FAQs

Please remember to include your degree programme, semester and matriculation number when you send us an e-mail.

The credits in the Studium Generale must be completed in accordance with the SPO of your degree programme. If in doubt, please enquire with your faculty.

The semester in which you take the courses is up to you.

The registration period will be announced in good time in the SSO portal or on our website.

If you have a valid university certificate and have installed it in your browser, go to the SOO portal website and register.

With the help of the guides in Service-IT, you will learn step by step how to register for the respective event (course, course registration).

In the Studium Generale, you must register for the examination for every course you wish to take - regardless of which proof of performance is required.

With the help of the guidelines in Service-IT, you will learn step by step how to register for the respective course (course, course registration).

Information on this can be found on our Studium Generale homepage under "Recognition of academic achievements as Studium Generale (e.g. VHB)".

The enrolment period will be announced in good time on the Studium Generale homepage under "Enrolment" and in the SOO portal.

The dates are published on the homepage under semester dates (Enrolment tab).

If you do not get your desired course, you will be placed on the waiting list. If someone cancels, you can move up. For face-to-face courses, you can still turn up on the first day. It is possible that not all participants who are registered will actually attend the course. In this case, you can get one of the free places. For online courses, you can contact the lecturer to get access to the Zoom room if someone does not turn up. English courses are usually very full.

No. SG courses usually take place weekly or as block courses on several individual days. All listed dates belong to the respective course and must be attended. They are not different courses.

Yes, language courses count as general studies unless they are part of the curriculum as a compulsory foreign language in your degree programme. In this case, you can only take language courses that are not already included in your degree programme as general studies courses. If you wish, you can take all 3 of the 3 general studies courses in a foreign language.

You can take a language course for all 3 Studium Generale courses. It is important that they are different courses and that the course is not already part of your compulsory degree programme.

For weekly courses, you may be absent a maximum of 3 times.

Please discuss any necessary compensation with your lecturers

Of course, you can take the sign language course as a Studium Generale. Proof of performance is provided in sign language.

Please understand that we cannot adapt the course planning to the individual timetables of all students. If you are repeatedly unable to attend your desired courses, please contact your own faculty and ask them to keep time slots free for SG in the future.

Yes, but not all courses are recognised in every degree programme. Clarify this with your own faculty and submit an application for recognition of the course there.

This varies from degree programme to degree programme. Please clarify this in your own faculty and submit a corresponding application for recognition of the course.

To ensure that you only take courses that are actually recognised, please submit your application in advance. Please note that applications are first checked by your faculty and then processed by the IDS Examination Board. You must therefore expect a longer processing time and should submit the application well in advance. Please note that this is a preliminary request and that proof of the course attended will be submitted as soon as the course has been completed.

You can also submit an application for recognition of courses already completed retrospectively in the following semester.

You can have a maximum of 2 external courses recognised. The 3rd course should be taken at the university.

Please note that the applications are first checked by your faculty and then processed by the IDS Examination Board. You must therefore expect a longer processing time and should submit your application well in advance.

The application must be submitted to your own faculty. The chair of the examination board will review the application for the first time. This is then forwarded to the IDS faculty and checked by the Studium Generale department and the chairperson of the examination board there. After processing, the applications are forwarded to the Student Service Centre and the results are entered into the self-service portal. You will also receive feedback on the acceptance/rejection of your application from the SSZ.

It must be similar in type and scope to a Studium Generale course, i.e. comprise at least 2 SWS (semester hours per week) and 2 ECTS and fulfil academic standards. As the purpose of the Studium Generale is to gain an insight into subject areas outside your own degree programme, the course must be unrelated to your subject.

Contact Katharina Brunnbauer and discuss your course proposal. This will then be submitted to the Dean and you may receive all the necessary documents that you need to submit in advance (e.g. module description).

Please note that only courses that are suitable for all students of all faculties can be offered. Courses that supplement the curriculum of a specific degree programme and courses that require subject-specific prior knowledge cannot be considered.