If you are unable to come to the Examinations Office during office hours, please contact the responsible administrator by e-mail, telephone or post.
Examination Office for Humanities and Social Sciences
The Examination Office for Humanities and Social Sciences (PAGS) is the central point of contact for all examination-related questions. You've come to the right place if you're studying a degree program from Faculties 01, 02, 9-15.
20 Employees in Direction, Administration and IT
- We can advise you on all questions relating to examination and study regulations. We can also help you register for examinations.
- We process your applications for the transfer and recognition of examination and study achievements and issue notifications such as documents in accordance with § 48 BAföG, withdrawals and appeals.
- We register all the examinations you have taken and issue all the relevant documents.
- We work closely with the programme coordinators of your subjects, the University Registrar's Office and the International Office to ensure that your studies run as smoothly as possible.
- We are responsible for the doctoral procedures Dr. phil. (Faculties 09-13), Dr. rer. soc. (Faculty 15) and Ph.D. (Faculty 11) and advise you from the issue of the permission to do a doctorate to the submission of the dissertation.
- We are your contact for binational doctorates (cotutelle doctorates)
Opening hours
- Tuesday: 10:00 - 12:00
- Wednesday: 10:00 - 12:00
- Thursday: 13:30 - 15:30
- Monday / Friday: closed
- The Examinations Office is spread over several rooms (C 026, D 020, D 201, D 203 & D 205). You can find the correct room for your responsible administrator under Contact the administration.
Please call your administrator outside opening hours.
Ongoing Maintenance Work at LSF
LSF and the exam administration systems are currently offline and are expected to remain so until November 23, 2026. During this time, the Examination Office will not be able to issue transcripts, or diplomas or book recognitions. We ask for your understanding that this will result in delays. The doctoral program is not currently affected.
23.12.2026 - 06.01.2027: Examination Office closed
From 23.12.2026 - 06.01.2027 are no consultation hours (person, phone, e-mail).
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Submission of Doctoral Thesis (Dr. phil.) is possible from 05.01.2027 in the rooms D 203 (Hänßler) and D 205 (Widerna).
Celebrating Graduates—Registration Now Open
Dear Students,
If you graduated from the Faculty of Languages and Literature in the winter semester of 2025/2026 or the summer semester of 2026, you can use this contact form to register for the master’s graduation ceremony on December 10, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. sharp, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, Große Aula.
If you are able and willing to attend the ceremony, please let us know
- whether you would like to have your degree documents presented to you during the ceremony. Please note: Degree documents that have already been picked up from the Registrar’s Office cannot be presented during the ceremony.
- how many guests you will be bringing to the ceremony.
If you do not receive a confirmation of receipt, please contact
PAGS-webmaster@verwaltung.uni-muenchen.de
Please understand that, for organizational reasons, we can only accept your registrations by November 15, 2026, at the latest. Registrations received after this date will not be accepted.
Thank you
The PAGS Team
Dear graduates,
The philosophy faculty, which includes departments for Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, and Religious Studies, is pleased to cordially invite you to the graduation ceremony for the Summer Semester 2026 class.
After years of hard work, sacrifices, and valuable experiences, it is now time to celebrate your achievements in style.
Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2026
Time: 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (Doors open at 4:30 p.m.)
Location: Senate Hall at LMU
An official ceremony awaits you, featuring a speech and the ceremonial presentation of your diplomas.
Afterward, we would like to wrap up the event with a champagne reception.
To allow the faculty to make the necessary arrangements, please let us know by no later than
November 27, 2026
using the following contact form whether you will be attending the celebration.
Please also let us know the number of guests you will be bringing (maximum of two).
You are also welcome to bring your supervisor, for example.
Co-tutelle procedure (binational doctoral procedure)
The Examination Office also conducts binational doctoral procedures with foreign universities.
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