FAQs

Registration form Study Project / Research Paper

Required documents:

• Fully completed registration form (sample) with details of your IFS supervisor and the start date
• complete Transcript of Records

Procedure:

• submit the above documents as PDF file to Mr. Seiwert
• after receipt, please submit all documents to the Examination Office for registration.

Date: 2024-08-01

You can obtain the registration form for the bachelor´s/master´s thesis from the examination office or (if requirements are met) from the C@MPUS portal under "my applications". 

Required documents:

• Fully completed registration form (sample) with details of your IFS supervisor and the start date
• Indication of the specialisation subject in which the research paper was written (only for Master's theses)
• complete Transcript of Records

Procedure:

• submit the above documents as PDF file to Mr. Seiwert
• after receipt, please submit all documents to the Examination Office for registration

Date: 2024-08-01

Required documents:

• Assignment form
• registration form
• complete Transcript of Records
• Topic of the work to be assigned
• (only for automotive engineering students: additional application for assignment)

Procedure:

• submit the above documents as PDF file to Mr. Seiwert
• after receipt, submit all documents to the Examination Board for approval
• then please submit all documents to the Examination Office

Date: 2024-08-01

Bachelor´s Thesis / Master´s Thesis

• Completed Application for Extension of Time of the Examination Office
• from your IFS-Supervisor confirmed Attachment of Application for Extension of Time
• Complete Transcript of Records
• Please submit all documents to Mr. Seiwert and then to Examination Committee as well as the Examination Office 

Research Thesis

• Complete the form Application for Extension of Time and confirm it from your IFS-Supervisor
• Complete Transcript of Records
• Please submit all documents to Mr. Seiwert and then to Examination Committee 

Study Project

• Complete the  form Application for Extension of Time and confirm it from xour IFS-Supervisor
• Complete Transcript of Records
• Please submit all documents to Mr. Seiwert

Date: 2025-04-11

Please submit the completed and signed overview plan as pdf-file to the IFS chair`s office. 

Note: Only complete modules are shown in the overview plan. If a module consists of several courses ("special topics of ...") please enter only the module name and the teacher of your course.
You only register the contents of the modules with the respective institute.

Date: 2024-08-01

Changes in the overview plan are possible as follows:

- Module changes in your major must be approved by the respective professor

- If your module to be replaced has not been passed or failed, it can be replaced.

Please submit your old and new overview plan including a current and complete transcript of records digitally to Mr. Seiwert. Please submit the approved change to the Examination Office for updating.

Date: 2024-08-01

A regular withdrawal from a registered examination is possible up to 7 days before the examination date via C@MPUS. 

If the student is taken ill, a medical certificate including the withdrawal-form must be submitted to the examination office within three working days.

Retakes must be taken on the next examination date.

Date: 2024-08-01

There are two case examples for this question:

1. In the case of voluntary deregistration - i.e. without loss of examination entitlement (EN=final failure to pass), you are still required to write a re-examination. Otherwise and in spite of your deregistration, you will have failed the examination formally (ex officio), with may lead to loss of examination entitlement.
2. The student is not allowed to write a re-examination after the examination office has declared loss of examination entitlement, and neither may he receive a "failed" mark due to nonappearance.

Date: 2024-08-01

Yes - these as well as students research may be written at a university abroad. Please make sure in advance that you have chosen a topic that can be supervised at IFS (information regarding the topics is given on the IFS site under "research").

Date: 2024-08-01

Yes, if the subject fits the research area of the respective professor. You can find the procedure here.

External bachelor's theses and student research projects, are not permitted.

Date: 2024-08-01

If all other course achievements have already been completed and the submission of the thesis ist within the maximum duration of study, you no longer need to be enrolled to submit the thesis.

However, if the submission is outside the maximum period of study, you will need an extension of the duration of study.

notice: After deregistration, further use of university resources (library, semester ticket) is no longer possible.

Date: 2024-08-01

1. Before writing an examination to be recognized, you should ask the respective professor for prior review. Therefore, please submit a current transcript of records, module description(s) of modules to be recognized and an formless "Application for general recognition of a module" to the examiner (or authorized person).
   You can use the following template as a guide for your application.
   https://www.ifs.uni-stuttgart.de/.galleries/downloadgallerie/Abtretungsgesuch-FT-Muster-Forschungs--Masterarbeit.pdf
   
   
2. After your return, please follow the procedure for “Recognition of examination results”: 
   https://www.student.uni-stuttgart.de/pruefungsorganisation/anerkennungen/

Please use a separate form for each professor. 

Please submit the following documents to the responsible professor (or authorized person) for recognition:

• Recognition form
• (if available) the "Application for general recognition of a module" signed in advance
  Module description of the module to be recognized
• Transcript of Records of the university to be recognized (highlight modules)

After recognition by the professor, have the documents approved by the Examination Board and then submit them to the Examination Office for recognition. All recognitions must be submitted together to the examination board.

Date: 2024-08-01

Frequently asked questions about the study of the GKM (only german)
FAQs der Joint Commission Mechanical Engineering (GKM)

Automotive Engineering specific informations 
FAQs for Automotive Engineering bachelor`s students
FAQs for Automotive Engineering master`s students

Please also refer the notes of the Examination Office.

Date: 2024-08-01