We are delighted that you are interested in the degree program Digital Media (DM).We hope the following information will help you find your feet quickly and allow you to secure a place at our University of Applied Sciences successfully.Student Services (SSC) are happy to answer your questions and will support you on your way to studying at Ulm University of Applied Sciences.Good luck, we look forward to seeing you!
Please note: to enroll for the Digital Media degree program, you must have successfully participated in a suitability assessment (EFV).Find out more here.
How to apply:
- Please register yourself on hochschulstart.de from April 16, 2019.You can find important information about DoSV, the new Germany-wide admissions process, here
- Select the degree program “Digital Media”
- Fill out the Application for Admission, print it, sign it and send it to Ulm University of Applied Sciences (SSC) with the required accompanying documentation
- On the next working day, you will receive an e-mail with a link and access code for registering for the suitability assessment
- Use this link to register for the suitability assessment between April 16 and May 1.After registering successfully, you can download the homework package for the suitability assessment (EFV)
- Complete the homework package at home and bring it with you to the written examination (this is essential!)
- Sit the written examination at the Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Böfingen campus.Hand in your completed homework package along with the examination paper
- After determining suitability, we will decide upon the issue of study places. If successful, you will receive an admission offer via hochschulstart.de.You must accept this offer and send all the documents specified in the Notification of Admission to the University of Applied Sciences
Please note: from the winter semester 2017/18, foreign students and those taking a second degree may be charged a fee.In addition, foreign students please note the deadlines of the Studienkolleg Konstanz. You must take these into account to acquire proof of required language proficiency and recognition of officially-certified certificates.
Admission prerequisites
The prerequisite for admission to the degree program DM is a successful general qualification for university entrance (school-leaving certificate), an entrance qualification for a university of applied sciences, or a subject-specific higher-education entrance qualification.Furthermore, people in employment who have successfully completed a master craftsman's diploma or vocational training equivalent to a master craftsman's diploma may also apply.In this case, an interview for the chosen degree program is required.Evidence of this interview must be submitted by the close of applications.Those with vocational qualifications also have the chance to study at Ulm University of Applied Sciences via an aptitude test and an application interview.
A further prerequisite for admission to the degree program DM is successful participation in a suitability assessment (Eignungsfeststellungsverfahren, EFV).If you already have a positive Notification of Suitability (Eignungsbescheid), please send us a copy of it, along with your Application for Admission.Otherwise you must undergo a suitability assessment.
Application deadline
The degree program DM is only offered in the winter semester.The application deadline for the suitability assessment (EFV) ends on May 1, 2019.
Your completed application for admission to a degree program submitted via hochschulstart.de must be received by the University of Applied Sciences, with all the required documentation, by July 15 at the latest.This is a cut-off date. That means applications which are received later will not be considered, even if missing the deadline was not your fault.Here it is the date which the application reaches the University of Applied Sciences which is important, and not the postmark.Since your application can only be processed if all the documentation is complete and submitted by the deadline, we recommend that you apply early so that any questions arising can be clarified in time before the close of applications.
Admissions process
You will be informed of the result of the written examination for the suitability assessment (EFV) by post in the second half of June.Your positive Notification of Suitability must be submitted with your Application for Admission.If you did not pass the examination, then unfortunately you cannot be considered for a place on the degree program DM.
Study places are issued according to the rules set out in the "Hochschulvergabeverordnung" (HVVO – university admissions regulations).These are awarded based on the admissions grade, calculated using the German and mathematics grade from the higher education entrance qualification and the double-weighted grade from the suitability assessment (suitability grade) and possibly supplemented by appropriate professional experience or training.
After admission, you have 10 days in which to enroll, either in writing or in person.You can find the precise dates and requirements in the Notification of Admission letter.Subsequently, free study places are issued in a Clearing process.The remaining free places can be viewed on the Study Place Exchange, one month before the start of the semester.
Enrollment
If you are accepted to study at Ulm University of Applied Sciences, you will receive a written Notification of Admission giving you all the information you need about enrollment.Please read the information carefully and adhere to the specified registration period.
To enroll at Ulm University of Applied Sciences you must present the documents specified in the Notification of Admission to the SSC, along with evidence that you have paid the administration fee and the fee for the Students' Union.As confirmation of enrollment, you will be issued with a semester ID card (chip card) and enrollment certificates for the current semester.
If you are not able to register yourself, then we need your written authorization stating who can register on your behalf.
