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. The list below gives you on overview of who is responsible for the registration in each case.

Mandatory registration by Student Services:

• “Zivilrecht 1” (written exam)
• “Zivilrecht 2” (three written exams, you will be registered for all three)
• “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 general 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 exam)
• “Wahlbereich BWL” (all exams)
• English (short presentation)

Please visit the website of the Department of Law to see the registration deadlines for these exams.

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

Late registration
It is generally not possible to register late for an exam. However, we make exceptions for the following examinations:

Wahlbereich BWL
You may register late up to one week before the examination date. Please note that we charge a fee of EUR 10 per exam.

Wirtschaftsrecht – Besonderer Teil (oral exam)
You may register late up to four weeks before the examination period starts (March/April and September/October). A fee of EUR 10 will be charged per exam. Late registration for this exam requires your examiner’s consent. Please fill out and submit the form to the Express Service in L 1, 1. 

De-registration
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 by Student Services:
If you fail an exam or do not take an exam you are registered for without a valid reason, you need to retake the exam at the earliest opportunity. As a rule, Student Services will register you for the exam in question. 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:
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
You must register your exams via the student portal. Exams taken in a subject from the Mannheim Master in Management at the Business School need to be registered by the end of the early registration period, which is determined by Student Services. For all other exams, the general registration period applies, which is also determined 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 make 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.