Procedure

Please first make an appointment with the Student Advisory Service Kathi Maurer for advice on your individual case. After the consultation, fill out the application form for recognition and submit your application to the Examination Board of the Faculty of Physics.

Please note that the Student Advisory Service will only make a recommendation. The final decision is made by the Examination Board.

Please note: If you are newly enrolled in the Meteorology degree program, you must submit the application with the documents required for recognition within one semester of enrollment (see § 19 (2), SPO BSc or § 18 (2), SPO MSc).

In general, the assessment of the achievements to be recognized is not based on a schematic comparison, but on an overall assessment. Recognition is granted if there is no significant difference in the competencies acquired compared to the achievements or degrees that are to be replaced.

Recognition is possible for the following scenarios:

Change of degree program within KIT

If you would like to switch to Meteorology and Climate Physics from another degree program, you can in principle have the coursework and examinations you have already completed from your old degree program recognized by the Examination Board.

Your transcript of records and the module handbook serve as evidence.

Changing universities within the same degree program

If you would like to continue your studies in Meteorology at KIT after starting at another university, you can have your previous study and examination achievements recognized by the Examination Board.

Your transcript of records and the module handbook of the university from which you transferred to KIT will serve as evidence.

Credits earned outside the university system

Credits earned outside the university system can only be recognized if they are equivalent in terms of content and level. Recognition shall be granted up to a maximum of half of the credit points provided for the degree program, if proven and equivalent.

(See § 32 Para. 4 LHG or § 18 Para. 5 SPO Master Meteorology or § 19 Para. 5 SPO Bachelor Meteorology).

After stays abroad

When planning your studies abroad, you can select courses in the module handbook of your host university that essentially correspond to courses in the curriculum of the KIT Faculty of Physics.

In the ERASMUS program, you fill out a form for an individual study plan, the so-called Learning Agreement, before your studies abroad. Suggest to the examination board which courses and assessments (coursework or examinations) at your host university should replace those at KIT. The scope (in terms of credit points) of the course to be recognized must not be significantly smaller, the central content (according to the module handbook) and the form of examination (written, oral, ...) must be the same and the level of difficulty of the assessment must be comparable or higher than at KIT.

We offer students who are planning to study abroad outside the ERASMUS program the opportunity to agree on an individual study plan with the KIT faculty (similar to the ERASMUS Learning Agreement).

You fill out the ERASMUS Learning Agreement or the individual study plan of the KIT faculty together with the academic advisor. After your return, you will then apply for recognition of the credits earned abroad. For this purpose, the usual form must be completed and submitted to the Examination Board together with supporting documents (e.g. the transcript of records). Coursework that has not been previously agreed can also be recognized. Additional credits cannot be acquired abroad (SPO §15 (1)).