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Foreign higher education entrance qualification

Applying via uni-assist

To study at our university, you need a higher education entrance qualification. If you have acquired a higher education entrance qualification abroad, you must check to what extent it is equivalent to the German higher education entrance qualification.
If your foreign higher education entrance qualification is recognized as equivalent to the German qualification and sufficient German language skills have been proven, you will be admitted to the study placement procedure.
If you did not acquire your university entrance qualification in Germany or at a school with German Abitur examination regulations (for example A-Levels, High School Diploma, Baccalaureat), send your application to uni-assist (the address is on the right).

uni-assist address

Mainz University of Applied Sciences
c/o uni-assist e.V.
D-11507 Berlin
Germany www.uni-assist.de

Dialog-oriented Service Procedure (DoSV)

The dialog-oriented service procedure (DoSV) coordinates the allocation of undergraduate degree program placements with locally restricted admissions on a national level. The background behind this is the current multiple occupancy of study placements by applicants applying to several universities. The advantage of the procedure is that as an applicant, you have a central point of contact for all applications submitted to the DoSV – the platform www.hochschulstart.de  – and can view their status there at any time. Further information on the DoSV procedure and the application procedure for DoSV degree programs can be found at www.hochschulstart.de.  

The degree program you have chosen participates in the dialog-oriented service procedure.

Before you can apply on the uni-assist online portal, you must register at hochschulstart.de and then receive a BID (applicant identification number) and a BAN (applicant authorization number).

Please note that you can also use your user account created by registering at hochschulstart.de for applications in later procedures. Any additional registration would constitute an invalid multiple registration. If you already have a BID and a BAN from hochschulstart.de from a previous application, you can use them for online applications on the application portal of Mainz University of Applied Sciences.

Please note that multiple registrations at hochschulstart.de are not permitted. Should you have registered more than once, a decision will only be made regarding the applications submitted with the most recent registration. Surplus registrations including all of the related applications will be deleted and will not be considered in the remaining process steps. Deletion cannot be reversed.

 
First register with the central coordination office at www.hochschulstart.de. There you will be guided to the portal of hochschulstart.de via the button Registration and application for degree programs with local admission restrictions. Click on the button Application portal on the left side of the page to enter the application portal. To register at hochschulstart.de, please click on Registration. After you have successfully registered, you will receive an e-mail containing, among other things, the activation link. By using the activation link within 72 hours after receipt, you successfully complete your registration at hochschulstart.de. By clicking on the Home button, log in with your user name and password. Under the My data button you will find your applicant identification number (BID) and the corresponding applicant authorization number (BAN). Make a note of your BID and BAN, as you will have to enter these numbers when applying on the university's online portal. Your personal details are automatically transferred after entering the BID and BAN when you register on the university's uni-assist online portal.

Note: Changes of address and other personal data can only be done via hochschulstart.de.  
Please note that multiple registrations at hochschulstart.de are not permitted. Should you have registered more than once, a decision will only be made regarding the applications submitted with the most recent registration. Surplus registrations including all of the related applications will be deleted and will not be considered in the remaining process steps. Deletion cannot be reversed. A user account is set up for you when registering at hochschulstart.de. Your user account is where the information on all of your applications to the degree programs that participate in the dialog-oriented service procedure comes together. Your applications are reconciled in a database shared by the participating universities. After the allocation process for study places at a university, which is individual to each university, is concluded at the respective participating universities, the offers of admission from different universities are made available to you in your user account. This provides you with an overview of the status of your applications so you can decide which admission offer to accept. Please note that you can also use the user account you have set up during your registration for applications in later processes. An additional registration would cause a prohibited multiple registration. You can find more information about registration at www.hochschulstart.de/dosv or send an email with your questions to service(at)hochschulstart.de.  

Here you will find all information about applying to uni-assist.

