Reception opening hours: Mon-Thu 9 a.m.-4 p.m. &. Fri 10 a.m.-2 p.m. without an appointment
Tell the receptionist at the WiSo Student Service Point (WiSSPo) about your request. They can often help you directly with brief information.
If your request is too extensive or complex, it will be recorded and a student advisor as the expert will contact you on the relevant topic. Alternatively, you can book an appointment yourself (in person or digitally). To do so, please use the appointment booking links for the corresponding subject areas. The face-to-face advisory sessions all take place centrally at the WiSo Student Service Point.
We offer the following quick services at reception:
Brief information
We can give you brief information on all questions about the WiSo degree programmes and study organisation at the reception desk. However, if the topic is too complex or multi-layered, it makes sense to seek advice from a student advisor. Further information on this can be found in the section "Guidance at WiSo".
Collection of graduation certificates
You did not attend the graduation ceremony during which you should have received your degree certificate? Then we will be happy to hand out your graduation documents to you at the reception desk in the WiSSPo during our opening hours.
- Please bring a valid photo ID with you. Alternatively, you can authorise someone (sample power of attorney).
- We will also be happy to make a certified copy of your certificate for you directly on site, please ask for it then.
- If you would like to have the certificate sent to you by post, read here how to request it. Please note that sending by post is at your own risk. Any final documents that may have been damaged or lost in the post cannot be issued again in the same form. We therefore highly recommend collection on site.
Become a WiSoAlumni member: Registration is possible at http://www.koelnalumni.de. Membership is free of charge. We will keep you up to date with information about your alma mater and your faculty.
Issue of various certificates
Transcript of Records:
- You can create a verified Transcript of Records yourself online using KLIPS. It is a digital signature on the transcript created there.
- You can request positive transcripts with only passed examinations via our contact form. Please indicate whether you would like to receive it digitally to your s-mail address or by post.
- You will automatically receive the final transcript together with the provisional final certificate by post. It is sent to the address stored in KLIPS approximately three weeks after the announcement of the last grade.
In addition, you can download a digitally signed, valid version of the (1) provisional degree certificate and (2) degree transcript from your student file in KLIPS yourself.
If you no longer have a valid s-mail account and still need a sealed transcript, please continue to order this with an informal, written request and enclose a copy of your ID card. The application must be signed by hand. You can send both as PDF attachments via our contact form.
Ranking certificate:
Current ranking:
- Request by mail: Please order the current ranking (information here) online via our contact form. The document will then be sent to you either by post to the address stored in KLIPS or by e-mail to your s-mail address. When ordering by mail, please indicate how you would like to receive the ranking.
- Personal collection: Alternatively, you can also receive a current ranking in person at the reception of WiSo Student Service Point (room 0.305) during opening hours. Prior registration or appointment booking is not necessary.
Final grade report:
- Final grade report is currently handed out with the official transcript at the graduation ceremony. Information about that can be read here.
- If you no longer have a valid S-mail account and still need a final grade report, please continue to order this with an informal, written request and enclose a copy of your identity card. The application must be signed by hand. You can send both as PDF attachments via our contact form.
BAföG certificate:
In the meantime, you can simply submit a current Transcript of Records to the BAföG office to prove the required number of ECTS after a certain semester. However, if you receive a form, we will be happy to fill it out for you. Please send us the form as a PDF attachment via our contact form. Please then indicate whether you would like to pick up the form in person at the WiSSPo or whether digital delivery to your s-mail address is sufficient.
Application for a semester of leave due to an internship:
Please send us the application for a semester off due to an internship lasting at least three months in full with all the required documents as a PDF document via the contact form. We will then send it back to you completed as a PDF to your s-mail address, so that you can then submit it to the Student's Registration Office.
Alternatively, you can hand in all the necessary documents during reception opening hours at WiSo Student Service Point (room 0.305) and have them filled out there directly.
Certificate of expected graduation:
Do you need proof of when you expect to complete your studies for an application or an authority? We will be happy to issue it for you. Currently, the best way to do this is to send us an email via the contact form with the reason for the request "certificate". Please also state whether the document is sufficient for you as a PDF or whether you need the original by post. Alternatively, we will be happy to issue the document to you at the reception desk at the WiSo Student Service Point during opening hours. Please bring your valid photo ID with you.
Certificate of endorsement:
You would like to apply for an internship and need a certificate that the WiSo faculty endorses the internship? We will gladly confirm this for you. To do so, please write us an email via the contact form with the request reason "Internship endorsement certificate". Please also state whether the document is sufficient for you as a PDF or whether you need the original by post. Alternatively, we will be happy to issue the document to you at the reception in the WiSo Student Service Point during opening hours, please bring your valid photo ID with you.
Submitting informal applications for the examination office
Informal applications to the Examinations Office must always be signed by hand (no digital signature) and should also contain your name, your matriculation number, your degree programme and a description of your request. You have the following options for submitting your application:
- Submit the application as a PDF via our contact form, we will then forward it internally to the Examinations Office
- Print out the application and drop it in the letterbox in front of the WiSo Student Service Point
- You send the application directly to the WiSo Examination Office by post.
Submission of theses
- Please use the WiSo-Inbox and submit the thesis digitally. You can find all information here under the heading "2. Procedure".
- Alternatively, you can also submit a printed and bound copy of the thesis in the letterbox in front of the WiSo Student Service Point (room 0.305) or send it via post directly to the Examination Office. We recommend the digital submission.
Removal of fixed module and group in KLIPS
A module or group determination in KLIPS can be cancelled directly via the WiSo-Inbox or an informal, written application. Please attach the hand-signed request as a PDF document to the WiSSPo contact form. You will then see the cancellation in KLIPS after approx. 5 working days.
You can see information on change and cancellation options for your degree programme summarised here.
Information material such as flyers and maps
Of course, you can also get information materials from us that may be helpful for your studies or orientation. However, we have already made a lot of detailed information and brochures available online. Just come by WiSSPo and ask what you are looking for. We will be happy to help you.
