No, PORTA never automatically registers or deregisters you for exams or lectures/seminars/labs.

This note means that the examiner has started entering grades, but the grades have not yet been officially posted. In this case, please be patient. Especially for examinations with many participants, the entry process may take longer.

If the exam is not part of your new degree programme, you do not have to repeat it.

If you have failed an exam, you do not have to sit/attempt the exam again at the next possible date. As of the following semester, you have a total of four semesters to take the remaining attempts and pass the exam. If the remaining attempts are not taken within this period, the examination entitlement is forfeited.

Lecturers usually have an assigned secretary's office with a post box where the assignment/portfolio can be submitted. You can also send the assignment/portfolio by post. To do this, find the address for the lecturer who is to receive the assignment/portfolio and address it as follows to ensure the post arrives safely:

Titel, Vorname, Name

Fachbereich
Gebäude, Raum
Universitätsring 15
54296 Trier

In order to withdraw from the examination, you need a medical certificate to state that you are unable to take an exam (Prüfungsunfähigkeitsbescheiniung). A medical certificate stating you areunable to work (Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung) is not sufficient. The certificate must be submited to the Examination Office (HPA) without delay. It is also possible to submit the certificate by e-mail, however, we reserve the right to request the original document. Please use our PDF-template.

Important: The certificate must have been issued on the day of the examination at the latest!  A medical certificate issued retroactively, indicating you were unable to take the exam will not be accepted!  

From the second withdrawal due to illness, the certificate must contain information on the time, nature, extent and duration of the illness as well as its effects on the ability to take the examination.

If you withdraw from the examination due to a medical certificate, you must take the examination again at the next possible date. Please note that there is no automatic registration!

See also → Informationen zum Prüfungsrücktritt und Prüfungsrücktritt nach Beginn einer Prüfung (Information on withdrawing from an examination and withdrawing from an examination after it has started.

Contact your advisor at the Examination Office immediately, preferably by e-mail.

No. Subsequent registration is not possible.

You can view the result of an examination in PORTA under Home/ My achievements. The timing of when the result is available depends on the degree programme and the number of exam participants.

As a rule, there are three attempts for each examination (exception: only two attempts for theses). Further exceptions are regulated in the respective subject examination regulations. A failed examination can be repeated within the allowed number of attempts. Future exam dates can also be found in PORTA. You must register for a repeat examination. See also → I failed an examination.  Am I required to retake the exam on the next possible examination date?

Yes, you must register for all exams yourself. There is no automatic registration through PORTA!

There are many reasons why registration for an examination may not be successful. In such cases, please contact your → Sachbearbeiterin (HPA advisor) directly and describe the problem as precisely as possible. If an error message appears, please pass along the exact content of the error message.

The abbreviation EN stands for "endgültig nicht bestanden” which means you will not be allowed to resit/retake the exam.  This can be due to not achieving a sufficient result on the exam on your final attempt, or that the examination is deemed to have been failed due to failure to repeat it in time or due to cheating. This means that you have definitively failed your course of study and lost your entitlement to write the exam.

No, there is no fourth attempt. The subjects can determine the regulations for the oral supplementary examination in their subject examination regulations.