PORTA counts how often you have registered for and deregistered from courses. This is a purely technical count. It is in no way related to the number of attempts at examinations.

This means that the course is not offered in that semester. All courses assigned to a module are displayed in the curriculum, regardless of whether they are offered in the current semester or not.

You can find course catalogues for the for previous years in PORTA:

course catalog

You can find these courses via the course search under the menu item COURSES OFFERED.

If the registration button is missing for a course, then either the registration period has been not yet been entered for the course or the registration period has not yet begun or has already expired.

It should also be noted that not all registration deadlines automatically apply to all courses. The registration deadline is determined by the department for each individual course. Which deadline(s) apply to a course is indicated on the detailed view. You can access the detailed view by clicking on the course title.

If registration deadlines are missing here, they may have been forgotten or not desired. The setting of a registration period for a course is recommended to the lecturers, but it is not obligatory. In this case you should contact the lecturers directly.

Via the menu item My Studies/Planner of Study you will see modules and associated courses for each degree programme.

Behind these three letters is the "Global Overflow Account". Its function is to serve as a catch-all for courses that cannot yet be directly assigned by the system to one or more modules within the degree program. The same applies if the student completes more courses than are allocated to the individual modules or also repeats the attendance of a course.

It is always needed when the system is not able to assign courses directly to modules, either because the link is missing or because an assignment has already been made. In order to keep the data, these are booked into the GÜK.

It is important to note: These booked courses are documented and remain, the booking in the GÜK is a purely technical process and does not change anything about the course registration. There is also no expiration date. It is only a missing assignment that does not need to be corrected. Even if you are asked when registering for an event whether it should be booked in the GÜK, you can answer in the affirmative and you will not be disadvantaged in any way, either in terms of space allocation or in any other respect.

Parallel courses /events are semester-dependent courses where there are multiple sections of the course. 

Even if only one course takes place in the semester, a "parallel group" is created.

Several parallel groups are created for courses where the same content is delivered but the groups occur at different times. Different groups may have different lecturers/docents. A student is assigned to one group (or section) for a course.

An event /course that is independent of the semester it falls within includes information about an examination and course regulations, which remain constant throughout the semesters. This is usually contains information which is described in the module manuals and consists of: general course/event title, type of course/event, frequency offered, and the programme and module it is assigned to.

The course is supplemented with semester-dependent data that varies each semester. It consists of: specific course title, dates, rooms, instructors, texts.

PORTA may need information to be updated or corrected for enrolment to be possible. Please email/phone the contact person for PORTA.