Sadly, for those that depend on BAföG (the government assistance), this is the reality. If you can't manage to finish your study in the expected time ("Regelstudienzeit"), you're out from assistance [1]. If you take double the expected time plus another year, you're forcibly evicted [2], which was quite an issue for some people who were admitted under the pre-Bologna rules [3]. You're also kicked out as well if you fail one course three times [4], which is what hit me as I'm a better hacker than a mathematician.
In the end, it's clear that the Bologna reforms were not just about creating a common European academic standard - which is a good thing - but also about turning universities into factories with no room left anymore for the eccentrics who wanted to spend more time on their education than the system wants, those who need more time for specific subjects or those who need a job to survive and can't keep up the same workload as rich students can.
In the end, it's clear that the Bologna reforms were not just about creating a common European academic standard - which is a good thing - but also about turning universities into factories with no room left anymore for the eccentrics who wanted to spend more time on their education than the system wants, those who need more time for specific subjects or those who need a job to survive and can't keep up the same workload as rich students can.
[1] https://www.xn--bafg-7qa.de/bafoeg/de/das-bafoeg-alle-infos-...
[2] https://www.tuhh.de/tuhh/studium/im-studium/rund-um-den-stud...
[3] https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/zwangsexmatrikulation-fuer-ho...
[4] https://www.gesetze-bayern.de/Content/Document/BayHSchG-49