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De-Registration

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If you have finished your studies, need to interrupt them or wish to switch to another university, then please apply no later than 31 October/ 30 April to de-register when the current semester ends. You may find the de-registration form in TUCaN in the service > forms section.

We strongly recommend retaining student status until passing the final examination and applying for de-registration after grades have been awarded. The number of subject-related semesters and university semesters will not be specified on the certificate or grade transcripts.

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 (Aufgabe Mehrfachstudium) in Downloads on this webpage.

Request for de-registration

You can submit a request for de-registration directly via your TUCaN account in the section Service > Requests. You can also track the status of the request there.

Deadlines for submission:

• 31 March for de-registration effective at the end of the winter semester

• 30 September 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 for a key date (date of your choice). For more information on key-date de-registration, see ‘Exceptions’.

• 31 October/30 April for withdrawal from re-registration. This results in de-registration at the end of the previous semester (30 September/31 March).

Retroactive de-registration after these deadlines is not possible.

For more information on withdrawing from re-registration, see ‘Exceptions’.

A certificate of exmatriculation (also as proof for the pension insurance institution) is provided for download via TUCaN under Service -> my documents. It will only be sent by post in special cases where the personal TUCaN account is not accessible.

Reimbursement of semester and administrative fees

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

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

a) People who have submitted a new application and were therefore not enrolled at TU Darmstadt in the preceding semester can apply to revoke their new registration / admission up to one month after the beginning of the courses. If registration has already been completed successfully, a processing fee of 30 euros will be charged. This will be deducted automatically from the refundable semester fees. (HMWK administrative cost order dated 19.12.2013, no. 272 schedule of administrative fees).

People who have applied to change degree programmes, and who were therefore registered at TU Darmstadt in the preceding semester, are able to apply to withdraw from the process of changing degree programmes until 30 September (when changing degree programmes for the winter semester) or 31 March (when changing degree programmes for the summer semester).

b) In exceptional cases it is possible to apply for de-registration as of a specific effective date. In this case, your membership of TU Darmstadt ends on the day of application. Semester fees will NOT be refunded. Please also use the de-registration form in TUCaN service > forms.

Please note that you are no longer entitled to use the Deutschland Semesterticket after de-registration.

c) If you do not have access to TUCaN at the moment, you can certainly still submit a de-registration form. Please contact us and we will give you a paper version of the form.

More information can be obtained directly from the Student Service .

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
  • Definitive failure to pass a preliminary, interim or final examination (in this case you will receive prior notification from your Office for Student Affairs).

In principle, we recommend that students actively de-register.