The following applies to Bachelor students:
What does this mean for you as a Bachelor student?
In practice, this means that the requirement for compulsory registration for 60 ECTS courses and examinations per academic year will be abolished. In future, it is therefore the students’ own responsibility to register for examinations and courses. It is also possible for students to withdraw from courses and examinations within a deadline set by the faculty. This applies to compulsory courses and elective courses.
All students must pass a first-year exam equivalent to 30 to 60 ECTS - the number of ECTS is set by the faculty. The exam must be passed after the first academic year. If the first-year exam is not passed, you may be withdrawn from the degree programme.
An active enrolment requirement of 45 ECTS per academic year will be introduced for Bachelor’s degree programmes. If the first-year exam is equivalent to 45 ECTS or more, the active enrolment requirement for the first year of the Bachelor’s degree programme will no longer apply.
The maximum time to degree will be specified in the academic regulations within a time frame of three years plus 6 months or three years plus one year. Read about the maximum time to degree further down this page.
Six months to one year after the student should have completed his/her degree programme, a check will be carried out to see if the student has completed his/her degree programme within the specified time frame. The purpose of this is to identify and withdraw students who have not completed their degree programme.
Particularly for BEng students:
The rules for BEng graduates will be updated in the year 2017 - until then, the existing rules are applicable.
The following applies to Master’s degree students:
What does this mean for you as a Master’s degree student?
In practice, this means that the requirement for compulsory registration for 60 ECTS per academic year will be abolished. However, compulsory registration for the Master’s thesis is still required. In future, the students must therefore register for exams and courses themselves. It is also possible for students to withdraw from courses and exams within a deadline set by the faculty.
An active enrolment requirement of 45 ECTS per academic year will be introduced for Master’s degree programmes.
Maximum time to degree will be introduced. The maximum time to degree for Master’s degree programmes is the prescribed study period plus six months. Read about the maximum time to degree further down this page. Read about the maximum time to degree further down this page.
Six months after the student should have completed his/her degree programme, a check will be carried out to see if the student has completed his/her degree programme within the specified time frame. The purpose of this is to identify and withdraw students who have not completed their degree programme.
Concerning the Master’s thesis:
Master’s degree students will automatically be registered for the Master’s thesis and it will not be possible to withdraw. The registration will be adjusted to make it possible for the student to complete his/her Master’s thesis using three attempts to pass within the maximum time to degree time frame.
When the student has been registered for the Master’s thesis, it is not possible to withdraw from any second or third attempt either. These attempts must be based on a revised thesis statement in accordance with the rules specified in the ministerial order.
It is still possible for the student to complete failed courses concurrently with his/her Master’s thesis within the framework of the active enrolment requirement and the maximum time to degree.
If you start a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme in the autumn of 2016 or later, the following rules apply:
There is also a maximum time to degree completion for students who are already enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme – in other words, students who started their degree programme before autumn 2016.
Whether your are a new students or already enrolled in a degree programme,
The rules for BEng graduates will be updated in the year 2017 - until then, the existing rules are applicable.