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Application

Please note: as of 2018, the application process has been revised.

You will need to complete the online application available on Universität Hamburg’s application portal during the application period: www.uni-hamburg.de/online-bewerbung/

Please create a user account, enter your information online, upload the required documents to your online application and submit your application electronically.

The application procedure for the master’s program in Politics, Economics and Philosophy is an online procedure. This means that you do not need to submit any documents in paper form to Universität Hamburg. Selection is based on the information you provide online and the documents you upload online. If you are admitted to enrollment, you will need to submit documents in paper form to the Application and Admissions Team (Team Bewerbung und Zulassung) confirming the information you provide in your online application. Please note that the offer of admission may be withdrawn otherwise.

Due to a national holiday, there will be no technical support regarding the online application for Politics, Economics and Philosophy (MSc) on 30 March and 31 March 2018. Thus, we strongly recommend to finalize and submit your application before. In case of queries regarding your application, if you face technical problems or if you wish to make changes to your submitted application, please get in touch with the responsible point of contact by 28 March 2018.

Admission Requirements

University degree

Applicants must have completed primary studies in one of the following fields of study:

  • Politics
  • Economics
  • Philosophy

Please be aware that specialization in one of the above stated fields of studies is a core criterion for admission. Applications which do not show substantial focus on one of these fields (at least 108 ECTS credits, i.e. 60% of their studies) therefore, cannot be considered for admission.

Overall, primary studies must be equivalent to 180 ECTS credits (at least six semesters).

If you have not received your degree certificate yet, you can submit this by the end of the first semester of your master’s program.

Additional special admission requirements

All applicants must provide one of the following English language skills:

  • English language tests: 
    • TOEFL paper- and pencil test: 22 points per skill
    • TOEFL internet-based test: 92 points with at least 22 points per skill (Listening, Writing, Speaking, Reading)
    • International English Language Testing System (IELTS) - Academics: Band 6,5, Good Competent User, with at least 6,0 per skill
    • Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE): Results A, B, C
    • Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): Results A, B, C
    • Cambridge Higher Business English Certificate (BEC): Results A, B, C

For details of the legal basis for this regulation, please see the admission bylaws for your chosen degree program: www.uni-hamburg.de/zugang-master/

Application Procedure

You will need to complete the online application available on Universität Hamburg’s application portal during the application period: www.uni-hamburg.de/online-bewerbung/

Please create a user account, enter your information online, upload the required documents to your online application and submit your application electronically.

The application procedure for the master’s program in Politics, Economics and Philosophy is an online procedure. This means that you do not need to submit any documents in paper form to Universität Hamburg. Selection is based on the information you provide online and the documents you upload online. If you are admitted to enrollment, you will need to submit documents in paper form to the Application and Admissions Team (Team Bewerbung und Zulassung) confirming the information you provide in your online application. Please note that the offer of admission may be withdrawn otherwise.

Documents to be uploaded

For documents not issued in German or English, a certified copy of the translation is required.
  • Degree certificate or provisional Transcript of Records
    If you are still studying when you apply and cannot yet provide a final certificate containing your grades, please submit your current Transcript of Records confirming your provisional grade point average. You will then need to submit your degree certificate by the end of the first semester of your master’s program.
  • Proof of English language skills: Applicants who, at the time of their application, are not able to prove their English language skills as listed above, must provide a proof of their registration for the next possible test date (e.g. print-out of the online registration). In this case, the deadline for late-submission of the test results will be postponed until May, 31. For late submission please only use this link.
  • Up-to-date Transcript of Records
  • Letter of motivation (500 words max., in English)
  • Two letters of recommendation from a university lecturer in your primary degree program. The lecturer must hold a PhD and must be full-time employed at an institute of higher education. Under the following link we provide a reference form the lecturers may use. There are two possible ways to submit the letters of recommendation. Either students upload the letters of recommendation as part of their application documents or lecturers upload their letters at www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/referenceletter-pep
  • Chinese applicants are welcome to provide an APS Certificate as part of their application documents.

Selection Process

If the number of applicants exceeds the number of available places applicants will be selected according to a ranking based on the following criteria:

  • Final or current GPA of your first degree: 50%
  • Letter of motivation: 20%
  • Letters of recommendation: 20%
  • Proficiency in the respective two other disciplines of the program (proven through Transcript of Records), i.e. proficiency in economics and/or philosophy, if your first degree is in politics; proficiency in economics and/or politics, if your first degree is in philosophy; proficiency in philosophy and/or politics, if your first degree is in economics: 10%

For details of the legal basis for this regulation, please see the selection bylaws for your chosen master’s program: www.uni-hamburg.de/auswahl-master/

Admission and enrollment

Once your application has been reviewed, an acceptance or rejection letter will be made available in your STiNE account under the Dokumente (Documents) tab. Please see the information on applying online for a master’s program for details of when this will become available: www.uni-hamburg.de/international-master/. An enrollment deadline will be indicated in your acceptance letter—please submit the documents required for enrollment to the Application and Admissions Team (Team Bewerbung und Zulassung) by this date. Please submit certified copies of all documents—see www.uni-hamburg.de/beglaubigung/ for details.

Contact

For any other queries regarding your application, the application documents, the upload of your documents, the selection process, the study program, etc., which are not answered on this website (also check the FAQ section), please contact application-pep"AT"wiso.uni-hamburg.de.

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