Final certificate

Last modified: 30. November 2022

General conditions for receiving a Pre-degree Certificate (Absolutorium)

The Pre-degree certificate (absolutorium) certifies that the student has fulfilled the conditions specified in the legislation on Programme and outcome requirements as well the conditions specified  in the curriculum of the  programme, therefore the student has completed all compulsory and compulsory elective subjects according to the curriculum, thus sufficient number of optional subjects according to the curriculum, and has completed a professional training required by the curriculum, moreover  has completed the credits for the BSc/MSc thesis.

In order to receive an absolutorium (pre-degree certificate), at the date for submission of the BSc/MSc thesis, the following number of credits shall be completed, at least 180, 210 or 240 credits, depending on the number of semesters of the programme in the the case of bachelor's (BA/BSc) programme, at least 120 credits in the case of post-graduate specialist trainings, and master's (MA/MSc) programmes. (60 credits shall be completed in the case of 2-semester long teacher trainings) and at least 300 credits shall be completed in the case of intergrated (undivided) one-tier training programmes. Calculating with a 4, 7, 8 or 10 semester length of study, this means that an average of 30 credits per semester is required, but the certain curriculum of the programme may differ. In the case of higher educational vocational trainings, 60 credits must be completed in 2-semester long training, 90 credits in 3-semester long training and 120 credits in 4-semester long training.

The conditions for obtaining the pre-degree certificate in higher educational vocational trainings are the  completion of all compulsory and elective subjects in relation with the selected specialization/module/specialist training course, completion of the professional training, completion of the required number of compulsory elective subjects if the curriculum requires it, obtaining the required number of credits for the thesis, obtaining the required number of credits for the optional subjects and collecting a total of 120 credits.

The conditions for obtaining  the pre-degree certificate in the bachelor degree programmes are the completion of all compulsory and elective subjects in relation with the selected specialization/module/specialist training course/content area, completion of the required number of compulsory elective subjects, if the curriculum requires it, obtaining the credits for the thesis, completion of the professional practice, obtaining the required number of credits for the optional subjects and collecting  180 credits in the case of 6-semester courses, 210 credits  in the case of 7-semester courses and 240 credits in the case of 8-semester courses.

The conditions for obtaining the pre-degree certificate in master degree programmes are the completion of all  compulsory and elective subjects in relation with the selected specialisation, specialist training course, completion of the required number of compulsory elective subjects if the curriculum requires it, completion of the credits for the MSc thesis, completion of the professional training, obtaining  the required number of credits for the optional subjects and collecting a total of 120 credits (60 credits for 2-semester long teacher training, 90 credits for 3-semester long teacher training). Students having a bachelor's degree with incomplete number of  credits for entering the Master's programme must also complete  subjects determined by the credit transfer decision in order to obtain the pre-degree certificate. However, these subjects cannot be taken into account to the total credits to be achieved in the Master's programme.

The conditions for obtaining the pre-degree certificate in post-graduate specialist training are the  completion of all compulsory subjects, completion of the credits for the BSc/MSc Thesis, completion of the professional training (if any), completion of the number of optional credits required by the curriculum (if any),collecting 60 credits in the case of 2 – semester long programme, 90 credit for 3-semester long programme, and 120 credits for 4- semester long programmes.

Students may be admitted to the final examination only if they have received the pre-degree certificate.