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Information on De-registration (Exmatriculation)

De-registration terminates your membership at the Marburg University. After de-registration, you are no longer enrolled as a student at the university. You can submit your application for de-registration at any time via Marvin. The certificate of de-registration will then be available for download in Marvin.

De-registration is possible at any time upon request and with immediate effect. You can apply for de-registration at any time, either immediately or for a later date in the semester, via Marvin. This means that you will retain your student status until the end of the respective semester.

Further information on de-registration can be found in § 65 of the Hessian Higher Education Act.

Withdrawal from enrolment

If you have been fully enrolled in a degree programme but no longer wish to attend, you can withdraw from your enrolment. This is possible up to one month after the start of lectures in a semester. Please submit your withdrawal request via Marvin or send the  form by email to .

In the Student Services section, you can submit a new application for de-registration and select ‘Withdrawal from enrolment’ as the reason.
For a winter semester, select the de-registration date 01.10.xxxx and for a summer semester, select the de-registration date 01.04.xxxx.

A refund is only possible if the application was submitted on time and the date is set correctly.

You will receive a refund of the semester fee. If you have already enrolled, a processing fee of €30 will be charged, which will be automatically deducted from the semester fee to be refunded. (VwKostO-MWK of 19 December 2013, Annex 1 – Administrative Costs List No. 272). If you have any questions, please contact the Student Secretariat.

Please note: If you have taken any examinations after re-registering, withdrawal is not possible (submission or date of the examination in the current, new semester from 1 October or 1 April).

Exmatriculation by official order

Exmatriculation ‘by official order’, i.e. exmatriculation initiated by the University of Marburg, usually takes place at the end of a semester that has just ended, on the legal basis of § 65 HessHG (Hessian Higher Education Act) if the following circumstances apply:

  • Completion of studies after successfully passing the final examination
  • In the event of non-payment or incomplete payment of the semester fee or late payment fee
  • Failure to comply with health insurance obligations
  • Definitive end of the degree programme (closure of the degree programme)
  • Final failure of a course or examination, the intermediate or final examination (§ 65 (2) HessHG)
  • If no credit has been earned for four consecutive semesters (§ 65 (4) HessHG

You will be notified of your exmatriculation by the authorities approximately two weeks before the final exmatriculation. Until then, you will receive several reminder emails that you have not yet re-registered. You will also receive emails informing you that your student account is about to expire.

If you do not pay the semester fee for a new semester, or if your payment is incomplete or made after the grace period (without late fees), you will be automatically exmatriculated. This will take place without certification. You may need this later to submit to the pension insurance company in order to have your university education credited. Such a certificate is also required when changing your place of study. We strongly recommend that you deregister in the proper form via the Marvin portal. 

How long can I still use the "Deutschlandticket"?

The authorisation to use the Deutschlandticket for students expires when you exmatriculate yourself. As soon as your de-registration has been approved by the Student Administration Office, your activated D-Ticket will also expire. This also applies if you de-register during the current semester. We would like to explicitly point out that the semester fee already paid, will not be refunded outside the cancellation period. If you apply for exmatriculation at the end of a semester (30.09. or 30.04.), you can use the D-Ticket until the end of the respective semester.

Additional links:

§ 65 of the Hessian Higher Education Act
Validity of the central user account (University account)