Choice of seminar
In the HIO online service

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For newly enrolled students in their 1st specialisation semester at the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences: Seminar selection is still possible for you until Wednesday, 24 September 2025 until 12:00 noon.

 

For newly enrolled students in the 1st specialisation semester at the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences who missed the introductory week due to reasons beyond their control: Please follow the instructions on the start of studies website.

 

For all other students in the higher semester, the seminar selection for the winter semester 2025 is closed. No new enrolments or changes can currently be added.

 

Missed the seminar selection again and not yet subscribed to the calendar? You'll find all the information you need in the section on study organisation/schedule preview.

Seminar selection

Registration for courses takes place via the HIO system. The choice of seminar is independent of the subsequent examination registration, which is a legally binding process. For courses with a limited number of participants, such as seminars with several parallel groups, students must prioritise their preferred seminars as much as possible. In the event of overbooking, the system decides by means of an automated lottery procedure to ensure equal opportunities. In courses without a limit on the number of participants, enrolments are made independently and without prioritisation in order to ensure considerable planning security for all participants. Students should only choose courses that are scheduled in the degree programme pathway and may not bring forward modules for which they are not yet scheduled.

Current time periods for choosing courses can be found in the schedule. A detailed step-by-step guide to choosing a seminar can be found in the PDF.

You can find further information and information deviating from this on the seminar selection page.

Modules

Checklist (course change)

Important notes:

  • The campus management system (HIO) makes the selection automatically, so that no direct external influence on the seminar selection is possible. The results are binding for all students.
  • Requests will only be processed if they are sent from your Stud.HN e-mail address.
  • Please always state your student registration number in the enquiry.
  • Decide in favour of one of the 4 options
  • Send your enquiry to seminarwahl-06(at)hs-niederrhein.de

Consultancy / Contact

Karsten Steinmacher, Dipl.-Soz.-Wiss.
Dean of Studies of Department of Social Studies Department Management

Frequently asked questions about seminar sele

When does the seminar selection take place?

Rule of thumb: In the last 2 weeks of the examination period - i.e. at the same time as examinations are being written! You can find the exact periods as a PDF document or as a subscription calendar in the date preview.

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Why is my timetable not complete?

You will find the current status of the results of your seminar selection in the campus management system Hio not under Timetable, but under My studies / Course assignments. The seminar selection for courses from the 1st specialisation semester (for repeats) will be redistributed in the introductory week - i.e. later.

How many priorities do I need to set?

Basically, if you submit a priority for each parallel group, there is a greater chance that you will be allocated a seminar place during the automatic redistribution.

If, on the other hand, you only submit three priorities (as the system is designed to do), you are more likely to be rejected in the past.

Do I have preselection rights with care task?

The campus management system HISInOne is currently working on a global priority check-in. In any case, please contact the Seminarwahl-06 team in good time so that we can check whether a subsequent change is possible. The annotated course catalogue is usually available for early inspection and planning.

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