University-wide all classes are held in person at the moment. Students can see all details in their individual schedule.

The following recommendations generally apply for self-protection and to protect others: cough and sneeze etiquette, good hand-washing practices, maintaining distance to other people (min. 1.5 meters) and wearing a face mask (medical grade), especially inside when tested positive for the Corona virus. Details on all these recommendations can be found on the website of the Federal Centre for Health Education (BzgA).

Hygiene Recommendations

• We recommend wearing a mask (medical mask or FFP2 mask) on the entire campus inside the buildings.
• Social distancing: In particular in high traffic areas and wherever possible, keeping your distance (1.5 meters) is still important.
• Disinfection: Disinfectant dispensers are available for hand disinfection at the entrances to HSHL. Regular hand washing is also a very effective protective measure.
• Ventilation: Rooms in which people are present should be aired out several times a day. The German Environment Agency recommends intermittent airing out for an average of 10 to 15 minutes. You can find detailed information and recommendations on ventilation here. In rooms in which it is not possible to air out using the windows, an adequate exchange of air is ensured by the respective ventilation system.

The Campus Office team is currently only available on site part-time. At the moment, you can only reach us by phone during the regular telephone service hours:

Monday to Thursday: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00

Phone: +49 (0) 2381 8789-199

Therefore, please prefer to contact us by sending an e-mail to campusoffice@hshl.de

General information on the regulations governing the organisation of studies and examinations during the Covid-19 pandemic can be found below. Many of your problems are very individual. In order to solve them, please describe your concerns in an e-mail to campusoffice@hshl.de. Please use your student e-mail account for this purpose and also provide your telephone contact details. The Campus Office team will look into your concern and get in touch with you.

In the current situation, we are trying to process your enquiries as quickly as possible. Please understand that, due to the high volume of e-mails, we prioritise the enquiries and can only answer them one by one.

The general examination regulations as well as the respective subject examination regulations are supplemented or amended by the regulations for compensation of the consequences of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 epidemic for studies and teaching at HSHL in the respective valid version: German | Reading Version in English.

In the winter semester 21/22, Bachelor’s and Master’s theses can still be submitted in digital form. In this case, an e-mail must be sent to campusoffice@hshl.de. The thesis must be added as a PDF file in an encrypted ZIP file, including the signed and scanned written assurance of independent work, which must then be submitted in the original. Please use your student e-mail account for this purpose and also provide your telephone contact details. Detailed instructions on this procedure and the requirements are available in your "Studienkonto" by the Campus Office. It is not allowed to submit the thesis on paper at the same time.

In winter semester 21/22, practical experience reports in the sense of the internship regulations can also be submitted in digital form by e-mail to campusoffice@hshl.de. Please use your student e-mail account for this purpose and also provide your telephone contact details.

Alternatively, you can still submit your documents to the HSHL Campus Office. Please note the following information:

• The postal address of HSHL is: Hochschule Hamm-Lippstadt, Marker Allee 76-78, 59063 Hamm. This address shall always be used, regardless of whether you are studying at the Hamm Campus or at the Lippstadt Campus.
• Please observe the postal delivery times for matters subject to a deadline.
• At the Hamm Campus, there is also a deadline letterbox (next to the administration building H 2.1), which can be used for personal submission. Please use only this letterbox and no other. It should also be used by students studying at the Lippstadt Campus.

In the current situation, all applications, forms or other evidence are recognised in digital form without exception. If a signature is required, please sign the document first and then scan or photograph it with your signature. Please send the document by e-mail to campusoffice@hshl.de.

Alternatively, you can still submit your documents to the HSHL Campus Office. Please note the following information:

• The postal address of HSHL is: Hochschule Hamm-Lippstadt, Marker Allee 76-78, 59063 Hamm. This address shall always be used, regardless of whether you are studying at the Hamm Campus or at the Lippstadt Campus.
• Please observe the postal delivery times for matters subject to a deadline.
• At the Hamm Campus, there is also a deadline letterbox (next to the administration building H 2.1), which can be used for personal submission. Please use only this letterbox and no other. It should also be used by students studying at the Lippstadt Campus.

