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De-Registration

You can submit an application for de-registration directly via your TUCaN account in the Service > Forms section. You can also track the status of your application there.

Deadlines

  • March 31 for de-registration effective at the end of the winter semester
  • September 30 for de-registration effective at the end of the summer semester
  • In exceptional cases, you can submit an application for de-registration during the current semester with a specific date (of your choice). For more information on de-registration on a specific date, see “Exceptions.”
  • October 31 / April 30 for withdrawal from re-registration. The consequence is de-registration at the end of the semester just ended (September 30 / March 31).

Retroactive de-registration after these deadlines is not possible.

For more information on withdrawing from re-registration, please see “Exceptions.”

A certificate of deregistration (also as proof for the pension insurance provider) is available for download via TUCaN under Service -> My Documents. It will only be sent by post in special cases if the personal TUCaN account is not accessible.

We recommend that students retain their student status until they have passed their final examination and, after receiving their certificate, submit an application for de-registration at the end of the respective semester. The number of semesters and university semesters will not be indicated on the certificate or degree certificates.

Please note the consequences of de-registration:

Upon de-registration, your membership of the TU Darmstadt ends at the time specified in the application.

  • From this point on, all privileges associated with student status, such as the use of the Germany Semester Ticket, also expire.
  • After 90 days, you will no longer have access to your certificates of enrolment and other documents in TUCaN, as your TUCaN account will be blocked.

If you only wish to terminate one of several of your degree programmes, please complete the application for termination of multiple studies (Beendigung eines/r von mehreren Studiengängen oder Fachrichtungen (German).

If you have already re-registered for the following semester, you can apply for a refund of the semester fees already paid in your application for de-registration. The application must be received by the deadline, see above.

Please note that the refund may take 4–6 weeks.

Exceptions

Persons who have newly applied and were therefore not enrolled at Darmstadt Technical University in the previous semester may submit a request to withdraw from their new enrollment/admission up to one month after the start of lectures.

If enrollment has already taken place, a processing fee of €30 will be charged, which will be automatically deducted from the semester fees to be refunded. (VwKostO-MWK of December 19, 2013, Appendix 1 – Administrative Costs List No. 272).

TUDa students who have applied for a change of degree program and were therefore enrolled at Darmstadt Technical University in the previous semester can informally apply to withdraw from the change of degree program until September 30 (for a change of degree program in the winter semester) or March 31 (for a change of degree program in the summer semester).

In exceptional cases, you can apply for de-registration as of a specific effective date. In this case, your membership at TU Darmstadt will end on the date of your application. The semester fee for the semester that has already begun will NOT be refunded. Please note that the effective date in the application must not be in the past.

If you have duly re-registered for the upcoming semester, you have the option of withdrawing your re-registration within one month of the start of the semester and having your enrolment retroactively cancelled at the end of the previous semester (ESO § 19(3,4)).

If you wish to have your enrolment retroactively cancelled for the period 1 October to 31 October/ 1 April to 30 April, you may not have registered for any new examinations in the semester that has already begun.

In this case, your application will be rejected. If you have registered for examinations, please contact the Office for Student Affairs to cancel your registration.

If you do not currently have access to TUCaN, you can of course still submit an application for de-registration. Simply contact Student Services and we will send you a paper version of the form.

A forced expulsion from TU Darmstadt will occur automatically (officially) in the following circumstances:

  • Graduating from your degree program
  • Missing / incomplete payment of semester fees and administrative fees
  • Failure to comply with requirements associated with student health insurance
  • If the degree programme is discontinued or the last opportunity to take the final examination has passed (degree programme closure)
  • Definitive failure to pass a preliminary, interim or final examination (§65 HessHG, Abs. 2)
  • If no academic achievements are made in four consecutive semesters (§ 65 HessHG, Abs. 4)

In principle, we recommend that students actively de-register. You can find the application in your TUCaN account under Service > Forms.