Application and enrollment

The regular application deadline for the winter semester is July 15th and for the summer semester January 15th. The digital application must be received by the University by the deadline. There are different, earlier application deadlines for our English-taught degree programs.

These deadlines are cut-off deadlines. Unfortunately, applications received after this deadline can no longer be considered.

No, some of the degree courses are only offered in the winter or summer semester. You can find out which degree programs are offered when in the course overview.

For admission to a degree course, you first need a higher education entrance qualification (HZB), for example the Abitur, the Fachhochschulreife or the Fachgebundene Hochschulreife. There are also various documents that must be submitted with your application. A corresponding list will be displayed as part of your online application.

The study application can be interrupted at any time and resumed later, e.g. if further information needs to be researched. Previous information will be saved and retained.

You can only edit the application and the associated information until you have finally submitted it by clicking on "Submit application". If you want to change the application after this, you must first withdraw it and then submit it again. The "old" application will then no longer be processed by the university.

All documents required for the application for a study place are listed in your online application. As a rule, these include

• the degree certificate,
• a study orientation test for applications for Bachelor's degree programs, for example https://www.was-studiere-ich.de
• If applicable, documents relating to vocational training or professional activity
• if applicable, certificates of voluntary service such as an FSJ.

You can find more detailed information on the information page of your preferred degree program.

If you do not have all the necessary documents before the application deadline, e.g. a vocational training certificate, you can submit this later. Please send us preliminary proof of this before the application deadline. However, the university entrance qualification must be submitted by the deadline in any case.

If you have any questions about your university entrance qualification, you can contact our Admissions Office contact.

Your online application and, in the case of admission, your application for enrollment in written form must be submitted within the given deadlines.

Please register for this in the RWU application portal to apply.

"In preparation": You have not sent your online application.

"Received": You have submitted the application online.

"In process": Your documents have been submitted to RWU in electronic form and are being reviewed. Exception for English-language degree programs: Your documents have been submitted by post and are being checked.

"Valid": Your documents have been checked and found to be valid. You are now taking part in the selection process. Please note any information on the portal. If you meet the requirements for an admission-free degree program, you will receive an offer of admission directly.

"Admission offer currently not possible": Unfortunately, you have not been offered a place at the moment. However, there may still be succession procedures.

"Rejected": Unfortunately, you have not been offered a place on one of our degree programs coordinated by hochschulstart.de.

"Admission offer available": You have been accepted for a place. You can now download your letter of admission with further information.

"Enrolment applied for": When you click on "Accept offer and apply for enrolment", your status changes to "Enrolment applied for". If you submit the application for enrollment and the supporting documents in paper form to RWU by the deadline, you will be enrolled.

"Enrollment in progress": Your enrollment documents have been received by RWU and are being processed.

You can receive e-mail notifications at any time in the RWU application portal activate/deactivate at any time:

1. Login
2. Button "To the application page"
3. In the right-hand column under your contact details, you can change the setting using the "Activate/deactivate" button.

The best thing to do in this case is to send an e-mail to: bewerbung@rwu.de.

Please ask at the Studienkolleg Konstanz whether your higher education entrance qualification (HZB) obtained abroad entitles you to study in the same way as a German HZB.

You should also apply for official recognition there before you apply to RWU. Please submit this confirmation together with your application for admission.

Yes, as a master craftsperson, technician, business administrator or professionally qualified person, you are qualified to apply for a Bachelor's degree course of your choice under certain conditions.

General university entrance qualification via advanced training

Master craftsmen, technicians, business administrators, business economists or other recognized advanced training (see § 58 para. 2 no. 5 LHG).

The following requirements apply in order to participate in the admission procedure:

1. Written proof of a counseling interview held at a university must be provided. Please arrange a consultation appointment with the dean of studies of the degree program for which you would like to apply for admission in good time.
2. The equivalence of the advanced training will be checked and determined by the university.

Subject-specific university entrance qualification via an aptitude test

Professionally qualified persons with at least 2 years of recognized vocational training + at least 3 years of professional experience in the subject area of the desired course of study (see § 58 para. 2 no. 6 LHG).

The following requirements apply in order to participate in the admission procedure:

1. Written proof of a counseling interview held at a university must be provided. Please arrange a consultation appointment with the dean of studies of the degree program for which you would like to apply for admission in good time.
2. The university will check and determine whether the subject is suitable.
3. Proof that you have passed the aptitude test. You can find further information on the HTWG Konstanz website. The examination takes place once a year in April/May.

Applicants who have already completed a degree at a German university can be admitted as part of a special quota. The selection is made on the basis of a determined number.

If you are interested in a second degree program with us at RWU, you must apply as normal during the regular application periods via our RWU online application portal.

