Certificate of deregistration

No. The certificate of deregistration is a prerequisite to enrollment and must be submitted by the
enrollment deadline together with the other documents necessary for enrollment.

No. Your degree certificate is no proof of deregistration, because we have to make sure that you are not already enrolled on another degree program.

Deregistration only (usually) takes effect at the end of the relevant semester, meaning that it can
also be requested and granted before that semester has ended without this having an impact on
your studies during the ongoing semester.

Deregistration usually takes effect at the end of a semester. Until then, you are allowed to continue
studying and taking examinations at your current university even if you have already requested and
been granted deregistration. If you are in any doubt, please direct any questions in this regard to the student registry at your current university.

You will need to be enrolled in order to do course work and sit examinations. In other words, you will be able to continue studying and taking examinations for as long as you are a student at your
university. By contrast, simply having your examinations assessed does not usually require you to be enrolled any more. Nevertheless, you must be aware that you will lose your entitlement to your
current study place when you deregister, which can present difficulties if you perform poorly in your examinations and thus have to continue your studies. If you are in any doubt, direct any questions in this regard to the student registry at your current university.

You can always request deregistration yourself. Your university has an obligation to process your
request and issue a corresponding certificate. In this case, we would advise you ideally to contact the student registry at your current or most recent university rather than the individual departments or examination offices, because it is usually the student registries that are responsible for the relevant procedures.

You will not be able to enroll without a certificate of deregistration. If you do not submit it on time,
you will lose your entitlement to a study place at the University of Bonn. You should therefore start
thinking carefully about your certificate at an early stage and, if necessary, highlight the applicable
enrollment deadlines that you need to meet.
Deadline extensions can be granted on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the person or office
mentioned in your letter of admission before the enrollment deadline in order to request one. To
ensure that enrollment and admission procedures run smoothly and swiftly, however, the enrollment deadline will only be extended due to a failure to deregister if the student registry at your current university can justify why it is currently denying you the opportunity to do so.

No. A certificate of deregistration is only required if you were previously enrolled at a German
university. If you studied at a German university before going abroad to study, you will need to
submit a certificate of deregistration from the German university at which you were enrolled most
recently.

If you are currently studying at the University of Bonn and would like to change degree program, you should ask to switch. You will not need to deregister first.
Neither will you need a certificate of deregistration if you are not enrolled at the University of Bonn
at the moment but were enrolled there most recently. We will already have the relevant details to
hand.
If you enrolled at another German university after you were last enrolled at the University of Bonn,
we will need a certificate of deregistration from the German university that you attended most
recently.