one after the other and takes some time to process, you should allow sufficient time for crediting and do this as early as possible after your return from the semester abroad.

The following steps must be observed when crediting courses:

1. Yellow routing slip: The Examination Office is responsible for the final crediting and registration of the courses in your Transcript of Records. All courses have to be entered on a yellow routing slip which can be obtained from the service office of the Examination Office.
2. On the respective homepages of the chairs you will usually find a concrete list of which documents are required for crediting. This can vary for the different chairs.
3. You will find the grade conversion table and the information sheet for the recognition of foreign academic achievements on the Homepage of the Examination Office.

On our website you will find the certificate for the internship under this link. If you complete this certificate and send it to us, we will gladly send it back to you scanned. If required, you can also pick up the original document from us at Nauklerstrasse 47 or we will send it back to you by post. (In this case, of course, we still need your address).

In each program offered by the School of Business and Economics, students can earn 30 ECTS credits more than the number of points they are required to earn in their program. For example, students studying in the M.Sc. Economics can earn up to 150 ECTS credits. Of course, only the 120 ECTS credits that are required for the study program will be credited. The additional credits are listed on the transcript under voluntary additional credits with a grade, but are not included in the final grade. When closing the credit point account (form on the Examination Office's website), the students decide which credits are to be credited and which are to be counted as voluntary credits. Of course, the compulsory modules have to be credited and you have to keep to the sum of the required ECTS points in the specialization areas and elective areas.

The School of Business and Economics has decided to introduce a new mechanism of registering your interest in writing a master thesis in order to facilitate the process for you. We ask every student who plans to start on their thesis in the next semester via e-mail to fill out a short survey listing which modules they have already taken, their grades and the work unit (Lehrstuhl) they would like to be supervised by (you need to provide 5 different priorities). The survey will usually start in December for the summer term and in June for the winter term. After the application deadline we will pass on a list of all students who listed a specific work unit as their first priority to that work unit. Should they not be able to supervise all of them they will inform us of who they cannot supervise (possibly after speaking with you first) which means that we will then get in touch with those students’ other priorities.

We can make the following promises if you fill out this survey correctly, have earned a minimum of 30 ECTS in your M.Sc. degree and upload your transcripts:

1.    You will be made an offer of supervision at the end of this process by one of your priorities.
2.    The work unit you listed as first priority will receive your application first.
3.    We will keep you informed about the status of your application.
4.    All of your information is confidential and only used to facilitate the registration process for the Master Thesis. Only the conductor of the survey and the academic staff with have access to your information to process your application.

After you have applied and been assigned to a work unit for M.Sc. thesis supervision, your next step should be to discuss the timeline and process for writing your thesis with your supervisor. Once you have agreed on these questions, you may register at the examination office with this form (Formular).The examination office verifies your admission requirements (regular matriculation, required minimum number of credits). After your admission requirements are verified, you will receive an approval document signed by the head of the examination board. The handling time for the process at the examination office is approximately one or two weeks. After having received the approval document by the examination office, you have one month to start writing your thesis. Please pay attention to the dates on the approval document!

Yes, at many chairs a master thesis in cooperation with a company is possible. However, there are a number of special considerations to be taken into account. We have compiled some notes as well as an overview of the chairs where such a cooperation with a company is possible on this information sheet. Please clarify details with the respective chairs.

You must be enrolled for the registration to the Master's thesis, also for the submission. In the event that you do not pass the Master's thesis, you will also have to be enrolled.