This page provides you with information on exam registration, late registration, withdrawal and de-registration, as well as resitting exams. Please refer to the non-official versions of the examination regulations for more details.
B.Sc. Business Administration
Please note the different deadlines for registering for, making changes to, and withdrawing from examinations in the spring semester 2023 which apply to the examinations MKT 401, IS 401, ACC 403.
Exam registration
You need to register for all exams. It is your own responsibility to register for your first examination attempt by the end of the general registration period via the student portal. You often have the option to take your exam either on the regular or the alternate examination date. Should you choose the alternate examination date, please bear in mind that in most cases, you will have to wait a year until you can resit the exam in the event that you fail or do not take the exam.For examinations in the mandatory elective areas (mandatory elective course in Business Administration, Law or Economics as well as Managerial Skills), the Academic Skills exam and the bachelor’s thesis, you can only register for the regular examination date.
The bachelor's thesis must always be registered with the responsible examiner, irrespective of the examination attempt. Your examiner will then transmit your registration to Student Services.
Late registration
Late registration is only possible three days prior to the respective regular examination date. You can do this free of charge via the student portal. This deadline also applies to late registrations for the alternate examination date (provided this is an option for the exam in question). For exams that do not conclude with an exam, the deadline ends on 2 December 2023.Change in registration
Students can change their registration for written exams from the regular to the alternate examination date or vice versaup to three days prior to the respective regular examination date. You can do this free of charge via the student portal.Withdrawal and de-registration
You can withdraw from a written exam in Portal² up to three days prior to the examination date without having to state a valid reason. If no examination date is indicated in Portal², the deadline for withdrawal is 2 December 2023. This deadline also applies to examinations that are not written exams.Once the deadline for withdrawal has passed, you are obliged to take the exams you are registered for. The same applies if you need to take a (resit) examination that is subject to mandatory registration. It is then only possible to be de-registered from an exam if you have a valid reason (such as illness). Find out more about de-registration from exams here.
Resitting an exam
If you fail an exam or are unable to take an exam you are registered for due to a valid reason, you need to retake the exam at the earliest opportunity, provided you still have examination attempts left for that particular exam. As a rule, you will be registered by Student Services (mandatory registration). The mandatory registration will be renewed until you either pass the exam or fail the exam with no option to resit.Change of modules
If you fail the exam for a module in elective area A or did not take the exam due to a valid reason, you can make a written request to the examination committee to change this module. However, please bear in mind that you can only do so once during the entire program. The number of examination attempts you have left will be transferred to the new module.M.Sc. Mannheim Master in Management (MMM)
Exam registration
You need to register for all exams. It is your own responsibility to register for your first examination attempt by the end of the general registration period via the student portal.Exceptions apply to modules where parallel attendance is possible (see module catalog) and exams in elective courses. Please register for these exams by sending an e-mail to Student Services. The seminar (level 700 module) and the master’s thesis must always be registered with the responsible examiner, irrespective of the examination attempt. Your examiner will then transmit your registration to Student Services.
Registrations for module examinations in the subject areas Core Competences, Business Economics, and Business Administration need to be made during the early registration period. Registrations for examinations in elective courses can either be made during the regular or during the early registration period.
For exams in the subject areas Core Competences and Business Economics, you can register either for the regular or the alternate examination date. In the subject area Business Administration and in the elective subjects, you can only register for the regular examination date.
Late registration
Late registration is only possible three days prior to the respective regular examination date. You can do this free of charge via the student portal. This deadline also applies to late registrations for the alternate examination date (provided this is an option for the exam in question). For exams that do not conclude with an exam, the deadline ends on 2 December 2023.Change in registration
Students can change their registration for written exams from the regular to the alternate examination date or vice versaup to three days prior to the respective regular examination date. You can do this free of charge via the student portal.Withdrawal and de-registration
You can withdraw from a written exam up to three days prior to the examination date without having to state a valid reason. If no examination date is indicated in Portal², the deadline for withdrawal is 2 December 2023. This deadline also applies to examinations that are not written exams.Withdrawal from an exam is only possible if
- you have not yet taken any exams or completed any coursework that are part of the same module and
- you are currently not taking any exams or completing any coursework that are part of the same module.
