Examinations and coursework must be completed in the individual subject areas. Examinations are included in the overall calculation of the Bachelor's grade. Study achievements, on the other hand, must be passed, but are only noted with the grade on the Bachelor's certificate without being taken into account in the Bachelor's grade calculation.

With the exception of the Bachelor's thesis and the Bachelor's colloquium, all examinations are taken as module examinations during the course of study. For this purpose, the university sets a four-week examination period for each semester, which immediately follows the lecture period.

Participation in an examination requires prior registration via QISPOS (In the first semester, students are already compulsorily registered and remain registered for the following semester if they fail examinations in the first semester). Registration is the responsibility of the student and must be completed within a previously announced deadline (see Semester dates). Cancellation of an already registered examination is possible via QISPOS three working days before the examination date without giving reasons. If the examination is cancelled at a later date, the student must submit a medical certificate confirming the inability to take the examination.

In order to pass an examination, the examination or coursework must be graded at least 4.0. If an examination is not passed at the first attempt, the candidate has two further attempts. However, examinations that have been passed once may not be repeated.

When passing an examination, the candidate receives credit points according to the ECTS system in addition to the grade. The ECTS credits are a quantitative measure of the amount of time spent on the study modules. As a rule, 30 ECTS credits are allocated per semester. This corresponds to a workload of around 900 hours and therefore a 40-hour week.

In addition to the regular examinations of the degree programme, further modules are available as electives:

• In the International Business Administration degree programme a compulsory elective area 1 is planned, which provides for an English-language elective of two semester hours per week in the first four semesters. In the summer semester, a wide range of international projects with foreign guest lecturers are offered as part of the international project week. Each semester there is a country-specific course called "cultural studies"; in this course, students study the economy, politics, culture and other special features of a given country in detail.
• Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences is characterised by the wide variety of Bachelor's degree programmes it offers. As a result, students can attend courses from the fields of technology, environment, computer science and social sciences on a voluntary basis. In this case, you can register for examinations directly at the Examinations Office.
• In addition to the two compulsory specialisation subjects, students are free to complete further individual specialisation subjects or complete specialisation combinations. Examination registration is carried out regularly via QIS-POS.

What these additional modules have in common is that the grades received for them are not included in the overall calculation of the Bachelor's grades. However, they can be shown on the Bachelor's certificate upon application to the Examination Office. At the same time, you earn additional ECTS credits. This can be useful if a Master's degree programme is taken up after the Bachelor's degree. If the content of the additional modules and Master's subjects match, the examination credits can usually be recognised.

The Bachelor's thesis and the Bachelor's colloquium conclude the degree programme. 

The process is usually organised as follows in consultation with the supervisor:

1. Selection of a subject area and a professionally suitable "preferred supervisor"
2. Contacting the desired supervisor with the question or suggestion of a topic
3. Preparation of an exposé (Example exposé for work with Professor Wagner)
4. Coordination of the final title of the thesis and exposé with the desired supervisor
5. Contact and enquiry to a second assessor on the basis of the exposé
6. Registration of the Bachelor's thesis at the Examination Office on the basis of the signed Registration form
7. Submission of the Bachelor's thesis after 3 months at the latest (approx. 40 pages of main text after consultation with the desired supervisor)
8. Defence of the Bachelor's thesis as part of the Bachelor's colloquium scheduled by the supervisor in consultation

In preparation, it is advisable to work through the various publications on scientific work, for example the Elaboration by Prof. Scharf.