Data Science

Admission requirements

• Degree in computer science or a computer science-related subject from a German university or comparable foreign university. The scope of this degree programme must be at least 180 or 210 credits by German standards, i.e. international applicants with a foreign degree must provide evidence of a degree equivalent to at least three years or three and a half years of German university studies.
• The average grade must be 2.5 or better.
• Successful evidence of aptitude is provided by the department as part of an aptitude test.
• Qualified English language skills, which are usually proven by a TOEFL test (computer-based at least 213 points, paper-based at least 550 points, internet-based at least 85 points). Alternatively, an IELTS test with a score of band 6.5 or higher is also accepted. Qualified German language skills at level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, usually evidenced by a Goethe-Zertifikat A2, telc-Zertifikat A2, ÖSD-Zertifikat A2 or ECL-Zertfifikat A2. Alternatively, the language certificates DSH1 or TestDaF at least TDN3 are also accepted. Applicants who have obtained their university entrance qualification at a German-speaking facility are exempt from the requirement to provide proof of German language skills.