Discontinuation and Pre-Certification

Applications can be submitted either online via TUconnect or in person on paper.

Submitting your application in person

If you wish to submit your application of exmatriculation in person or via a third party with your power of attorney at the Study Service Centre, the following documents are required:

• your completed application for exmatriculation, including a discharge stamp from the University Library
• a valid identity document (identity card/passport or residence permit)

If you wish to submit the application on behalf of another person, you will also need:

• the original signed power of attorney (a copy is not permitted) and a copy of one of the above-mentioned identity documents of the person granting the power of attorney

If you apply in person, your application will be processed immediately and you will receive your exmatriculation certificates directly. In addition, we will also make your certificates available for download online in your personal area in TUconnect. You can find them there under

→ My Studies → Student Self-Service → Requested Reports/Reports.

Applying online

Log in to your personal area in TUconnect using your TUBS ID. Go to

→ Service → Requests → Exmatriculation

and click on ‘Create new request’. Once you have entered all the necessary information, you can submit your application.

We will then process your application immediately and make your exmatriculation certificates available for download in your personal area in TUconnect. You will find them there under

→ My Studies → Student Self-Service → Requested Reports/Reports.

Most students exmatriculate at the end of the respective semester. If you exmatriculate by the end of the semester, your studies will be considered complete with the current semester. If you exmatriculate after the start of a new semester, this semester counts as started and therefore also as a subject or university semester.

Please note: For legal reasons, you cannot exmatriculate retroactively. The earliest you can exmatriculate is the date on which your application for exmatriculation is received by the Student Office.

If there is still a remaining balance on your TUcard, you will receive a credit note at the Study Service Centre to be handed in at the Studierendenwerk OstNiedersachsen in Mensa 1. The remaining balance can then be paid out to you in cash some time later.

Of course, you can also spend any remaining credit balance in the Student Services cafeterias and canteens until your date of exmatriculation.

Application form | TUconnect |Contact the student office | University Library

You will get your paid contributions and fees refunded, if you are exmatriculated within one month after the beginning of the lecture period. After this deadline, the contributions and fees can no longer be refunded.

Semester contribution

With your discontinuation, the university will provide you with proof of your study period for statutory German pension insurance. It is very important that you keep this document safe for future use.

The statutory pension insurance will need this proof to determine your credited period (formerly referred to as the “inactive period”). Your will need to submit it to the German Pension Insurance for them to determine your insurance period.

If you should lose or misplace this document, we can issue you with a copy. The fee due is based on the Regulations on Fees for Official Actions and Services of the Student Office of Technische Universität Braunschweig ("Ordnung über Gebühren für Amtshandlungen und Leistungen des Immatrikulationsamtes"). 

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