Medical nutrition science

As a rule, there are two examinations per module each year: One at the beginning of the lecture-free period directly after the semester and another at the end of the lecture-free period. Each student has three attempts to pass the examination. The final module grades almost always consist solely of this examination grade.

Dates

The examinations for all STEM courses are organized centrally each semester. Every lecturer is required to adhere to this central schedule.
This schedule only takes into account the respective compulsory courses; the dates for purely elective courses are usually set by the lecturers by arrangement.
All examination dates should also be available in UnivIS.

Chairmen

Prof. Dr. Christian Sina (Chairman) / Prof. Dr. Karsten Seeger (Deputy Chairman)

The current composition of the Examination Board can be found here.

The Examination Board

Please contact the Examination Board if you have any problems concerning your studies, e.g. prolonged illness or problems with examinations. In justified exceptional situations, the committee can grant special permission. You should contact the chair of the committee, Prof. C. Sina, directly. The chairman can decide many things directly.

Prof. C. Sina offers a consultation hour for examination matters during the lecture period. This is always on Mondays from 12 - 1 p.m. (please register in advance with the secretary's office).

Recognition of external achievements

If you would like to have external achievements from other universities recognized or internships that you have completed during your vocational training (MTA, CTA, etc.), please use the form"Recognition of external achievements" from the Student Service Center website.

Two sets of regulations apply to the Bachelor's and Master's degree programs in Medical Nutritional Science:

• The examination procedure regulations for all degree programs: These regulations contain guidelines that apply to all technical and scientific degree programs at the University of Lübeck.
• The course-specific course regulations: These summarize all regulations that apply specifically to the course. Among other things, the individual courses of the entire semester are listed here and a study plan is presented.

All current versions of the regulations can be found here. Each student is subject to the most recent version at the start of their studies.

For the recognition of external achievements, please use the form on the SSC website under Examination Offices-Mint, Forms and Information Sheets

The Bachelor's thesis is planned for the 6th semester of the Bachelor's program. The thesis must be officially registered with the Examination Office.

From this point in time, the student has a maximum of 6 months to complete the thesis. Only in justified exceptional cases can an extension of 1 month be granted.

The topic of the Bachelor's thesis must be related to the course content. This can be confirmed by the Chair of the Examination Board. Topics for the Bachelor's thesis can be requested from all institutes and clinics.

The Bachelor's thesis includes a final colloquium. Both must be assessed by two examiners. A current list of examiners can be found here.

Requirements for the Bachelor's thesis

The regulations for the Bachelor's thesis are set out in the Study Program Regulations (SGO) and Examination Procedure Regulations (PVO). In any case, you should familiarize yourself with the relevant sections before starting your Bachelor's thesis.

Subject-specific requirements:

The subject requirements for the Bachelor's thesis are regulated in §8 of the degree program regulations:

• You are at least in the 5th semester and have
• certificates of achievement from the degree program of at least 120 ECTS points
• all modules from the 1st and 2nd semester
• all modules that are a subject-specific aptitude test (General and Organic Chemistry, Basic Mathematics 1, Nutritional Physiology) and
• the modules Biochemistry 1 and Nutritional Medicine.

You must register this with the Examinations Office when you begin your work. You can find the form on the Examinations Office website. Please also note the following deadlines (e.g. start of the Master's program).

Scope and structure of a Bachelor's thesis:

• Supervisor: University teacher or lecturer at the University of Lübeck
• Scope: 12 ECTS, completion period 3-6 months
• Notification of illness: to the SSC
• In justified exceptional cases, a one-time extension of 1 month can be granted
• The thesis can be written in German or English
• Discuss the structure of the thesis with the supervisor! Typically, a Bachelor's thesis is 40 pages long. At the beginning it contains a summary in German and English (=abstract). This is followed by the individual parts (introduction, material and methods, results and discussion). There are also detailed instructions for the structure of the cover sheet on the website of the examination office.
• The Bachelor's thesis is assessed by two examiners. The grade is made up of the assessment of the thesis and an oral examination (colloquium). The colloquium consists of a presentation on the Bachelor's thesis (20 min) and an oral examination (40 min). The colloquium takes place at the University of Lübeck.

Institutes where a Bachelor's thesis has already been completed

Bachelor's theses have already been completed at the following institutes

• Institute for Nutritional Medicine
• Institutes at the CBBM/Medical Clinic I
• Institute of Biology
• Institute of Biochemistry
• Institute of Chemistry and Metabolomics
• Fraunhofer EMB
• Lübeck Institute for Experimental Dermatology
• Experimental Neurooncology
• Isotope Laboratory
• Clinic for Infectiology and Microbiology

Graduation ceremony

This ceremony for Bachelor graduates usually takes place on the last Friday in January. You can find more information under ceremonial events.