Non-German prospective students without any German university entrance certificate or who haven't graduated from a German institution of higher education yet have to apply for all courses of studies (without master courses with local admissions restrictions) via the University Application Service for International Students (UNI-ASSIST) only.
Applicants of the EU or the EEA who seek to apply for Human medicine and Dentistry will have to apply via ► hochschulstart.de.
Bachelor courses & State examinations
Application period winter semester:
1 May to 15 July each year
(does not apply to degree programs offered by the Faculty of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering)
Application period summer semester:
The University of Rostock in the summer semester does not accept applications for most of undergraduated courses.
Study courses of the Faculty of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and Sustainable Maritime Engineering
Elektrotechnik | Informatik | Informationstechnik/Technische Informatik |Medizinische Informationstechnik | Wirtschaftsinformatik | Computational Science and Engineering | Computer Science International | Electrical Engineering | Visual Computing | Sustainable Maritime Engineering
Application period summer semester:
(for master's degree programs)
1 Oktober to 30 November each year
Application period winter semester:
1 April to 31 May each year
Details on required documents
Your application process will only be Online via Uni Assist. Please submit the application for your chosen course of study along with all necessary certified documents on schedule to UNI-ASSIST.
Please note, that your application for admission to German university can only be processed if all necessary documents are handed in timely to UNI-ASSIST.
Please submit the following documents:
- copies of your educational background certificates such as from secondary school, university entrance exams, academic records of prior university semesters and other university reports and diplomas
- proof of pre-check of the German embassy (APS-Zeugnis) for applicants from China, Mongolia, Vietnam and India
- a copy of your certificate of sufficient German language skills as required for the requested course of study. Please note, prospective students for Human medicine and Dentistry must prove German language skills on level C1 of the CEFR. Further information about proving German language skills can be found ► here.
- German or English transcripts of all your documents
- complete curriculum vitae from the age of 16 with date and signature
Details on attested certifications can be found ►here.
Applications via UNI-ASSIST will only be made online. Please follow the application sequence under the link: https://www.uni-assist.de/