Recognition of Credits Earned at a University Abroad

Before your stay abroad, you should contact the exchange coordinator for your faculty or your degree programme / subject area to get more information about the possibility of having your credits recognised.

1. The Learning Agreement provided on this page should be discussed with the relevant exchange coordinator and completed before your departure. The agreement is mandatory for all stays that are part of a structured programme (e.g. Erasmus+) and is strongly recommended for all other study stays abroad.

2. The MoveOn form also needs to be completed.

• It serves as the basis for processing and documenting the stay abroad.
• It provides information about exchanges at LUH and enables us to get in touch with you quickly during your stay in the event of an emergency (natural disasters, outbreak of a war, etc.)

During your stay abroad, you should keep all of the coursework and assessments necessary for recognition of the credits. You will be required to provide the original certificates of completion as part of the subsequent recognition process at Leibniz University Hannover.

You may want to complete different assessments once you are in your study abroad location, or this may be necessary for organisational reasons. Changes to the Learning Agreement need to be discussed with the relevant exchange coordinator at the host university and, to be on the safe side, with LUH. Any changes should be documented on page two of the Learning Agreement.

After you have returned to Leibniz University Hannover, please submit the following documents to your exchange coordinator or accreditation officer – depending on who is responsible in your degree programme/subject area:

For a structured stay abroad

• Transcript of Records and Learning Agreement
• Additional documents required by the faculty/institute, where applicable

For a stay as a freemover

• Completed MoveOn form
• Proof of all the assessments and coursework you wish to have recognised

The examination board or your dean of studies will issue a notification regarding recognition of the credits and inform the relevant examination management staff accordingly. The notification will also include details regarding the modules/courses for which the credits from abroad have been recognised. Your examination office will enter the credits so that they are listed in your certificate of results (Zeugnis).

Here you can find templates of the individual documents and an orientation framework on the recognition of coursework and assessments.