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Application periods for Bachelor's degree courses

Winter Semester 2024/25

For German applicants and applicants with equal status to Germans

You are considered equal to German citizens if you meet one of the requirements listed

Application deadline: Mid-May to late July 31st

The application deadlines have been extended! Directly to the extended application deadlines.

For applicants from non-EU countries

Only for applicants from non-EU countries:
1st March to 15th July every year

Degree course Business Administration with Informatics (B.A.):
End of application period: 15th July
  • Information on how to apply can be found here.

For summer semester

Application periods for restricted Bachelor's degree courses

Exception Design- und Projektmanagement

All information can be found here.

For degree courses with admission restriction, so-called NC course

Only for German applicants and applicants with equal status to Germans:
20th May to 15th July every year

Application for Master's degree coursesMaster's degree courses

The application periods for the Master's degree courses at the South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences may differ in some cases. However, this only applies to German applicants and applicants with equal status to Germans.

Applicants from non-EU countries can apply for German-language Master's degree courses from the beginning of November to 15 January each year (summer semester) and from the beginning of March to 15 July each year (winter semester). The corresponding deadlines for the English-language Master's courses "International Management & Information Systems", "International Management and Information Systems – Online“ and "Advanced Engineering and Engineering Management" can be found on the respective degree program pages.

Application for university transfer students / for students who have changed their degree course and further deadlines

Beginning of the semester

How to apply without a Fachhochschulreife with a vocational qualification?

Further information

How do I apply as a guest student, lateral entrant or cross-registered student?

Further information
  • Part-time degree courses
    1st December to 15th January every year
  • Business Psychology (B.Sc.) (only applicants for higher semesters!)
    1st December to 15th March every year
  • All other degree courses
    1st December to 15th March every year
  • Students, who change the university from non-EU countries
    1st November to 15th January every year
  • Small cross-registration
    1st December to 15th January every year

    Big cross-registrations are subject to the same deadlines as German and German equivalent applicants. You can learn more about the differences between small and big cross-registration by following the link below (only in German language): Wie bewerber ich mich als Zweiterhörer*in?
  • Guest auditors
    1st December to 1st April every year
  • Part-time degree courses
    1st June to 31th July every year
  • Business Psychology (B.Sc.) (only applicants for higher semesters!)
    1st July to 15th September every year
  • All other degree courses
    1st June to 15th September every year
  • Students, who change the university from non-EU countries
    1st June to 15th July every year
  • Small cross-registration
    1st June to 15th July every year

    Big cross-registrations are subject to the same deadlines as German and German equivalent applicants. You can learn more about the differences between small and big cross-registration by following the link below (only in German language): Wie bewerber ich mich als Zweiterhörer*in?
  • Guest auditors
    1st June to 1st October every year
  • Doctorate at the doctoral college NRW
    1st September to end of February every year

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