FAQs for Students and Applicants

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If you do not have another email address, please be sure to designate our domain, "uni-osnabrueck.de," as a trusted sender in your email account before completing the registration. You can do this by navigating to the settings of your email account and selecting "Inbox > Options > Junk E-Mail > Safe Senders."

If you do not receive an automatic email from our online portal within half an hour of completing this registration form, please contact us at  hisinone@uni-osnabrueck.de.

Please carefully read all of the following information about how to log in as an applicant.

a) Email Verification

Upon completion of the initial registration process on our portal, you will receive a registration email containing your application ID and an activation code or verification link. It is important to complete this registration in a timely manner.

b) How can I register?

Please note that applicant registration is completed through the applicant login function (Bewerber-Login), not the university login (Uni-Login).

c. How can I find my application ID?

Please refer to the registration email for your application ID. Please note that the application ID is case-sensitive. It is not the same as your email address.

d) What is my password?

Should you have misplaced your password, you may retrieve a new one via the "Forgot applicant password?" function, located in the top right corner of the portal.

e) Is it possible to use login data from the previous semester?

Please be advised that your login details are only valid for the duration of one application semester and are deleted at the end of the registration period. If you have already applied for a past semester at the university, your login details from that time are invalid for the current application semester. You will therefore need to register again.

f) When I attempt to register again, the email validation process does not function as intended.

You have registered multiple times and have multiple application IDs. Only one registration is permitted for the current application semester. Any subsequent registrations will be rejected. The only valid application ID is the application ID of your initial registration for the specified application semester.

g) I am already enrolled as a student at Osnabrück University. What are the considerations I should be aware of?

If you are already enrolled as a student at Osnabrück University, you are not required to register. Please log in with your student ID via Uni-Login and proceed to submit your application under the menu item "Studies offered" - "Application".

 https://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/en/studying/application-and-start-of-studies

The allocation of study places for the Bachelor's (B.Sc.) in Psychology and the  First State Examination in Law (Staatsexamen) for the first semester is coordinated by the "Foundation for University Admission" (Stiftung für Hochschulzulassung) to help avoid unfilled study vacancies. Numerous pieces of information and FAQs regarding this allocation process are available on the website  Hochschulstart.de.

If you are interested in starting your studies in the first semester of the Bachelor's (B.Sc.) in Psychology, your path to enrollment must begin with a registration through Hochschulstart. Personal data must be entered for the registration. After that, a BID (Applicant ID) and a BAN (Applicant Authentication Number) will be generated, which must then be submitted through the university's application portal. This means, conversely, that you can only submit your application through the University of Osnabrück's application portal after successfully registering on  Hochschulstart.de. All necessary steps in the University of Osnabrück's application portal are explained there, and you will be guided securely and informatively through your application.

Further information can also be found on our websites for the  Bachelor's (B.Sc.) in Psychology and the undergraduate program in  First State Examination in Law (Staatsexamen).

Please refer to the application deadlines for your degree programme. Please note that you can only select the degree programme during the valid application period. Should you be unable to locate your degree programme despite the application period being open, please contact  hisinone@uni-osnabrueck.de.

We kindly request that you verify your BID and BAN. Please note that you have selected a degree program that is managed via hochschulstart.de. In order for us to process your application, we require your BID and the corresponding BAN, which you receive upon registration with hochschulstart.de. If you have not yet registered, please do so at hochschulstart.de. If you have entered your BID and still receive the error message above, you may have another account for which you have already entered your BID. In this case, please contact  hisinone@uni-osnabrueck.de so that this account can be activated and you can submit your application using it.

An application always comprises the selected degree program. Degree programs may be either single-subject, such as a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, or Dual Major, such as a Bachelor of Education in German and Mathematics.

The application portal recognizes two distinct statuses:

Application status: The application status indicates the current status of an application.

Subject status: Subject status refers to the current status of a subject within an application.

During the application process, each application and the subjects it contains will progress through a series of statuses. Please refer to the portal for detailed explanations of these statuses.

Upon enrollment, a student ID (user ID) was created for you. This ID can be accessed online after 24 hours via the  IT service website. The information (your Student ID-No. and initial password) needed to access your new student ID can be found in your welcome letter. To access the letter, navigate to the portal HISinOne-Student Administration (Application/Student Portal) and click on "Student Services" followed by "Requested Reports / Reports – Welcome letter". Please note that you have 14 days from the date of enrollment to register with your previous application ID in the portal  HISinOne-Student Administration. 

To update your address in the portal HISinOne-Student Administration, navigate to the "Student Services" - "Contact data" function. This will display all of the contact data stored in the portal HISinOne-Student Administration. To add or modify data, simply click the pencil icon.

