The ranking order is derived from the average overall grade of the higher education entrance qualification or the weighted grade of the aptitude test and the average overall grade of the higher education entrance qualification in the bachelor's degree programs of the School of Design.

If you do not have an average grade, you will be ranked after the last candidate with a certifiable average grade.

You can submit applications for an improved grade together with your application in writing.

The ranking is determined by the number of half-years since the acquisition of the higher education entrance qualification. Only full half-years are counted from the date of acquiring the higher education entrance qualification until the beginning of the semester for which you are applying for admission. Half-years are the periods from 1 April to 30 September of a year and from 1 October of a year to 31 March of the following year.

If you do not provide evidence of the date on which you acquired your higher education entrance qualification, the number of half-years since you acquired your higher education entrance qualification will not be taken into account.

However, the number of half-years may increase or decrease in certain cases, for example in the case of proof of a degree qualifying for a profession outside higher education institutions, if a higher education entrance qualification was obtained before 16 July 2007.

You can only apply for admission for the respective semester.

Applicants from member states of the European Union (EU) will be considered the same as German applicants. The foreign grades are converted to the German grading system. Please note the application procedure via uni-assist.

Applications to improve the waiting period can be submitted in writing together with the application.

1. A special quota of up to five percent of the fixed number of admissions applies to the admission of foreign nationals or stateless persons who are not treated as Germans.
2. For all cases of exceptional hardship (hardship quota according to Section 15 of the place allocation procedure), a quota of two percent applies. The study places in the hardship quota are awarded on request to applicants for whom it would mean an exceptional hardship if they did not receive admission to the respective degree program.
   Exceptional hardship exists if special social or family reasons inherent in one's own person make the immediate commencement of studies or an immediate change of place of study imperative.
   The ranking is determined by the degree of exceptional hardship. It is required that you substantiate in writing the application for admission by selection according to hardship criteria and that you provide supporting documentation.
3.  For the selection for a second degree (second degree quota according to Section 17 of the place allocation procedure) a quota of three percent applies.
   If you have already completed another degree program at a German university of applied sciences, you are regarded as a second degree applicant within the scope of Section 17 of the place allocation procedure. The ranking is determined by a numerical score, which is calculated from the result of the final examination of the first degree and the level of importance of the reasons for the second degree. Please note: The above definition of a second degree program does not apply with regard to the charging of fees to second degree students pursuant to Section 70 (3) of the Higher Education Act in conjunction with No. 2.2.11 of the State Directive on Fees in the Sectors of Science, Continuing Education and Research (Special Fee Schedule) in the currently valid version.

Applicants who

• applicants who have fulfilled an official duty in accordance with Article 12a of the German Basic Law or have assumed such an official duty or equivalent services for a period of up to three years, or
• have performed voluntary military service in accordance with the Military Obligations Act in the version published on 15 August 2011 (Federal Law Gazette p. 1730) or
  have completed a Federal Voluntary Service in accordance with the Federal Voluntary Service Act of 28 April 2011 (Federal Law Gazette p. 687), or
• have completed at least two years of development service under the Development Workers Act of 18 June 1969, as amended, or
• have performed a volunteer youth service within the scope of the Youth Voluntary Services Act (JFDG) of 16 May 2008, as amended, or within the framework of a model project funded by the Federal Government (Section 15 (2) of the JFDG applies accordingly), or
• have looked after or cared for a child under the age of 18 or a person in need of care among other relatives for up to six months,

shall be selected on the basis of an earlier admission adjustment for the said degree program if they have been admitted to that degree program at the beginning of or during a period of service or if no admission figures were fixed for that degree program at the beginning of or during a period of service.

The selection must be applied for no later than the second award procedure carried out after the end of the service. If the service has not yet ended, a certificate must be issued certifying that the service will have ended by 30 April for an application for the summer semester or by 31 October for an application for the winter semester. Where it is necessary to establish a ranking between those to be selected after a service on the basis of previous entitlement to admission, the decision shall be made by a lottery drawing.

The places remaining after deduction of the quotas are awarded to applicants with a German higher education entrance qualification and/or German citizenship and EU citizens:

80 percent of the study places are allocated according to the university's own selection procedure and 20 percent of the study places according to the waiting period. The university's own selection procedure is currently only carried out in the restricted admission undergraduate subjects at Mainz University of Applied Sciences on the basis of the grade of the higher education entrance qualification. Only in the bachelor's degree programs of the School of Design does the weighted grade after passing the aptitude test take the place of the grade of the higher education entrance qualification. The result of the aptitude test (70 percent) and the grade of the higher education entrance qualification (30 percent) are taken into account when determining the grade.

If admitted applicants do not enroll for study places after the allocation procedure has been completed, these places will be allocated by means of a lottery after the allocation procedure has been completed.

You can apply to participate in the lottery procedure by submitting an informal application together with the following documents:

The day stated in the certificate on which the requirements for the higher education entrance qualification were met for the first time (qualified vocational training and work experience, master craftsman's examination or comparable advanced training examination) is deemed to be the date on which the higher education entrance qualification was acquired.

The ranking is determined by the number of half-years since the acquisition of the  entrance qualification.

Only complete half-years from the date of acquisition of the higher education entrance qualification to the beginning of the semester for which you are applying for admission count. Half-years are the period from 1 April to 30 September of a year and the period from 1 October of a year to 31 March of the following year.

Within the application procedure for a non-restricted bachelor's degree program, you will receive a place if you have applied in due time and in the correct form.