When submitting your application via "My personal campus portal", you must upload the following documents:

• the bachelor’s degree certificate stating the average grade plus a transcript of records with credit points
• if the programme has not yet been completed: transcript of records issued by the higher education institution including overall average grade and total credit points (ECTS)
• for non German-language of the bachelor's degree: proof of required German language proficiency
• for applicants with Chinese, Indian and Vietnamese degree: APS certificate or APS confirmation
• for applicants with a bachelor's degree from abroad: grading scale of the education institution
• additionally certified translations of documents that were not issued in German/English
• for claims of hardship: letter of explanation and proof of exceptional case
  
  Please note:
• Proof does not need authentication
• Applications with missing documents or details will be rejected
• We do not accept applications and supporting application documents sent on paper
• Candidates who reapply must resubmit the complete documentation; it ist not possible to refer to documents on file at Ulm University.
• If you are absent during the application process and therefore cannot apply at Ulm University yourself, it is possible to authorise someone else to do so for you.
  Valid forms of authorisation:
  - notarised letter of authority
  - power of attorney
  - letter of authority (pdf) - download template in PDF format

If we receive more qualified applications than there are study places available, the selection is made in a two-step process.

The first ranking list is formed as follows:

1. Step

Overall grade of the bachelor's degree, or overall grade of the study achievements and exam results obtained up to the application cut-off date; the best grade is at the top of the ranking list. In cases of equal scores, the decision is made by lottery.

2. Step

The pre-selected candidates are invited to a selection interview which will determine the final result. (see §§ 4 and 5 admission statutes)

Claims of hardship in master´s programmes with restricted admission

5% of all available places (one place minimum) are reserved for cases of exceptional hardship.

Exceptional hardship applies particularly to cases where it is absolutely necessary for the applicant to begin their studies without delay due to health reasons or equally serious circumstances. Applicants who depend on Ulm as place of study due to exceptional family, social or economic circumstances may claim hardship as well.

Please note:

• The claim of hardship is to be made in the course of the online application. Prerequisite is the fulfilment of the admission requirements for the master’s programme.
• An explanatory statement including single copies of supporting documents must be submitted within the application deadline. In the case of health reasons, a current specialist medical statement/report must be submitted. This must contain information on the origin, severity, course and treatment options of the illness as well as a prognosis on the further course of the illness. Special health reasons must exist which make it absolutely necessary for the student to take up studies immediately.
• Claims of hardship will be assessed after the application cut-off date.

Claims of hardship will be considered only from applicants who were not allocated a study place in the allocation procedure based on performance.

Dependence on study location in the interest of the public (Ortsbindung; mainly top athletes)

1% of the study places (with a minimum of one place) are allocated on the basis of dependence on study location in the interest of the public (Ortsbindung). This applies to applicants who fall into a certain category determined by the University, whose consideration is of particular interest to the public and who are tied to Ulm as place of study due to justified circumstances.
These are in particular applicants who belong to a national-level Olympic, prospective, supplementary or team sports squad or a junior squad 1 of the German Olympic Sports Confederation.

Please note:

• The claim of dependence on study location in the interest of the public is to be made in the course of your online application. Prerequisite is the fulfilment of the admission requirements for the master's programme.
• You need to submit an explanatory statement elaborating your dependence on study location in the interest of the public including single copies of supporting documents within the application deadline.
• A dependence on study location in the interest of the public will be considered only if you have not been allocated a place in the selection procedure and on the basis of hardship.

Further information on the master's programme Pharmaceutical Biotechnology.