Part-time studies
Studies at half the speed
student in the lecture hall
Organize your own part-time study
Family obligations, working 15 hours per week, illness, and top-level sports are life circumstances and activities that limit the amount of time available to study. It is therefore possible to complete a study programme as a part-time course in many fields of study at our university. For rules on part-time studies, please refer to specific study and examination regulations.
The main feature of part-time studies is that you attend the same courses as full-time students, but do not have to pass as many as they are expected to. As a result, this type of studies is mainly suitable for applicants who work or live in Jena or its direct surroundings, and also want to stay flexible regarding their work-life balance. For study programmes enabling part-time studies and corresponding information, please click here.
Information
Part time studies cannot be funded a German student loan (“BAf?G”)!? For further information, please contact the competent point of contact at the student services organization Studierendenwerk.
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Who can request a change to part-time studies?
Provided that your field of study allows it, you may apply for part-time studies. Typical reasons may be family duties or a job between 20 and 30 working hours. In addition, illness or professional sport can also be recognized as reasons justifying part-time studies.
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Applications and documentation
You can submit your application to switch to part-time study or back to full-time study via Friedolin 2.0. Instructions can be found hereExternal link.
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Deadlines
The application must be submitted by 15 September for a winter semester and by 15 March for a summer semester. Please submit your application in full, including the evidence highlighting the reason for wanting part-time study, to the Student Service Centre.
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What else should be considered?
For applications to change to part-time studies that are submitted and approved from the summer semester 2026 onwards, the subject semesters will be counted as half. This means that each subject semester studied part-time will be counted as 0.5. A corresponding note will be made on the certificate of enrolment.
Student Service Centre
University Main Building, Room E065
Fürstengraben 1
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You can also use our remote help desk at
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Postal address:
Friedrich-Schiller-Universit?t Jena
Studierenden-Service-Zentrum
07737 Jena