The bachelor’s or master’s degree certificate is issued by the University Examination Office. The Examinations Office of Faculty V is responsible for law degree programmes.
Information on graduation documents

You can actively de-register, but you do not have to. If you have not yet completed all your exams and degree requirements, note that you must be enrolled at Trier University to be able to write exams. If you have completed your studies and have passed all examinations and received your degree, you cannot enrol in the following semester in the same degree programme. At this point, you can enrol in a different degree programme (e.g. a Master's degree after the Bachelor's degree or a doctorate after the Master's degree) - or start your career. If you do not choose de-register during the semester, at the end of the semester, the Registrar's Office will ex officio de-register you from the degree programme for which you received your degree.

Normally, it is advised to remain enrolled until the end of the semester in which you have completed your degree even if you plan to start your career. This way, you will retain your student status until 31 March (winter semester) or 30 September (summer semester) of that year. At this point, you can plan and start your career entry. If you need to be de-registered at an earlier date, you can also initiate de-registration yourself by actively requesting it - with immediate effect, at a specific time or at the end of the semester.

Trier University does not check to what extent you are working, i.e. legally there is no obstacle to being enrolled and working full-time at the same time. However, bear in mind that under these conditions your degree could be at risk, i.e. you should only choose such a solution if you can foresee that the outstanding work for your degree is manageable and can be completed in a timely manner. Otherwise, you may jeopardise your degree or it will become a distant prospect. As soon as you are employed for more than 20 hours per week and are subject to social insurance contributions, your health insurance company will contact you, as you will then have to insure yourself as an employee.

The examination results you have achieved remain valid, even if you are no longer enrolled. If you want to continue your studies at a later point in time, you can have these achievements recognised when you enrol and thus have yourself placed in a higher subject semester in order to continue your studies.

Please note, however, that degree programmes evolve. This means that the degree programme may no longer exist in the old format, or new examination regulations may apply when a new student enrols, or the degree programme may have evolved in such a way that only some of the examination results can be recognised. In addition, in degree programmes with NC (restricted admission), enrolment above the standard period of study is not possible. For this reason, it makes sense to take this step after a period of study such as the successfully completed bachelor’s degree. Otherwise, an interruption in the current study programme can lead to problems.