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
- Please call your administrator outside opening hours.
- 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.
Master's Ceremony of the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies on 09.12.2025
Dear doctoral candidates,
if you have registered for the doctoral examination in June or October 2025 and have already passed, you can from now on register for the Doctoral Procedure on 17 March 2026.
For registration please use our online form.
Further Information wil fololow.
Closing time of the examination office in the summer semester 2026 from August 17 to August 28, 2026
Dear students,
During the summer semester of 2026, the Examination Office will be closed from Monday, August 17, 2026, to Friday, August 28, 2026.
Students who register for the state teaching exam in fall 2026 can also request their transcript of records/account statement (including advance payment regulations/30-LP regulations) during this period using the contact form. The responsible administrator or their representative will inform you promptly about the options for collection.
We wish all students a great break from lectures!
Your PAGS TEAM
Co-tutelle procedure (binational doctoral procedure)
The Examination Office also conducts binational doctoral procedures with foreign universities.
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