Graduating Cum Laude

On this page you will find information on the rules regarding graduating cum laude.

EDUCATION AND EXAMINATION REGULATIONS, ME PROGRAMME-SPECIFIC ANNEX, SECTION K - GRADUATION WITH DISTICTION (CUM LAUDE)

1. When students have demonstrated exceptional ability in his bachelor’s exam, this can be stated on the diploma with the words “Cum Laude.
2. Displaying exceptional ability requires the student to meet each of the following conditions:
   1. The average of the exam grades for the study units of the BSc programme, excluding project grades and the study units of the first semester of the third academic year (minor), is at least 8.0.
   2. When calculating the aforementioned average, study units that were not evaluated with a grade or for which an exemption was given are not included.
   3. Exemptions were granted for no more than a third of the total bachelor programme.
   4. The grade for the final bachelor research assignment as well as the societal embedding assignment is at least 8.5
   5. Any additional study units (not part of the regular ME BSc programme) are not included under the aforementioned regulations.
   6. The bachelor programme was completed within four years, unless exceptional circumstances, in the opinion of the examination board, justify a greater exceeding of the study duration. These exceptional circumstances include the conditions that are grounds for granting graduation support. 
   7. No formal record of fraud is documented in the students’ file.

If these guidelines are not fully met, the programme board can submit a proposal to the examination board to award the designation ’Cum Laude’.  In that case, the special circumstances and the exceptionality of the achievement must be properly substantiated.