Application and enrollment

Enrollment takes place by first entering the data required for the enrollment application online on the application portal.

Enrollment can be denied in accordance with Section 63 (2) of the Higher Education Act of the State of Hesse in conjunction with Sections 1-4 of the enrollment statutes of RheinMain University of Applied Sciences as amended if applicants do not observe the form and deadline of the enrollment application, i.e. the application is submitted late or incomplete.

Please note: The enrollment application is valid for enrollment in the first regular semester of study.

If you have already completed a number of credits, we recommend that you apply for a higher regular semester of study at the same time. In this case, your achievements will be checked for creditability during the application process and you may be able to enter a higher regular semester of study.

Submit your enrollment application by the specified deadlines at the latest. These are preclusive time limits, so applications received later will not be considered. Pay the semester fees into the account of Hochschule RheinMain.

Enrollment must be rejected if, among other things, your application is received late, the proof submitted does not meet the required form or content, or a preliminary, intermediate or final examination for the desired degree program has been definitively failed.

As the volume of applications is particularly high at the end of the deadline, it cannot be guaranteed that you will be enrolled in time before the start of lectures and that you will receive your access data to the higher education IT systems at the start of lectures if you submit your application late. You should therefore submit your enrollment application as early as possible.

In absolutely exceptional cases, the higher education institution may be forced to shorten the enrollment period for a degree program if it becomes clear that the number of enrollment applications is so high that a proper study environment can no longer be guaranteed with further enrollments. Corresponding information will be published on the homepage of www.hs-rm.de or on the online portal.

Before you can enroll in an undergraduate NC degree program, master's degree program or a higher regular semester of study, you must go through the application process. All information on this can be found under the keyword "Application with German academic transcripts".

If you have received an admission letter that you wish to accept, you must enroll in the program within the deadline stated in the notification. The admission letter will become invalid if the supporting documents are not submitted to the Admissions Office within the specified deadline.

For enrollment, you enter the required data on the application portal(https://bewerbung.hs-rm.de/) under the button "Apply for enrollment". This will provide you with a pdf enrollment application. In the next step, this must be uploaded to the application portal together with the supporting documents in order to submit the enrollment application. The application is therefore submitted purely online.

A declaration of consent from a parent or legal guardian is required for the enrollment of minors at Hochschule RheinMain.

Declaration of consent and further information (PDF)

Simultaneous enrollment in two degree programs at HSRM is only possible if

• at most one of the two degree programs is with restricted admission (= an NC degree program) and
• they are not comparable degree programs (see below for definition of comparable degree program).

Simultaneous enrollment in more than two degree programs at Hochschule RheinMain is not permitted.

Simultaneous enrollment in two degree programs at Hochschule RheinMain and another German higher education institution is admitted as long as they are not comparable degree programs (see below for definition of comparable degree program).

Simultaneous enrollment in a Bachelor's degree program and a Master's degree program is admitted for a maximum of one semester, regardless of whether there is an admission restriction for one or both degree programs, if the admission regulations of the Master's degree program provide for enrollment subject to proof of the Bachelor's degree.

Definition of comparable degree program: Two degree programs are comparable in terms of content if they can be assigned to a common subject group according to this classification table.

Information on data storage

Information on the revocation of enrollment can be found in the information on disenrollment.

Contact the information point

Proof of health insurance is required at the time of enrollment. You can find more information in the health insurance information sheet.

The following proof is required for enrollment at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences as a .pdf file*:

1. Copy of an official identification document. The identification document must provide evidence of the following data: Family name (previous names if applicable), all First names, date of birth, place and country of birth and nationality(s). Information that is not required (such as the ID number) may be blacked out;

2. First university entrance qualification (all pages!) e.g. certificate of general or subject-specific university entrance qualification, certificate of technical college entrance qualification – If applicable, proof of the school and professional part, master's examination certificate; Applicants with a secondary school leaving certificate and completed training must submit:

a. Proof of secondary school leaving certificate (must not be less than 2nd degree),

b. Completion certificate of at least three years of recognized vocational training with at least a grade of 2.5 (usually the “chamber certificate”, the final certificate from the vocational school is not proof of training),

c. signed study agreement in duplicate (can be found at www.hs-rm.de/beruflich-qualifiede);

3. If you have completed your studies in Germany: Graduation certificate indicating the average grade;

4. from underage applicants: Declaration of consent from the legal guardian (the form can be found here);

5. For previous periods of study in Germany: Certificates of exmatriculation from each university attended, stating the name of the course of study and the semesters and university semesters for all previous periods of study in the Federal Republic of Germany. If the name of the course of study does not appear on the exmatriculation certificate, this must be proven with a separate certificate;

6. For double studies for simultaneous studies: Certificate of study stating the technical and university semesters;

7. Conclusive proof of the right to take the examination - provided you were already enrolled in the same/related undergraduate course of study in Germany. A certificate is only not required if there is clearly an unrelated course of study, e.g. Architecture > Social Work. If the certificate of entitlement to the examination shows a final failure, it will be checked whether it is possible to start studying in the chosen course of study. Also suitable is a certificate that failure to complete outstanding achievements does not lead to the loss of the right to take the examination;

8. a photo for the Student Card;

9. Proof of name change.

*The file must be uploaded in PDF format. The maximum file size is 1.5 MB. Recommendation: Documents only in black and white. The file name must contain at least 3 characters. It should name the content of the file (e.g. university entrance qualification).

Degree programs with additional enrollment requirements

Some degree programs require additional proof. Find out about these on the course pages. You can find an overview of all degree programs here.

Further information can be found in the applicant portal. These are indicated by . The supporting documents and proofs are also required if you are already studying or have already studied at Hochschule RheinMain.

Enrollment is not possible without payment of the semester fees.

The semester fees include the contribution to the student body, the student union, administrative costs, liability insurance, legal advice, cultural ticket, nextbike and the Deutschlandticket for students. Once the required amount has been credited to the higher education institution's account and all other required documents have been submitted, you will receive access to the certificate of enrollment and the certificate for the BAföG office via Compass.hs-rm.de after enrollment.