If you successfully complete a degree at a German higher education institution by the application deadline, you can only be granted admission to a selective bachelor's program through the quota of applicants for a second degree.
You apply for your chosen degree program online. Your documents need to be uploaded in the application portal. You can view the status of your application online at any time.
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An additional application via the dialog-oriented service procedure (DoSV) is required for almost all of the bachelor's programs at the University of Mannheim.
Further information on the dialog-oriented service procedure (DoSV)
For the application, we need your university entrance qualification in original form. Please note you probably have to submit a notarized copy to enroll.
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If you have a German citizenship and obtained your qualification abroad, you usually need to submit a notarized copy of the document issued by the Department of Evaluation and Recognition which recognizes you qualification as equivalent to a German qualification.
Find out more about the recognition of foreign qualifications
Proof of language proficiency is required for the following bachelor's programs (further details are provided in this summary and the respective selection statutes):
If the number of applicants is higher than the study places available through the quota, a ranking list is put together. Points are allocated for the grade you achieved in your final examination in your first degree program and for the reasons why you want to take up a second degree. Applicants are then ranked according to the number of points.
If you completed your first degree program in Germany, your final examination grade is converted into points using the following scale:
Reasons for taking up a second degree are awarded the points according to the following scale:
Compelling job-related reasons (9 points)
These reasons are present if the profession you are aspiring to can only be practiced with two degrees.
Scientific reasons (7 to 11 points)
Such reasons exist if you are pursing a qualification in another subject for a later career in science and research which is based on your scientific and practical activities to date.
Specific job-related reasons (7 points)
These reasons are present if, by obtaining a second degree that logically supplements your first degree, your professional situation will be significantly improved. This is the case if the profession you are pursuing by completing a second degree is seen as a combination of the fields of activity specific to two degree programs, which is usually not practiced by graduates of just one of the degree programs, and you can prove that you are aspiring to this profession.
Other job-related reasons (4 points)
These reasons exist if your professional situation means that a second degree is required for other reasons, in particular to compensate for an unfair professional disadvantage or to increase the opportunities open to you in the profession.
None of the above reasons (1 point)
An aptitude test can help you choose the right degree program. However, no aptitude test is required for the application. You only need it once you have been admitted to a bachelor's program and would like to accept the study place. No test results are shown on this certificate. It merely proves that you have completed one of the necessary aptitude tests..
Please take a look at our Dispatch Schedule. If you apply for a degree program where study places are allocated using the dialog-oriented service procedure (hochschulstart.de), you will receive your official notification soon after you accept your offer of admission.
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
In Baden-Württemberg, students who already hold a German university degree are required to pay tuition fees for second degree students in addition to the semester fee. The fee totals €650 per semester.