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02/04/2021 | Pressemitteilung

Additional examination attempt and longer standard period of study due to Corona

Students who have failed an examination that cannot be repeated under Corona conditions will be given another try. This is what Science Minister Angela Dorn and the presidents of Hesse's universities have agreed.

Image: University of Kassel.

A legal ordinance from the Ministry of Science, which is currently being drafted, will soon grant all students who have failed such a university examination in the 2020/2021 winter semester a further attempt at the examination. The same will apply for the upcoming summer semester of 2021 and, at the student's request, for past examinations in the summer semester of 2020. In addition, an increase in the standard period of study will also be granted for the winter semester of 2020/2021 - as was already the case for the summer semester of 2020 - and thus a further extension of the possible BAföG entitlement.

Supporting study success

"With this regulation, we want to make it easier for students to decide to take the exams, mitigate pandemic-related impairments and support the success of their studies," explains Science Minister Dorn. "Corona makes studying more difficult anyway, especially for students in the final phase. That's why we want to ease the burden as much as possible in the general conditions."