Qualification Bachelor’s programmes

Higher education entrance qualification

An entrance qualification for the German higher education system is a general prerequisite for admittance to the programme of study. This can be provided in the form of:

• Higher education entrance qualification acquired abroad
• International Baccalaureate (IB)
• Academic degree acquired abroad

The DAAD database on admission requirements allows international applicants to check whether their higher education entrance qualification is recognised in Germany.

Admission restrictions and deadlines

// For programmes with no admission restrictions, there is no selection procedure.
Anyone who meets the admission requirements and applies in due form and time will be admitted to the study programme.

Application for winter semester by: 15 August

// For programmes with admission restrictions, a selection procedure takes place.

Application for winter semester by: 31 May

// In certain study programmes, there are further admission requirements:

• passing an aptitude test
• certain language skills
• a contract with a suitable company (dual study programmes).

For programmes with an aptitude test, separate application deadlines apply.

Application for winter semester by: 31 May

Application for summer semester by: 30 November

No higher education entrance qualification or sufficient knowledge of German?

If you find that you are not eligible to study with your qualifications, you have two options:

New: Application without higher education entrance qualification HZB

Your language skills are sufficient but your certificates do not entitle you to study in Germany?
Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences is one of the few universities in Germany that allows you to study without a higher education entrance qualification. To do so, you must take part in a programme-specific entrance examination to prove that you have sufficient subject-specific knowledge for admission to a study programme.