Application and enrollment

The general requirements for admission to a study place at HSRM are:

A valid university entrance qualification

Depending on the country in which you have obtained the “Abitur” (or secondary school leaving certificate such as Baccalauréat, High School Certificate, Lise Diplomasi, etc.), it is necessary to check whether your certificate entitles you to study in Germany. If you want to know whether your foreign certificates entitle you to study in Germany, please have a look at the page of http://anabin.kmk.org or at the website of uni-assist "Check: university admission".

Admission to a master's degree program 

You have to submit proof of a valid first university degree (Bachelor) from a recognized university completed in accordance with the prescribed study standard and, as a rule, on a full-time basis. This degree must be equivalent to a six- to eight-semester bachelor's degree completed in Germany. You can check if the institution you completed your degree at is a recognized institution in anabin under "Institution" and "Hochschulabschlüsse". The institutions marked H+ are recognized in Germany. Please note that your bachelor's degree must be completed upon application!

Sufficient language proficiency for studying

HSRM offers degree programs in German or English. In the study finder, you can filter your search for the desired degree program by language of instruction.

German
When applying, you can initially submit a certificate with at least level B2. For enrollment, you must provide proof of at least level C1. This website provides information on the German language certificates accepted at hsrm.

HSRM offers preparatory German courses at levels B2 and C1. For more information, visit prepare@hs-rm.de

English  
Here you can check the English language requirements. You can find the English language requirements under “Everything at a glance -→ Language level and certificates.”

Meet the prerequisites for the desired degree program

Please find out about the content and admission requirements of your desired degree program BEFORE applying (> click on the desired degree program”).

Meet the formal requirements and observe the deadlines when applying

• The documents must be submitted in the original language and with a translation in German or English. A sworn translator must translate the documents. This also applies if you have to hand in proof of internship with a list of the completed tasks.
  You can search for suitable translators in your area on the website of the Federal Association of Interpreters and Translators (Bundesverband der Dolmetscher und Übersetzer, web site in German): https://bdue.de/der-beruf/beeidigte.
• You can find a list of the documents you have to hand in under the Downloads.
• You must upload all required documents (transcripts, language certificates and additional documents depending on the study program)  to the uni-assist applicant portal MyA and submit all applications online by the application deadline. The uni-assist fee must also be transferred and received by the application deadline.

Applicants with foreign certificates apply using the uni-assist procedure, regardless of their nationality. uni-assist takes over the expert examination of your application documents and forwards your valid application to Hochschule RheinMain. You can find all important information about application at www.uni-assist.de.

Please apply early so that you have time to submit any missing documents, if necessary. Only a complete application submitted by the application deadline is valid. You can find the check lists for required documents under the "Downloads"section. The application is an online application, you have to upload all required document in the uni-assist application portal My assist.

How do I apply through uni-assist?

If you are applying for Studienkolleg or an NC Bachelor's program, please read the information about the specific application procedure below. Apply as follow for all NC-free Bachelor's programs and Master's programs.

Step 1

Apply via uni-assist. Information about applying to uni-assist can be found on the homepage www.uni-assist.de/en/.

Step 2

Upload all required documents on the uni-assist application portal MyAssist and submit the application online. uni-assist will evaluate your documents and forward the valid applications to Hochschule RheinMain. You can find a check list of the required documents in the download section.

Step 3

After a positive evaluation, uni-assist will automatically forward your application in electronic form to HSRM, where your admission will be decided. When your application has been accepted, your data will be transferred to our Campus Management System HSRM COMPASS and you will receive your personal access data by e-mail. 

You can follow the progress of your application and will receive a message whether you are admitted or whether some required documents are still missing via HSRM COMPASS .

Specific application procedure

• I have an indirect university entrance qualification and have to complete a preparatory year (Studienkolleg)
  Applicants with an indirect university entrance qualification must either complete a preparatory course at a Studienkolleg or pass an internal university examination before starting their studies > Information on the application procedure
• I would like to apply for an NC Bachelor's degree program (with limited study places)
  HSRM participates in the dialog-oriented service procedure (DoSV) for NC degree programs
• If you have not received a study place in the main procedure in applying for an NC Bachelor's degree program or NC Master's degree program
  There is the possibility to apply in the lottery procedure if study places are (still) available shortly before the start of lectures. A remaining place can be allocated by lottery (information only in German). The study courses participating in this lottery will be published on our website.

For a summer semester/for a winter semester

Application deadline for Studienkolleg

December 1/May 15: for all degree programs

Application deadline for Bachelor's degree programs

January 15/July 15:     for all bachelor's degree programs with restricted entrance and the program 'Social Work BASA-Online'.

