Exemption from Semester abroad (Befreiung vom Auslandssemester)
If you would like to be exempted from the compulsory semester abroad ("verpflichtendes Auslandssemester"), then in your own interest we ask you to contact your advisory person (Studienberaterin / Studienberater) very early on, because experience has shown that compiling and processing the papers takes a lot of time. – However, applications submitted late can no longer be approved!
MA students who would like to spend their semester abroad in Germany must submit the application to the examination office in the previous semester and no later than three days before the examination board meeting ("Tagung des Prüfungsausschusses"). The application and the justification must be detailed.
In order for the Board of Examination (Prüfungsausschuss) to consider your application (request for exemption), students must submit the following documents:
- Form "Request for Exemption" ("Antrag auf Ersatz oder Erlass des Auslandssemesters") – Please fill out the form completely, including all signatures! Please submit the application at least 6 months before the compulsory semester abroad.
- Written confirmation from your academic advisor, that she/he recommends the process from an academic point of view, i.e. why your compulsory semester abroad should be replaced by substitute courses. This document must be signed by the advisory person!
- Course list of the substitute courses expected or planed to be attended (min. 30 LP). If this course list or your study plan changes, you are obliged to contact your advisor and submit an updated list. Please note: Courses can be attended in one or two semesters.
Please do not send us single documents or incomplete forms, but send us all documents together!
Please drop the documents in the mailbox of the study office (ESA 1, mailbox near room 55) or submit them as a scan by e-mail (pa.aai"AT"uni-hamburg.de)!
Student advisors:
Austronesistik:
JP Dr. Elsa Clavé
Tel.: +49 40 42838-2762
elsa.clave@uni-hamburg.de(elsa.clave"AT"uni-hamburg.de)
Thaiistik:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Volker Grabowsky
Tel.: +49 40 42838-3675
volker.grabowsky@uni-hamburg.de(volker.grabowsky"AT"uni-hamburg.de)
Vietnamistik:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jörg Engelbert
Tel.: +49 40 42838-2377
joerg.engelbert@uni-hamburg.de(joerg.engelbert"AT"uni-hamburg.de), jengelbert"AT"web.de