Additional documents:

• Informal justification of the second degree program
• Copy of Bachelor's/Master's certificate, incl. transcript of grades

Note: Please note the applicable fees for a second degree program.

If you are interested in entering a higher semester at RWU, you must apply as normal during the regular application periods via our RWU online application portal. Please note that not all semesters (FS) are offered in the winter and summer semesters. You should be able to provide proof of approximately 30 credits per completed semester.

Important: Applications for a higher FS can only be considered if the degree program has free capacities in the respective FS. Therefore, official feedback on the application can only be given after the regular application phase or after the re-registration period at RWU.

Additional documents:

• Copy of your current transcript of records
• Application for recognition of study and examination achievements
• Proof of academic counseling for entry into the 3rd FS or higher

The application for an internal change of degree program is carried out online like a normal study place application. You can apply directly online with your student account via myCampus - the university portal of RWU university portal.

To do this, you submit your application to the Student Services Admissions Office before the start of lectures:

• the application"Enrollment as a guest student" (to be found in the download area under Student Administration Office)
• Confirmation from the lecturers that you are allowed to attend the respective courses (informal).

Guest auditor status is valid for one semester and can generally be applied for all courses. The amount of the guest student fee depends on the number of teaching units/semester hours per week* (SWS) you wish to attend.

Up to 4 SWS per week: EUR 60.00
From 5 to 8 SWS per week: EUR 120.00
From 9 SWS per week: EUR 150.00

* One teaching unit/SWS lasts 45 minutes.

The following guest student fees apply to language courses:

Up to 4 teaching units per week: EUR 180.00
From 5 to 8 teaching units per week: EUR 340.00

The study places allocated in the hardship quota are awarded to applicants for whom the rejection of the application for admission would constitute "exceptional hardship".

Definition of "exceptional hardship": If special social or family reasons relating to one's own person make it absolutely necessary to start studying immediately or to change study location immediately (or if further waiting is unreasonable).

Examples:

• Illness with a tendency to worsen (must be personal)
• Restrictions in the choice or practice of profession that only allow the choice of certain professional fields or require the abandonment of the previous studies or profession, whereby as a rule the desired course of study must allow for a successful professional integration and a reasonable bridging of the waiting period is unreasonably difficult or not possible

The application is made by means of an informal letter and the relevant supporting documents. It is important to note that proof of illness alone is not sufficient for the application to be recognized. Instead, you must also prove that this burdensome circumstance constitutes "exceptional hardship", e.g. by means of a specialist medical report.

Evidence:

• Specialist medical report that adequately comments on the reasons listed (should contain statements that medical laypersons can understand about the origin, severity, progression, treatment options for the impairment and prognosis for further progression)
• Any additional evidence (in particular, severe disability certificate, assessment notice from the pension office (proof of severe disability alone is not sufficient, but can supplement medical reports)

If you have "impairment-related circumstances for which you are not responsible and which have led to a delay in obtaining the HZB", you can submit an application to improve your waiting time in order to increase the number of waiting semesters in the waiting time quota.

Examples

• Prolonged absence from school due to illness within the last three years before obtaining the HZB
• GdB of 50 or higher (= severe disability)
• Prolonged severe disability/illness, unless already covered by the two aforementioned reasons
• or other comparable special health circumstances

The application is made in an informal letter, together with the relevant supporting documents. Important: Proof of illness alone is not sufficient for the application to be recognized. You must also prove that the acquisition of your HZB has been delayed by this incriminating circumstance, for example by means of a certificate from your school stating the reason for and duration of the delay.

Evidence:

• Certificate from the school about the reasons for or duration of the delay in obtaining the HZB (e.g. repetition of a school year due to several months in hospital or high levels of absence due to illness)
• Specialist medical certificate
• Assessment notice from the pension office
• or other supporting documents

If you have "impairment-related circumstances for which you are not responsible and which have prevented you from achieving a better HZB", you can submit an application to improve your average grade.

Examples

• Prolonged absence from school due to illness within the last three years before obtaining the HZB
• GdB of 50 or higher (= severe disability)
• Prolonged severe disability/illness, unless already covered by the two aforementioned reasons
• or other comparable special health circumstances

The application is made in an informal letter, together with the relevant supporting documents. Important: Proof of illness alone is not sufficient for the application to be recognized. You must also prove that you have acquired a poorer HZB due to this incriminating circumstance, for example by means of an official school report.

Evidence:

• School reports (not from individual teachers!) and copies of school reports that prove the connection between the impairment-related circumstances and the drop in academic performance (all documents on which the school report is based must be enclosed)
• Specialist medical report
• assessment notice from the pension office
• or other supporting evidence

If you are interested in one of our degree programs for which places are allocated via the DoSV, your application begins with registration on the application portal of hochschulstart.de. To register, you enter your personal data. You will then receive an applicant ID (BID) and an applicant authentication number (BAN). You will need these to apply in the RWU application portal. After submitting your application, it is important to prioritize the applications on hochschulstart.de if you have applied for several degree programs that are coordinated via the Dialogue-Oriented Service Procedure (DoSV). If you receive several admission offers, the lower-priority applications with admission offers are automatically eliminated.

