Requirements for submitting an appeal
The formal part involves the Appeal Committee verifying that the appeal meets the submission requirements. If any of these formal requirements have not been met, the appeal will not be further processed. In this case, an assessment of the content of the appeal shall not be made.
Subject of the appeal (announcement): Grades; Award
- B 18/24: University continuing education programmes entitle participants to the award of a degree if the relevant regulatory requirements are met. The decision of the responsible body of the University of Bern not to award the degree is therefore a contestable announcement (Document in German) (PDF, 160KB)
- B 07/13: A regulation cannot legally provide for individual grades to be published as announcements (change in established case-law). Conditions governing whether an individual grade constitutes an announcement (Document in German) (PDF, 168KB)
- B 06/05: A regulation can provide for individual grades to be published as announcements. (Document in German) (PDF, 26KB)
- B 27/99: Does an individual grade constitute an announcement? (Document in German) (PDF, 27KB)
- B 01/99: Does an individual grade constitute an announcement? (Document in German) (PDF, 31KB)
Subject of the appeal (announcement): Non-admission (degree courses); Organisational measures
- B 01/24: The allocation to a block rotation and thus the location of the block internships by the lower instance after selection by the appellant in the study of human medicine is an organisational measure and does not constitute an announcement (Document in German) (PDF, 142KB)
- B 01/99: Non-admission to an academic field may constitute an announcement (Document in German) (PDF, 31KB)
Deadline and formalities for appeals: Grounds of appeal
- B 18/12: For appeals against exam results, it is not sufficient merely to justify why the result is unreasonable. It must also be demonstrated that an error of law exists. (Document in German) (PDF, 143KB)
- B 18/05: For appeals against exam results, it is not sufficient merely to justify why the result is unreasonable. It must also be demonstrated that an error of law exists. (Document in German) (PDF, 32KB)
- B 01/98: Minimum requirements for justifying an appeal (Document in German) (PDF, 25KB)
Legitimation: Interest worthy of protection
Grounds for appeal and powers of review: Admissible appeals (complaints)
- B 12/20: Inadmissibility of the claim of unreasonableness in the case of exam results (Document in German) (PDF, 137KB)
- B 18/12: Inadmissibility of the claim of unreasonableness in the case of exam results (Document in German) (PDF, 143KB)
- B 05/08: Inadmissibility of the claim of unreasonableness in the case of exam results (Document in German) (PDF, 36KB)
- B 18/05: Inadmissibility of the claim of unreasonableness in the case of exam results (Document in German) (PDF, 32KB)