Your Application for Admission to a Bachelor’s Program

You apply for your chosen degree program online. Your documents need to be uploaded in the online application portal. You can view the status of your application online at any time.

Please submit a copy of your university entrance qualification (for example the Attestat, Matura or Baccalaureate) in the native language of the issuing institution. We also need a German or English translation of the qualification which has been issued by a sworn translator.

You will probably have to submit a notarized copy of the university entrance qualification, which you have obtained abroad for your enrollment at the University of Mannheim.
Find out more about notarization

If your application is successful but the qualification, which you have obtained abroad is not sufficient to take up your studies at the University of Mannheim, we will enroll you at the Studienkolleg Heidelberg.

International applicants with international university entrance qualification can find further relevant information here. We strongly advise this group of applicants to obtain comprehensive information.

If you are applying for a German taught program, please submit a proof that your proficiency in German is equivalent to at least level C1 (Goethe Zertifikat C2) of the common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). 

We have to be aware of all periods of study that you have completed in Germany. Please provide the relevant documents of proof as part of your application. For example:

• Enrollment Certificate
• Confirmation of disenrollment
• Transcript of records
• Enrollment verification certificate

If you have been enrolled in a degree program with similar content before in Germany, you must confirm that you are still eligible to take exams. In an application this documents is only required if you’ve already studied at a German higher education institution in Germany.

In order to account for any time you have spent studying abroad, you must provide official proof issued by the higher education institution which confirms your enrollment there. You must submit this proof in the native language of the issuing institution and a German or English translation.

You need a detailed, current curriculum vitae (CV).

Proof of language proficiency is required for the following bachelor's programs (further details are provided in the respective selection statutes):

• Business Administration
• Business Informatics
• Current English Linguistics and Literary Studies

The University of Mannheim does not work with uni-assist. All international applicants must therefore apply directly to the University of Mannheim. 

Once the application process has been concluded, we destroy all applications as required by the data protection law.

A proof that you have passed an aptitude test is no longer required for the application to the bachelor's programs. You will have to submit it only after you have been granted an admission to a bachelor's program, during the enrollment at the University of Mannheim.

This document doesn’t contain your results. It just proves that you have taken the test. You can find the aptitude tests, which are only available in German, here:

Aptitude Test of the portal 'was-studiere-ich.de'
By taking the aptitude test, you can find out which programs best suit you. You’ll be given a certificate once the test is completed.

SIT Aptitude Test
As an alternative to the aptitude test, also a certificate which proves you have taken the Studium-Interessentest (SIT), an aptitude test created by the Higher Education Compass will be accepted.

Career Counselling for Teachers
During the enrollment for teacher education program or the bachelor’s program in Economic and Business Education, you must upload a document proving you have completed the Career Counselling for Teachers.

Online Self-Assessment (OSA) Psych

If you are admitted to our Bachelor in Psychology program, you have to upload the OSA-Psych during the enrollment.

After you have completed the online application form, you need to upload the relevant documents.

Please pay attention on where you upload the documents.

You may use one document to prove several requirements.

None of the bachelor's programs available at the University of Mannheim are taught completely in English. Admission to these programs requires German language proficiency equivalent to at least C1 level of the CEFR. 

All international applicants to a bachelor's program must prove their German language proficiency at the time of application. Admission cannot be granted without this proof. All documents that are required for admission to the University of Mannheim must be received by the university before the application deadline. This means that you must prove your proficiency in German is equivalent to level C1 before the application period ends.

The information will be corrected in our database once we check your application. You do not need to delete the application and start again.

You can check the status of your application on the Application Management section of the portal.

The University of Mannheim is the first public higher education institution in Germany to align its academic calendar with the international academic year. The orientation weeks for first-year students and exchange students always take place in the week before the lecture period begins. View the academic calendar