Professors
Prof. Dr. Marc Ernst (chair)
Prof. Dr. Birte Glimm (deputy)
Prof. Dr. Enrico Rukzio
Prof. Dr. Cornelia Herbert
Research Staff
Dr. Nicola Dominici
Daniel Schmid
Students
Leon Wallner
For students who are or were enrolled in a course in summer semester 2020, winter semester 2020/2021, summer semester 2021 or winter semester 2021/2022, the deadline for completing the course is extended by one semester for each of these semesters, but with a maximum of three semesters in total. The extension of the deadline was implemented by changing Section 32 (5a) of the State University Act (§32 Abs. 5a Landeshochschulgesetz).
Please take note of the instructions for conducting exams. For the computer science exams, the exam planning system gives an overview of the planning status.
To apply for the recognition of achievements from other or previous study programmes and semesters abroad, please bring the following documents to your appointment and send them via email.
In principle all study achievements that are not older than ten years and that were not needed for admision in the currently studied programme may be recognised. According to the General Study Regulation of Ulm University, you have to engage into the recognition procedure until the end of one semester once you have started your (new) study programme or obtained a test result.
According to a decision of the examination board, students are classified in a higher semester if the sum of credit points of the recognised achievements attains 30 credit points. For integer multiples the classification is calculated accordingly. The increase is also triggered, if the sum of achievements attains relevant thresholds later throughout your entire studies.
Attention: Open examination processes cannot be closed by a recognition! |
If you are planning a stay abroad via Eramus, please coordinate the Learning Agreement with our Erasmus coordinator Prof. Dr. Jacobo Torán. The subject-specific examination board is then only responsible for the recognition of the achievements agreed in the Learning Agreement after your return.
If you are planning a stay abroad as a free mover, you can clarify in advance with the subject-specific examination board which recognitions are possible and record them (similar to the Erasmus procedure) in a learning agreement.
The forms for the graduation grant (Studienabschussförderung) are processed by the student's office (Studiensekretariat).
Generally, a thesis deadline can extended due to two different reasons for which the following documents are required:
In both cases, you apply (without a special form) as soon as possible and always before the thesis deadline is reached.
Please submit a transcript of records including all study and exam achievements. In the case of incapacitation due to illness, please provide the original attestation that certifies your temporary – with start and end date – inability to study.
Attestations must be verified by a doctor but do not need to provide details on the type of illness.
Please contact the subject-specific examination board immediately, when it becomes clear that you are not able to obtain the required number of credits. An extension for reaching credit points can only be grantedif the reason for not obtaining sufficent credits is not your own fault.
There is an official form (available in German and English, see 'Forms for students') for the attestation of a student's inability to attend an examination. This has the following reason: the final decision to acknowledge that a student was sufficiently incapacitated by their sickness to not attend an examination is not made by the treating doctor but the examination authority (as opposed to labour law, where it is the other way around).
This approach follows a judicial recommendation (Verwaltungsgericht Sigmaringen, administrative court) according to which it is admissible to request a description of the actual symptoms of illness from the treating doctor. This supposedly makes it easier to assess the submitted medical certificate and therefore the decision to acknowledge or dismiss the inability to attend an examination.
(Bruno Franz, Office of the Registrars, Circular from 27 October 2017)
Please bear these conditions in mind when applying for an extension of time limit.
The subject-specific examination board has curated some guidelines regarding plagiarism.
We expect that you familiarise yourself with the general provisions and the subject-specific examination regulations for the MSc Cognitive Systems, but for your conveniance, the subject-specific examination board has summarised some important rules in the form of frequently asked questions (FAQs).
Throughout the consultation process and decision making, personal data is collected, stored, and processed.
It might be partially passed on to the following instances:
All documents relevant to a decision are stored both electronically and on paper for up to five years after the final exmatriculation at Ulm University and are thereafter expertly destroyed.
The exam board Cognitive Systems is available via email. In-person consultations are only offered on demand. Please check which documents are needed for your case (at least a transcript of records).
Professors
Prof. Dr. Marc Ernst (chair)
Prof. Dr. Birte Glimm (deputy)
Prof. Dr. Enrico Rukzio
Prof. Dr. Cornelia Herbert
Research Staff
Dr. Nicola Dominici
Daniel Schmid
Students
Leon Wallner