Graduation and de-registration

Reasons for de-registration

Student membership of Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin ends with de-registration. It can take place at the student's request or is initiated through administrative channels, e.g. in the case of missing re-registration.

Application-based de-registration

If you wish to terminate your studies at Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin, please submit the completed and signed application for de-registration via the contact form, by post (see application form for address) or via the mailbox of the Student Service Center (SSC) in the Enrolment Office. Please note that de-registration can take place at the earliest when your application for de-registration is received by the Enrolment Office and at the latest at the end of the current semester. A de-registration backward in time is not possible. In the case of a change of university, exmatriculation before the end of the semester is generally not necessary if the start of the semester at the other university is identical to the start of the semester at HU (1 October or 1 April).

Please note that the student HU account will be deactivated four weeks after exmatriculation, so that access to electronic systems (e.g. AGNES, Moodle, e-mail) is no longer available. If you wish to interrupt or pause your studies, find out about the conditions for a semester of leave. We recommend that you take advantage of the counselling services offered by the Student Advisory Service if you have any doubts about your studies.

De-registration through administrative channels

You will be automatically exmatriculated in the following cases (exmatriculation ex officio or by administrative means).

• Incomplete re-registration
  If re-registration cannot be carried out due to missing or insufficient payment or due to missing proof, you will be automatically de-registered at the end of the semester in which you are currently enrolled. After exmatriculation, the certificate of exmatriculation will be sent to you by post to the address stored in AGNES.
• Successful completion of your studies
  If you have successfully completed your studies and your final grade has been recorded in the electronic examination system by the relevant examination office, you will be de-registered after two months or at the end of the current semester, whichever comes first, provided you are not enrolled in any other degree programme. After exmatriculation, the certificate of exmatriculation will be sent to you by post to the address stored in the AGNES portal.
• Obligations (e.g. contribution payments) to your health insurance company have not been fulfilled
  In order to properly check, determine and implement the health insurance of students, there are information obligations for students with health insurance, reporting obligations for universities and health insurance companies in accordance with Section 199a (2) to (7) of the German Social Security Code (SGB) Fifth Book (V). On the part of the health insurance funds, these include, among other things, the notification that someone is in arrears with the payment of contributions. The university must then refuse re-registration. After you have fulfilled your obligations towards your health insurance company, please ask your health insurance company to send an electronic notification to HU.
• Finally failed examination
  If you have finally failed an examination, you will receive a corresponding notification from the relevant examination board. You can appeal against this decision. Please note the information on legal remedies included in the notification. The enrolment office will also be informed of the final failure so that you can be de-registered. You will receive a hearing letter by post beforehand with information on how to proceed. Depending on your response to this letter, you will either be de-registered after two months or, if you have indicated that you wish to continue your studies, your enrolment will be maintained until the end of the current semester. The certificate of de-registration and supplementary notification will be sent by post to the address you have entered in the AGNES portal.

Certificate of exmatriculation

If you would like to study at another university in Germany after your studies at HU, a certificate of exmatriculation is usually required for the change of university. The certificate of exmatriculation is also relevant as proof for the German Pension Insurance for the recognition of periods of study. The certificate shows which degree programme or subjects you were last enrolled in, the total period of time you studied at HU Berlin and the date on which your student affiliation was terminated by exmatriculation. Your certificate of de-registration will be sent by post to the address stored in the AGNES portal. Therefore, please check whether your address is still up to date before you apply for de-registration and change it in the AGNES portal if necessary. A replacement certificate of de-registration is subject to a fee (€6.14) in accordance with the Berlin Administrative Fee Regulations (VGebO). Therefore, please keep the exmatriculation certificate sent to you in a safe place. If you require a second or replacement certificate, please contact the Enrolment Office using our contact form.