Red Diploma

The conditions for obtaining the so-called red diploma, or "passed summa cum laude", are regulated in Article 26(3) of the Study and Examination Regulations:

The overall result of the duly completed studies is assessed with the words "passed summa cum laude" if:

1. all parts of the state examination have been successfully passed in due time,
2. the overall result of the State examination is 'passed with distinction',
3. the student is in the top 10% of graduates in the same type of programme of the faculty for the previous two academic years, according to the average classification in the studies referred to in Article 17(2),
4. the student has not obtained a grade of F, -, N, X in any course; this does not apply to the assessment of courses for which an exemption from the obligation to repeat the course has been granted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 20; and
5. the student has gained no more than one third of the credits in the course by recognition of prior or concurrent study or by recording a previous failure.