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GOP – Grundlagen und Orientierungsprüfung

The fundamentals and orientation examination (in German: “Grundlagen- und Orientierungsprüfung (GOP)) consists of 6  (CEP: 7) module examinations amounting to 40 (Energy Technology: 42.5) ECTS credits.
The GOP is passed when 30 ECTS of these have been earned.
The GOP examinations may only be repeated once in the event of failure (other examinations may be repeated three times).
The GOP must be taken in the first two semesters (at the latest in the third).

The GOP in the Bachelor’s degree program LSE comprises the following modules: Mathematik für LSE 1 (Mathematik D1, 1. Semester), Experimentalphysik (1. Semester), Allgemeine und Anorganische Chemie (1. Semester), Mikrobiologie (1. Semester), Bioanalytik (2. Semester) and Bioprozesstechnik mit Hauptseminar (2. Semester). If you have not passed the exam of Experimentalphysik, for example, this is no reason to panic. You must pass Bioanalytik and Bioprozesstechnik mit Hauptseminar in the summer semester and your GOP is therefore passed. The Experimentalphysik exam is then no longer a GOP for you and you can repeat it three times.

The GOP in the Bachelor’s degree programs CBI and CEN is almost identical and comprises the following modules: Mathematik D1 (1. Semester), Experimentalphysik (1. Semester), Allgemeine und Anorganische Chemie (1. Semester), Statik und Festigkeitslehre (1. Semester), Werkstoffkunde (2. Semester) and Chemische und Biologische Prozesstechnik mit Einführungsprojekt (CBPT, CBI) respectively Chemische Prozesstechnik mit Einführungsprojekt (CPT, CEN) (2. Semester). This is similar to the Bachelor’s degree program LSE: if you have failed the the exam in Experimentalphysik, for example, you must pass Werkstoffkunde and C(B)PT in the summer semester in order to pass the GOP.

The GOP in the bachelor’s degree program CEP includes the following modules: Mathematics I and II, Foundations of Chemical reaction engineering, Physics I, Renewable Energies, Introduction to Interface Engineering and Electrochemistry. These modules amout to a total of 40 ECTS of which you must have accumulated 30 ECTS points in the first two to maximum three semesters. Once you have passed the GOP, you can repeat the other exams three times.

The GOP in the Bachelor’s degree program in Energy Technology comprises the following modules: Mathematik für ET 1 und ET 2, Werkstoffe und ihre Struktur, Grundlagen der Elektrotechnik I und II, chemische Grundlagen der Energietechnik und Werkstoffe: Mechanische Eigenschaften und Verarbeitung (these lectures are part of the module: Mechanische Eigenschaften der Werkstoffe and Materialien für Regenerative-Energie-Anwendungen). This is a total of 42.5 ECTS of which you must have collected 30 ECTS points in the first two to maximum three semesters. Once you have passed the GOP, you can repeat the other examinations three times.