Current application period
The application for winter semester 2025/26 is now possible until 15 July 2025.
You can apply to our bachelor degree programmes only in winter semester (exception for summer semester: Environment and Energy). For our master degree programmes you can apply in summer and winter semester.
If you have obtained your university entrance qualification outside of Germany, please apply via uni-assist.
If you have obtained a German university entrance qualification, you can apply via the university's application portal.
Applications for the degree programmes Bio Science and Health, B.Sc., Qualität, Umwelt, Sicherheit und Hygiene, B.Sc., Gesundheitswissenschaften und -management, M.Sc. and Lebensmittelwissenschaften, M.Sc., are possible until 31.08.2025.
Attention: We do not enroll in the Bachelor study programmes Science Communication & Bionics, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronic Systems Engineering anymore.
In the winter semester 2025/26 we start with new Bachelor study programmes: Engineering, Engineering for Sustainability. The Bachelor degree programme in Biomaterials Science is renamed Nature-Inspired Materials.
The degree programme Sustainable Tourism, B.A., will be offered in English from winter semester 2025/26.
The degree programme Usability Engineering, M.Sc., will not be offered in the winter semester 2025/26. Applications will be possible again from the summer semester 2026.
The flowchart gives you an overview about the application process.
To get to know your desired degree programme better and to get an assessment of whether the degree programme is right for you, please complete our "Online Self Assessment" before you apply. You can find the Online Self Assessment here: https://osa.hochschule-rhein-waal.de/start.php?id=THTFK
You can find the Online Self Assessment for the Bachelor's degree programme International Business Administration, B.A., here: https://osa.hochschule-rhein-waal.de/index.php?t=TACS2&lc=dEdFKRtr
For the Bachelor's degree programme Gender and Diversity, B.A., you can find the Online Self Assessment here: https://osa.hochschule-rhein-waal.de/index.php?t=T7DLT&lc=EQwVBNa6
On the following pages you can find more information about the application process and admission requirements for bachelor’s degrees and master’s degrees.