FAQ

The Student Counselling Service will provide you with information on all matters relating to programs of study. The Student Counselling Service provides students and prospective students with information and advice and attempts to answer any questions and allay any uncertainties they may have with regard to the choice of degree program, the decision to enter higher education and the commencement of their studies. This support is available for the entire duration of the degree program - at the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg in particular.

• Overview of all of the degree programs on offer

The threshold grades are always subject to recalculation in the course of proceedings. It is not possible to provide you with any details in advance! You can find the threshold grades from the previous application window here...

• Overview of all of the part-time in-service further education and degree programs

Yes, under certain conditions it is possible to study at the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg as a “professionally qualified individual”.

We have summarised all of the information relating to this here:

Yes, we do. A cooperative study program combines the benefits of an academic study program and the benefits of vocational training or periods of in-depth practical training at companies.

• More detailed information

A combined degree program is set up in such a way that students complete a commercial or industrial vocational training program while they are following a degree program at the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg. The webpages of the respective degree programs and faculties specify the degree programs that are available as combined degree programs.

We have summarised everything else for you here:

Guest students are most welcome! You are welcome to attend various lectures but you are not entitled to sit examinations. Attendance is subject to a fee, graduated according to credit hours. You can access further information here www.hs-augsburg.de/en/Auditor or at the Office for Academic Affairs.

Consultations regarding specific degree programs are offered by the relevant faculty academic advisors. The homepage of each faculty provides information on who is responsible for each degree program.

You must complete an initial internship if you would like to follow one of the following degree programs:

• Architecture
• Civil Engineering
• Energy-Efficient Planning and Building
• Mechanical Engineering
• Environmental and Process Engineering
• Social Work.

Ideally, you will have completed the initial internship before commencing your degree program, i.e. by the time the semester begins. However, there is the option to do the initial internship in several stages before you commence your degree program or while you are studying, assuming you meet the requirements of the relevant applicable university catalogue and examination regulations.

The duration of the initial internship ranges from 6 to 12 weeks depending on the degree program. You can find more detailed information here:

• Initial internship

Yes, this may well be the case. It depends, however, on the skilled occupation in question and the degree program you would like to follow. We have pulled together more detailed information on this in our guidelines and in the directory of skilled occupations.

Applications are submitted online during the respective application period.

In this context, you should establish whether you are applying for admission to a restricted admission course, the open admission degree program “Systems Engineering”, a degree program that is subject to an assessment test or if you are applying to enter a degree program in the first semester or a higher semester.

You can find general information at www.hochschulstart.de, on our internal university information sheet and on our website.

a) I would like to apply for admission to the first semester of a restricted admission degree program:

Applications for admission to the first semester of such degree programs are handled exclusively by the Foundation for the Allocation of University Places using the dialogue-oriented service procedure. You must also submit your application on the portal (HisInOne) of the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg.

b) I would like to apply for admission to a higher semester (restricted admission degree program or open admission degree program) or to the degree program “Systems Engineering”:

In this case, you only need to submit your application on the portal of the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg.

c) I would like to apply for admission to the first semester and a higher semester of a restricted admission degree program, or, to a restricted admission degree program and the open admission degree program “Systems Engineering” at the same time:

In this case, complete the online registration on hochschulstart.de and submit the application for admission to the first semester of the restricted admission degree program. Next, submit the application for admission to the higher semester or to the open admission degree program on the university’s application portal.

d) I would like to apply for admission to a degree program that is subject to an assessment test:
In this case, you only need to submit your application on the portal of the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg.

If you would also like to apply for admission to a restricted admission degree program, complete the online registration process on hochschulstart.de first and then submit the application for admission to the restricted admission degree program (only applies to applications for admission to the first semester). The final step is to submit the application for admission to the degree program that is subject to an assessment test on the university’s application portal. 

Applications for admission to master’s degree programs are submitted exclusively on the university’s application portal.

From the winter semester 2023/24 onwards, the application process at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences will be completely digital. The application form is filled out and submitted online and the required documents are uploaded in the online application portal. Please note that all application documents must be uploaded by the application deadline! It is not necessary to send the application by post!

application deadline

As a general rule, you will need to submit the following documentation:

• Your university entrance qualification
• If you obtained your university entrance qualification abroad, a legally certified translation of the university entrance qualification and the preliminary review documentation issued by www.uni-assist.de or the qualification accreditation office of Bavaria
• If you are applying for admission to a master’s degree program, your bachelor’s/university degree
• Tabular CV
• Copy of your ID card / passport
• Certification of completion of national service, if available (e.g. military service, federal voluntary service)
• If you are applying for admission to university on the basis of your vocational qualification: Proof of completed vocational training, profession and consultation
• Academic transcript if you are applying for admission to a higher semester
• If applicable, consent of legal representatives in the case of minors

Please note that master’s degree program applicants need to submit additional application documents (for example, letter of motivation, work samples). Please refer to the relevant degree program webpages for further information.

