After the examination period, all of the grades entered into the Examinations Office program for the respective semester (all examination components, seminar papers, but not preliminary examinations, final grades, or grades from the final thesis) are evaluated if they were passed. What is important for the evaluation is when the examinations were taken.
For each student, an average grade and the number of examinations is calculated. Students who took fewer than three exams are not taken into consideration. The average grade is only relevant is three or more examinations were taken. The examinations required for the Dean’s List thus varies from semester to semester.
The best three percent of all students are then invited in writing to be put on the Dean’s List. After the students have given their consent, the students are given a certificate by a member of the Faculty Board in the context of an award ceremony that takes place each semester.
