Frequently Asked Questions about the Guest Auditor Programme

For general questions about the guest auditor programme and enrollment:

• Lina Lohmann, offener-hoersaal@leuphana.de, +49.4131.677-2964

For specific questions about enrollment and exams:

• Infoportal, infoportal@leuphana.de, +49.4131.677-2277

The costs for your participation in the guest auditor programme depend on the number of semester hours per week you take.

The fee for up to 4 semester hours per week (SWS) is 102.00 euros per semester. If you wish to take more than 4 SWS, you will pay a fee of 153.00 euros per semester.

Step 1: Select the courses you would like to attend from the course catalogue for guest auditors.

Step 2: The online application portal at bewerbung.leuphana.de opens approximately four weeks before the start of each semester. The application form is only available in German, but we have prepared a translation as a PDF to make it easier for you to fill in the form. Fill out the online application completely and carefully. In addition to your personal details, we only need the course number (for example 30-1066583), which you will find in bold print behind the title of the course in the course catalogue.

Step 3: Print out the application form, sign it and send it to the Infoportal. You will find the address on the application form.

Step 4: The Infoportal checks your application for admission and informs you by email about the admission to your courses and the amount of the guest auditor fee. Please transfer the guest auditor fee to the bank account specified in the email.

Step 5: After successful receipt of payment, you will receive a confirmation of successful enrollment and your guest auditor's license by mail. With the information from your confirmation letter, you can access the digital university platform myStudy, where you can get an overview and all important information about your courses.

Important dates for summer semester 2023

On myStudy (learning and information platform of the university) you will find all important information about your courses, such as dates, locations and organizational matters. In addition, the lecturers usually provide the materials for the course there and inform you about current changes.

Registration on myStudy

Step 1: You will receive the initial access data for your Leuphana account (user name and initial password) with your letter of confirmation of successful enrollment in the guest audition program. Please activate your account by accessing the portal myaccount.leuphana.de, clicking on "Activate Account" and then on "Activate Leuphana Account". During the activation process, replace your initial password with a password of your own choosing.

Step 2: To set up a myStudy account, please visit the mystudy.leuphana.de website. Click on the button "Start login". Enter the access data of your Leuphana account and click on "Login". A data overview will then be displayed, which you confirm by clicking "Accept". In the next step, select the option "You do not have a myStudy account yet" and follow the further steps. Please read the terms of use in particular and accept them afterwards.

Step 3: After completing the account creation, you will automatically be logged into myStudy for the first time. Do not forget to log out by clicking on your user name or profile picture when you leave myStudy.

Step 4: To log in to myStudy in the future, simply click on the "Start Login" button on mystudy.leuphana.de.

Further information: On the right side of the myStudy homepage you will also find the userguide for guest students, which contains detailed instructions for myStudy.

Due to the course of events, there may still be changes to the data listed in the course catalog before the start of the semester. As a service for you and for better planning, it is also possible to view the course data on myStudy prior to enrollment via guest access to myStudy. To do this, simply click on "Guest access" on the left on mystudy.leuphana.de.

Guest auditors can take examinations with the approval of the responsible module supervisor. Please have your lecturer confirm in writing that you are allowed to take the exam using the application form from our download section („Antrag Prüfungsleistung“ only available in German).

The successfully completed examination is certified by the Leuphana University. This certificate confirms that the successfully completed examination was taken as a guest auditor and not as a member of the university.

A separate fee of 25 euros per credit point (CP) is charged for the examination. Attention: Deadline for registration for examination services is 07 May this summer semester.

You can find the information about the location of your course in the course catalogue or on the myStudy website. In myStudy under the tab "Information" in the section "Dates", course dates, time and room number of the lecture hall are listed (e.g. H3 or C40.256). If you click on the room number, you will get more information about the location, size and equipment of the room.

Leuphana University has compiled the most current information on precautions, hygiene rules, regulations of government agencies, and decisions of university committees related to the Corona virus on this page.

As soon as you have transferred your guest auditor fee and received your guest auditor's license from the Infoportal, you may attend your courses.

Attention: After receipt of payment it can take 2-3 working days until you are registered in myStudy for your booked events. During this time you will not yet see them in your myStudy timetable and will not yet have access to materials or notifications of the events.

Please create your myStudy account early (see above), because we can only register you for your events after account creation.

The winter semester begins on October 1, the summer semester on April 1. Lectures usually start two weeks after the beginning of the semester. You can find the exact date for the current start of lectures in the section "Which dates are important?".

Please note that some courses are held as block seminars or generally start at a later date. The exact starting times of the individual courses can be found in the course catalogue or on myStudy.