Process Engineering

• AA Bachelor's (or equivalent) degree in process engineering or in a field of engineering related to the course
• Proof of proficiency in English if it is not your first language:
• _Abitur_- or _Fachhochschulzeugnis _(please see the Admissions Policy) or any other certificate demonstrating proficiency in [English language B2](https://www.haw-hamburg.de/fileadmin/Studium/StgInfo/PDF/...) or above in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
• Applicants who do not have a Bachelor's degree qualification from an EU country will need to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
• International applicants with fewer than 210 ECTS credit points must provide a German language certificate of at least B2 level from a recognised institution accredited by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Important note for applicants with 180 CPs (ECTS) for courses which require 210 CPs (ECTS) from the first degree: Applicants whose Bachelor's degree consists of 180 credit points (ECTS) must acquire another 30 credit points during the first semester of their studies. The individual department decides which courses and examinations must be completed. Applicants will then be temporarily admitted and enrolled for one term in order to complete the missing 30 credit points. After the end of the first semester, the department will inform the Student Admissions and Registration Office and the Faculty Service Office (Fakultätsservicebüro) whether the missing credit points have been acquired and the student may continue with his or her studies.

§ 2 Admission Requirements (1) The admission requirements for the masters programme are as follows: a) a successfully completed bachelor’s degree in process engineering with at least 210 ECTS Credit Points, or b) a successfully completed undergraduate course in a field of engineering related to the masters programme with at least 210 Credit Points, c) proof of English language skills (see Appendix, no. 1). (2) Applicants with a 6 semester bachelor’s degree must make up for missing Credit Points. The letter of admission will be issued subject to the condition that proof is provided in relation to missing Credit Points. The specific courses to be attended for the relevant bachelors degree and hours of practical experience/practical semesters will be determined by the subject advisor in collaboration with the examination committee after commencement of the course. Examinations and practical experience must be made up prior to commencement of the master’s thesis. (3) Applicants who have obtained a university degree outside the EU must prove that they have a GRE1. (4) International applicants who have not obtained their first degree in a course taken in the German language and need to make up merits pursuant to §2(2) must prove that they have passed an internationally recognised German language test in accordance with no. 2 of the Appendix. 1 Graduate Record Examination (GRE): a standardised examination permitting admission to a US-American graduate school. 2 (5) In variance from (1)(a) or (1) (b) above, admission can be applied for if the first vocational degree has not yet been obtained because individual examination results are missing and - on the basis of attainments (in particular examination results) achieved thus far in the course of study – it is to be expected that the degree will be obtained by the end of the first semester of the masters programme. A certificate must be provided from the university at which the degree is to be completed about the Credit Points already obtained and the current average grade. Where admission to the programme takes place in the summer semester, admission will be subject to the condition that proof of the degree is provided by 31st August; where admission to the programme takes place in the winter semester, admission will be subject to the condition that proof of the degree is provided by 28th February in the year after the programme has been commenced.

Appendix –Proof of language requirements 1. English language skills acc. § 2 (1) c can be proven as follows: a) English skills on level B2 acc. to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) by a course on an accredited language school or b) International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic Test with a min. score of 5.5 or c) Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) internet-based test with a min. score of 87 points or d) Cambridge First Certificate in English (FCE - min. score C or higher) or e) Higher education entrance qualification for English Universities or f) A certificate of a university of applied sciences qualification or a certificate of a higher education entrance qualification, certifying that English has been taught at least on level B2 acc. to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in the last year before graduation and that a score of at least 5 point has been reached in the last four semesters before graduation (incl. the final examination in case of English as examination subject) or g) A certificate (formal university-transcript or diploma) of successful studies in an English speaking country of min. two years or h) A certificate (formal university-transcript or diploma) of successful studies based on courses in English language of min. two years or i) Proof of a post-gradual professional practice of min. half a year or a passed practical semester in an English speaking company in a foreign country with English a prevailing language 2. German language skills acc. § 2 (4) can be proven by a certificate attesting having passed an accredited German language test comparable to level B2 acc. to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).