You will find the Academic Calendar on our Events page. Here you will also find information about dates to keep in mind in Germany, e.g. public holidays.

Please follow the links for an overview of our

bachelor's and master's degree programs, partly with international aspects

International Program in English language (for exchange students only)

Please follow the links to find information about:

General admission requirements

General arrangements for the recognition of prior learning

General registration procedures

Exchange students please see the International Office's pages for detailed information

How to organize your life at Karlsruhe - accommodation, medical facilities, students' association - this practical information and further important tipps are available on the Student Life pages.

You need further study-related information, e.g. about General Studies courses, language courses, library, IT services or printing shop? Please see the overview of HsKA institutes and services.

You need guidance and advice for your studies? Arrangements for academic guidance

Information about internships is available here.

For information on ECTS credit allocation based on the student workload needed in order to achieve expected learning outcomes, please click here

In order to build the theoretical, technical and practical qualifications the courses held in the faculty have a seminar-like environment. Most lectures are followed up by laboratory work. A particular advantage is that the class size is limited to 40 students. This allows for a more communicative and interactive learning atmosphere.

Examinations scheduled for the study semester are obligatory; students are automatically registered to take part in these. Use online registration to sit exams in elective or additional courses. In case of illness or other hardship, it is possible to de-register online, at the latest 3 working days before exam takes place (weekends are not included), or present written proof of absence reason as quickly as possible. Please take this seriously; exams missed without weighty reason are rated as failed and cannot be repeated in the next semester.

In almost all of the listed courses an examination (mostly written) has to be passed at the end of the semester. In all cases the examination will be graded. The marking is entirely up to the individual lecturer, which means that the distribution of marks may differ considerably from one subject to another.

The grading scheme used at Hochschule Karlsruhe comprises five verbal grades with numerical equivalents, as follows:

sehr gut (“very good”): 1.0 – 1.5

gut (“good”): 1.6 – 2.5

befriedigend (“satisfactory”): 2.6 – 3.5

ausreichend (“sufficient”): 3.6 – 4.0

nicht ausreichend (“non-sufficient / fail“): 4.1 – 5.0

The minimum pass grade is 4.0. If an examination has not been passed, the student may repeat it one semester later. A second repetition will only be possible in certain cases of hardship.

• Landeshochschulgesetz LHG vom 01.01.2005 und Änderung vom 01.12.2005 (University Act Baden-Württemberg and amendment)
• Alternative admission requirements for applicants without university entrance qualification but with job qualification: Berufstätigenhochschulzugangsverordnung 11.05.2006 (law on university admission for employees)
• General and program-specific admission and registration regulations (Zulassungs- und Immatrikulationsordnung 20.06.2006, LHGs)
• General and program-specific Curriculum and Examination Regulations (Studien- und Prüfungsordnungen)
• Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz 18.08.2006 (Law of equal opportunities)
• For exchange students: Online application, Transcript, and Learning Agreement are binding