Examination Procedures

Certain exams are subject to mandatory registration. Student Services will register you for these exams. For other exams, you must register yourself via the student portal.

Mandatory registration by Student Services:

• “Zivilrecht 1” (written exam)
• “Zivilrecht 2” (three written exams, you will be registered for all three exams)
• “Historische Grundlagen des Zivilrechts” (written exam)
• “Öffentliches Wirtschaftsrecht” (written exam)
• “Grundlagen der VWL” (written exam)
• “Grundlagen der Finanzmathematik” (written exam)
• “Marketing” (written exam)
• “Grundlagen des externen Rechnungswesens” (written exam)
• “Management” (written exam)
• “Finanzwirtschaft” (written exam)
• “Internes Rechnungswesen” (written exam)
• “Präsentation und Kommunikation” (short presentation)
• “Verhandlungsmanagement” (short presentation)

Usually, we carry out mandatory registrations shortly before the regular registration period begins.

Self-registration via the student portal:

• “Zivilrecht 3” (term paper)
• “Zivilrecht 3” (only for the first written exam; Student Services will register you for the second and third written exam)
• “Wirtschaftsrecht – Allgemeiner Teil” (written exam)
• “Wirtschaftsrecht – Besonderer Teil” (oral examination)
• “Wahlbereich BWL” (all exams)
• English (short presentation)

For the registration deadlines for these exams, please see the website of the Department of Law.

Bachelor's thesis
To register your bachelor’s thesis, please fill out the respective registration form and submit it to the dean’s office.

Late registration
Registering for exams after the registration period has ended is generally excluded. However, we make exceptions for the following examinations:

Elective modules in Business Administration – “Wahlbereich BWL”:
Students can register for exams up to one week prior to the respective examination date. A fee of EUR 10 per late registration will be charged.

“Wirtschaftsrecht – Besonderer Teil” (oral examination)
Late registrations can be made up to four weeks prior to the beginning of the examination period (March/April and September/October). A fee of EUR 10 per late registration will be charged. Late registration for this exam requires your examiner’s consent. Please complete the respective form and submit it to the Express Service in L1,1.

De-registration from an exam
You can only de-register from an exam if you have a valid reason for not taking it (for instance due to illness).

Resitting an exam
For exams with mandatory registration, the following regulation applies:
If you fail an exam or do not take an exam you are registered for without a valid reason, you need to resit the exam at the earliest opportunity. 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.

For exams with self-registration, the following regulation applies:
If the next possible examination date is in the same semester (alternate examination dates in February or August), you will be registered by Student Services (mandatory registration). This applies to exams taken in an elective module in Business Administration (Wahlbereich BWL). If the next possible examination date is in the following semester, you must register for the exam yourself via the student portal.

Exam Registration
Registration is done via the student portal. Registration of examinations in the Mannheim Master in Management of the Business School need to to be made by the end the early registration period, which is scheduled by Student Services. For all other exams, the general registration period applies, which is also scheduled by Student Services. Registrations are only possible for the regular examination date. You cannot choose between the regular examination date and an alternate examination date.

Exceptions apply to the practical module (MaCCI Competition Policy Forum and internship). Please see the examination regulations for details.

The research seminar must always be registered with the responsible examiner, irrespective of the examination attempt. Once you pass the research seminar, you are automatically registered for and admitted to the master’s thesis.

Change of modules
Students can submit a written request to the examination committee to change a module in the mandatory elective module “Rechtswissenschaft”. However, please bear in mind that you cannot change a module more than once. Please see the examination regulations for details.