Office for Student Affairs

Advice and Support

We help you, amongst others, with the following concerns: Study organisation and study counselling, part-time-studies, studying with a child, recognition of credit points, registration or deregistration of exams, registration of final modules, obtaining your transcript of records and final documents and the processing of sick notes. For all other study-related administrative issues please turn to the TU Darmstadt Student Service (contacts further below).

The Office for Student Affairs of the Institute for Materials Science (Department 11, Materials- and Geosciences) is responsible for all examination-related matters within the B.Sc. Materialwissenschaft and the M.Sc. Materials Science (including all related Double Degree and exchange programmes).

Certificates and Transcripts of Records for these degree programmes are exclusively issued by our Office for Student Affairs.

The General Examination Regulations (Allgemeine Prüfungsbestimmungen, APB) (opens in new tab) are binding for all students of TU Darmstadt. Additional regulations for each degree programme are specified in the respective “Study Regulations” (Studienordnung). These are to be found in our Downlaod section .

Fundamental information on examinations (e.g. dates, de-/registration, retries, supplementary oral exams) are available in the FAQ of the TU Darmstadt Student Service: TUCaN FAQ

Re-examinations

Please note the contents of §31 of the General Exam Regulations of TU Darmstadt (APB) and “Referral to § 31 (1-3)” of the Implementation Regulations for both Bachelor and Master courses.

According to these, you are urgently advised to have a discussion with your mentor or professor after failing a first re-examination (“Fachprüfung”). Even if there is no obligation to have this consultation interview, you should take advantage of the counselling service at an early stage.

Please also note that the second re-examination of an exam, which is usually a written exam, may be taken as an oral exam if both the student and the professor(s) agree. However, should you fail again, no “Supplementary Oral Examination” (“Mündliche Ergänzungsprüfung”) can be repeated and the course of studies is terminated without degree.

Name Room Phone E-Mail
Prof. Dr. Bai-Xiang Xu
  • Chair of Examinations Board
Consultation hours: Wednesday 11:30am – 12:30pm
 L1|08 211 1620965
PD Dr. Boris Kastening
  • General Examination Issues
 L2|01 78 1622244
Jane Gottschling
Katharina Schütz
  • General Examination Issues
  • Acceptance of External Accomplishments
  • Final Degrees

 L2|01 79 1622242
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Name Room Phone E-Mail
Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp Hofmann
  • Chair for Student Affairs
  • Student Advisory Service
 L6|01 227 1620779
Prof. Dr. Bai-Xiang Xu
  • Chair of Examinations Board
  • Student Advisory Service
Consultation hours: Wednesday 11:30am – 12:30pm 		L6|01 419 1621906
PD Dr. Boris Kastening
  • Study Coordinator
  • Student Advisory Service
  • General Examination Issues
 L2|01 78 1622244
Name Room Phone E-Mail
Dr. Hannah Sonderfeld
  • Labs
 L2|01 209 1622245
Dr.-Ing. Enrico Bruder
  • Industry internship
 L2|01 55 1620556
Name Room Phone E-Mail
Dr.-Ing. Anne Kikker
  • Approval Double Degree EU-Programme
 L2|01 208 1622280
Ruben Bischler
  • Applications M.Sc. Materials Science
 L2|01 208 1622019
Dr. Joachim Brötz
  • Double Degree EU-Programme
 L2|01 209 1621030
Dr. Hannah Sonderfeld
  • Exchange students (Outgoer, Incomings)
  • Double Degree-Programme with Tongji and TDU
 L2|01 209 1622245
PD Dr. Boris Kastening
  • Approval Double Degree Tongji and TDU
 L2|01 78 1622244

TUCaN & academic organisation for students

Here you can find documents and forms for teachers.

TUCaN for teachers and substitutions

For all other administrative issues such as application and admission, enrollment, re-/de-registration, changing the course of studies, academic leave of absence, health insurance etc., please turn to the TU Darmstadt Student Service:

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