Biomedical Engineering
Study organisation
Contact information
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| Function | Name | Room | |
| Student advisor | Prof. Dr. Bernd Flick | N5.07 | bernd.flick (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de |
Chair of Examination Board | Prof. Dr. Julian Béthune | S2.24 | julien.bethune (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de |
Course timetable wintersemester 2025/26
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Finding the Lecture Schedule
You will no longer find your official timetable with all scheduled courses here on your degree program’s website.
NEW – NEW – NEW – NEW
Starting in the winter semester 2025/26, all planned courses will be available in myHAW. You can find instructions under Creating Your Study Plan (only in German).
Registering for Courses
Enrollment is done via myHAW. Search for the courses you want from your study plan there. Please reserve for the planned course.
Creating Your Personal Timetable
Once you have successfully reservation, you can add the booked courses in myHAW to your personal timetable. It will automatically include all dates and rooms – so you always have it at hand.
Exam schedule wintersemester 2025/26
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Exam schedule wintersemester 2025/26, update 19.08.2025
The registration period ends on November 2, 2025. Cancellation is possible up to 4 days before the exam at the latest!
Module compendium
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Course and examination regulations
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APSO-INGI Änderungen 2021 (in german)
Course and examination regulations 2020 (in German only)
Change to the course and examination regulations, vom 24. Februar 2022 (in German only)
Change to the course and examination regulations, vom 16. Juni 2022 (in German only)
The expiring of the course and examination regulation.
Course and examination regulations 2017 (in German, first amendment)
Course and examination regulations 2017 (in German, second amendment)
The examination and study regulations of the Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering still apply to all degree programs that have to be studied before the summer semester 2021. They will expire at the end of the summer semester 2024.
A change from the expiring course-specific examination and study regulations is not possible until the end of the summer semester 2024.
Part-time study
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The part-time course at the HAW Hamburg represents an individual extension of the original specialist course. It is not a separate offer with its own curriculum. This enables students to reduce the amount of time they study by up to half per semester. more information
For an individual part-time course, the course-specific examination and study regulations of the respective full-time courses apply. Two part-time study semesters are counted as one subject semester and two university semesters. The contact persons for individual study planning are the respective student advisors.
Ordnung zur Regelung des Teilzeitstudiums 20.06.2013, only in german
Erste Änderung des Teilzeitstudiums 25.06.2015, only in german
Zweite Änderung des Teilzeitstudiums 14.01.2021, only in german
Anlage zum Teilzeitstudiums 10.06.2021, only in german
Admissions and selection criteria
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Regulations in case of illness
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If You’re Sick Before an Exam:
- Get an original medical certificate of incapacity for work (AU).
- Include your matriculation number and the exam name.
- Submit it to the Faculty Service Office.
- Deadline: within 1 working day after the AU ends.
If You Get Sick During an Exam:
- By signing in, you confirm you’re fit to take the exam.
- If you suddenly feel too ill to continue:
- Tell the examiner you’re stopping.
- Go to a doctor immediately.
- Get a certificate of examination incapacity (an AU alone is not enough).
- Email or write to your exam committee chair (PAV) right away.
- Submit the original certificate to the Faculty Service Office within 1 working day after it expires.
- The PAV decides if your interruption is valid.
Important: If you leave an exam without a valid reason, you’ll get a grade of “insufficient” (5.0) for that exam.
Information and forms for theses
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Information and forms for final theses can be found on the pages of the
Examination Office Team Bergedorf/Final Theses and Certificate Documents
Dates and Deadlines
Lecture and semester times
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Summer semester 2025: 01.04.2025 – 30.09.2025
Semester times: 07.04.2025 – 02.08.2025 (including three weeks of examination time)
Wintersemester 2025/26: 01.10.2025 – 31.03.2026
Semester times: 06.10.2025 – 14.02.2026 (including three weeks of examination time)
Christmas holidays: 20.12.2025 – 04.01.2026
Sommersemester 2026: 01.04.2026 – 30.09.2026
Semester times: 06.04.2026 – 01.08.2026 (including three weeks of examination time)
Wintersemester 2026/27: 01.10.2026 – 31.03.2027
Semester times: 05.10.2026 – 13.02.2027 (including three weeks of examination time)
Christmas holidays: 21.12.2026 – 03.01.2027
Sommersemester 2027: 01.04.2027 – 30.09.2027
Semester times: 05.04.2027 – 31.07.2027 (including three weeks of examination time)
Course times
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1st quarter 08:30 - 10:00 o'clock
2nd quarter 10:15 - 11:45 o'clock
3rd quarter 12:30 - 14:00 o'clock
4th quarter 14:30 - 16:00 o'clock
5th quarter 16:15 - 17:45 o'clock
6th quarter 18:00 - 19:30 o'clock
Re-registration
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To re-register for the new semester, please transfer the semester fee within the re-registration period. Please do not make the transfer before the start of the re-registration period, as the final amount will only be determined at the beginning of this period.
New re-registration deadlines from summer semester 2024
- Winter semester: July 1 – September 15
- Summer semester: January 1 – March 15
The semester fee must be credited to HAW Hamburg’s account no later than the last day of the re-registration period!
Further information can be found on the Student Center’s website under the “Re-registration” section.
If you are unable to pay the semester fee for financial reasons, you can contact the AStA of HAW Hamburg. In justified cases, they may grant a loan.
You can find all information about the current semester fee and your booking status in our campus management system, myHAW.
Student advisor
Department Medizintechnik
Ulmenliet 20, Room N5.07
21033 Hamburg
T +49 40 428 75-6384
bernd.flick (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de
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