Please note that you cannot change information about your first and last names, date of birth, place of birth or birth name, gender or nationality yourself. Instead, please use the applications (forms) on the HISinOne homepage after registering as a student. You can use the "Student service" function in the portal HISinOne-Student Administration to display your personal data.

Each semester, you can create and print confirmations such as BaföG certificate (Federal Training Assistance Act) yourself using the "Student Services" function under "Requested Reports / Reports" in the "Common reports" section.

Additionally, you can access other certificates, including your certificate of enrollment, certificate of de-registration, and pension certificates. You can create notifications for all of your semesters, starting from summer 2017. Notifications that have not yet been read or printed can be displayed and printed using the print symbol. Subsequently, these notifications can be viewed as a copy at any time using the magnifying glass symbol.

The reports section allows users to generate a certificate of study progress for the last three semesters at any time. Once the semester has been selected, the user can then click on "Create PDF."

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You can create and print certificates such as the certificate of de-registration yourself each semester using the "Student Service" function under "Requested Reports / Reports" in the "Common reports" section.

Additionally, you can access other certificates, including your certificate of enrollment and, if applicable, your pension certificate. You can create certificates for all of your semesters, starting from summer 2017. To view and print certificates that have not yet been read or printed, simply click on the print symbol. Once printed, these certificates can be viewed as a copy at any time by clicking on the magnifying glass symbol.

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Please be advised that you can access your certificates via the portal HISinOne-Student Administration for approximately five years after de-registration.

To access information regarding previous payments and any outstanding semester fees, please refer to the "Student Services" function under "Payments." To re-register for the upcoming semester, transfer the calculated amount within the designated re-registration period. The bank details and purpose of the transfer will also be displayed at this time.

To obtain a detailed overview of the individual amounts comprising the invoice amount and any previously assigned payments, click on "Show details."

Should you have overpaid, you will find the available credit listed.

Furthermore, this function allows you to view payments made in previous semesters (up to 2017).

Please utilize the applications (forms) available on the HISinOne homepage after successfully logging in as a student.

In the Stud.IP system, students can register for courses. In contrast, HISinOne facilitates registration for examinations. Please note that registering for a course in Stud.IP does not automatically link to an examination registration in HISinOne.

To register for an exam, please navigate to "My Studies" > "Exam Registration" > "Registration/Deregistration (own exams)" or "Registration/Deregistration (external examination)" in the tree structure. Once you have clicked on "Register," a page with important information about registering for the exam will be displayed. This includes the conditions for registering for the exam via the portal HISinOne-Student Administration. Please read these instructions carefully before proceeding with the registration.

The individual departments have varying approaches to handling the use of the portal HISinOne-Student Administration. If you are uncertain about whether you need to register for a module via the portal HISinOne-Student Administration or whether your subject requires registration for exams via the portal HISinOne-Administration, please contact your examinations office for guidance.

You can only register for the examinations that are offered by the subject for online registration.

In principle, registrations for regular study or examinations are possible via the portal HISinOne-Student Administration. However, this does not apply to individual final theses (e.g. bachelor's and master's theses), final oral examinations and other individual examinations.

To register for an exam in your degree program, navigate to "My Studies" > "Exam Registration and Deregistration" and select the "Registration/Deregistration (own exams)" function. Select the desired degree program and search for the relevant module in the examination regulations tree structure. Click "Register" next to the desired exam.

Pay close attention to the course title, the examiner's name, the examination date, the examination semester, and whether the achievement is for a course or an examination.

If these exams are part of your degree program, you can find them under "Registration/Deregistration (own exams)" on the "My Studies" tab. Please proceed to the degree program of the professional skills development area and register for the desired exam.

To register for an exam, please use the "Register/cancel registration (external examination)" function under the "My studies" tab. Please note that this function is only available for subjects that have released this .

Not necessarily. You will be provided with a comprehensive overview of the modules and exams that comprise your degree program. It is therefore recommended that you familiarize yourself with the examination regulations and the corresponding module descriptions, as these will assist you in determining which exams you must pass in order to fulfill the requirements for the completion of your studies. In particular, you will need to pay attention to the regulations concerning free electives and mandatory electives. You will find further details regarding the aforementioned regulations, as well as the relevant examination offices, on the university website titled " Examinations".

It is possible that an exam from your degree program will not appear in the portal HISinOne-Student Administration. The most common reason for this is that no online registration process will be carried out for this exam. In this case, please contact your examination office to find out about alternative registration procedures.

If you are not studying under current examination regulations, it may be that your exam is no longer offered.

If there's no registration button, it means there's no exam date or the exam office hasn't activated it.

Should the coursework credit you wish to register for not be listed, please contact the relevant examination office and/or the examiner.

In this instance, please contact the Examinations Office to ascertain which alternative examinations you are eligible to take.