The dialog-oriented service procedure supports the universities in their admissions processes and helps to avoid vacant study places.
You can find information on the dialog-oriented service procedure at sv.hochschulstart.de. It provides a wealth of information on registration and application, FAQs and much more.

You can find out which admission requirements apply to which Bachelor's degree course in the admission regulations for the respective degree course.

In general, the following selection criteria apply when determining the admission grade for a Bachelor's degree course:

1. Result of the higher education entrance qualification (average grade) and
2. Individual grades of the university entrance qualification, which provide information about the subject-specific aptitude:
   1. Mathematics
   2. German
   3. a continued modern foreign language; in the case of several foreign languages, priority is given to the course taken in all four semesters of upper secondary school, then priority is given to the course completed with the best result.

In addition, the selection is made according to the following previous experience, which provides information about subject-specific aptitude:

1. Completed vocational training in an apprenticeship that is assigned to a main occupational group in the list of recognized training occupations in accordance with Section 90 (3) (3) of the Vocational Training Act (BBiG) in the current valid version, and professional experience of at least 12 months duration in an apprenticeship in the same main occupational group, insofar as this has not already been taken into account as part of the completed vocational training and
2. special previous training, practical activities or extracurricular achievements and qualifications that provide information about the subject-specific performance; per applicant.

The procedural grade for the Bachelor's degree programs is determined by the weighted overall grade and possible improvements.

Calculation formula for the overall grade: 
[(average grade of the HZB) + (grades German + mathematics *2 + continued modern foreign language)/4] / 2

Calculation formula for the Social Work degree program: 
In the Social Work degree program, the math grade is not weighted twice: 
[(average grade of the HZB) + (grades German, mathematics and continued modern foreign language)/3] /2

Improving the overall grade: 
Many degree programs offer to improve the overall grade through previous experience and extracurricular qualifications. Further information on this can be found under the tab "Recognition of prior achievements".

The following selection criteria are used to determine the procedural grade for the Master's degree programs:

1. The admission requirement is a subject-relevant university degree or an equivalent degree with a total of 210 ECTS credits:
   • The required subject area and the minimum required final grade of the university degree and any other necessary admission requirements can be found in the table in Appendix 1 for the individual Master's degree programs.
   • Applicants whose Bachelor's degree program comprises 180 ECTS must complete the missing ECTS by the time they register for the Master's thesis at the latest.
   • The missing 30 ECTS can be achieved through the recognition of competences acquired outside of school or through the acquisition of competences by taking modules from relevant Bachelor's programs. Students will be advised on this by the Dean of Studies.
   • The modules to be taken must be approved by the examination board of the degree program, in the Computer Science degree program by the selection committee.
2. The study places to be awarded after deduction of the preliminary quotas (hardship quota and local commitment) are allocated after a ranking list has been drawn up based on the result of the university degree, which is a prerequisite for admission to the Master's degree program, and any other selection criteria. Any further selection criteria for the individual degree programs can be found in the table in Appendix 1.
3. In the Master's degree course in Technology Management & Optimization, 2 places are allocated in advance for the summer semester and 3 places for the winter semester for applicants with a Bachelor's degree in Physical Engineering:
   • The ranking list is drawn up on the basis of the determined procedural grade, starting with the best grade.
   • In the event of a tie, the order will be decided by lot.
   • Applicants who do not receive an offer of admission in advance will take part in the further selection procedure.

The admission or rejection notices will be sent to you in the RWU application portal for you to download. They will not be sent by post.

Please note that you will only be informed about changes to the status of your application (e.g. admitted) if you have activated e-mail notifications.

Save your notification promptly for your records, as you will no longer be able to access it after the application process.

Yes, if not all admitted applicants have enrolled by the enrolment deadline, you will be moved up. If you are admitted in the succession procedure, you will receive a letter of admission in the RWU application portal.

You usually have 10 to 14 days from the date of admission (see letter of admission) to enrol. You can find the exact deadline in your letter of admission on the "Study application" page in the RWU application portal.

In exceptional cases, you can apply to the Admissions Office for an extension of the deadline.

You will receive initial information about studying at RWU when you receive your letter of admission.

As soon as you have completed your online enrollment in the RWU application portal and you have submitted all documents by the deadline and transferred the fees, you will be enrolled as a student. Before the start of your studies, you will receive your access data for downloading the enrollment certificate and your student ID by post.