Course Selection

• Talk to your institutional coordinator about the number and types of courses you will take in Regensburg and about the number of exams you ought to take.
• For subjects that are frequently taken by our exchange students you may find further information on the selection of courses and credit allocation on our homepage:
  www.uni-regensburg.de/ur-international/exchange-students/courses/ects/faculties/index.html =>Courses (ECTS)
• Another good source of information are the individual web pages of the departments as these lists are usually up to date:
  http://www.uni-regensburg.de/fakultaeten

Please arrive early enough for the orientation programme in Regensburg. As the registration procedure is not centralised, it is very important to be here in time. Please make sure that you stick to the arrival dates.

You will receive all necessary information on course selection, registration, transcript of records, and more during this programme.

Basically, you are free to take any courses throughout all faculties (with the exception of Medicine, Dentistry, Biochemistry, Pharmacy and English and American Studies). Students of Medicine, Dentistry, Biochemistry, and Pharmacy are asked to contact the departmental
coordinator of their exchange programme to get approval of their course choice especially if they want to take practical courses like laboratory courses.

A regular programme of study carries 30 ECTS credits for each semester. During the semester you may also take German or other foreign language classes.

At German universities, a certain amount of self responsibility is expected from students. For example, there are no pre-determined class schedules: rather it is the task of the student to put together his or her own programme of courses. Different facilities however can help you out with finding your way around the University.

The course catalogue (Vorlesungsverzeichnis ) provides information about the courses offered during each semester. The details provided in it can be compared with the current course information posted on the notice boards of the faculties and institutes.

From these details, students individually can put together their semester schedule. Assistance and advice for this task is given by departmental coordinators, who are instructors from individual subjects with the special assignment of helping exchange students with the selection of their courses. All exchange students should introduce themselves to the departmental coordinator in their course of study. Additional help is given in the introductory sessions organized by the individual institutions. You will find out the dates for these introductory sessions from the International Office (Akademisches Auslandsamt) before the semester begins.

Currently only in a few subjects there is a central computer system that records the courses taken by students and their grades. In most subjects, students receive a certificate about the course they have taken. In the University system, this certificate is called a Schein.

Exchange students must pick up the Schein from the instructor themselves or have the Schein sent to the IO (Akademisches Auslandsamt). Copies of each Schein must be handed in at the Akademisches Auslandsamt to receive your Transcript of Records.