• Examination results of the summer semester 2020: Examinations taken and not passed in the summer semester 2020 are considered not to have been taken. If the examination is passed, the student can declare the rejection of the examination result in writing to the examination office by 30.11.2020. In this case, the examination has to be taken again in the same examination attempt, whereby the later examination result counts. Students, who fail an examination or reject the examination result will be registered by the Examinations Office for the next examination date.

• Deadlines: The summer semester 2020 is not taken into account when calculating the deadlines for examinations within the meaning of § 35 paragraph 4 SächsHSFG. Above all, this means that current deadlines for repeat examinations are extended by six months. For examinations that are not passed in the first attempt in the summer semester 2020, no retake period begins. In addition, the summer semester 2020 is not included in the calculation of deadlines under § 18, paragraph 2, no. 7 SächsHSFG ("four semesters without proof of performance"). If you have any further questions regarding examination-relevant deadlines, please contact the Examination Office.

• Alternative examinations (APL) can also be held in the period from 27.07. to 31.08.2020 by arrangement with the examiner.

• Oral examinations and APL in oral form can be held by arrangement with the examiner without being present at the university using a video conference system. The examiner will inform the students in good time about this possibility. Participation in such oral video-based examination procedures is voluntary. If the student does not declare his or her consent to this until one week before the examination date to the examiner, the examination will take place in the usual form at the university. Further details will be communicated by the examiner.

• Internships: In coordination with the person responsible for the internship, changing internship positions and interruptions are possible, as long as a consistent treatment of topics is ensured. With the agreement of and in coordination with the company, the internship can also be carried out in a home office.

• Internship/exchange semester
  If the fulfilment of the admission requirements for an internship or an  exchange semester is impaired due to corona-related peculiarities in the examination process, please contact your examination board. The board of examiners can reduce the admission requirements accordingly.

• Final thesis orterm papers
  Beginning: If you are unable to complete your credits for the issue of the thesis due to examinations that are currently not taking place, please contact your examination board. The board will decide whether you can exceptionally be admitted to the final thesis early.
  Interruption of processing: If it is currently not possible to process papers that have already been issued, the board of examiners may grant an extension of the time limit upon reasoned request.
  Submission: If possible, submit your paper preferably by post or via the in-house mailbox. You will receive a confirmation of receipt from your faculty via e-mail. For the time being, it is sufficient to submit your work electronically within the deadline. Please coordinate this with your examiner. If this is not feasible due to the nature of the work (models etc.), you will exceptionally be given the opportunity to submit your work in person after consulting the faculty.

• Examination period summer semester 2020: The examinations for the summer semester 2020 will take place in two examination periods from 06.07. to 25.07. 2020 and from 14.09. to 02.10.2020. The announcement of the examination dates of the examination period in July 2020 is made at least three weeks in advance. The registration for a module examination which is taken in the free attempt must be submitted to the examination office at least two weeks before the examination date.

Since 04.05.2020, students have also been able to claim care for their children from the school or childcare facility. The prerequisite is that the student parent attends an attendance event/examination and the care of the other parent is not guaranteed.

Proof of this to the institution is provided by the form for declaring the need for care in a day care centre or school, which is confirmed by the examination office. Please enclose an informal confirmation from your faculty (e.g. e-mail from the Dean's Office) that you will be attending a class and to what extent.

As a result of the Corona Pandemic, this summer semester will see changes and restrictions in examination preparation and examination procedures. In order to reduce the resulting disadvantages for the study programme, all students enrolled at the HTW Dresden in the summer semester 2020 will not be credited the study time of one semester towards the standard period of study of their respective degree programme.

The non-accreditation will only take place if the standard period of study is exceeded, i.e. for the semester following the end of the standard period of study. It does not apply in the case of a change of degree programme, unless the previous period of study is automatically credited to the new degree programme.

The consultation hours are basically only by telephone. Please communicate via e-mail and telephone. Please inquire in advance whether a personal appearance is possible in individual cases and depending on your request. Especially applies:

• For the time being, we accept a simple copy of proof by e-mail or post.
• Please send applications and forms with your signature by post or drop them in our mailbox. You will receive a confirmation of receipt by e-mail.

Consultation hours:

• Student Service
• Examination Office
• Advisory Service
• Career Service: We support you, currently via email, telephone call or video.

To activate your semester ticket on your student card, you can print it at the self-service terminal (Z-Building). Payment transactions can only be made by bank transfer.

Proof of the first professionally qualifying university degree

If you have been admitted to a Masters degree programme at the HTW Dresden from the summer semester 2020 onwards, you must provide proof of your first professionally qualifying university degree to the Student Service by 15.04.2020. If it is not possible for you to meet this deadline, you can apply for an extension of one month according to § 4 Abs. 3b S. 3 and 4 ImmaO, for good reason. One reason is, for example, that you have not yet been able to complete your final examination due to current restrictions in the university sector.

You are welcome to send the application for an extension of the deadline informally via e-mail to the Student Service. As proof of your first professionally qualifying university degree, an informal confirmation from your examination office that you have passed the final examination is sufficient. Please submit a simple copy of the certificate and report to the Student Service by the end of the SS 2020. If an extension of the deadline until 15.05.2020 is also not sufficient, please contact the Student Service again in time.

If you are requested by another body to provide proof of the restriction in the university's operation, you can request such a confirmation by e-mail from the Student Service.

The library offers a limited on-site service from Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 14:00. The branch library in Pillnitz will remain closed, but borrowing from the local stock is possible. For further information please click here.

The University Sports Centre (USZ) of the TU Dresden and the University Sports Department of the HTW Dresden will provide an 'online sports offer' for all students and employees from 4 May onwards. Online enrolment starts on April 30th at www.tu-dresden.de/usz

You have the possibility to generate a print job directly from OPAL. The button for the OPAL print service can be found in the OPAL courses for all teaching resources which are available in PDF format. In the column "Actions" you will see the print symbol on the far right.
All print jobs you give until midnight will be collected and printed in A4 format - converted to grayscale, double-sided, double punched on the long side left. Your order will be ready for collection on the next working day from 10:00 a.m. at the Copyshop UNIdruckerei, Reichenbachstraße 19, 01069 Dresden (next to the canteen). Please have your student ID (chip card) with your library number (s-number) ready for collection.
The costs amount to 5 ct per printed page. Your print file(s) and your library number will be given to UNIdruckerei exclusively for the purpose of printing. By initiating a print order (button: "Send print order") you give your express consent to the assumption of costs and data protection.

If you have any questions regarding the "OPAL print order" please contact support-ecampus(at)htw-dresden.de.