There are two different types of final exams: Exams (P) and certificates ("Scheine"/"Studienleistungen", S, Sb). The first mentioned are the most important ones and are subject to many conditions by examination regulations. All of the second type end with a graded or non-graded certificate and they are not bound by these rules, e.g. the number of repeat examinations.

Registration for exams / exam registration

At the TU Ilmenau you have to register for every exam you want to take in the current semester in a period of time. This period lasts two weeks at the end of each semester. You can find the dates for the next semester under 'important dates'. For certificates (S, Sb) no registration is required, but you can register if you want to. However, it may be easier for the Examinations Office to prepare a sufficient number of copies of the examination papers. Please check your study plan (curriculum) before you register and observe the deadlines. You must register in the Thoska+ system via Thoska+ terminal or via Thoska+ card reader.

There may be some courses that you cannot register for, such as non-technical electives that are not directly included in your curriculum
(curriculum). In this case you will find the special form in the Thoska+ terminal or on the website of your examination office. You can search for subjects under the following path.

opentimetable.tu-ilmenau.de 'Student Set' ! 'Select a Department' ! 'choose your course of studies' !

Deregistration / Examination cancellation

You can cancel your registration in the same way as you registered until four days before the exam (including weekends). Without negative consequences. Remember that the exams have deadlines.

Re-examinations / repeat examinations

If you failed your exam on the first attempt, you will have one retake for each exam. You must have completed them two semesters after the first attempt and you must have registered them. For a limited number of exams you can take a so-called "second repeat exam". ("second repeat examination"). You will find the special regulations in your PO-BB (Examination Regulations - Special Regulations). However, they differ from the 1st repetition: You register by filling out a form at the examination office in combination with finding a date for a meeting with the professor. This examination takes place in the form announced by the professor (oral or written), but you can register for an oral examination. If you do not pass the second repeat exam, you will be removed from the student register ("exmatriculation").

Examination Deadlines / Examination Deadlines

When you plan your exam registration, you must take into account the deadlines. First you must have registered for each exam for the first attempt by the end of the prescribed period of study plus four semesters (e.g. for a Master's degree with a prescribed duration of three semesters to the seventh semester). It must be completed by the last day of the semester, i.e. by March 31 or September 30. If you have not made your first attempt by this date, you will receive the grade 5.0 (failed). The same happens if you miss the deadline for retake examinations after the first attempt of two semesters. In this case, however, you must take the second attempt at the next examination time.

Free attempt / Free attempt

Despite all these regulations there is a small bonus, the so-called 'free trials'. ("free attempts"). You can use them if you have taken your exam up to the regular semester in your curriculum but have not passed it. This means that your repeat exam counts as your first attempt - you will receive another attempt to pass this exam. In addition, there are "grade improvement attempts" that you can also use for regularly taken exams after you have passed them. When you take the exam for the second time, the grades are compared and you get the better one. For both types of bonuses, you must register at the Examinations Office with the appropriate form before the deadline for retakes. The number of free attempts and attempts to improve the grade depends on the length of the regular study period.

Illness / Disease

Sometimes you cannot take your exam because you have fallen ill. In this case, visit a doctor and get a medical certificate. You need it to prove that you were unable to take the exam. You have to bring this certificate to the examination office immediately or send it together with an appropriate form. You can find this form on the websites of the examination offices as 'Attestmeldung'.