Entry requirements
Applying for a master’s degree programme

• with a grade of at least 2.5/“good”

If you apply before completing your first degree:

• Bachelor’s degree programme lasting 7 semesters: Evidence of at least 180 ECTS credit points
• Bachelor’s degree programme lasting 6 semesters: Evidence of at least 150 ECTS credit points

Exceptions

• Bachelor’s degree programme lasting 7 semesters: Evidence of at least 170 ECTS credit points
• Bachelor’s degree programme lasting 6 semesters: Evidence of at least 140 ECTS credit points

for the degree programmes:

• Energy Technology
• Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
• Production Engineering and Materials Science
• Product Development in Mechanical and Plant Engineering
• Industrial Engineering – Mechanical Engineering

If you are already a student at our university, you don’t need to submit this evidence.

Did you gain your university degree abroad?

•    Verification and validation of your certificate by uni-assist
•     Evidence of language proficiency

You can find all the information you need in the International section.

• A first degree in one of the following areas: mechatronics, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering – electrical engineering, industrial engineering for mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, packaging technology
• If your bachelor’s degree is worth 180 ECTS credit points (without a practical semester): Evidence of 20 weeks working in mechatronics / complete a practical semester to gain a further 30 ECTS credit points

For further information about this degree programme, please see the Automation and Robotics webpage.
 

• A first degree in electrical engineering or information technology with at least 180 ECTS credit points
• Sufficient proficiency for being taught and examined in English (e.g. written TOEFL test score of at least 525 points or grade 2.5 or better in a compulsory undergraduate degree module completed in English); graduates from a degree programme taught in English will be considered proficient without needing to provide additional proof.

For further information about this degree programme, please see the Electrical Engineering webpage.

• A first degree in one of the following areas: mechanical engineering, energy technology, process engineering, supply engineering, process technology, aerospace engineering
• with at least 15 ECTS credit points in the areas of thermodynamics, thermal transfer or fluid mechanics
• If your bachelor’s degree is worth 180 ECTS credit points: Evidence of 20 weeks working in engineering

For further information about this degree programme, please see the Energy Technology webpage.
 

• A first degree in one of the following areas: computer science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering
• If your bachelor’s degree is worth 180 ECTS credit points: Evidence of 20 weeks working in automotive engineering

For further information about this degree programme, please see the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems webpage.
 

• A first degree in one of the following areas: mechanical engineering, industrial engineering – mechanical engineering
• If your bachelor’s degree is worth 180 ECTS credit points: Evidence of 20 weeks working in engineering (mechanical engineering)

For further information about this degree programme, please see the Production Engineering and Materials Science webpage.

• A first degree in one of the following areas: computer science, industrial engineering, game engineering
• If your bachelor’s degree is worth 180 ECTS credit points, you will need to acquire an additional 30 ECTS.

For further information about this degree programme, please see the Game Engineering and Visual Computing webpage.

• A business sciences degree or an equivalent higher education certificate or bachelor’s degree with at least 210 ECTS Credit Points
• If your bachelor’s degree is worth 180 ECTS (without a practical semester): Evidence of 20 weeks’ work experience (at least 30 ECTS) / complete a practical semester to gain a further 30 ECTS credit points
• Final grade at least 2.5 (“good”)
• Evidence of English equivalent to at least level B2 (e.g. higher secondary education certificate from a German grammar school, ABI/FOS/BOS certificate, Unicert language certificate, BEC Vantage, TeLC)
• German to at least level A1 within the first year of study
• Evidence of at least 3 months spent in a foreign-language country abroad, not as a tourist
• Essay (approx. 2,000 characters in English engaging with a scientific question on any topic from your degree subject in relation to at least one of the modules 1–4 or 8–11 on the degree programme that you wish to study)

For further information about this degree programme, please see the Global Business Development webpage.

• A first degree in one of the following areas: computer science, business information systems
• If your bachelor’s degree is worth 180 ECTS credit points, you will need to acquire an additional 30 ECTS.

For further information about this degree programme, please see the Computer Science webpage.

• A first degree in tourism management or an equivalent degree programme worth at least 210 ECTS credit points
• Graduates with a 6-semester bachelor’s degree (without a practical semester) will be required to submit evidence of a continuous period of no less than 20 weeks’ professional activity in a field related to their bachelor’s degree completed after the second semester of their degree programme.
• The Bachelor's degree certificate must be submitted to the Academic Registry within one year of commencing the Master's degree programme at the latest.
• Personal statement (approx. 2,500 character).
• Evidence of proficiency in English at level B2 (e.g. by Unicert, TelC, BEC Vantage, etc.)

