Dear Students,

For anyone who needs to get credit for a completed stay abroad, and has not yet signed up via Stud.IP, it is now possible to register for the Prüfung (58801) [Freede] between October 8th and November 9th, 2025. 

Please only register if you have completed the stay abroad or if it will be completed by November 15th, 2025 at the latest. Students currently working or studying abroad will have another opportunity to register in mid-December.

1. Note that we cannot process any general stay abroad credit between November 16th and December 5th due to the system migration, so if you need credit urgently, please keep this in mind!
2. Any registrations for the Auslandsaufenthalt-Prüfung – from this and previous semesters – for which documentation is still incomplete by November 15^th will be reversed and you’ll have to sign up again. (This will not affect the validity of your stay – just the procedure.)

Credit procedure for completed stays abroad

Option 1

If you have already been in touch with Lauren Freede as part of the planning process, and have a personal upload folder in the Stud.IP course 3.02.082 - Compulsory Stay Abroad [Anglistik/Amerikanistik], then please proceed as follows:

1. Upload all the documents regarding the completed stay to your personal folder
2. Register for the Auslandsaufenthalt-Prüfung (58801) [Freede] if you have not already done so.
3. Contact Ms Freede via email ([email protected]) to let her know you have done this. You will then receive an email confirmation when the stay has been entered.

You must register for the Prüfung by November 9th, and upload your documents by November 15th 2025 at the latest. Otherwise, you will need to wait until mid-December for credit and any open registrations will be reversed.

Option 2

Students who have not previously been in touch with Lauren Freede regarding their stay abroad and/or who do not yet have a personal upload folder in the course 3.02.082 will need to sign up for one of her office hour slots in Stud.IP to process the stay abroad credit.

You are welcome to register for the Auslandsaufenthalt-Prüfung (58801) in advance of your appointment, but please only do this if your stay abroad will be complete by November 15^th!

Option 3

Applying for course credit / ECTS for classes taken abroad is a separate procedure. Please make an office hour appointment with Ms Freede to discuss this in more detail.

You will ultimately have to submit the application to the Prüfungsamt – see here for further instructions.

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If your question is not answered here, please contact Ms Freede via email or make an office hour appointment.

Best wishes,

Lauren Freede

• Acting Stay Abroad Advisor
• Erasmus Departmental Coordinator