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Date: April 2, 2020 TU9 Universities focus on digital formats and flexible solutions to meet the needs of teaching and research activities in the summer semester 2020. TU9 Universities adhere to their plans to conduct the 2020 summer semester and the associated teaching activities - as far as possible it will be a regular and fully valid semester. TU9 Universities are working continuously on expanding digital formats for the transformation of courses, seminars, lectures and examinations, considering the fact that many attendance courses cannot be replaced by digital formats and that alternative examination and degree options must be designed in a legally secure manner. For cases of hardship, especially among students, special regulations need to apply. "In spite of the restrictions caused by the corona virus SARS-CoV-2, the summer semester cannot be a lost semester for students," says Prof. Ressel, TU9 President and Rector of the University of Stuttgart. "We are facing the current challenges head on and are working tirelessly with the support of the federal and state governments on sustainable solutions. The crisis caused by the coronavirus poses great challenges for social, economic, health and university systems worldwide.