Sustainable Engineering and Project Management

Please upload your Bachelor’s Degree Certificate

 The Bachelor’s degree has to be conferred by an accredited university and has to be (at

least) equivalent to a 180 ECTS German Bachelor’s degree.

 You do not have to convert your grades and credit points into the German grade and ECTS

system. The examination board will check whether your degree fulfills the 180 ECTS

requirement.

 The university where you completed your previous studies has to be listed as H+ in the

Anabin database set up by the German Ministry of Education:

https://anabin.kmk.org/anabin.html. In case your university is not listed there, it is your own

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responsibility to provide the evidence of accreditation of your university/study program. The

Examination Board will review the documentation provided.

 In case you have completed other study programs (Bachelor level or higher) in addition to

the mentioned studies, please also upload the respective documents (degree certificate and

transcript of records, see below).

 Provisional degree certificates can only be accepted in individual cases. They have to

confirm clearly that the study program has been completed successfully.

 Without any form of proof that your previous degree has been successfully completed, you

cannot be admitted to the Graduate School Master’s programs.

APS certificate (only for applicants from India, Vietnam and China).

 This is a requirement for applicants from India since October 1st, 2022.

 Acceptance letters cannot be issued without this document.

 For further information regarding this, please go through the following website:

https://apsindia.de/

Transcript of Records

 Please upload an official marksheet/Transcript of Records/list of modules and grades for

all study programs you completed with a degree certificate (in addition to the degree

certificate uploaded in the section above).

 The document has to be issued by your university (or a responsible affiliated

college/institution)“ and has to contain the list of all your modules and grades in all

semesters/study years.

 The document will be rejected if pages/semesters are missing.

Certificate of work experience

 Please upload proof of at least one year of work experience after completion of your

Bachelor’s degree.

 The work experience must be from a fulltime position. One year part time job (20 hours)

is not accepted.

 If you only have acquired the required minimum of work experience, make sure the

documents submitted under “Degree certificate” and “Transcript of Records” contain the

exact end date of your studies. This date will be needed to check whether you fulfill the one

year requirement.

 Usually, applicants can prove their work experience by submitting one document (“service

certificate”, “Arbeitszeugnis”). The document has to contain at least the following

information: Date of joining, date of leaving (if applicable), date of issue, position in the

company, weekly hours/full-time job. If this information is not included in one document,

you can upload several documents.

 Your work experience can only be proven through documents confirming that you worked

for the company. A work contract or offer letter does not show that you really worked for the

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company. Therefore, work contracts and offer letters are not sufficient as proof of work

experience. In individual cases, they can however be uploaded to add information missing in

the service certificate (or similar).

 We also accept payslips, which includes the period of employment (date of joining/current

date). Of course, you can black your earnings.

 Internships can be considered in individual cases, but only in combination with other

relevant work experience.

 For “Software Engineering for Industrial Applications” the work experience as freelancer

is not accepted.

Certificate of English language

 Please upload a proof of your English language proficiency.

 Medium of instruction certificate is not accepted for admission.

 You must prove your English language proficiency by uploading an official test score

document. The minimum scores accepted are 90 (TOEFL iBT) or 6.5 (IELTS academic).

Please do not submit test score documents with a lower score as they cannot be considered

and can even be reason for rejection.

 In individual cases, other English test score documents (minimum level B2) can be accepted.

This is decided by the Examination Board after reviewing the entire application.

 Language certificates should not be older than 2 years (dating back from your intended study

begin at Hof University, i.e. March 15 or October 1).

Certificate of German language

 For “Operational Excellence”, “General Management” and “Digitalization and Innovation”

you need to prove German language skills with a minimum level A1 according to the CEFR

(Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) at the moment of your

application. This requirement cannot be waived.

o Hof University accepts official test score documents (e.g. Goethe, telc, ÖSD).

o In individual cases, other certificates can be accepted if they contain at least the

following information: name and address of issuing institution, responsible

persons/teachers, level according to the CEFR, content and grade of the exam. The

admission committee will decide if the certificates fulfill the quality standards and

criteria for admission.

o Attendance certificates are not sufficient as proof of basic German language skills.

o Language certificates should not be older than 2 years (dating back from your

intended study begin at Hof University, i.e. March 15 or October 1).

o For language certificates proving a level higher than A1, the same rules apply as for

German A1.

 Only for “Software Engineering for Industrial Applications”, the German language

certificate is not mandatory at the moment of the application. Basic German language skills

can be acquired during the first academic year at Hof University. However, if you already have

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German language skills, please upload your certificates in order to be given the right German

language level during your studies.

 Please upload all German test score documents and course attendance certificates you

have, in order to get the right German course during your first semester at Hof University.

 Exceptional regulation in case of missing German certificate:

If you are not able to prove your German language skills (minimum level A1) by an official

certificate, please upload whichever documents you have in hand that can prove your

German language skills, together with a short explanation of your current problems. The

examination board will then review your application. If you do not upload any document in

the “German language” section in the upload area until the end of the application period,

your application will be rejected.

In individual cases, if the submitted German language documents do not fulfill the

requirements, the examination board can decide to offer a German language aptitude test

to evaluate your current German language skills.

If this applies to you, you will be contacted by email with further information. This German

language aptitude test would then replace the requested proof of German language skills.

Please note, the decision about offering a German language aptitude test is made by the

examination board only in individual cases and only if all other requirements are fulfilled.

There is no guarantee for this offer.

Motivation letter

Please upload a personal motivation letter (1-2 pages) for the specific Master’s program you

are applying for. The document has to contain at least the following information:

 Why are you interested in this specific Master’s program at Hof University Graduate School?

 Which aspects of the Master’s program are particularly interesting for you?

 What is your educational/professional background? Why are you especially qualified for the

program?

 Why studying in Germany? Your background regarding Germany/German language?

If you apply for several programs, please also submit different motivation letters. If you

upload a motivation letter directed to another study program/university, this can be a reason for

rejection.

Curriculum Vitae/Resume

Please upload your curriculum vitae (1-3 pages). The document has to contain at least the

following information:

 Your personal data: last name, first name, address, birth date.

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 Your previous studies: exact dates (month/year), name of the institution (college and

university, if applicable), city/country, name of the study program(s). Please also mention

studies you did not yet finish.

 Your work experience: exact dates, name of the company/employer, position, city/country

 Your language skills: especially your German and English language level should be clearly

indicated.

Please respect a chronological order and make sure that the uploaded documents and the CV

correspond with each other. An incomplete or inconsistent CV can be a reason for rejection of

your admission.

Passport/ID-card

 During the application process, you also have to upload a copy of your passport/ID-card. 

In case of a name change: if your name on the documents does not correspond to the name

in the passport/identity document, you have to submit an official document confirming the

name change (e.g. marriage certificate).

 Please make sure that in your application, you indicate your name (family name and given

name) as mentioned in your passport/ID-card

3300Euro/semester