Required Documents - Master
Required Documents and Forms
Details of University Entrance Qualification for Master
As university entrance qualification for a master’s degree programme, a first professionally qualifying university degree is required. This qualification must be equivalent to a first professional university degree obtained in Germany. Depending on the country of origin, the requirements and necessary proofs may vary (e.g.: APS).
Please inform yourself in good time about the requirements that apply to you! Information you can find in anabin as well as in the DAAD Database on Admission Requirements. uni-assist also offers comprehensive information, such as the Check: university admission, info country by country, and documents. You'll also find a helpful glossary there.
Details of Formalities
Please do not submit originals. The copies to be submitted must be officially certified and officially translated.
We also accept copies of the required documents for the application without official certification, but reserve the right to request these later. However, you must always submit a scan or a copy of the original document, i.e. in the original language!
1. Officially certified copy
Officially certified copies of the original document/s must be issued by an authorised person!
If you come from an EU country, an officially certified copy of the documents by a notary, school or university is sufficient. Outside the European Union, copies must be officially certified by a German consular mission or an authorised notary.
2. Sworn translation
A sworn translation into German or English is always required. This means, the translations must be issued by a sworn translator.
Such a translation is not required if the original document is issued by the responsible institution (e.g. school/university) in English or German. This also applies to bilingual versions, i.e. in the original language with a translation into English or German.
Detailed information on official certification and official translation can be found on this page.
Applying for the 1st Academic Semester*
Applications for the Master's degree programmes "International Business Administration" and "Digital Entrepreneurship" have to be submitted via uni-assist.
- You fill out the online-application at uni-assist.
- You upload all required documents there.
Applications for all other Master's degree programmes have to be submitted via viaCampus, i.e. directly at the Viadrina.
- First, you fill out the online-enrollment in viaCampus. For degree programmes with admission restrictions, certain documents and/or forms may have to be uploaded here.
- At the end, after sending the online enrollment, a PDF-file will be generated.
- Page 1 is your request for enrollment. You can either print it out and sign it personally by hand or add a digital signature. You have to submit this signed request together with all the other required documents.
- The information on pages 2 and 3 is for your personal records. These pages do not need to be submitted.
- Please also note the information about the application procedure (step 3).
Enrollment for a Higher Semester*
The enrollment for a higher semesters also have to be submitted via viaCampus, i.e. directly at Viadrina, as described above.
Important when applying for a higher academic semester:
- For this, you also need approval from the examination board responsible for your degree programme that you can start your studies in a higher semester. The required request for placement in an advanced semester can be found on the web pages of the respective degree programme.
- Please submit this application for placement in a higher semester, personally signed by hand, with all the necessary documents together with all other application documents.
* Would you like to apply for the German-Polish Law degree programme?
Then please follow the information on applying for the German-Polish Law degree programme.
University Leaving Certificate and Grade Summary
To prove your university entrance qualification (HZB) for a Master's degree programme, you must submit the certificate of your first professionally qualifying university degree, together with the corresponding overview of subjects and grades and the officially used grading scale.
Depending on your country of origin, additional documentation may be required.
Other Educational Qualifications
Please enclose all your educational certificates from secondary school graduation onwards, i.e. previous periods of study, other degree certificates, existing university degrees. Always submit these documents together with the corresponding subject and grade summary and the officially used grading scale.
Your university degree certificate is not yet available?
If you have already obtained a first university degree but do not yet have your final certificate, we need confirmation of your upcoming university graduation. The requirements that such a confirmation must fulfil can be found here.
Please note: This regulation does not apply to secondary school qualifications, but only to university degrees, especially for the first qualifying university degree, i.e. Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
Depending on the Master's degree programme, additional documents may be required.
AUS BACHELOR KOPIERT
German
For all Master's degree programmes with the teaching language German, you must provide proof of German language proficiency at C1 level. Please find out about recognised tests and the corresponding requirements.
Please note:
- A certificate of your current German language skills (min. B2) must be submitted with your application documents as an officially certified copy.
- A certificate of the required German language skills must be submitted as an officially certified copy or as an original by the time of enrolment at the latest.
English and other Languages
Accepted tests and requirements vary depending on the chosen Master's degree programme, as does the deadline for submission. Please inform yourself in well in advance!
In the case of admission to the degree programme, an original certificate of the required language skills must be submitted at the latest at the time of enrolment.
Please submit a curriculum vitae (CV) in tabular form as well.
To ensure that your personal details are correctly recorded in the system, please submit a simple, uncertified copy of your passport or another valid identification document.
A copy of the page on which your name, date/place of birth and signature are clearly recognisable is sufficient.
Proofs of any changes to your name must be submitted as officially certified copies.
Submitting proof of payment of the processing fee for uni-assist is only required for certain payment options.
Detailed information on this can be found on the uni-assist website.