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The post presents a blanket rule for Germany — that every student gets only three total attempts for a core course. Official university rules contradict that.

• TUM, one of the universities named in the post, states on an official TUM page for physics programs: "Grundsätzlich können nicht bestandene Prüfungen außerhalb der GOP und bei Auflagen beliebig oft wiederholt werden" — i.e., failed exams outside certain foundation/orientation requirements can generally be repeated an unlimited number of times.
• RWTH Aachen, the other university named in the post, states in its official computer science FAQ: "If all three attempts are failed, it is possible to apply for a supplementary oral examination ... after the third failed attempt." That means even where there are three written attempts, there can still be an additional official chance afterward.

So the statement is inaccurate as a general claim about German universities, and it is even contradicted by official rules at universities the post itself cites as examples.

This sentence goes well beyond what official German university rules say.

1. Not a blanket expulsion from all higher education.

   • North Rhine-Westphalia’s higher-education law says enrollment must be refused when an applicant has definitively failed a required exam in the chosen program, and this also applies to programs with a "substantial similarity" to the old one if the exam rules say so. That is much narrower than being blacklisted from the entire higher-education system.
   • TU Berlin likewise says that if someone has definitively failed an exam at a German university, the examination board must determine whether that failed exam is "kein Hinderungsgrund" (not an obstacle) for enrollment in the requested degree program. That only makes sense because enrollment in other programs can still be possible.
   • TU Dresden explicitly states that if you lost exam entitlement in your current program and therefore want to switch, you do not need to exmatriculate from the university; exmatriculation from the university is only required if you want to leave the university entirely.
   • The University of Bonn similarly states that after definitively failing an entire program, it can still be possible to enroll in another degree program, provided the failed assessment is not required there and the new program is not too closely related.

2. Credits are not automatically "wiped to zero."

   • TU Berlin states that students who have completed study and exam achievements that are creditable may apply for admission/enrollment into a higher semester of another degree program on that basis.
   • The University of Bonn says students should check whether previously completed work can be recognized/credited in the new program; it is not transferred automatically, but it is plainly not erased.

So the post’s claim of a permanent system-wide blacklist plus automatic deletion of all prior credits is contradicted by official rules and university guidance.