Recognition of Credits and Examination Results Earned at Other Institutions

If you wish to commence your German studies at Leibniz University Hannover at a higher semester level due to a change of subject or location, you will need a placement recommendation from the German Department for your application.

What you need to submit:

• Digitally completed form (download below)
• Digitally completed placement form (download below)
• Transcript of grades (academic records from your previous higher education institution(s))
• Module handbook for your previous degree programme
• Translations of the documents, if necessary, should the documents not be available in German or English

Please send your complete set of documents for the placement assessment in a single email at least four weeks before the application deadline to: anerkennung@germanistik.uni-hannover.de.

The placement recommendation must be submitted together with your application documents by the deadline.

You can find the application deadlines here:

www.uni-hannover.de/de/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerbung-zulassung/voraussetzungen-zum-studium/bewerbungszeiten

Note: Only after you have successfully enrolled in a degree programme at LUH can the assessment of the equivalence and recognition of your previous academic achievements take place in a second step.

If you require recognition of your academic achievements due to a change of subject, degree programme or location, or a period of study abroad, you can submit an application for the recognition of academic and/or examination achievements to the Recognition Office of the German Department. We will review your documents and then forward the results to the relevant Examination Board.

What you need to submit:

• Digitally completed form (download below)
• digitally completed recognition form (download below)
• Transcript of marks (academic records from your previous higher education institution(s) or the LUH, or details of your achievements abroad)
• where applicable, module handbook (if changing universities)
• where applicable, final thesis as a PDF file (if this is to be recognised)

Please send your documents in full and in a single email to anerkennung@germanistik.uni-hannover.de. Subsequent submissions cannot be considered.

Note: Once final approval has been granted by the Examination Board, the recognised credits will be recorded in your academic record (QIS) exclusively by the Examination Office, not by the German Department.

• For work placements both within and outside school, please contact Dr Tina Otten.
• → mailto:tina.otten@germanistik.uni-hannover.de

To apply for a place on the German programme, you must provide evidence of German language proficiency at C1 level.