March 1/September 1: for all other bachelor's degree program without restricted entrance

Application deadline for Master's degree programs

June 15: 

• Innenarchitektur - Conceptual Design (Interior Architecture - Conceptual Design) (only for a winter semester)
• AI and Advanced Information Technologies (NC, English taught program)(only for a winter semester)

January 15/July 15: 

• Applied Physics (English taught program)
• Architektur | Bauen mit Bestand (Architecture - Building Revitalization and Transformation)
• Biomedical Engineering (NC, English taught program)
• Digital Business Management (Digital Business Management) (NC)
• International Management (English taught program)
• Kommunikationsdesign - Crossmedia Spaces (Crossmedia Spaces) (only for a winter semester)
• Media & Design Management (Media & Design Management) (NC)
• Screen Arts (German track or English track)
• Sales & Marketing Management (Sales & Marketing Management)
• Soziale Arbeit (Social Work) (NC, only for a summer semester)
• Sustainable and Digital Aviation (part-time) (NC, English taught program)
• Umweltmanagement und Stadtplanung in Ballungsräumen (Environmental Management and Urban Planning in Metropolitan Areas)

March 1/September 1:

• Baukulturerbe | Sustainable Heritage Conservation (Architectural Heritage Conservation)
• Bio- und Umwelttechnik (Biological and Environmental Technology)
• Controlling and Finance
• Elektrotechnik und Management (Electrical Engineering and Management) (part-time)
• Informatik - Software und System Engineering (Computer Science - Software and System Engineering)
• Innovative Produktgestaltung und Produktion (Innovative Product Design and Manufacturing) (part-time)
• Insurance and Banking
• Konstruktiver Ingenieurbau/Baumanagement (Civil Engineering & Construction Management)
• Management im Gesundheitswesen (Health Care Management)
• Maschinenbau (Mechanical Engineering)
• Medieninformatik - Intelligente und Interaktive Systems (Media Computer Science - Intelligent and Interactive Systems)
• Nachhaltige Mobilität (Sustainable Mobility)
• Real Estate (Real Estate) (only for a winter semester)
• Soziale Arbeit mit Schwerpunkt Bildung (Social Work and Education) (only for a summer semester)
• Wirtschaftsinformatik - Information Systems & Digital Transformation (Business Informatics - Information Systems & Digital Transformation)
• Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen (Industrial Engineering) (part-time)

If you are applying for a Bachelor's degree program for a first semester (not Studienkolleg), you can be exempted from the uni-assist application procedure. This applies in the following cases: 

• Applicants who can present a certificate of assessment for direct admission to higher education with a stated average grade (according to the German grading system) from a central certificate recognition office in one of the federal states that is valid through­out Germany. Attention: the assessment notice of a university is not a generally valid notice and is usually only valid in the context of the application procedure for a specific semester at this university. If you have any doubts, please do not hesitate to ask us. The assessment of the Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen (ZAB) cannot be accepted for a direct application at HSRM, as it does not include the required average grade.
• Applicants submitting a European Baccalaureate with the accompanying certificate of assessment of the European grade into a German grade;
• Applicants who passed an assessment test at a Studienkolleg (Feststellungsprüfung) in Hesse at one of the following locations: Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Kassel, Marburg 
  Applicants who passed the assessment test at a Studienkolleg from other German federal states need to apply through uni-assist.
• Students at Hochschule RheinMain - University of Applied Sciences and Arts or applicants who have already received a letter of admission from HSRM for the same degree program in the previous semester.
• Applicants for a higher semester;

Please apply via HSRM COMPASS, the online application portal of HSRM.

Please note the deadlines for direct application via HSRM COMPASS (only in German).

You must submit German language skills in addition to the university entrance qualification.

There are no exceptions to the uni-assist procedure for an application for the Studienkolleg and for all Master's degree courses for a first semester, except for the Master's degree course in Social Work with a focus on social space development and organization (Soziale Arbeit mit dem Schwerpunkt Sozialraumentwicklung und -organisation). You apply for this program via Hochschule Fulda.

The language of instruction for most degree programs at HSRM is German. However, there are some degree programs that require additional English language skills or are taught exclusively in English.

You can see the language in which a program is taught directly in the program overview in the Program Finder. 

When applying for a German-language taught degree program, applicants must provide proof of their German language proficiency. HSRM accepts following forms of proof:

The minimum level of German language proficiency while applying is level B2. You have to hand in proof by application deadline at the latest:

• DSH-1

• TestDaf: at least level 3 in all parts of the exam
• Intermediate Level Language Test of the Goethe-Institut ("Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung")
• a certificate showing you have completed an advanced course at another language school (Zeugnis über den Abschluss der Oberstufe eines Sprachinstituts)
• a certificate showing you have completed a DSH/TestDaF preparatory course
• a certificate of a completed German course/German examination with at least level B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
• proof of at least 1,000 hours of German lessons (800 hours for application to Studienkolleg)

Once you are admitted to the desired degree program, you are required to hand in proof of German language proficiency with level C1. You must submit one of the following certificates by the enrollment deadline, but no later than March 15 for a summer semester or September 15 for a winter semester:

• German language proficiency test for university entrance (DSH) at a registered higher education institution. DSH-2 is required!

