Universität Rostock - Studies - Paths to Studying - General and subject-specific requirements / Studying without Abitur

General requirements 

Germans and so-called "educational Germans“ need a valid university entrance qualification to start an undergraduate study course at the University of Rostock. This can be obtained by passing the general (Abitur) or subject-specific university entrance diploma. Details on this are determined by the  quality regulations of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern .

Educational Germans are foreigners or stateless persons who have obtained their university entrance qualification in Germany or at a German school abroad. 

Some study courses or subjects are admission restricted and require a prior admission or other conditions to be fulfilled (see subject-specific requirements). 

Subject-specific requirements 

Any application for the study course Sports requires a practical sporting aptitude test.  Information on dates and requirements are provided by the  Institute of Sport Sciences of the Faculty of Humanities . Practical sporting aptitude tests passed at other universities can be accepted if their content and extent corresponds with the related test at the University of Rostock and if they are not older than two years.   

The education programme of the study course Music related to teaching degree programs is provided by the  University of Music and Theatre (HMT) . We kindly ask you to consult the HMT directly to get information on related requirements. 

All master study courses offered by the University of Rostock require a university degree, usually a bachelor degree. To get more information on the admission requirements, please, consider the relevant examination regulations. Please, get also informed about possible admission restrictions. 

Studying without Abitur 

(According to the  entrance examination regulations dated 23. October 2003, enacted by the Academic Senate of the University of Rostock, based on the State University Law - LHG M-V dated 5. July 2002 )

If you work but do not have a university entrance qualification, you may pass a qualification examination which is offered for all study courses of the University of Rostock. The examination serves for testing your educational background and aptitude regarding the chosen study course. 

In order to be admitted to the qualification examination, the applicant has to have worked for at least five year or to prove a completed vocational training and at least 3 years of work experience. Consider that training and work have to have a direct factual connection to the chosen course of study. 

A passed qualification examination entitles you to study at the University of Rostock in the course of study stated in the certificate. The university entrance entitlement applies without temporal limitation. However, this passed examination does not mean that you have a claim on a place to study. We kindly ask you to use the online application for admission restricted study courses, from 01. June to 15. July of the year. The online enrolment for study courses with unlimited admission has to be done from 01. August to 30. September of the year. 

The qualification examinations take place twice a year. For participating in the examination during the summer term, you have to file your application between 01. February and 01. April, as the examinations take place before the 15. June. For the qualification examination during the winter term, the period 01. August until 01. October applies. Here, the examination takes place before the 15. December. 

The application for qualifying examination shall be addressed to :

University of Rostock
Student Secretariat 
Parkstraße 6
18057 Rostock

The Student Secretariat forwards  applications for qualifying examination to the examination board of the relevant faculty . For special questions on the qualifying examination, please, address your  contact person of the relevant examination board.

The exact examination dates are announced by the  examination board 2 weeks prior to the examination latest .

Examination details: 

The qualifying examination comprises of a written and an oral part. The written examination comprises of a proctored examination on the scientific basics of the chosen course of study and a proctored examination where the applicant has to work on a topic from public life, such as politics, culture, science, technology and environment. Each of these examinations will last four hours. The oral examination is about the professional basis of the chosen course of study. The examination board decides whether the examination is carried out as individual or group exam with at least 20 minutes and 30 minutes maximum per candidate. Only persons who passed both proctored examinations are admitted for the oral examination.