Example: Information for students

This degree programme has open admission, which means you will automatically be admitted once you have submitted your online application. Your Letter of Admission and all the important information regarding Enrolment will be available to you on Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences Application portal. 

You only accept your place on the course once you have officially completed enrolment following your admission. As soon as you have been successfully enrolled, you will be notified by email.

Did you complete your school-leaving qualifications outside of Germany? If so, you’ll need to apply via uni-assist. The platform will guide you step by step through the application process. Your documents will then be checked by uni-assist and, provided you meet the admission requirements, forwarded to Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences for a final decision and the issuance of a decision letter. You will then be informed by email.

This degree programme has restricted admission. This means that there are only a limited number of places available. If the number of applications exceeds the number of places available, a selection process will take place. Places are allocated in accordance with the regulations of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Following the selection process, you will receive either:

• a letter of admission or
• a letter of rejection.

If you are offered a place, you must enrol at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences within the specified deadline (you will find instructions on how to do this in the letter of admission, which you can download from the university’s application portal). Only then is your place on the course secured.
Admission letters for degree programmes with restricted admission are usually sent out at the beginning of August.

Nummerus Clausus (NC)

For some degree programmes, admission is only possible with a specific (subject) A-level mark (Nummerus Clausus). The NC is set anew each year; figures from previous years serve as a guide.

Waiting list procedure

Sometimes, admitted applicants do not take up their place. In this case, the vacant places are allocated through the waiting list procedure.
This procedure usually begins in late August or early September. If you have applied by the deadline, you will automatically be included in the process.

Lottery

If places are still available after this, a lottery may also take place. The lottery procedure is used to allocate study places that remain available after the regular allocation process has been completed. Interested applicants can register for the lottery procedure via the university’s application portal by 1 September; places are then allocated by random selection from among all valid applications.

First, register on hochschulstart.de. There, you will be given an applicant ID (BID) and an applicant authentication number (BAN).
You can then use these details to apply via Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences’ Application portal.

First, register on hochschulstart.de. There, you will be given an applicant ID (BID) and an applicant authentication number (BAN).

You can then use these details to apply via uni-assist.