You can find further details on the application documentation here:

• Restricted admission bachelor’s degree program
• Admission to a higher semester

Any authority in the Federal Republic of Germany (e.g. district office, local or city council) or in the European Union with an official seal can legally authenticate documentation. Notaries may also authenticate documentation. If a document contains several pages, each page must bear an attestation clause or the corner of the pages must be folded over together, secured in place and stamped. Authentications by churches, banks, health insurance companies etc. will NOT be accepted.

The following applies to bachelor’s degree programs: Certificates and verifications only need to be submitted once.

The following applies to master’s degree programs: Certificates and verifications need to be submitted with each application.

If you have not received your university entrance qualification, master craftsman’s or apprenticeship certificate (applies only to certificates awarded in the year in which you plan to commence your studies) by 15/06 or 15/07, you must upload this by 27/07 at the latest (provisional certificates will not be accepted). It is the date the certificate is received by the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg which is decisive! Unfortunately, it is no longer possible to submit your documents by mail or in person.

Exception: If you are to receive your university entrance qualification from a night school, an institute for attaining university entrance qualifications (college), a preparatory college for universities in Bavaria or on account of an aptitude examination or intermediate or final examinations in a Bavarian university degree program or as part of examinations at technical academies and you do not have it to hand by 27/07, you can apply to have a grace period granted but this period will end on 31/07.

Foreign and stateless university applicants who are not citizens of a member state of the European Union (EU) and who did not obtain their university entrance qualification (Abitur) in Germany are considered to be foreign nationals. EU nationals are subject to the same admission regulations as German applicants, as are non-EU nationals who obtained their university entrance qualification in Germany.

Please refer to our guides for bachelor and master applicants from abroad:

If you did not acquire your proof of prior education (certificate, degree) in Germany, you must submit this to

University of Applied Sciences Augsburg
c/o uni-assist. e.V.
D-11507 Berlin
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for examination/authentication.

In addition to this preliminary review documentation, you are required to apply to have a grade point average established. If a grade point average is not disclosed, the application will go through the selection procedure with the worst possible average grade (4.5). You will find the application form on the webpage of the Office of Academic Affairs at the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg.

It is essential that you take the subject options on your certificate accreditation or preliminary review documentation into consideration. If may be the case that your options are restricted to certain fields of study or even to certain degree programs. For example, if your subject options are restricted to business management courses, then you cannot gain admission to technical degree programs (Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science etc.). Our guide for applicants with a university entrance qualification gained abroad provides you with detailed information on the application procedure:

Prospective students from the People’s Republic of China, Vietnam and Mongolia must also submit the APS certificate from the academic test centre to uni-assist as part of the preliminary review documentation in addition to the proof of prior education abroad.

• China: https://www.aps.org.cn/web/
• Vietnam: http://www.hanoi.diplo.de/Vertretung/hanoi/de/06/APS_Hanoi.html
• Mongolia: http://www.ulanbator.diplo.de/Vertretung/ulanbator/de/10/Akademische_20Pruefstelle/_APS.html

We have put together further details here:

If the proof of your education allows you to enrol at a university of applied sciences, i.e. admission based on accreditation by uni-assist, you must provide evidence that you have passed a German language examination to gain admission to a Bavarian university of applied sciences.

More detailed information about this can be found here:

Different requirements may apply to master’s degree programs. Please refer to the webpages of the relevant degree program for further information.

If you have any questions relating to language examinations, please phone Ms Oksana Gold in the Centre for Languages and Intercultural Communication on +49 821 5586 3323 or send an email to [Bitte aktivieren Sie Javascript].

Students from Ukraine are strongly recommended to register with the immigration authorities and the AnKER Center - at the latest when they receive their admission to study. You can find more information about registration here: https://www.augsburg.de/ukraine/informationen-auf-englisch. 

As a refugee, you are entitled to social benefits in Germany. This also includes training costs within the framework of the so-called Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz (BAföG). You also have the opportunity to apply for various scholarships that are specifically aimed at refugees.

If you have any questions about the dialogue-oriented service procedure, contact Hochschulstart directly (www.hochschulstart.de/dosv or [Bitte aktivieren Sie Javascript]).

