Examinations

Examinations Regulations for IPQ Courses

As a student of the Bachelor- and Masterdegree Programm you need to register online via the Campus Management System. At the start of your examination appointment you need to present your valid student ID-card.

For oral exam appointments with Prof. Freude please contact him (wolfgang.freude∂kit.edu) directly. Please provide your full name and matriculation number!

For oral exam appointments with Prof. Koos and Prof. Randel you can register by using the links provided below.

Oral exams will be held in English.

Please note: 
After registering via the links provided below, you will receive a calendar invite with all the relevant information (time and place) 4 working days before the exam date.
You may deregister from the exam appointment at any time via the confirmation email you receive after registering, up until the calendar invitation is sent by IPQ's office (office does-not-exist.ipq kit edu).
Once the calendar invitation has been sent, deregistration is only possible with a valid doctor's note, which must be emailed to office@ipq.kit.edu.
If no doctor's note is provided, the exam will be graded as 5.0.

For further information, please refer to the KIT examination regulations (Prüfungsordnung).

General Information

Oral exams:
Duration: approx. 20 minutes. No extra resources allowed.

Written exams:
Registration must be done online (Campus Management System). For further details refer to the respective link provided below for each course.

Examination Dates in Winter Term

Examination Dates in Summer Term

Examination Dates

Examination Dates for Courses Held in the Winter Term
Date / Registration link Course Examiner Written / Oral
Tue, 03.03.26 Elektromagnetische Wellen (EMW) Prof. Randel oral

Wed 04.03.26 
Wed 11.03.26  
Wed 15.04.26 

Fundamentals of Photonics  Prof Koos oral (German or English)
Wed 04.03.26 
Wed 11.03.26 
Wed 15.04.26 
Integrated Photonics Prof Koos oral (German or English)

Tue, 10.02.26 
Tue, 03.03.26

Optical Networks and Systems (ONS) Prof. Randel oral (German or English)

Status by 14.01.2026 14:45:
Wed 18.02.26 (09 seats left)
Wed 25.02.26 (10 seats left)
Wed 25.03.26 (11 seats left)
Wed 22.04.26 (11 seats left)
Wed 06.05.26 (12 seats left)

If you cancel a registration without a very good reason (proved by, e.g., a medical certificate of illness), your next appointment could be significantly delayed.

Field Propagation and Coherence (FPC) Prof. Freude oral
(German or English)

Status by 14.01.2026 14:45:
Wed 18.02.26 (09 seats left)
Wed 25.02.26 (10 seats left)
Wed 25.03.26 (11 seats left)
Wed 22.04.26 (11 seats left)
Wed 06.05.26 (12 seats left)

If you cancel a registration without a very good reason (proved by, e.g., a medical certificate of illness), your next appointment could be significantly delayed.

Optical Transmitters and Receivers (OTR) Prof. Freude oral
(German or English)

Wed 04.03.26 
Wed 11.03.26 
Wed 15.04.26 

Optical Waveguides and Fibers (OWF) Prof. Koos oral
(on appointment) Einführung in die Quantentheorie
für Elektrotechniker
Prof. Grau oral
(on appointment) Greensche Funktionen und Eigenfunktionen Prof. Grau oral
Examination Dates for Courses Held in the Summer Term
Date / Registration link Course Examiner Written / Oral

Wed 04.03.26 
Wed 11.03.26 
Wed 15.04.26 

Nonlinear Optics (NLO) Prof. Koos oral
(German or English)

Tue, 10.02.26 
Tue, 03.03.26

Digital Signal Processing in Optical Communications (with Practical Exercises) Prof. Randel oral

Status by 14.01.2026 14:45:
Wed 18.02.26 (09 seats left)
Wed 25.02.26 (10 seats left)
Wed 25.03.26 (11 seats left)
Wed 22.04.26 (11 seats left)
Wed 06.05.26 (12 seats left)

Examinations only for lecture participants up to and including SS23!

If you cancel a registration without a very good reason (proved by, e.g., a medical certificate of illness), your next appointment could be significantly delayed.

Optoelectronic Components (OC)

Prof. Freude will be the examiner for the students who attended the OC lecture up to and including SS2023. Please register in the Campus System, even though Prof. Randel is stated there as the examiner.

Prof. Freude oral
(German or English)

Tue, 10.02.26 
Tue, 03.03.26
 

Optoelectronic Components (OC)

 

 

Prof. Randel oral
(German or English)