During some events in the course of your studies, health risks for you or your pregnancy may occur or arise. This concerns in particular internships, workshop or laboratory activities, excursions, outdoor internships or sports seminars. In order to be able to assess these dangers, it is necessary that you inform us about your pregnancy and that a "risk assessment" is prepared by your director of studies.

Please inform us as early as possible about your pregnancy using the form "Notification of Pregnancy". In order to be able to calculate your maternity protection periods, we also need the expected date of birth, please prove this with a copy of the maternity passport. If the maternity passport has not yet been issued, please simply submit it later. Please send the completed form and the copy of the maternity passport to .

In addition, please send us the form "Gefährdungebeurteilung" (risk assessment), which you have filled out together with your director of studies.

According to the Maternity Protection Act (MuSchG), pregnant and breastfeeding students are entitled to a six-week protection period before and at least eight weeks after the birth.

This includes in particular a relative ban on examinations, time off for examinations and for breastfeeding, as well as restrictions or bans on activities during studies for pregnant/breastfeeding students. However, you still have the right to participate in examinations or, for example, in events during maternity leave if you expressly waive your protective rights.

If you have decided to participate in exams and/or events during your maternity leave, please send the completed form to . Your course administrator will then automatically be informed of your declaration of event/exam participation. Registration for the examination/event must still be made in the usual way. The declaration can be revoked at any time.

Form "Notification of pregnancy
Form "Notification of pregnancy

Form "Waiver of maternity protection - courses".
Form "Waiver of maternity protection - courses".

Form "Waiver of maternity protection - examination".
Form "Waiver of maternity protection - examination".

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Students with family responsibilities, disabilities and/or chronic illnesses should be treated equally in their everyday studies so that they can successfully complete their studies. Individually designed compensation for disadvant ages(help document) should actively support students in their everyday studies, avoid discrimination and thus ensure participation in university life. Compensations for disadvantages are not "benefits", but compensate for individual and situation-related disadvantages caused by impairments. The responsibility for the application lies with the student. The use of disadvantage compensation is not noted in the transcript.

Students with family responsibilities can agree on a binding individual special study plan upon request. In this way, they can take modules in other combinations and at other times than those provided for in the module handbook. Not every course of study is suitable for this. Please contact the responsible examination board of the corresponding faculty for information on how to proceed. By structuring the study content into modules that are offered on a regular basis, students with children can better divide their study load in terms of time and ideally continue their studies without interruption and take exams.

Part-time studies are either possible if a study program is accredited as a part-time study program (recognizable by the study and examination regulations). Or part-time study is applied for due to special situations, e.g. care and upbringing of children, care and support of close relatives, disability or chronic illness, regular employment, etc.

All deadlines are doubled for part-time study. Semesters in part-time study are counted as half subject semesters and as full university semesters; subject semesters are only counted as half. Only 30 credits may be earned within an academic year. A study plan must be prepared. Adequate study progress during part-time study must be demonstrated on a regular basis.

In the case of family responsibilities such as pregnancy, raising a child, caring for relatives or other weighty reasons, it is possible to apply for a semester of leave, depending on the course of study for the duration of one to four semesters. A semester of leave does not count as a semester of study and is therefore not counted towards the standard period of study. However, since students are enrolled during the semester of leave, the semester is counted as a university semester.

The application for leave of absence must be submitted in writing during the re-registration period. If the important reason for the leave of absence occurs after the deadline without it being foreseeable, the application may be submitted up to the last day before the start of the course in each case. The re-registration period for the following summer semester or winter semester begins four weeks before the end of lectures and ends with the last day of lectures.

It is also not possible to give a student leave of absence for the duration of the Bachelor's or Master's thesis, as this is part of the curriculum. The chairman of the examination board must approve the leave of absence in individual cases. A leave of absence for the purpose of extending the period of study cannot be approved. A leave of absence is not possible in the 1st semester, not even for Master's programs. However, it is possible for students who already have a considerable amount of prior Master's subjects from the Bachelor's degree to formally allow them to enter the 2nd subject semester of the Master's degree program.

Information can be obtained from the Student Secretariat.

In justified individual cases, students with family obligations are allowed to withdraw from a registered examination at short notice. Corresponding certificates/justifications are to be submitted to the examination board.

A central Internet portal on the topic of "Studying abroad with a child" has been developed by the Wismar University of Applied Sciences' Family-friendly Coordination Office. It is intended to show students with children and interested parties ways and possibilities to study abroad despite and especially with a child. The core of the portal is a database with reports on the experiences of student parents who have already completed a semester abroad with a child.