To withdraw from the exam, please submit a request for withdrawal to Student Services.
This does not apply to modules CC 501 to CC 504, BE 510, and BE 511. In these modules, you can withdraw from exams yourself via the student portal.
Once the deadline for withdrawal has passed, you are obliged to take the exams you are registered for. The same applies if you need to take a (resit) examination that is subject to mandatory registration. It is then only possible to be de-registered from an exam if you have a valid reason (such as illness). Find out more about de-registration from exams here.
Resitting an exam
If you fail an exam or are unable to take an exam you are registered for due to a valid reason, you need to retake the exam at the earliest opportunity, provided you still have examination attempts left for that particular exam. As a rule, you will be registered by Student Services (mandatory registration). The mandatory registration will be renewed until you either pass the exam or fail the exam with no option to resit.Change of modules
If you fail the exam for the mandatory elective module in Core Competences or did not take the exam due to a valid reason, you can make a written request to the examination committee to change this module. Please see the examination regulations for details.M.Sc. Mannheim Master in Business Research (MMBR)
Exam registration
You need to register for all exams. It is your own responsibility to register for your first examination attempt by the end of the general registration period via the student portal.
For the examinations CC 501 to CC 504, BE 510, and BE 511 as well as for examinations with the abbreviations ACC, TAX, FIN, MAN, MKT, OPM, and IS, you need to register during the early registration period. For all other examinations, the regular registration period applies.
For the examinations CC 501 to CC 504 as well as BE 510 and BE 511, you can either register for the regular or the alternate examination date. For all other examinations, you can only register for the regular examination date.
For examinations which cannot be found in Portal², you have to register with Student Services (via e-mail). Seminars as well as the master’s thesis must always be registered with the responsible examiner, irrespective of the examination attempt. Your examiner will then transmit your registration to Student Services.
Late registration
Late registration is only possible three days prior to the respective regular examination date. You can do this free of charge via the student portal. This deadline also applies to late registrations for the alternate examination date (provided this is an option for the exam in question). For exams that do not conclude with an exam, the deadline ends on 2 December 2023.Change in registration
Students can change their registration for written exams from the regular to the alternate examination date or vice versaup to three days prior to the respective regular examination date. You can do this free of charge via the student portal.Withdrawal and de-registration
You can withdraw from a written exam up to three days prior to the examination date without having to state a valid reason. If no examination date is indicated in Portal², the deadline for withdrawal is 2 December 2023. This deadline also applies to examinations that are not written exams.Withdrawal from an exam is only possible if
- you have not yet taken any exams or completed any coursework that are part of the same module and
- you are currently not taking any exams or completing any coursework that are part of the same module.
To withdraw from the exam, please submit a request for withdrawal to Student Services.
This does not apply to modules CC 501 to CC 504, BE 510, and BE 511. In these modules you can withdraw from exams yourself via the student portal.
Once the deadline for withdrawal has passed, you are obliged to take the exams you are registered for. The same applies if you need to take a (resit) examination that is subject to mandatory registration. It is then only possible to be de-registered from an exam if you have a valid reason (such as illness). Find out more about de-registration from exams here.
Resitting an exam
If you fail an exam or are unable to take an exam you are registered for due to a valid reason, you need to retake the exam at the earliest opportunity, provided you still have examination attempts left for that particular exam. As a rule, you will be registered by Student Services (mandatory registration). The mandatory registration will be renewed until you either pass the exam or fail the exam with no option to resit.Change of modules
If you fail an exam or did not take an exam due to a valid reason, you can make a written request to the examination committee to change a module if you are studying according to the 2016 examination regulations. However, please bear in mind that you cannot change a module more than twice. The number of examination attempts you have left will be transferred to the new module. If you are studying according to the 2018 examination regulations, a change of modules is not possible.
