Application for placement in a higher semester
In order to apply for a higher subject semester as a place or subject changer, a classification of the candidate's subject semester must first be made by the examination board.
A prerequisite for placement is a high degree of correspondence between the examination results already taken and the respective matching examination results of the subject at HHU. The correspondence must be given in content, scope (semester hours per week) and demand.
You can find the recommended study plan for the Business Administration and Economics programs in the appendix of the examination regulations. A comparison of the courses you have taken with the courses of our faculty (cf. module handbooks) enables you to estimate in advance your chances of being placed in a higher semester.
Please note that enrollment for the degree programs at the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics is conditional on not yet having definitively lost any examination entitlement. Furthermore, it is by no means certain that you will get a study place after successful placement. Sufficient free places must be available for this.
Future examination results cannot be taken into account for the placement examination. If you have not yet taken any examinations or have not taken sufficient equivalent examinations, placement is not possible. Therefore, it is usually recommended to apply for the 1st semester for the winter semester in addition to applying for a higher semester.
Process:
The following documents are required (in original) for the placement exam:
- Application for Placement (Einstufung)
- Information on the course content covered and the workload (module description).
- Proof of the examination achievements (certified copy of the Transcript of Records or a signed and stamped performance overview or a signed and stamped performance overview or copy with presentation of the original). Failed attempts and the remaining examination entitlement must be shown on the performance overview.
- If the university is foreign and the original documents are not in English or German, a certified German or English translation is required.
Important:
- Please do not submit your application to us until you can provide all the necessary documents.
- Please note that the application deadline for the higher semester is 15.09 for the winter semester and 15.03 for the summer semester. Accordingly, an application for placement must be submitted to the Examination Committee no later than 21 days prior to the application deadline to ensure timely processing. In case of a positive placement decision, the application for a higher semester will be submitted to the Student and Examination Administration.
- Only after successful placement and after acceptance and admission can you submit an application for recognition in order to have your previous achievements credited.
- Alternatively, you can apply for a place in the first semester and - after acceptance and admission - also apply for recognition of individual achievements in the first semester.
Please send the relevant documents by post to the following address:
An den
Prüfungsausschuss
der Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Heinrich-Heine-Universität
Universitätsstraße 1
40225 Düsseldorf
Notes on data protection:
The responsible place for processing your data is the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf (general privacy policy).
In order to process applications for placement or recognition at the Faculty of Economic Sciences, information about you and your examination results is collected and stored. Your data will only be used by those persons who are involved in the processing of the grading or recognition procedure. The contact person is Ms. .
You can find the detailed information on data protection in the grading and recognition process here (hier).