07.8 Are double and multiple degree study programmes that do not meet the characteristics of Section 10 (1) MRVO still permitted?

Yes, this is definitely the case. The European Approach is not applied to all international study programme related cooperation that does not meet the characteristics set out in § 10 para. 1. Rather, the cooperation is to be measured against the requirements for cooperation set out in § 20 as before. In addition, the study components completed abroad are only to be measured against whether suitable framework conditions for student mobility have been created (this also includes the application of the Lisbon Recognition Convention; Section 12 para. 1 sentence 4) and whether the study programme does justice to its special profile (Section 12 para. 6).