Frequently Asked Questions - in study

• Degree courses

• Direct studies - our Bachelor's and Master's Degree courses
• Studienkolleg – Foundation Course

• University programmes for exchange students

• International Class
• German course

Yes. You have to register for all examinations you want to sit. If you don’t register you’re not allowed to sit an exam. You have to register in the period of registration for examination. The university announces the dates of the period via e-mail and on the website.

You register online on LSF.

The iTAN is a number and you need it for the registration for examinations and deregistration. When you start your studies you get an e-mail from the university with two iTAN-numbers. After receiving them you log onto LSF. Click on “General administration” and on “iTAN Management”. Type the requested iTAN in the empty field and click on “Create list”. Don’t forget to activate the list.

Here you find tutorials for the registration and deregistration for examinations. (Unfortunately they’re only available in German. If you need any help please don’t hesitate to contact us.)

The date of your deregistration is important:

• Until 1 week before the beginning of the examination period: You can deregister online on LSF.  Here you find the tutorial for the deregistration. (Unfortunately it’s only available in German. If you need any help please don’t hesitate to contact us.)

• Until 1 week before the exam date: You have to fill out the form “Rücktritt von der Prüfung” and give it to the Servicepoint. (Unfortunately it’s only available in German. If you need any help please don’t hesitate to contact us.)

• At a later date:  You have to fill out the form “Rücktritt von der Prüfung” and give a reason why you want to deregister. This should be a very good reason. Otherwise you have to sit the exam.

If you can’t sit an exam because you’re ill, you’ll need a sick certificate. Fill out the upper part of the form "Formular für den Nachweis der Prüfungsunfähigkeit". (Unfortunately it’s only available in German. If you need any help please don’t hesitate to contact us.) Then you go to a doctor. (Please look also at the question “Is there a university-doctor on the campus?”) The doctor fills out the bottom part of the form. It’s very important that you give this form to the Servicepoint at the same day or the next day but not later. Otherwise it doesn’t count.

If you’re sick at the day when you have to submit your master thesis or at your colloquium you need an official sick certificate. Here are the telephone numbers of the public health officers:

Wismar: Tel.: 03841 3040 5301

Rostock: Tel.: 0381 381 5367

At first you should think about an issue and ask a professor to be your first advisor. Your second advisor can also be a university teacher or a person from a company (If you’re writing your thesis while working in this company). This person has to have a master’s degree or higher.

Please fill out the form “Antrag auf Zulassung zur Master Thesis”. (Unfortunately it’s only available in German. If you need any help please don’t hesitate to contact us or ask your first advisor for help.) Your first advisor has to sign this form. Then you give it to the Servicepoint.

The university informs you if you’re allowed to write your master thesis and about the deadline.

When you have finished your master thesis you submit it to the Servicepoint. This can be made till deadline but not later.

If you need more time to finish your thesis you can make an application. But you’ll need a very good reason for the extension. If you need any help please don’t hesitate to contact us.

The tutors of International Office can help you. They give tutorials and answer your questions about studies and everyday life in Germany. You can register to MEDUS at Stud.IP and send them a message.

Some courses have special tutorials. The professor will inform you about that in the first course of the term.

If you have a question you can ask of course other students. If it’s a question about the content of a course you can ask your professor. Please inform yourself about the consultation hours of the professor. In this time the professor has got time to answer your questions.

Please go to the Servicepoint during the consulting hours. You can also write an e-mail to the admissions and examinations office.

There are two possibilities:

• Student legal advice: business law students help you with legal problems. They’re instructed by lawyers.
• Student services: Lawyers help you with legal problems.

(Unfortunately the information on the website is only available in German. If you need any help please don’t hesitate to contact us.)

Student services offer psychological counseling.

(Unfortunately the information on the website is only available in German. If you need any help please don’t hesitate to contact us.)

A consultant of "Techniker Krankenkasse" is every Tuesday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on the campus (house 18).

If you've got another health insurance please go to their office.

Mr. José Miguel Flores V. helps you to find internships and to apply for jobs.

In Germany is usually no doctor on the campus. In Wismar is a doctor's office on the campus but it doesn't belong to the university. If you want to turn to a doctor you can go to a doctor's office near your flat. In most cases you should turn to a general practitioner. In German it's called "Allgemeinarzt" or "Hausarzt". If you google "Allgemeinarzt Wismar" you see all general practitioners.

Yes, the buddy program is organized by AStA (students’ union executive committee). Visit “AStA Hochschule Wismar” on Facebook and tell them you want to be a buddy or write an e-mail to integration.asta@hs-wismar.de.

In “Sprachcafé” every student can practice foreign languages. You can talk to German students and help them to speak your mother tongue better.

Join “Sprachcafe (HS Wismar)” on Facebook and get to know when the next event starts.

On the website you find news and events in German. All information which is important for English students will be provided on Internationales.

You find the menu here. Unfortunately it’s only available in German.