(2) Die Immatrikulation nach Absatz 1 Sätze 1 bis 5 ist zu versagen, wenn
die Person in einem Dienst-, Arbeits- oder Ausbildungsverhältnis steht oder sonst beruflich tätig ist, es sei denn, dass sie nachweist, dass sie zeitlich die Möglichkeit hat, sich dem Studium uneingeschränkt zu widmen, insbesondere die erforderlichen Lehrveranstaltungen zu besuchen
This was dropped in the latest version. Combined with §62 Abs. 3 Nr. 1 (unchanged in the latest version):
(3) Studierende können von Amts wegen exmatrikuliert werden, wenn
ein Immatrikulationshindernis nach § 60 nachträglich eintritt,
You were effectively banned from working more than 20 hours a week which I believe comes from some court ruling that working any longer loses your legal student status and makes you inelligble for certain benefits.
Wow! Interesting, TIL. Thanks for looking that up and posting it, I appreciate that!
But it really sounds crazy to me, since there are so many people doing “duales Studium”, studying at the Fernuniversität Hagen which is a public university or doing something like a “Verbundstudium” at Universities of Applied Sciences.
To be fair, you could still do night shifts in full time in one extreme case. And even 10h work weeks might be incompatible with the quoted law, since it might prevent you from attending that one lecture on Friday morning or whatever.
I think it was just aiming to make sure that your studies remained being the focus of your attention - pretty wild though.
That’s just wrong, lol.
Huh, I was nearly certain this was the case.
After a lot of research, apparently the state I live in (Baden-Württemberg) did have this rule.
In §60 Abs. 2 Nr. 4 LHG from December 2020 to November 2024:
This was dropped in the latest version. Combined with §62 Abs. 3 Nr. 1 (unchanged in the latest version):
You were effectively banned from working more than 20 hours a week which I believe comes from some court ruling that working any longer loses your legal student status and makes you inelligble for certain benefits.
Edit: Added links
Wow! Interesting, TIL. Thanks for looking that up and posting it, I appreciate that!
But it really sounds crazy to me, since there are so many people doing “duales Studium”, studying at the Fernuniversität Hagen which is a public university or doing something like a “Verbundstudium” at Universities of Applied Sciences.
To be fair, you could still do night shifts in full time in one extreme case. And even 10h work weeks might be incompatible with the quoted law, since it might prevent you from attending that one lecture on Friday morning or whatever.
I think it was just aiming to make sure that your studies remained being the focus of your attention - pretty wild though.
Cheers!