Information on Irreversible Failure of a Degree Program (ENB)

The following information should offer you some guidance upon irreversible failure of a degree program.

After the Examination Committee determines “irreversible failure” of a degree program, you will automatically receive an official Notification of Irreversible Failure. For those of you who are students of medicine, please inform yourselves about the process at your Examination Office. 

If you would like to disenroll from the degree program before receiving your examination notification, you can file an application at the Admissions and Enrollment Office. By doing so, you do not avoid disenrollment for academic reasons, i.e., for irreversible failure of a degree program.

We will inform your health insurance company about your leaving the university. Nevertheless, you should contact your health insurance company. The conditions of your health insurance policy might then change depending on your age and your current or future income.

If you receive BAföG, a student loan, you must notify their Munich office, BAföG-Amt des Studentenwerks München immediately. As a rule, financial support can only be granted up to the date of your last examination.

If you have rented a room of the Munich Student Union (a student welfare organization), then you may continue to live there for three months (= term of notice) as a “student” who is no longer enrolled. This term of notice is effective from the time of the next enrollment verification, which is in May or November of a year.

Students who are required to have a visa for their stay in Germany must report to their district authorities, Kreisverwaltungsreferat (KVR) , when any changes occur in their study status.

You may apply for another study program provided that it is not related to the program from which you were disenrolled. For details, please consult the Fachprüfungs- und Studienordnungen (Examination and Academic Regulations of your department). In addition to the standard online-application , you must only hand in those documents that have not yet been submitted to the Enrollment Office. Enrollment without an official application is not possible, even if you wish to enroll for programs that do not have restricted admissions.

If you would like to speak to us in person, you can make an appointment with general student advising or the departmental student advising of your degree program.

To apply to or register with another German university or college, you need proof disenrollment. You can print this out yourself in TUMonline; the download is available as soon as the disenrollment has been processed. You must inquire at the universities to which you intend to apply whether you are permitted to study the same academic subject. In the Hochschulkompass (University Compass), you can research degree programs and universities.

For a Notification of the Right to take an Examination (“Unbedenklichkeitsbescheinigung”), please contact the person responsible for your degree program at the Graduation Office and Academic Records department.