International applicants who have already completed a Bachelor’s degree in Germany and are interested in a Master’s programme should apply directly to the relevant Master’s Examination Board (please note the application deadlines set by the respective Master’s Examination Board) and subsequently to the international student administration office at the University of Wuppertal. The application deadline for the international student administration office is 15 April for the summer term and 15 October for the winter term. You can find the application form for admission to the programme in the Download Centre on the right.

Students re-enrolling (regardless of when they were previously enrolled).
You are considered a re-enrolling student if:

• you have previously been enrolled on a degree programme
• you have previously been enrolled on a preparatory German language course
• you have previously been enrolled as an Erasmus or exchange student

In this case, you must submit your application for admission (available from the Download Centre on the right) together with all the required documents listed on the application form by 15 January (if applying for the summer semester) and by 15 July (if applying for the winter semester) by email to the international student administration office.

Applicants who have been admitted to the preparatory German course, have been enrolled, but have missed the start of the course or failed to meet the attendance requirements will be de-registered and will not be considered as re-enrolments. In this case, a new application via uni-assist is required.

Applications must be submitted via all three of the following channels:

• Apply via www.uni-assist.de by 3 0 June.
• Registration as an applicant via the Student Registry’s online portal by 15 July.
• Apply via the application portal of the Joint Examination Board for Psychology by 15 July.

Specialisation in “Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy”:
Please note that for the specialisation in “Clinical Psychology andPsychotherapy”, German language proficiency at C2 level is required.
The Joint Examination Board for Psychology’s application portal and further information can be found here: https://www.psychologie.uni-wuppertal.de/de/fuer-bewerberinnen/master-psychologie/master-psychologie-schwerpunkt-klinische-psychologie-und-psychotherapie/

Specialisation in “Work, Environment and Health”:
The application portal of the Joint Examination Board for Psychology and further information can be found here:
https://www.psychologie.uni-wuppertal.de/de/fuer-bewerberinnen/master-psychologie/master-psychologie-schwerpunkt-arbeit-umwelt-und-gesundheit/bewerbungsvoraussetzungen/

(If you completed your school-leaving qualifications abroad and there is no option for this on the Student Registry’s online portal, you can work around the problem as follows: State that you completed your school-leaving qualification at a German school abroad (the details will then be corrected by staff from the international student administration office during enrolment))

• Applications must be submitted via the Student Registry’s online portal by 15 July.
• Apply to the Master’s Examination Board for Psychology by 15 July.

(As you completed your school-leaving qualification abroad and there is no option for this on the Student Registry’s online portal, you have two ways of getting round this issue:

1. State that you completed your school-leaving qualification at a German school abroad (the details will then be corrected by staff from the international student administration office during enrolment)
2. You can state your German Bachelor’s degree as your qualification for university entry.)

Specialisation in “Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy”:
Please note that for the specialisation in “Clinical Psychology andPsychotherapy”, German language proficiency at C2 level is required.
The application portal of the Joint Examination Board for Psychology and further information can be found here: https://www.psychologie.uni-wuppertal.de/de/fuer-bewerberinnen/master-psychologie/master-psychologie-schwerpunkt-klinische-psychologie-und-psychotherapie/

Specialisation in “Work, Environment and Health”:
The application portal of the Joint Examination Board for Psychology and further information can be found here:
https://www.psychologie.uni-wuppertal.de/de/fuer-bewerberinnen/master-psychologie/master-psychologie-schwerpunkt-arbeit-umwelt-und-gesundheit/bewerbungsvoraussetzungen/

(If you completed your school-leaving qualifications abroad and there is no option to select this on the Student Registry’s online portal, you can work around the problem as follows: State that you completed your school-leaving qualification at a German school abroad (we will then correct the details when you enrol))

For degree programmes at the School of Education (teacher training), an application via uni-assist is required. For the Master of Education teacher training programmes, in addition to the uni-assist application, a separate application must be submitted in parallel via an admission application to the Central Examination Board for the Master of Education programmes. Applications can be submitted for both the summer and winter semesters.