Please be advised that exam registrations are only possible during the designated period. Outside of these deadlines, registration is not technically possible. In exceptional cases, registration outside of the deadlines is possible through the examination office only.

Please note that if prerequisites for exams have been set and these are not met at the time of registration, registration will also not be possible.

Additionally, registering for an exam in the context of another course will result in a registration block.

Should you encounter any further issues with exam registration, we kindly request that you review our FAQs. If you require further assistance, please contact the Examinations Office or the HISinOne support team without delay to ensure that you register within the deadline.

Please direct all inquiries to  hisinone@uni-osnabrueck.de.

The Examination Office, in consultation with subject coordinators, establishes registration deadlines. To find a comprehensive list of examinations with corresponding deadlines, please click on the link "Examinations Offered." Should you have any inquiries, kindly direct them to the examiner or the Examination Office.

Please note that registration and deregistration deadlines are also visible when registering for the examination.

During the registration and withdrawal period, you can deregister or re-register online via the portal HISinOne-Student Administration at any time. This can be done via the menu item "My Studies" > "Exam Registration and Deregistration" > "Registration/Deregistration (own exams)". The function "Information about registered/deregistered exams" under "My Studies" > "Exam Registration and Deregistration" also contains a deregistration function. Online withdrawals are only possible before the end of the withdrawal period. Medical reasons via certificates and other valid withdrawals outside the withdrawal period must be submitted immediately to the relevant examination office.

You can find the exam number in the portal HISinOne-Student Administration under the link “Examinations offered” for the relevant degree program. You can also view exam numbers by going to “Studies offered” > “Show module descriptions”.

No, you can only register for one exam in the same semester and on the same date. If you wish to register for another exam under the same exam number (different course, examiner and/or exam type), you must first cancel your registration for the first exam and then register for the other exam. If you have any questions, please contact the appropriate examination office.

Please check whether one of these exams is also offered in another module context (e.g. elective area or specialization) and is listed there under a different exam number. If you have any further questions, please contact the relevant examination office.

This depends on the examination regulations. Contact your examination office for more information.

You will see a " Approved Examination" note on the module, along with the status (e.g., "passed exam").

During a semester of leave of absence, students may only register for exams if the reason for the leave of absence is to study abroad.

You can only register for next semester's exams if they are already offered online and you have already re-registered for the next semester.

If individual modules, examination, or study certificates can be included in different places in your curriculum, this is indicated by "Mulit-connected Elements". Once you've picked a spot, click on the green and red double arrow. You can register for the exam there.

The "Number" field refers to the examination number, not the course number.

Under "My Studies" > "Exam Registration and Deregistration" > "Information about registered/deregistered exams" you will find a list of all exams for which you have registered and have not yet been graded and those that you have deregistered. Check your registration to make sure you have registered by the deadline. You can print or save this information in PDF format in the "My achievements" or "Student services" section.

In addition, the corresponding exam is marked as "registered" or "deregistered" in the HISinOne function "Registration/Deregistration (own exams)" or "Registration/Deregistration (external exams)".

The exam may have already been graded. If there are any discrepancies, please contact your Examinations Office.

These are not listed for students, but are stored in the system log.

Results can be found under "My Studies" > "Student Services" and under "My Studies" > "My Achievements". Results from the old system can be found under "My Studies" > "Old System (OPIuM)".

Notifications can be set up by navigating to "Service," then "Personal settings," and finally, "Email notification."

Once grades have been submitted, you will receive a notification at the university email address stored in the system. This address is stored by default.

To view this information, please navigate to "My Studies," then "Student Service," and finally "Contact Data."

Please be aware that no email notifications will be sent regarding the Examination Office's entries and corrections.

You may access your transcript of records in either German or English language as PDF file and print it out by navigating to the "My Studies" section and selecting the "Student Services" option. From there, you will need to click on the "Requested Reports / Reports" tab.

Additionally, this view includes various other certificates, such as the certificate of study progress and the BAföG certificate.

Furthermore, a PDF of your transcript of records can be created by navigating to the "My Studies" page, selecting the "My Achievements" section, and clicking on the "Leistungsübersicht (englische Variante)" link located at the bottom of the page.

The issue of a blank page arises when pop-up blockers are enabled via browser settings. It is therefore necessary to alter the relevant settings.

If you have changed your degree program (e.g., to a different version of the examination regulations), it is possible that previously completed courses are not yet displayed. In this case, the relevant courses must still be transferred by the respective Examinations Office. This is done automatically and you do not need to do anything.

Of course, the previous achievements are still available in the system. To see them, you have to check the box next to the previous semester in which you studied according to the "old" study regulations in the course of studies or "My Achievements" tab.

If this is not the case, please contact the respective examination office.