 

Links

www.hochschulstart.de – Foundation for Admission to Higher Education

 

Documents to be submitted

  • Chronological, signed curriculum vitae with no missing periods of time
  • Copy of the payment receipt for the fee paid to uni-assist
  • Residence permit (for applicants from non-EU member states)
  • Copy of passport
  • Declaration on previous periods of study at home and abroad (See under Download.  Please note that the declaration must be submitted even if no study periods have yet been completed.)
  • Proof of German language skills
     

Document your education from secondary school to your current level of education. Submit all your diplomas and certificates in full - you must always submit your degree and the associated overview of subjects and grades in full. Neither complete parts of the certificate (for example a diploma appendix) nor individual pages may be missing. If the grading system used is not listed on the subject and grade overview, please also submit the information on the grading system of your school or university.

It is necessary that you submit all certificates in the original language in an officially certified copy and additionally as a translation (in German or English).

If you have attended a preparatory course, please enclose the certificate of the preparatory course.

 

The following documents must be uploaded to the application portal to verify the previous periods of study for all degree programs you have previously attended:

  • Clearance certificate (in German)
  • Clearance certificate for periods of study at foreign universities (in English or German)
  • If the outgoing university does not issue a clearance certificate, please submit a transcript of records/grade table stating the ECTS credits, grade, number of attempts including failed attempts, indicating whether you are still entitled to take examinations for this degree program.
  • If you have received a “final failure” (Endgültig Nichtbestehen) during your previous studies, you are required to name the module and submit the specific module description.
  • Exmatriculation certificate of all degree programs in which you were previously enrolled. If you are still enrolled by the application deadline, you can submit your application at the time of enrollment - at the latest by 15 October for the winter semester and by the end of the first week of April for the summer semester.

The clearance certificates/proof of academic achievements or transcript of records 

  • must have been issued after exmatriculation for degree programs from which you have already been de-registered.
  • must not be issued before May 15 for the winter semester or November 15 for the summer semester for degree programs in which you are still enrolled, depending on the semester to which you are applying.

You can get information on the recognition of academic achievements from the school: School of Business

 

Proof of English language skills

The certificate must correspond to at least level B2/C1 of the European Reference Framework. Proof of language proficiency is provided by 6.5 points in the IELTS, 92 points in the TOEFL iBT, 237 points in the TOEFL CBT, 800 points in the TOEIC, or level III in UNICERT.

The Language Center at our school regularly offers TOEIC and TOEFL exams for a fee: www.hs-mainz.de/studium/services/fachbereichsuebergreifend/sprachenzentrum/sprachpruefungen/

 

Proof of an additional foreign language

Your language skills must be at least level B1 of the European Framework of Reference for Languages. Proof can be provided in the form of your university entrance qualification from your home country or other language certificates.

 

Proof of German language skills

Level A2 is required for the application and verified by:

  • Goethe certificate A2
  • Deutsches Sprachdiplom der KMK-DSDI Niveau A2
  • telc German A2
  • ÖSD Certificate A2
  • ECL (European Consortium for the Certificate of Attainment in Modern Languages) German A2
  • G.A.S.T. e.V. (Gesellschaft für akademische Studienvorbereitung und Testentwicklung e.V.) Deutsch-Test für Zuwanderer (DTZ) A2

If you have a certificate from one of these institutions, you can certainly submit that too. A higher level than A2 can also be proven with TestDaf or DSH.

 

Links

Studying without an Abitur in Rhineland-Palatinate – Information from the Ministry of Science, Continuing Education and Culture

Additionally required documents

  • Diploma and diploma certificate or bachelor's certificate and bachelor's degree with grade point average (decimal point)
    If the documents are not yet available and the grade of the final examination of the first degree program has not been verified, the result of the final examination is evaluated with "1 point" when determining the measurement number for the selection for a second degree program.
  • Reasons for enrolling in a second degree program
 
  • Written application for admission due to extraordinary hardship
The reasons for the application must be justified in writing and supported by relevant documents.  
  • Written application to improve the average grade and/or waiting time
The reasons for the application must be justified in writing and supported by relevant documents.  

uni-assist online portal

Portal for applicants with foreign higher education entrance qualifications

uni-assist.de