Examination Committee #

Responsibilities include #

• Individual case decisions in the event of deviations from the examination regulations
• Recognition of credits (earned during a semester abroad or at other universities)
• Coordination of examination periods and dates
• Issuing implementation regulations
• Compensation for disadvantages (Nachteilsausgleich)
• Point of contact in case of a disputed exam assessment

Members #

(The Examination Committee was appointed by the Institute Council on 11 February 2025)

Alia Althea Göpfert (student member)

Prof. Dr. Tobias Krüger (Deputy Chair)

Prof. Dr. Tobia Lakes (Deputy Chair)

Prof. Dr. Henning Nuissl (Chair) Office hours: see homepage

Dr. Verena Reinke

Contact #

You can reach the Examination Committee at the following email address: pruefungsausschuss.geographie@hu-berlin.de

or during the office hours of the Chair of the Examination Committee – see homepage for dates: https://www.geographie.hu-berlin.de/Members/nuissl_henning

Applications to the Examination Committee #

Please make sure that applications to the Examination Committee are complete and well justified. Where appropriate, please use the forms available for this purpose. (Alternatively, you can use the Examination Committee application form.) Please submit applications at least two weeks in advance so that the Examination Committee can discuss and decide on them!

Introduction of the new Bachelor’s study regulations from 2026 #

Information for students enrolled under the 2018 study regulations: transitional arrangements, special cases, equivalencies New Study and Examination Regulations 2026 – Guidance on the Transition

Legal bases… #

…for decisions of the Examination Committee are, in particular:

• Study and Examination Regulations (2026) for the Mono Bachelor and the Combined Bachelor with teacher-training component (Official Bulletin of HU No. 47/2026)
• Laws of the State of Berlin: Berlin Higher Education Act (BerlHG) and Berlin Higher Education Admissions Act (BerlHZG)
• Cross-disciplinary Statutes Governing Admission, Study and Examinations at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (ZSP-HU) (Official Bulletin of HU 15/2013)
• Sixth Amendment to the Cross-disciplinary Statutes Governing Admission, Study and Examinations at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (ZSP-HU) (Official Bulletin of HU 34/2018)
• Fifth Amendment to the Cross-disciplinary Statutes Governing Admission, Study and Examinations at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (ZSP-HU) (Official Bulletin of HU 31/2018)
• Fourth Amendment to the Cross-disciplinary Statutes Governing Admission, Study and Examinations at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (ZSP-HU) (Official Bulletin of HU 19/2017)
• Third Amendment to the Cross-disciplinary Statutes Governing Admission, Study and Examinations at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (ZSP-HU) (Official Bulletin of HU 27/2016)
• Second Amendment to the Cross-disciplinary Statutes Governing Admission, Study and Examinations at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (ZSP-HU) (Official Bulletin of HU 18/2015) Please also refer to AMB 15/2013, 17/2014 and 27/2016!
• First Amendment to the Cross-disciplinary Statutes Governing Admission, Study and Examinations at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (ZSP-HU) (Official Bulletin of HU 17/2014)
• Implementation regulations of the Examination Committee