• TestDaf: min. level 4 in all parts of the examination
• telc Deutsch: C1 Hochschule
• Goethe Certificate C2
• German Language Diploma of the German Education Ministers’ Conference DSD II (Deutsches Sprachdiplom– Stufe II)
• "Großes" or "Kleines Deutsches Sprachdiplom" test of the Goethe Institute
• Goethe Institute: the Central Advanced Language Test "Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung"
• Assessment test from a Studienkolleg,  German test with a grade of at least 4 (Feststellungsprüfung)
• Certificate of the German Language Examination II of the Sprachen- und Dolmetscher-Institut Munich

You can be exempted from a German examination if you hand in one of the following certificates:

• telc C1 Hochschule
• Österreichisches Sprachdiplom C2 (ÖSD C2)
• A degree in German (Germanistik) (also teaching first or second foreign language) abroad
• a completed vocational apprenticeship (or education) in Germany
• a completed German taught degree at a recognized university in Germany
• 10 school years at a German school (the certificate "Realschulabschluss" without proof of 10 years at a German school does not qualify)!
• German citizens who have obtained their International Baccalaureate (IB) in Germany are exempt from the DSH examination if the subject German was taken as Language A or Language B HL.
• or if you are applying for the English taught master's degree programs 'International Management' (in this case, a level C1 in English is required) or in 'Screen Arts (in this case, the required level is B2).

You will find an exhaustive list in Annex 1 of the Enrollment Rules for Hochschule RheinMain - University of Applied Sciences and Arts (only in German).

The language of instruction for most degree programs at HSRM  is German. However, there are some degree programs that require additional English language skills or are taught exclusively in English.

You can find out which degree programs these are and the required level of English at the Language Hub > Everything at a glance > “Language level and proofs”.

The International Office of HSRM has developed a new concept for preparatory German courses. All prospective students from a solid B1 level and with a direct university entrance qualification can register for the Prepare@HSRM program (only in German).

If you have received an admission offer that you wish to accept, please enrol within the deadline stated in the admission letter.  
The letter of admission explains the steps you need to take to enroll. If you do not apply for enrollment together with the required documents within the specified period, your letter of admission will become invalid, meaning that you will not be able to transfer it to the next semester. 

Documents for enrollment

The enrollment process is an online process. Please do not hand in any documents in hard copy/paper.

• You have to provide proof of membership in a statutory health insurance company. Important: Once you enroll, your monthly health insurance premiums are due starting with the enrollment semester, even if you haven't arrived in Germany yet and are still abroad.
• If you are a minor (under 18 years old), we require the declaration of consent of your legal guardian.
• If you have already studied in Germany, you must submit the ex-matriculation certificate from the former university or universities.
• If you have already studied in Germany, you must also prove that you are still entitled to take examinations in the former degree program or that you have not definitively failed the examinations.
• If you have never studied at a German university, you do not need proof of ex-matriculation or examination entitlement.
• For degree programs in German language: German language certificate C1, if not already handed in or the required English language certificate for the chosen program
• Any other documents required in the admission letter

I am enrolled. What now?

Once you have fully enrolled, you will receive an e-mail from the Admissions Office (Studienbüro) with important information about starting your studies and a separate e-mail from the IT and Media Center with your login details for your student account on HSRM COMPASS.

As soon as you have logged in, you can download a certificate of enrollment which you can present to the Immigration Office (Ausländerbehörde).

Certificates for the Immigration Office (Ausländerbehörde)

During the course of your studies, you will regularly need a certificate of study progress (Studienverlaufsbescheinigung) to present to the Immigration Office in order to extend your residence permit. Please contact the International Team in the Admissions Office (Studienbüro) at least two weeks before your appointment with the Immigration Office. Send an e-mail stating your request along with your complete name, date of birth and enrollment number (Matrikelnummer).

German Language: I'm still learning!

Even if I handed in my C1 proof for enrollment, it is still hard work to study in German. The LehrLernZentrum offers language courses for the scientific and technical language German  and other interesting workshops - all free of charge! This way I can keep developing my German skills and can focus on studying without the worry about understanding, writing and speaking in a language that is not my mother tongue.

I am enrolled in a program entirely taught in English

If I am planning on finding a job on the German market, I need to be aware that I still need to have at least some basic German language skills to be successful. It is strongly recommended to learn the German language even if it means that I have a higher workload. It will pay off in my day-to-day life and in my job search.

Onboarding for International Students in the English-language master's programs at the Rüsselsheim campus

 Master's in English? Start here

You can find information about the application to a higher semester here (only in German).

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