FAQ

If possible, a certificate should be issued within 4 weeks of passing the final examination. For this purpose, we require a completed certificate request from you.

Please check whether all required achievements are listed in the study results. Please look at the bottom of the page. The line beginning with "Sum [program] " must contain the number of credit points required for graduation, and the check mark must be placed at the end of the line.

Please also check whether all achievements have been assigned correctly. If there are still discrepancies, please clarify them in good time. Please do not hesitate to ask the Academic Services Office for help.

If your study results are complete, please fill in the request form on your PC.  In particular, we need the date on which you have completed your last examination (e.g. date of a written exam, submission of the thesis, date of colloquium or date of issue of your practical work certificate) and the course or module in which this work was completed. Please submit the completed and signed form to the Academic Services Office (exam management).

There are three options for receipt of the the documents [currently only  via mail]:

1. You collect the documents personally. Proof of identity including a photograph is required.
   
   
2. You authorise a person of trust to collect the documents. For this purpose, we require a copy of your identity card and a letter of authorisation with the full name, date and place of birth of the authorised person. The authorised person has to present a proof of identity including a photograph when collecting the documents.
   
   
3. You instruct the Office of Academic Affairs for Earth Sciences in writing to send you the documents by "Deutsche Post".For this purpose, you must provide us with a copy of your identity card. Dispatch is only possible within Germany. We expressly point out that the Academic Services Office Earth Sciences assumes no liability whatsoever, e.g. for transport damages, delayed delivery or loss.

Request form (PDF)

CEN, the university's Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, invites all Master and PhD-students of the departmen who have completed their degree to participate in a graduation ceremony early each calendar year.  If you are interested, please contact graduation.cen"AT"uni-hamburg.de for more information.

please note that the english version is for information only and is not legally binding

If you are ill at an examination appointment, a doctor must certify that you are incapable of examination. Please submit the doctor's certificate together with the completed sickness notification form (PDF) personally or by post to the Academic Services Office (exam-management). You must have done this immediately, at the latest 10 days after the onset of the illness (as certified). The examination board responsible will decide on late notifications of illness.

If you take part in an examination despite having received a certificate, you implicitely declare that you are fit for the examination. The certificate originally submitted will then be invalid. If you wish to register for further examinations during the period of the sickness certificate, you will need a new certificate.

Please remember to register in STiNE for a repeat examination.

The "sick notification form" is not an application to extend the processing time for a thesis (Bachelor, Master, Diploma). In such cases, please make an informal application and submit it to the Academic Services Office together with your medical certificate. The application must be submitted well before the end of the processing period.

Get well soon!

(Please note that the English version is for information only and not legally binding)

• M.Sc. Geophysik and M.Sc. Geophysics
• B.Sc. Geophysik/Ozeanographie

• You can reach the STiNE support line at 040-42838 5000 (9-18 hrs.).
• If you can still log into STiNE, there is a contact form in your account. Otherwise, please use this support form.

If you already study geophysics and have questions or if you have questions regarding the geophysics programmes at the University of Hamburg, please contact the student advisor and counsellor Claudia Vanelle.

• Geosciences
• Physics
• Mathematics

If you need proof of your previous academic achievements for applications, e.g. for Master programmes, we will be happy to issue you with a "Transcript of Records" (ToR). Please proceed as follows:

1. check your study results and, if necessary, first take care of the entry of already performed, missing performances.
2. send an e-mail to the Academic Services Office (examination management) with your request and the necessary personal data (name, matriculation number, study programme).
3. Please also state the purpose for which the ToR is intended.

Please also note the following:

• We will not check your study results before we generate the ToR.
• The ToR is delivered in German and English via STiNE. You can download it under "Study" -> "Documents"
• You must expect a processing time of approx. 3 working days. We will inform you by e-mail when the ToR is finished.
• In the period from 1 June to 15 July, inquiries within the scope of applications for Master's degree programs will be processed with priority.

(Please note that the English version is for information only and not legally binding)