The application for admission is submitted via the School of Education’s service portal to the Master’s Examination Board:

• for the summer semester: by 31 January of each year
• for the winter semester: by 10 July of each year

The letter of admission from the Master’s Examination Board must be uploaded to uni-assist within the application deadlines.

Further information on this can be found on the School of Education’s website.

International applicants wishing to study on a German-language degree programme must provide evidence of sufficient German language proficiency before enrolment and before commencing their degree programme.

To enrol in the degree programme, proof of having passed the ‘German Language Examination for University Admission of Foreign Applicants’ (DSH) with a minimum result of ‘DSH-2’ is required. DSH examinations taken at other universities are accepted provided that the relevant DSH examination regulations are registered with the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK). (See‘Registration of DSH Examination Regulations’.)

To sit the DSH in Wuppertal, applicants must have been admitted to a degree programme and provide evidence of German language proficiency at least at level C1 of the ‘Common European Framework of Reference for Languages’ (CEFR).

The DSH examination is offered by the Sprachlehrinstitut (SLI) twice a year (March and September). A fee of €150. Further information can be found on the Sprachlehrinstitut (SLI) website.

You are exempt from the DSH requirement if you hold the ‘Sprachdiplom der Kultusministerkonferenz Stufe II’, the ‘Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung’ (C2), the Goethe-Institut’s ‘Großes’ or ‘Kleines Sprachdiplom’, the TestDaF with a minimum level of 4 in all sections, the ‘telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule’ examination, a German-language school-leaving qualification equivalent to a German university entrance qualification, or have passed the ‘German’ section of the assessment examination.

Everything you need to know about the TestDaF

If you have already registered for or taken a DSH, telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule or TestDaF exam, but have not received your certificate by the end of the late submission period, you may upload your registration or attendance certificate to uni-assist or submit it to the international student administration office by the end of the late submission period (31 January or 31 July) at the latest. You will then be given the opportunity to submit the certificate by the end of the enrolment deadline. This does not apply to the Bachelor’s degree programmes in Psychology and Architecture, nor to the Master’s degree programme in Childhood, Youth and Social Affairs. In these cases, you cannot apply for the preparatory German language course at the same time.

In the following cases, you may be exempted from providing proof of the DSH by our Language Teaching Institute, whereby your language skills will be assessed in an interview conducted by the Institute:

• Declaration in the uni-assist self-assessment form that German is your mother tongue
• German nationality
• Incomplete secondary education at a German-speaking school
• Realschule certificate from Germany or completion of Year 9 at a German school abroad
• Vocational training in Germany
• Completed a German-language degree programme at a foreign university
• Completed degree in German Studies
• At least two semesters of study at a German university on a German-language degree programme, with successfully completed coursework

The following language certificates entitle the holder to sit the DSH-2 examination at BUW; upon passing this, the student may commence their degree programme:

• DSH 1 or proof of having failed the DSH
• TestDaF with a result of 2x3 and 2x4
• C1 certificate

The University of Wuppertal offers prospective students whose first language is not German – who are applying for admission to a degree programme at the university, hold a qualification entitling them to enter higher education, but have no or insufficient knowledge of German – the opportunity to take part in preparatory German language courses. A fee of 500.00 euros per semester is charged for participation. For applicants with ‘registered refugee’ residence status, the International Centre will cover these costs under certain conditions. If the requirements have not been met by the time the German course ends, the fee must be paid by the German course participant to the International Centre.

Participants in the preparatory German course may be enrolled at the University of Wuppertal for a maximum of three semesters. As ‘students’ on the German course, they are required to have private health insurance cover. In addition to the German course fee, the standard semester fee, which includes the semester ticket, must be paid.

German courses are offered at levels A2 to C1. German language skills at level A1 can be acquired through an online self-study course. Placement in a course level is determined by the result of a placement test. The German courses run throughout the year, comprising 38 teaching weeks and approximately 18 hours of lessons per week. The school holidays follow the calendar for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The German course concludes with the C1 final examination, which is a prerequisite for sitting the DSH exam in Wuppertal.