Change of name, address, elective subject, gender, nationality and other details
Please inform TU Darmstadt in a timely manner if your personal details have changed.
You can submit change requests directly in your TUCaN account in the Service > Forms section. There you can also view the processing status at any time.
Please note: For technical reasons, the application for ‘Change of gender (gender diversity) and, if applicable, first names according to the SBGG’ is currently only available in paper form. Further information can be found below.
- Change of address
You can update your address in TUCaN yourself in the Service > Personal Data section. Instructions on how to do this . are provided here - Change of name
Please submit the form “change of name in your existing data” via your TUCaN-account in the service > forms section. Please note that a verification of your name must be provided (e.g. a scan of ID). - Change of gender (gender diversity) and, if applicable, first name in accordance with the SBGG
For students who are in the process of gender reassignment or who do not recognise themselves in the gender binary, we can change the information in TUCaN in accordance with the SBGG.
For the application form, please contact or the Student Service. International Admissions Office
Please note that proof of the change of your gender and, if applicable, first name is required. This can be an extract from the civil status register, a new birth certificate or, for international students, comparable proof from your home country.
More information on gender diversity at the TU Darmstadt is provided . here - Change of citizenship in your existing data
Please submit the form „change of citzienship in your existing data“ via your TUCaN-account in the service > forms section. Please note that a verification of the desired change must be provided (e.g. a scan of your ID). - Change of elective department for university elections
University elections take place once a year in the summer semester. If you changed your degree program or are enrolled in a double or combined degree, you can decide in which department you would like to exercise your right to vote. For this, please submit the form „change of elective department for university elections“.The form may be found in TUCaN under service > forms.
You can find out which elective department your degree programme is assigned to in this (opens in new tab). list - Changing the spelling of the name on final documents and certificates with special characters
if your name(s) contains non-Latin letters and you want your final certificates to include the correct spelling of your name, please fill out the corresponding application in TUCaN under Service > Applications and upload a proof.
For any further requests of change, please contact us via e-mail.