Regulations for students withdrawing from examinations

1. In order to be aware of their rights and obligations, all examination candidates should take note of the ADPO and APSO examination regulations and statutes, which are published on the TUM's website under "Allgemeine Diplomprüfungsordnung" and "Allgemeine Prüfungs- und Studienordnung (Bachelor`s and Master`s Programs)".
2. If examination candidates are unable to attend an examination, they must immediately submit a written application for withdrawal from the examination to the Chairperson of the Examination Committee, pursuant to § 13 Paragraph 2 of the ADPO and § 10 Paragraph 7 of the APSO. Proof of the reasons for non-attendance must be provided immediately. A corresponding doctor's certificate must be presented without delay.
3. In the case of an inability to attend an examination due to an illness that occurs either before or during the examination, the Chairperson of the Examination Committee may in individual cases or in general before the start of an examination date demand the presentation of a certificate provided by a doctor or medical examiner. This certificate must be based on an examination performed on the date on which the inability to attend an examination is notified. For this reason, it is recommended that you consult the corresponding notices on the Examination Committee's bulletin board before the start of the examination.
4. Examination candidates who are treated on an inpatient basis at a hospital on the date of the examination must immediately present a related certificate provided by the hospital.
5. Since the Examination Committee can only recognize reasons for inability to attend an examination for the period for which proof has been correctly provided, the medical certificate must show the start and end of the period for which the inability to attend the examination is valid, and must contain the following contents:
• It must describe the current sickness-related and, simultaneously, the examination-relevant, physical, mental or psychological dysfunctions in such a specific and comprehensible way from a medical perspective that the Examination Committee can conclude from this description whether an actual inability to attend an extermination occurred on the date of the examination.
• This means that, in the case of outpatient or other family-doctor treatment, the medical certificate must clearly state the reasons that prevent attendance at the examination, for example, an essential period of recuperation in bed, the objective inability to travel to the place of examination and/or attend examination without significant problems, or without worsening the symptoms, or similar. The certificate does not need to include a medical diagnosis. However, there are no objections if a doctor independently decides to include a diagnosis in the certificate instead of a detailed description of dysfunctions, if this allows the inability to attend an examination to be justified more plausibly, without the privacy of the affected party being thereby inappropriately compromised.
• At the end of the certificate, the doctor should state whether he or she confirms the inability to attend an examination from a medical perspective.
• A confirmation along the lines of "Inability to attend examination: yes / no" on its own is insufficient.
6. The names and addresses of medical examiners acting on behalf of TU München are displayed in the showcases of the Examination Committee and of the Examination Office.
7. The Klinikum r. d. Isar is responsible for medical certificates for special clinical syndromes, particularly psychiatric and neurological illnesses.

Further information: Studenten-Service-Zentrum AB 3/2 -Prüfungsangelegenheiten

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