Grades and performance overviews in the LSF
In the LSF portal, you will find the following in the section entitled “Study Status/Certificates”:

• Your current grades
• Grade certificates (enrolment and semester certificates)
• Overall performance overviews in German and English

These documents can be downloaded free of charge as PDF files and submitted to the authorities (e.g. BAföG (educational support allowance) office). Authenticity is confirmed by QR code and verification address.

Please apply for signed grade certificates via the LSF.

In the event of discrepancies in your performance overviews or semester certificates, please contact your responsible  student management team.

ETCS grading tables
The ETCS grading tables (in German) help to categorise grades nationally and internationally, especially when changing universities or studying abroad.

Certificates of attainment for guest listeners and visiting students
The certificate is issued by the lecturer, who hands it to the faculty administration for stamping. The certificates will then be sent to you by post.

• Declaration on the exercise of membership rights [PDF] (in German)
• Application for admission for guest listeners [PDF] (in German)
• Application for admission for visiting students (in German)

Applicants will find the following applications in the online application portal:ls

• Applications for cases of hardship
• Application for compensation for disadvantages - average grade
• Application for compensation for disadvantages - waiting period

Students can find the following applications in the LSF portal:

• Exemption from the semester ticket
• Leave of absence
• Replacement issue of certificates
• Exmatriculation
• Part-time study programmes
• Revocation of the part-time study programme
• Semester ticket subsidy

In German:

• Application for the implementation of the degree-related internship [PDF]
• Certificate of a completed examination [PDF]
• Certificate for guest listeners and visiting students [PDF]
• Written examination registration of equivalences [PDF]
• Recognition of additional achievements (Master, Selection Committee) [PDF]
• Available in the LSF: applications for cases of hardship

• Cover pages for theses [PDF] (in German)
• Application deadlines [PDF] (in German)
• Application for Admission to the Bachelor Thesis [PDF]
• Application for Admission to the Master Thesis [PDF]
• Application for a title change
  • Application Faculty 1 [PDF] (in German)
  • Application Faculty 2 - 5 [PDF] (in German)
• Antrag auf Themenrückgabe [PDF] (in German)
• Application for a change of thesis topic
  • Application Faculty 1 [PDF] (in German)
  • Application Faculty 2 - 5 [PDF] (in German)
• New Topic Proposal for Repeating the Thesis [PDF]
• Publication of the final thesis
  • Voluntary declaration of consent in accordance with Art. 7 GDPR [PDF] (in German)
  • Confidentiality agreement (HTW.Intranet, in German)

As soon as the documents have been received from the Examination Board, the student management team will issue the following:

• Grade transcript & certificate
• Certificate of Exmatriculation
• Further final documents

Notification by postcard or email as soon as the documents are ready for collection.

Collection/dispatch: 

• in person or by another person with authorisation
• postal dispatch on request (please send address by email)

Replacement certificates and notarisations are issued by the Student Service Centre for a fee.

Application:

• For students in LSF
• For alumni: Form for replacement certificates [PDF] (in German)

The StudentCard is only valid for enrolled students. In the event of your exmatriculation, you will lose your student status and all associated benefits.