Application and enrollment

The general requirements for admission to a place at Hochschule RheinMain  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 instution in anabin under "Institution" and "Hochschulabschlüsse". The institutions marked H+ are recognized in Germany.

Sufficient German language proficiency for studying

Hochschule RheinMain requires proof of German proficiency at C1 level for studying. When applying, you can submit a certificate with level B2.

You do not have to submit proof of C1 level until you enroll. You will find more information about the possible German certificates Hochschule RheinMain accepts on this web site.

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 requirements for form and deadline when applying

• The documents must be submitted in the original language and with a translation in German or English. The translation must be done by a sworn translator. 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 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' 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 RheinMain Hochschule, 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 in 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
• Hochschule RheinMain participates in the dialog-oriented service procedure (DoSV) for NC degree programs
• If you apply for an NC or Master's degree program
  If you have not received a study place in the main procedure, 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.

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 (only for a winter semester)

January 15/July 15: 

• Architektur | Bauen mit Bestand
• Digital Business Management (NC)
• International Management (only in Englisch)
• Kommunikationsdesign - Crossmedia Spaces (only for a winter semester)
• Media & Design Management
• Real Estate (only for a winter semester)
• Screen Arts (German track or English track)
• Sales & Marketing Management
• Soziale Arbeit (NC, only for a summer semester)
• Umweltmanagement und Stadtplanung in Ballungsräumen (full time study or work-study program)

March 1/September 1:

• Advanced Media Technology
• Angewandte Physik
• Baukulturerbe | Sustainable Heritge Conservation
• Berufsbegleitendes Ingenieurstudium Elektrotechnik und Management (part-time)
• Berufsbegleitendes Ingenieurstudium Product Development and Manufacturing (part-time)
• Berufsbegleitendes Ingenieurstudium Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen (part-time)
• Bio- und Umwelttechnik
• Controlling and Finance
• Electrical Engineering - Connected Systems
• Fahrzeugentwicklung, Energietechnik und Produktionsplanung
• Informatik - Software und System Engineering
• Insurance and Banking
• Konstruktiver Ingenieurbau/Baumanagement
• Management im Gesundheitswesen
• Medieninformatik - Intelligente und interaktive Systems
• Medizintechnik
• Nachhaltige Mobilität (only for a winter semester)
• Real Estate (only for a winter semester)
• Soziale Arbeit mit Schwerpunkt Bildung (only for a summer semester)
• Wirtschaftsinformatik - Information Systems & Digital Transformation

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.
• 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 (preparatory course) in Hesse at one of the following locations: Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Kassel, Marburg; (Applicants from other German federal states need to apply through uni-assist)
• Students at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences or applicants who have already received a letter of admission from Hochschule RheinMain for the same degree program in the previous semester.
• Applicants for a higher semester;
• Application to one of the following bachelor programs:
  • Berufsbegleitendes Ingenieurstudium Elektrotechnik
  • Berufsbegleitendes Ingenieurstudium Maschinenbau

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

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.

When applying for a German-language taught degree program, applicants must provide proof of their German language proficiency. Hochschule RheinMain 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"
• 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 (only in German).

The language of instruction for most degree programs at Hochschule RheinMain  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 what level of English is required at the Language Hub > Everything at a glance > “Language level and proofs”.

The International Office of Hochschule RheinMain 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 offer of admission will become void if your documents are not submitted to the Admissions Office (Studienbüro) within the specified period. How to enrol and which documents to submit is described in the admission letter.

Please note: the correct submission of an enrollment form includes both the submission of the "Immatrikulationsantrag" (enrollment form) and, as a second step, the submission of the “Upload Immatrikulationsantrag" (Upload enrollment application, which is the step where you can upload all the required documents). The Admissions Office can only see your enrollment application if you proceeded through both steps.

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.
• 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 (Studienkolleg excluded), 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.
• German language certificate C1, if not already handed in.

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 email 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 the English track of a Master program

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.

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

Checklist for required documents

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Checklist bachelor programs

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German proficiency

Fact sheet German language skills

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