Higher semester

Restricted bachelor's degree programmes

  • Biochemistry
  • Biology
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Psychology
  • Teaching Biology at German grammer schools (Gymnasium)
  • Teaching Management and Economics at German grammar schools (Gymnasium)

Important!

Applications for the higher semester in a programme are paperless. Please upload the required application documents with your personal upload assistant. You will receive a link once you have completed the online application.

We will not accept paper documents.

Higher semester

Unrestricted bachelor's degree programmes

Applicants register on the campus portal of the University of Ulm. Applications for matriculation can be submitted from January 15 to March 31 (for the summer semester) or from July 1 to September 30 (for the winter semester). For matriculation into a higher semester, prior recognition of study and examination achievements is required upon application to the responsible examination board. Please remember to apply for recognition in good time.

 

In the following study programs, matriculation in the winter semester is only possible for an odd-numbered semester (3 and 5) and in the summer semester only for an even-numbered semester (2,4 and 6):

Chemistry |Chemistry and Management | Chemical Engineering| Computational Science and Engineering | Electrical Engineering | Information Technology | Communications and Computer Engineering | Media Informatics| Physics | Physics and Management | Software Engineering

In the following study programs, enrollment is possible for each semester (2,3,4,5 and 6): 

Mathematics | Mathematical Biometry | Mathematics and Management

Application period for restricted bachelor's degree programmes

winter semester:   
June 1st - July 15th
            
summer semester: 
December 1st - January 15th

Online application - restricted bachelor's degree programmes

Application is currently not available!

How to apply for a higher semester in
restricted bachelor's degree programmes:

1. Step: Online application
You apply online.

2. Step: You submit your documents
Upload the required application documents using the upload assistant. You will receive a link to your personal upload assistant once you have completed your online application.

All documents must be uploaded no later than the last day of the application period.

For applications for the winter semester, proof of academic achievements can be submitted belatedly by 1 September but only if the applicant has not received it by the end of the application period; for the summer semester,  the deadline for belated submission is 1 March.

Contact

Höhere Fachsemester Bachelorstudiengang - zulassungsfrei

Opening hours:

Tuesday and Thursday:
9 am - 11:30 am
Tuesday:
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

You can reach our call center

Monday to Thursday
9 am - 4 pm
Friday
9 am - 1 pm

Admission Office Dez II-1
Albert-Einstein-Allee 11
89081 Ulm
Germany

Contact

Höhere Fachsemester Bachelorstudiengang Psychologie
Admission Office Dez II-1
Helmholtzstraße 22
89069 Ulm
Deutschland

Contact

Höhere Fachsemester Bachelorstudiengang - zulassungsbeschränkt
Admission Office Dez II-1
Helmholtzstraße 22
89069 Ulm
Deutschland

Further information

Upon completion of your online application and within the application period, you must upload the following documents using your personal upload assistant: (you will receive the link to your upload assistant once you have completed your online application)

  • data view (protocol of the online application)
  • Applicants with a German education certificate: copy of the higher education entrance qualification
  • Applicants with foreign education certificates: copy of the original-language secondary school leaving certificate and the official translation into German or English; German language proficiency (e.g. DSH-2, TestDaF 4x4, telc Deutsch C 1 Hochschule, Feststellungsprüfung). Germans with a foreign education certificate also need a certificate of recognition from the relevant Department of Evaluation and Recognition for Certificates of Education from abroad and from other German Federal States
  • Admission of university from hochschulstart or the university
  • Current certificate of enrollment stating the degree program and the number of semesters;
  • Proof of academic achievements/transcript of records;
  • Applications switching universites in courses with restricted admission: If necessary, proof of the social criteria (severely handicapped ID card, certificate of residence together with the spouse/child, detailed reasons)

For applications for the winter semester, proof of academic achievements can be submitted belatedly by 1 September but only if the applicant has not received it by the end of the application period; for the summer semester,  the deadline for belated submission is 1 March.

The following documents are also required for foreign certificates or degrees:

  • Copy of the original certificates;
  • Copy of the official translation in German or English;
  • Transcript of records;
  • Qualifications from China and Vietnam: APS certificate or APS attestation;

Upon completing the online application you will receive a confirmation email with your access details for the application portal, where you can find details on the status of your application and other notifications.

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The selection procedure for higher semesters is based on the number of study and examination achievements to be taken into account and achievements according to § 35 LHG; in the event of a tie, the average grade of the first professionally qualifying degree and, alternatively the drawing of lots decides.

Bachelor's degree programmes with unrestricted admission

In the case of bachelor's degree programmes with unrestricted admission, no selection procedure is carried out, only sufficient creditable study achievements must be proven. However, the application options must be considered.

Bachelor's degree programmes with restricted admission

Free study places in bachelor’s degree programmes with restricted admission are awarded to applicants who can provide evidence of the appropriate study periods for their application semester and have the appropriate level of training.

Study places are allocated according to applicant groups in the following order:

1st Application group:
Applicants who have been admitted to the degree program applied for the 1st semester at the Ulm University.

2nd Applicant group:
Applications switching universities; applicants who continuing their studies - applicants who have/had final full admission to the degree program for which they are applying at a German or another university in a member state of the European Union.

3rd Applicant group:
Lateral entrants - other applicants.

Within the applicant groups, ranking is based on study and examination performance. 50% of the study places are allocated according to study and examination performance (ranking list) and, otherwise, according to social criteria.