• Students can download and make use of the form provided on "Campus Office Online".
• The filled form has to be send to the supervising professor as a pdf or photograph, who will then forward it to the Campus Office including an e-mail confirmation.
• The supervising professor is responsible for registering the second examiner.

• In justified exceptional cases, the examination can be carried out as a video conference. Students and examiners arrange this with one another directly. In this connection, it has to be kept in mind that both examiners (1st and 2nd examiner) need to be present during the examination and that the examinee has to declare to be in the room all alone.

Students who are thinking about conducting a semester or internship abroad should consider the following:

• Generally speaking, it’s of course still possible to conduct a semester or internship in another country. Since the winter semester of 2021/22, HSHL students have again been going abroad in significant numbers, even if they are not yet as many as before the pandemic.
• Conditions in most countries are not yet the same as before the pandemic. Depending on the situation in the host country, internships sometimes take place in a remote-work form (our students sometimes work from their apartment in the host country). Host universities may conduct their courses digitally, at least some of them. Daily life in the host country may also continue to be affected.
• You should continue to expect that entry into your host country may be difficult, or temporarily impossible. Your vaccination status and current test status will determine whether you will be allowed to enter and whether you will then need to quarantine first. Note: Only the authorities of your host country can give you current and binding information on this. Use the website of the respective embassy here in Germany as a starting point. You should also read the country-specific information provided by the German Foreign Office. If you are not a German citizen, read the corresponding advice that the Foreign Office of your home country will likely provide.
• You should also expect restrictions on your return to Germany. The Robert Koch Institute provides information on its website about the currently valid rules (virus variant areas and risk areas).
• Devise a "Plan B" in case that your project abroad cannot go forward after all. If you are considering an internship in Germany as an alternative, you can take advantage of the fact that the internship period can be chosen relatively freely. Example: In order to complete the usual 16 weeks before the start of the lecture period of the summer semester 2023, it is sufficient if the internship begins at some point in November 2022.
• Pay attention to whether special regulations such as the HSHL Corona Compensation Regulation continue to apply for the period of your planned stay abroad. Among other things, this regulation stipulated – as of December 2021, most recently for the duration of the winter semester 2021/22 – that 12 weeks of internship work are sufficient instead of the 16 weeks that are usually required. You can find these and other special regulations via the HSHL homepage (search function, keyword "Corona", tab "Mitteilungen").

If you have any questions about going abroad, the International Office will be happy to help. Contact us by e-mail or phone (+49 2381 8789 140).

• Applications for enrollment will remain active even after expiration of the usual deadline for enrollment. Accordingly, enrollment at a later point in time is possible.
• A decision concerning the deadline will be made as soon as all services at HSHL operate normally again.
• The semester contribution has to be paid before the original deadline and will be refunded in case admission to the program is not granted.

If, after completing your bachelor's degree, enrollment in a master's program is planned but is delayed due to the current situation:

Upon completion of an HSHL degree, a 6-week deactivation period begins for the respective HSHL account. If you are planning to enroll in a master's program at HSHL and the enrollment is delayed, please send an email with the subject line "Verlängerung der Deaktivierungsfrist aufgrund Masterstudium" (Extension of the deactivation period due to master's program).

• PDF templates or continuous texts describing issues will be sent to the e-mail addresses of students.
• For the time being, report cards and certificates will be send by certified mail, including an advice of receipt.

If students are currently nearing the end of their bachelor’s degree and only have to wait for the final grades or certificate before they can fully enroll in a master’s degree program at HSHL, they can already take advantage of the digital courses offered by the corresponding master’s degree. Simply send a short email to the Center for Knowledge Management with a request to register for the relevant courses on the learning platform. Due to the current situation, this is possible even without being enrolled.