All information regarding the schedule of the dialogue-oriented service procedure can be found here:

Alternatively, we have put together a thorough summary of all information here:

• Application at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences

a) You will find the following status notes entered by our administrators on the online application portal of the university:

• In preparation: The applicant has not yet completed the application
• Submitted online: The application was completed online. Please do not forget to post the application to the Student Office by the application deadline!
• Received in the post: The application has been received in the post. We kindly ask you to bear in mind that processing can take a while at peak times. Nevertheless, be sure to check the status of your application on the applicant portal on a regular basis.
• Valid: The application is complete and can be taken into consideration in the allocation/suitability procedure. A decision on admission will follow once the allocation/suitability process is complete.
• Provisionally excluded: You have been provisionally excluded from the process. Documents that are required to consider the applicant for admission are missing.
• Admission has been granted: Congratulations! You have been granted a study place.
• Admission could not be granted at this time: We are not currently able to offer you a study place. You will receive written notice of the reason for this.
• Enrolment application received: You have accepted the offer of a study place.

b) You will find the following status notes on hochschulstart.de:

• Admitted: You have accepted the offer of a study place on the online portal of Hochschulstart.de or the system of the dialogue-oriented service procedure has automatically granted admission in coordination phase 2.
• Declined: At the end of coordination phase 2, it was not possible to offer you a study place in this degree program.
• Withdrawn: You have accepted another offer of a study place, you have been offered a study place with a higher priority level as a result of coordination phase 2 or you have applied for deferred entry into another degree program. As such, you are no longer taking part in the service procedure for the degree program you applied to enter.
• Excluded: You have not submitted the application documents required for the consideration process within the period allowed and in the manner prescribed and are now excluded indefinitely from the ongoing service procedure for the degree program you have applied to enter.
• Deferred: You have applied for deferred entry because you have to do national service and you cannot take up the study place.

We will try to process your application as quickly as possible.

In the light of past experience however, the university receives the majority of applications just before the deadline. For this reason, it can take some time to process the applications due to the sheer number of applications received.

Please note that you alone are responsible for submitting your application documents on time. It is the date the documents are received by the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg which is decisive, not the date on the postmark!

Any missing documents are listed on the online applicant portal of the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg as soon as the application has been processed.

Exceptional hardship exists if specific social or family-related issues directly impacting on the individual make it absolutely essential that he/she start his/her program of study without delay; i.e. if it is unreasonable to delay this even by one semester, based on the reasons presented by the individual (e.g. due to an illness).

The hardship application constitutes an informal, written application and the medical certificates or evidence that justify the case of hardship. All documentation must be enclosed with the application. Hardship cases are subject to a strict process of approval and are assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Please refer to our infosheet for further details:

All semesters that pass between the date you obtain your higher education entrance qualification and the date you start your degree program at a German university of applied sciences count towards the waiting time. Periods of study at German universities of applied sciences are detrimental to the waiting time, i.e. these periods are not taken into account when calculating the waiting time. Moreover, only full semesters can be taken into account. The waiting time is calculated automatically and is not subject to a specific application process.

Please refer to our infosheet for further details:

The grade point average is an important selection criterion when allocating study places. With this in mind, impairments that hindered your efforts to secure a better grade point average when you attained your higher education entrance qualification must be compensated. If you are able to present evidence to back up relevant reasons and their effects, you may, under certain circumstances, be able to take part in the allocation procedure with an improved grade point average.

By submitting an informal, written application to improve your grade point average you can bring circumstances that prevented you from achieving a better grade point average or attaining your higher education entrance qualification earlier to bear.
To improve your grade or waiting time, please submit a school report from the school that awarded the higher education entrance qualification to the Student Office by 27th July. You may also be required to submit a medical certificate.

Please refer to our infosheet for further details:

There is a special admission quota for people who are in the public interest and, as such, are deserving of special consideration or support. This circle of individuals includes competitive athletes and up-and-coming athletes who are dependent on the training facilities on site and individuals who do voluntary work such as fire service personnel.

Please refer to our infosheet for further details:

You can submit an application for preferential admission if you were granted admission to the same degree program previously but you could not take up the study place due to a national service requirement (e.g. military or civil service or a voluntary social or ecological year) or, in the context of a combined degree program, you had to begin your vocational training.

In this case, please upload the admission notice from the previous year and, where applicable, the relevant evidence together with your application documentation online.

No, usually it is not necessary to sit the test twice. Together with your application, please submit the notification from the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg that you have already passed the test and, in the case of degree programs in which preselection is carried out, the invitation to the assessment test issued at that time. It is not typically necessary to resubmit portfolios or work samples. However, if you are indeed required to sit the assessment test again, we will contact you.

No, usually it is not necessary to sit the test twice. Together with your application, please submit the notification from the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg that you have already passed the test and, in the case of degree programs in which preselection is carried out, the invitation to the assessment test issued at that time. It is not typically necessary to resubmit portfolios or work samples. However, if you are indeed required to sit the assessment test again, we will contact you.

I am currently still a Bachelor student at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences and have applied for a Master's degree at the same university. Do I have to re-register as a Bachelor graduate, even if I want to start a Master's programme in the coming semester?

It is recommended to re-register for the Bachelor's programme, especially if you are not sure whether your Bachelor's programme will really be completed by the deadlines 14 March or 30 September.

If you receive an admission for your desired Master's programme, you will enrol in the new programme at the same time. You do not have to pay the semester fee, the contribution for the Studentenwerk and the contribution for the semester ticket twice.