Ban from study programs and irrevocable exclusion

If you fail a compulsory module in one of your study programs (major and/or minor) twice, you will be banned from all study programs in which the module in question is a compulsory module.

Furthermore, there is an equivalence list in the appendix to the general part of the study regulations with modules that are equivalent in terms of failed attempts. You will also receive a subject ban in study programs in which an equivalent module is a compulsory module. The subject ban comes into force at the next semester enrollment. You must then change your program when enrolling, otherwise you will be exmatriculated by the university. Until the next possible semester enrollment, you can continue to attend your booked modules, including those from another program, under your old enrollment if this makes sense for you.

You will first see the subject ban in the Student Portal. This will happen either in mid-March, at the end of July or in mid-/end of October. The legally binding document is the Transcript of Records, which you will receive twice a year in the Student Portal. Based on this document, you can submit a written appeal against the exclusion to the Office of Student Affairs. If you do not do this, you will receive an exclusion order from the university 40 days after the Transcript of Records is available in the portal and the exclusion or subject ban will be final.

According to the information on legal recourse on the Transcript of Records, you have 30 days after receiving the Transcript of Records to submit a written appeal to the Office of Student Affairs. If the appeal is rejected, you again have 30 days from receipt of the response to submit an appeal to the Appeals Commission of the Higher Education Institutions of the Canton of Zurich. Appeals have a suspensive effect. This means that you can continue to attend modules and take examinations during this period.