Conditions of participation

General:

In principle, all graduates who would like to take part in the University Festival can register between 15 March 2024 and 31 May 2024 inclusive using the registration form on the Unifest website.

Registrations received after the registration deadline can no longer be considered due to organizational reasons. We kindly ask for your understanding! The final confirmation for participation in the event will be made after the confirmation of the responsible examination offices in mid-June 2024. After approval, you will receive a confirmation e-mail in which the number of accompanying persons will also be confirmed. Participating graduates do not have to be enrolled at the University of Bonn at the time of the event.

If there are any uncertainties regarding the fulfillment of the participation requirements (sufficient credit points and existing registrations for the Bachelor's/Master's thesis), please contact your respective examination office in advance (before the registration deadline!).

For graduates who have already completed their studies, the following applies:

All graduates who have completed their studies (Bachelor, Master, Diplom, Magister, Staatsexamen) in the academic year 2023/2024 up to and including May 31, 2024 can participate. In addition, graduates from previous years can also participate in the event if they have not yet participated in the event up to the current graduation year (participation in the "Digital Unifest" 2020 does not count here). However, the degree must not be older than 6 years (i.e. it must have been awarded after 01.01.2018).

For Bachelor's and Master's graduates, the following also applies:

Bachelor's and Master's students who can demonstrate a credit score of at least 132 LP (Bachelor's) or 60 LP (Master's) by May 31, 2024 and have already registered for the Bachelor's or Master's thesis can also participate, even if they have not yet fully completed their studies.

Furthermore, graduates can also participate in the festivities after both degrees, i.e. once after the Bachelor's degree and a second time after the Master's degree.

In any case, registration for the event must be made by May 31, 2024!

For Diplom and Magister graduates applies:

Diplom and Magister students must have submitted and passed their Diplom or Magister thesis by May 31, 2024.

In any case, registration for the Unifest must be completed by May 31, 2024!

For graduates of the Faculty of Catholic Theology also applies:

Students of Catholic Theology with the degree objective "Magister Theologiae" or "Kirchliches Examen" who have a credit score of 270 LP by the registration deadline and have registered for the final thesis are eligible to participate.

For the degree programmes of the Faculty of Catholic Theology that are not specifically mentioned, the general conditions for students in Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes listed above apply.

For graduates of the Faculty of Protestant Theology also applies:

Enrolled students of the degree programmes in Protestant Theology with the final goal "Magister Theologiae" or "Kirchliches Examen", who are admitted to the final examination in the degree programme, may participate, provided they have already submitted the academic term paper and the practical theological paper in due time. Graduates of the degree programme in Protestant Theology who have passed the “Kirchliches Examen” are eligible to participate, provided they were enrolled in the degree programme in Protestant Theology at the University of Bonn in the semester in which they passed the “Kirchliches Examen”. Students in the one-year Master's degree programmes in Biblical Studies or Ecumenical Studies who have at least 27 credit points as of 31 May 2024 and have already registered for the Master's thesis can also participate, even if they have not yet fully completed their studies.

For the degree programmes of the Faculty of Protestant Theology that are not specifically mentioned, the general conditions for students in Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes listed above apply.

The following applies to graduates of human medicine and dentistry:

All graduates who have completed their degree (“Staatsexamen”) in the academic year 2023/2024 (incl. summer semester 2024) can participate. For more information, please contact your department.

The following applies to graduates of the Faculty of Law:

The law degree programme concludes with the first (legal) examination, which consists of the state compulsory subject examination (70%) and the university specialisation examination (30%). Eligibility to participate in the University Festival is given if

1. the compulsory state examination has been passed (the oral examination must be completed before the University Festival) and

2. all required examinations of the Bonn specialisation area studies - i.e. the seminar plus 6 written examinations according to SPB-PO 2015 or at least 3 written examinations according to SPB-PO 2023, at least 2 of which are from the core area - have already been bindingly registered before the university festival and

3. the passing of the specialisation area studies has been at least mathematically determined on the basis of the already graded SPB examinations.

The specialisation area examination is deemed to have been passed if an average of at least 4.0 points has already been achieved in all required partial examinations (written examinations and the seminar paper). When calculating the pass mark, the seminar paper counts four times (40%) and each of the 6 final examinations according to the SPB-PO 2015 counts 10% each or, in the case of the 3 best relevant examinations according to SPB-PO 2023, 20% each. If examinations were taken abroad or at other universities, an average of 4.0 points must also have been achieved in the 2 best "Bonn" final examinations in the case of graduation according to the SPB-PO 2015. In accordance with SPB-PO 2023, at least 4.0 points must also have been achieved in the best supervisory paper in a core subject.

The following applies to graduates of the teacher training program:

Graduates of the teacher training program must generally fulfill the participation requirements for Bachelor's or Master's degree graduates listed above. When registering for the Unifest attendance event, student teachers must indicate "yes" for the teaching degree. When you select a faculty and the resulting subject selection, you determine with which faculty you will march in as part of Unifest and from which faculty you will receive your decorative certificate.

Example: If you are studying Math and English for a teaching degree and feel that you belong more to the Faculty of Arts than to the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, then in the first step you select "yes" for "Teaching degree". In the second step, select "Faculty of Arts" under Faculty and in the third step your subject "English". You will then wear the sash of the Faculty of Arts, march in with the Faculty of Arts and you will receive your decorative certificate from the Faculty of Arts.