General admission requirements

• General higher education entrance qualification (Abitur)
• Subject-specific higher education entrance qualification (Fachabitur in all subject areas)
• Fachhochschulreife with validity for a university of applied sciences in Baden-Württemberg

These must be submitted to the Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart for certificate recognition if it is not clear from the wording of the certificate that the Fachhochschulreife is also valid in Baden-Württemberg. A common formulation is:"The Fachhochschulreife entitles the holder to study at a university of applied sciences in the Federal Republic of Germany."

Further information can be found on the website of the Stuttgart Regional Council.

School-leaving qualifications obtained abroad may have to be recognised.

• Master craftsman's certificate or equivalent vocational training as well as written proof of a counselling interview at a university (cf. State Higher Education Act (LHG §58, 2, 5).
  --> For proof of the mandatory counselling interview, please contact the Central Student Advisory Service of the HdM.
  
• Professional qualification with at least two years of completed professional training corresponding to the intended degree programme and, as a rule, three years of relevant professional experience, written proof of a counselling interview at the university and a passed aptitude test (LHG §58, 2, 6). The application for registration for the aptitude test must be submitted to the university by 1 March of each year.
  • Statutes of the HdM on the aptitude test for professionally qualified students
  • Information on the aptitude test for professionally qualified prospective students at the University of Konstanz
  • If you have any questions, please contact the HdM Central Student Advisory Service.

The number of study places is limited in all degree programmes at the university, meaning that a selection must be made from all applicants. Different criteria are used in the degree programmes, which are given credit towards the grade of the university entrance qualification.
Vocational training generally plays a central role here. In most degree programmes (exceptions: degree programmes with an entrance examination), a voluntary letter of application can be submitted. Please answer the key questions listed in the template, observing the stated character limit per question (characters with spaces). The aim is to justify your subject-specific aptitude and motivation for the degree programme and the professional activity you wish to pursue.

Double utilisation is not possible, i.e. a practical activity that has already been part of vocational training, for example, cannot be used again in the letter of application.

An entrance examination is held for the Integrated Product Design, Media Entertainment and Socail Media Marketing & Management degree programmes.
All details are regulated in the entrance examination regulations (as of 18.11.2022).

• Information on the selection procedure can be found on the website Study Place Allocation
• If you have any questions, please contact the HdM Central Student Advisory Service.

All universities in the state of Baden-Württemberg require students to take a study orientation test. The test shows which degree programmes or professional fields best match your personal interests. The confirmation of participation at the end of the test must be printed out and enclosed with the application.

• The Ministry provides a general study orientation test at www.was-studiere-ich.de

To study for a Master's degree at the HdM, applicants need a first internationally recognised university degree, for example a Bachelor's, Magister or Diplom degree from a university or university of applied sciences, the first state examination or a degree from a dual university or university of cooperative education.

At the Hochschule der Medien, admission to one of our consecutive Master's degree programmes is only possible if the content of the first degree previously completed matches the Master's degree programme you are aiming for. Further information on the content requirements for the first degree as well as the application and admission formalities can be found on the websites of the respective Master's degree programmes.

An application for a consecutive Master's degree programme can also be made if the first degree programme has not yet been completed. In this case, a provisional grade is calculated based on all examination results available at the time of application. The first degree programme must be completed by the date of the start of lectures at the latest.

If less than 210 ECTS credits were earned in the first Bachelor's degree programme, you may be required to take transfer credits for admission to our 3-semester Master's degree programmes.

• For further information, please refer to the Bachelor's/Master's degree programme credits