Application for M.Sc. IT Engineering

Important remarks (latest update: 15 July 2025):

1) Our application process has been facilitated again: There will be no processing fee anymore. You will be assessed whenever you submitted the relevant data, i.e. either an uni-assist VPD valid for FH Wedel. Alternatively, you may send an APS certificate plus your bachelor transcript showing all subjects taken plus a language certificate proving European B2 standard.

2) You should send your application by email to international@fh-wedel.de. The application via our portal is not necessary anymore.

3) When you have made your confirmation payment (see below), you should send the transfer receipt to international@fh-wedel.de proving your payment. This will accelerate the process to get a confirmation letter which you need for visa application.

4) We dropped the hard criterion not to accept a GPA worse than 3.0, because the final assessment will be done on-site anyway when you have to pass selected bachelor courses in a certain time period (look at details of admission criteria).

You may start your master's programme IT Engineering in winter (October) as well as in summer term (April). The FH Wedel application deadline for winter is August 31, for summer it is February 28/29. Later dates on our official website only refer to students already having a visa for Germany. If you apply later than the dates mentioned here and have not got a visa yet, you have no chance to arrive in time.

However, if you are a student from abroad, you should start the application process much earlier, because there are other than our deadlines you must consider. In order to meet our deadline, it is in your responsibility to check the deadlines uni-assist recommends (cf. step 1 below). You should also allow enough time for getting a student visa to Germany and for providing accomodation near the university. This is the main bottleneck in our experience and depends very much on the country where you come from. Inquire at the German embassy of your country.

If you apply via website, you must do this via our English application website or just follow the instructions given here. International incomings must not apply via our German application website. The process described there is different from the process international incomings have to follow.

Please note: The only English programme you can apply at FH Wedel is Master IT Engineering. There is neither a dual nor a guest study status available. Theoretically, you may study with half time status. This is the form for the application with half time status. However, this only applies when you are a resident in Germany already or an EU citizen. Otherwise you may not get a visa.

In most cases, you may not apply to FH Wedel right away. This depends whether your bachelor's degree was obtained in Germany or not.

Students with a German bachelor's degree and holding a EU nationality may apply directly at FH Wedel and get an answer within a few days after application.

Students who graduated outside of Germany must apply to uni-assist first or to APS in your country before they can apply to FH Wedel directly. This is independent of your nationality. When uni-assist or APS has processed your application and sent an answer to you, you may use this answer and then apply directly to FH Wedel as described above. Note: Neither uni-assist or APS forwards automatically your application to us.

This is the application process for students with a bachelor degree obtained outside of Germany and having a non-EU nationality:

1) Apply to uni-assist, pay the uni-assist processing fee, and wait for VPD (Vorprüfungsdokumentation). Alternatively, you may apply to APS.

When VPD or APS certificate has arrived:

2) Apply to FH Wedel and wait for Offer of a Place.

When Offer of a Place has arrived:

3) Pay the tuition fee for the first semester and wait for Confirmation (i.e. admission) letter.

When Admission letter has arrived:

4) Apply for a student visa at a German embassy or consulate. We advise that you already schedule an interview at the embassy far before the arrival of the admission letter.

Any time after visa has arrived until first day of lectures:

5) Move to Wedel.

Please click on the respective steps to read further explanations before you ask questions answered there or before you take wrong actions!

Students with a bachelor degree obtained outside of Germany and having a EU nationality need to enter step 1), too. After they have got the VPD or APS, they may continue according to our regulations for German applicants.

Students with a German bachelor's degree and having a non-EU nationality may skip step 1) and must follow the entire application process starting with step 2). In step 2), they need not provide a VPD, but their bachelor transcripts instead. If you have a non-EU nationality but a permanent residence permit, you are treated like having an EU nationality.