Application procedure & Admission

Step 1:

• Within the application period, you register on the application portal of the HNU.

• Even if you are applying for several courses at the HNU, you only need to register once.

• If you have already applied for another semester in the past, you have to register again. After each application procedure all applicant data will be deleted.

Step 2:

You select the degree programmes for which you wish to apply and complete the relevant online forms.

Step 3:

Once you have completed everything and uploaded all the required documents, submit the application(s) online.

Step 4:

They must be uploaded in any case:

• Your diploma (or other proof of your university entrance qualification)
• a gap-free curriculum vitae
  (Here you do not have to impress us, we just need to be able to track your educational and professional development on a monthly basis.)
• a copy of your ID card

Please note the information for the application fee. (opens in a new window) 

Step 5:

Now the university will check your documents and whether the fee has been received for applicants who are required to pay. If everything fits, you will receive an admission offer in the form of the notification of admission in the application portal.

In the notification of admission you will also find information on when you can enrol at the earliest and by when you must have enrolled at the latest.

Step 6:

As soon as the time has come when enrolment is possible, you can apply for enrolment in the applicant portal for your desired degree programme.

To do so, please fill out the corresponding online form and follow the further instructions. 

Step 7:

The application for enrolment must be received by the university by the end of the enrolment period (the exact date can be found in the notification of admission). Together with the application you also have to submit some other documents. All documents required for enrolment can be found in the letter of admission or are listed during online enrolment. 

For example, you have to upload a passport photo for your student ID.

Proof of a pre-study internship is required for the Industrial Engineering  degree programme. 

You must also request proof of your insured status from a statutory health insurance provider. The health insurance company will report this digitally to the university.  Information can be found in this form (opens in a new window).

Step 8:

Once we have checked your documents and everything is correct, you will be informed by e-mail that you are enrolled preliminary.  You must log in again and print out and follow the fee notice.

Step 9:

Your enrolment will take effect once we have received your payment. We will issue your CampusCard (= student ID card) and send it to you by post with the login details for the IT services you need for your studies.

Step 1:

• The first step is to register with hochschulstart.de

• In the course of the registration you will receive a BID and a BAN number. Keep them safe - you will need them in the next step.

• If you have already registered at hochschulstart.de, your login data will still be valid. So please remember them well.

• Why hochschulstart.de? Because the central coordination of applications for degree programmes with restricted admission minimises the number of unused study places.

Step 2:

• With this BID and BAN number, you register on the HNU application portal within the application period.

• Even if you are applying for several courses at HNU, you only need to register once.

• If you have already applied for another semester in the past, you have to register again. After each application procedure all applicant data will be deleted.

Step 3:

You select the degree programmes for which you wish to apply and complete the relevant online forms.

Step 4:

• Once you have completed everything and uploaded all the required documents, submit the application(s) online.

• From this moment on, you can also view and prioritise the selected study programmes on hochschulstart.de.

• Please be sure to observe the regulations on prioritisation and automatic study place allocation on hochschulstart.de!

Step 5:

They must be uploaded in any case:

• Your diploma (or other proof of your university entrance qualification)
  (A simple copy is sufficient, a certification is not necessary.)
• a gap-free curriculum vitae
  (Here you do not have to impress us, we just need to be able to track your educational and professional development on a monthly basis.)
• a copy of your ID card

Please note the information for the application fee (opens in a new window).

You may be required to submit additional documents, such as certificates of traineeships, professional training or services rendered.

Step 6:

Now the university checks your documents.. If everything fits, take part in the selection process. After the application deadline, all valid applications will be distributed among the available study places according to certain rules (e.g. according to grade).

The HNU reports the study place offers to hochschulstart.de and there you can then accept the offers within certain deadlines or the study places will be automatically allocated to you based on your prioritisation.

Important:

• Please be sure to observe the regulations on prioritisation and the automatic allocation of study places on hochschulstart.de!
• Once you have accepted a study place offer on hochschulstart.de or you have been awarded a study place due to the automated allocation process, your remaining applications on hochschulstart.de are irretrievably forfeited!

• Because the allocation of study places is a very dynamic process, your status may change from day to day.

Step 7:

As soon as you have accepted a study place offer via hochschulstart.de or a study place has been assigned to you, you can apply for enrolment in the HNU application portal for this degree programme.

To do so, please fill in the corresponding online form.

Step 8:

The application for enrolment must be received by the university by the end of the enrolment period (the exact date can be found in the notification of admission) online. Together with the application you also have to submit some other documents. All documents required for enrolment  can be found in the letter of admission or are named during online enrolment. 

For example, you have to upload a passport photo for your student ID.

Proof of a pre-study internship is required for the Industrial Engineering  degree programme. 

You must also request proof of your insured status from a statutory health insurance provider. The health insurance company will report this digitally to the university.  Information can be found in this form (opens in a new window).

If the degree programme requires a pre-internship:
Proof of pre-internship. If your pre-internship is ongoing at the time, then we will need a certificate stating that it is ongoing and when you expect to complete it.

