In case of illness

What must students do if they are unable to take an exam or have to cancel it for health reasons? In accordance with the relevant Examination and Study Regulations), they must notify the Central Examination Office immediately, i.e. as soon as possible, and provide plausible evidence of their illness.

For the purpose of this, a doctor's or medical certificate is required (when and whether a doctor's certificate is required can be found in the section "Failure, withdrawal, deception, violation of regulations" of the Examination Regulations), which allows the Examination Office to answer the legal question of whether there is inability to sit an examination based on the information provided by a doctor. It is not the doctor's task to answer the legal question as to whether the proven impairment of health can justify cancellation of the exam or withdrawal from the exam; rather, this is ultimately the responsibility of the examination authority to decide. It is insufficient for this assessment and is also not permissible for candidates to be certified as "inability to sit an examination".