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Instructions Online Application
Instructions Online Application
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General explanations
Explanation of the admission procedure
New internal student selection procedure of the University
The fields marked with an asterisk on the electronic application form are required and must be
completed in compliance with the Hochschulvergabeverordnung HVVO (Regulations by the Ministry
of Science concerning the Award by Universities of Places at University in Study Programs Subject to
Restrictions on Admission as currently applicable. The various data are collected according to the
Ministry of Sciences Regulation concerning the Collection and Processing of Personal Data of
Applicants for a Place at University, Students and Examination Candidates for Administrative
Purposes of the University dated 28 August 1992 (in short VpD) in conjunction with Section 4, 1,
Subsection 1 State Data Protection Act (LDSG).
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General Explanations
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All information given shall be accurate and complete in compliance with the Regulation
concerning the Award of Places at University (HVVO) and the State Law on Universities
(LHG).
Applications will only be processed if the university has received all the necessary documents
required for admission fully completed and in due time by the application deadline. The
deadlines are 15th January for the summer semester, 15th November of the preceding
year for the English-German Bachelor program Electrical Engineering and Information
Technology, 15th July for the winter semester, 30th April for the master programs
Electrical Engineering and Mechatronics offered in English medium. It is crucial to
observe these application deadlines as they are preclusion periods!
Please do not enclose any originals of your university entrance qualifications or your
professional training certificates etc., only submit certified photocopies.
Periods of professional training and work will only be recognised until the issue date of the
respective certification. New evidence must be given for any subsequent periods and
submitted upon registration (enrollment) at the University. For vocational qualifications to
increase the waiting period, they must have been obtained by the three application deadlines.
Relevant evidence must be provided.
German natives who have acquired their university entrance qualification abroad and wish to
apply for a German-language program must submit
certificate of university entrance qualification as well as a certified copy of its translation into
the German language and
certificate from the Oberschulamt Stuttgart, Breitscheidstr. 42, D-70176 Stuttgart certifying the
equivalence of their previous education and stating the average grade calculated. This applies
accordingly to applicants holding a university entrance qualification which is not valid for the
State Baden-Wuerttemberg.
International and stateless applicants holding an international university entrance qualification
must enclose their certificate of qualification including a certified copy of its translation into the
German language.
Applicants for the undergraduate English-language program must:
provide evidence of their university entrance qualification
submit the certificate of a passed TOEFL test (or equivalent) which is not older than one year.
For the TOEFL test a minimum of 550 scores is required for the paper-based version and 70
scores for the computer-based version. For the IELTS test the minimum requirement is 6.0.
Applicants for the master programs in English-language medium must:
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provide evidence of their university entrance qualification and their undergraduate studies.
submit the certificate of a passed TOEFL test (or equivalent) which is not older than one year.
For the TOEFL test a minimum of 70 scores for the computer-based version is required. For the
IELTS test a minimum score of 6.0 is required.
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For study programs which are subjected to admissions restrictions, university places are
awarded in compliance with HVVO as currently applicable.
If applying for admission into a semester other than the first one, you must provide evidence of
your exams accredited and other credits achieved as well as of the practical semesters
recognised.
The pre-selection procedure applies to German applicants having rendered a service under
Section 14 HVVO (cf. number 6 of the application for admission) and who had been admitted
to the named university immediately before or during the activities related to the above service
(please enclose a copy of the admission notice). The pre-selection is only valid until the
second admission procedure following the termination of the service.
A case of hardship under Section 12 HVVO is granted only if the applicant can claim serious
health, social or family reasons which, even when applying strict criteria, makes it impossible
to expect this applicant to wait even one semester for his admission. Reasons and relevant
proof must be provided (e.g. specialist medical appraisal) and submitted with the hardship
claim. Financial reasons requiring immediate commencement of the studies, or illness or caredependency of a parent or any other family member are not usually considered to be a
sufficient reason for a hardship claim.
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Since the winter semester 2004/05, pursuant to the applicable legal regulations, places at university (if
limited in number) have generally been awarded according to a specific key, i.e. 90 p.c. through a
selection process and 10 p.c. based on the waiting time.
At the Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences, only the selection
process is used for all Bachelor programs. It is based on the application documents submitted.
Important: For the moment, no special aptitude test or interviews are planned apart from language
tests in the English-language programs.
In principle, the admission committee sets up a recommendation list or a ranking list. On the basis of
this list, the rector will then decide who will be admitted.
The criteria for and the procedure of setting up a recommendation list is explained below:
Yes, there are. Should, after the period of approximately 14 days provided for
enrollment (see previous question) not all applicants have enrolled at the university,
other candidates will then move up the list. In summer, it is the period from the
beginning to mid-August and in winter from the beginning to mid-February.
As of: 03 April 2008