For further information about this degree programme, please see the webpage of the Master's degree programme Innovation, Entrepreneurialism and Leadership.

• A first degree in computer science
• If your bachelor’s degree is worth 180 ECTS credit points, you will need to acquire an additional 30 ECTS.

For further information about this degree programme, please see the Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision webpage.

• A first degree in business or economics / business-focused degree programme (= at least 25 ECTS in quantitative modules (mathematics, statistics, operations research or logistics)
• If your bachelor’s degree is worth 180 ECTS (without a practical semester): Evidence of 20 weeks’ work experience (at least 30 ECTS) / complete a practical semester to gain a further 30 ECTS credit points

Further information about the degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management will soon be posted on the webpage for the programme, which is currently under construction.

• A first degree in a non-business/economics-related subject in the field of social or health care. To count as “non-economic”, a degree programme must have included no more than 30 Credit Points from modules focusing on business administration, economics or management – For example, ergotherapy, nutritional sciences, educational sciences, geriatric therapy, rehabilitation and care, gerontology, gerontological nursing and therapy, health sciences, human medicine, teaching, nursing, care sciences, pharmacy, physiotherapy, psychology, social work, social education or sports sciences.
  If you have a degree in a comparable subject not cited here, or are unsure whether your degree counts as “non-economic”, you can request that the Examinations Board for the Faculty of Social and Health Studies check and authorise it, if deemed suitable.
• If your bachelor’s degree is worth 180 ECTS credit points: Evidence of practical occupation in social or health care for at least 20 weeks (full-time) since acquiring first professional entry-level degree; alternatively, this can be performed within the first year of studying.

You can also apply before completing your existing degree programme, as long as you can demonstrate that you have already earned at least 180 ECTS Credit Points (7 semesters studying for a bachelor’s) / 150 ECTS Credit Points (6 semesters studying for a bachelor’s). 

For Winter Semester 2023/2024 and Summer Semester 2024, admissions to the master’s degree programme in Social and Health Services Management are no longer capped..

Further information about the degree in Social and Health Services Management are posted here Industrial Engineering – Mechanical Engineering webpage.

• A first degree in the area of mechanical engineering
• If your bachelor’s degree is worth 180 ECTS credit points: Evidence of 20 weeks working in engineering (mechanical engineering)

For further information about this degree programme, please see the Social and Health Services Management webpage.

• A first degree in one of the following areas: mechatronics, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering – electrical engineering, industrial engineering – mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, packaging technology

Applicants to the master’s degree programme in Technical Innovation and Product Management must both hold adequate qualifications for a postgraduate degree  and also complete an aptitude test to ascertain their suitability for advanced studies in this field. The first step in this two-stage application process is to submit the documents stipulated in the programme and examination regulations. These include:

• A personal statement written in German (approx. 2,500 characters), stating your reasons for applying to study on this course.
• Your self-composed curriculum vitae, highlighting aspects relevant to the selection criteria cited below.

Two members of a selection panel appointed by the faculty will evaluate your application documents (personal statement and curriculum vitae) according to the following criteria:

• Extent of knowledge and skills acquired during first degree studies that relate to the modules on the master’s degree programme.
• Extent of skills and knowledge acquired beyond studies that relate to the training content for technical product management.
• Extent of experience in managing projects, which can also lie in social or political spheres.

This evaluation will form the basis for pre-selecting generally suitable candidates. Applicants who pass pre-selection are invited to interview, where necessary. If suitability can be ascertained in the first stage of the process, you will already be notified of your acceptance on the degree programme at this point.

Applicants might be asked to attend a second-stage, structured interview lasting approx. 30 minutes under test conditions. The interview is conducted by at least two members of the selection panel to clarify the following issues:

• Does the candidate have adequate underlying knowledge of the economic and technological subject matter related to the modules on the master’s programme?
• Is the candidate able to analyse typical economic/technical issues?
• Does the candidate possess skills in the field of technical innovation and product management?
• Can the candidate present potential solutions to problems in the field of technical innovation and product management in a logical and factually correct manner?

Candidates’ performance will be evaluated by at least two members of the selection panel, who will both have to deem them suitable. The procedure is specified in detail in the Programme and Examination Regulations (“SPO”) for the master’s degree programme in Technical Innovation and  Product Management .

For further details, please see the degree programme webpage.

• A first degree in industrial engineering – mechanical engineering
• If your bachelor’s degree is worth 180 ECTS credit points: Evidence of 20 weeks working in engineering (mechanical engineering)

For further details about this degree programme, please see the Industrial Engineering – Mechanical Engineering webpage.