To leave open a safety valve the authorities decided to allow those who failed to earn a degree within the prescribed time to continue their studies, provided they paid their tuition themselves.
為避免絕了眾學子的後路，學校想出變通辦法，規定超過十三學期未拿到證書者，可以繼續就讀，但是得繳學費。這是創舉。因為「學術自由包括不繳學費自由」的想法，早在德國人心中根深柢固，慕大此舉等於冒了可能被批評「不尊重學術自由」的風險。