Step 9:

When we have checked your documents and everything is correct, you will be informed by e-mail that you are enrolled preliminary. You must log in again and print out and follow the fee notice.

Step 10:

Your enrolment will take effect once we have received your payment. We will issue your CampusCard (= student ID card) and send it to you by post with the login details for the IT services you need for your studies.

Step 1:

• You register in the HNU application portal within the application deadline.

• Even if you are applying for several degree programs at HNU, you only need to register once.

• If you had already applied for another semester in the past, you have to register again. After each application process, all applicant data will be deleted.

Step 2:

You select the degree programs for which you wish to apply and complete the appropriate online forms.

Step 3:

Once you have recorded everything and uploaded all required documents, submit the application(s) online.

Step 4:

To be uploaded in any case:

•  Your Bachelor's degree certificate (or other proof of a university degree).
  Alternatively, you can submit a certificate from your university stating the expected final average grade (4.0-certificate). This certificate must show that you have successfully completed all of your examinations, that you have handed in your Bachelor's thesis, and that it has been evaluated with at least 4.0.
• Your diploma (or other proof of your university entrance qualification)
• a complete curriculum vitae
  here you don't have to impress us, we only need to be able to trace your educational and professional career to the exact month
• a copy of your passport

You may need to submit additional documents, e.g. certificates of professional experience or language certificates.

Please note the information for the application fee. (opens in a new window) 

Step 5:

Now the university checks your documents. If everything fits, you will receive an offer of admission in the form of an admission letter in the application portal.
In the admission notice, you will also find information about the earliest date from which you can enroll and the latest date by which you must have enrolled.

Step 6:

Once the time has come when enrollment is possible, you can apply for enrollment in the application portal for your desired degree programme.
To do this, fill out the corresponding online form and follow the further instructions.

Step 7:

The application for enrolment must be received by the university by the end of the enrolment period (the exact date can be found in the notification of admission). Together with the application you also have to submit some other documents. All documents required for enrolment can be found in the letter of admission or are listed during online enrolment. 

For example, you have to upload a passport photo for your student ID.

You must also request proof of your insured status from a statutory health insurance provider. The health insurance company will report this digitally to the university.  Information can be found in this form (opens in a new window).

Step 8:

Once we have checked your documents and everything is correct, you will be informed by e-mail that you are enrolled preliminary.  You must log in again and print out and follow the fee notice.

Step 9:

Your enrolment will take effect once we have received your payment. We will issue your CampusCard (= student ID card) and send it to you by post with the login details for the IT services you need for your studies.

You can find out how to apply for a part-time continuing education programme on the website of the respective degree programme.

Degree programmes of Postgraduate Studies

You will definitely get a place in a programme without restricted admission if you

1. meet the admission requirements* and
2. register/apply “in due form and time.”

“In due form” means that you register using the designated means and forms (i.e. not via email, for instance) and that all of your supporting documents are complete by the registration deadline.

“In due time” means that all of your documents must have been received by HNU by the respective deadline for registration.

Your marks are not relevant for admission.* There is no selection process, nor is there a numerus clausus.

Please note: receiving an admission notification following your registration does not mean that you are enrolled at HNU. In order to actually study at HNU, the next step is to enrol within the stipulated enrolment period.

* Attention applicants for Master's programs: Even if the program has no restrictions on admission, your grade usually plays a role - namely as part of the admission requirements.

"Restricted admission" means that only a certain number of students can be admitted to this programme each semester. This is referred to as the "capacity," and it is defined in the Admission Capacity Statutes. If the number of valid applications submitted within an application period exceeds the number of available places, applicants are ranked according to certain criteria (generally transcript marks) and admitted in the resulting order.

The poorest grade that was sufficient for admission in a restricted admission procedure is the so-called "Numerus Clausus" (NC).

On the website of the particular program you will be directed to the previous NC in the box "Admission Requirements".

The NC is never determined before the application procedure, but always results after the entire admission procedure has been completed. Therefore, the values of past years can only serve as a guide for a rough estimate of the chances of admission. The NC can vary from procedure to procedure, depending on the number of available study places and the quantity and final grades of the applicants.

In some cases, the NC for the group of graduates of technical (FOS) and vocational high schools (BOS) differs from that for all other groups of graduates. This is due to the fact that admission law stipulates that study places must be allocated on a pro rata basis. If, for example, 30% of the applicants have an FOS or BOS degree, 30% of the study places are also allocated to people with an FOS or BOS degree.

In the case of programs with local admission restrictions, other criteria in addition to the average grade are used for the allocation of study places. These are for example:

• Special quotas: A certain percentage of the study places to be awarded are earmarked for certain applicant groups (e.g. "study without Abi", second-degree students or foreign students). They then compete only within this group.

• Only for the study program "Physician Assistant": A completed vocational training in a recognized health or nursing profession improves your admission grade.  In the case of an education grade of "very good" by a whole grade, in the case of "good" by 0.7 grade points, in the case of "satisfactory" by 0.5, in the case of "sufficient" by 0.3.

• Waiting periods: The waiting period regulation was abolished in October 2023.