APA

General Examination Committee

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Role of the General Examinations Committee

The General Examinations Committee (APA) is a joint committee of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Faculty of Theology.

The Committee ensures:

compliance with the valid study and examination regulations and
proper conduct of examinations in these degree programmes: Bachelor of Arts, Magister Artium, Master of Art, and Teaching Qualification (“Lehramt”).

It also decides on students’ request being part of appeal procedure.

Upcoming meetings, past decisions, and deadlines

At its meetings, the Committee considers the requests submitted and reaches decisions on a case-by-case basis. You will receive a written notification regarding the Committee's decision on your request or appeal, including the reason for the decision and information on legal remedies.

The meetings of the General Examinations Committeare are scheduled on the following dates:

06.03.2025 (Application deadline: 13.02.2025)
15.05.2025 (Application deadline: 24.04.2025)
26.06.2025 (Application deadline: 05.06.2025)
18.09.2025 (Application deadline: 28.08.2025)
20.11.2025 (Application deadline: 30.10.2025)

You can submit aplications via Servicedesk PortalExternal link. Any requests submitted after this date will be discussed at the subsequent meeting.

For deadlines for the submission of requests, please refer to the valid examination regulations.

Past meetings from 2024

25.01.2024 (Application deadline: 04.01.2024)
18.04.2024 (Application deadline: 28.03.2024)
13.06.2024 (Application deadline: 23.05.2024)
29.08.2024 (Application deadline: 08.08.2024)
24.10.2024 (Application deadline: 03.10.2024)
12.12.2024 (Application deadline: 21.11.2024)

Committee Members

Position	Name/ Department
Chairperson	Prof. Dr. Roland Merten (Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences)
Vice Chairperson	Prof. Dr. Andreas Schmidt
Coordinator	Kathleen Kirmse (Head of the ASPA)
Members	Prof. Dr. Roland Merten (Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences) Substitute: Prof. Dr. Nele Kuhlmann (Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences) Prof. Dr. Johannes Greifenstein (Faculty of Theology) Substitute: Prof. Dr. Hannes Bezzel (Faculty of Theology) Prof. Dr. Andreas Schmidt (Faculty of Arts and Humanities) Substitute: Prof. Dr. Susanne Daub (Faculty of Arts and Humanities) Prof. Dr. Thomas Kroll (Faculty of Arts and Humanities) Substitute: Prof. Dr. Nina Birkner (Faculty of Arts and Humanities) Helena Scherf (Faculty of Theology) Substitute: PD Dr. Stefanie Graefe (Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences) Dr. Manfred Consten (Faculty of Arts and Humanities) Substitute: Dr. Eva-Maria Orth (Faculty of Arts and Humanities) Laurin Henschel (Student representative for Bachelor of Arts; Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences) Substitute: N.N. Theo Pach (Student representative for Master of Arts, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences) Substitute: Pia Hermann (Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences) Julian Merklinghaus (Student representative for Teaching Qualification (Lehramt), Faculty of Arts and Humanities) Substitute: Richard Dahlke (Faculty of Arts and Humanities)