Further information

When submitting your application via the campus portal of Ulm University, you must upload the following documents:

• Bachelor's degree diploma and bachelor's degree certificate with final grade as well as overview of subjects and grades / transcript of records with credit points / Diploma Supplement if available
• If you have not yet completed your higher education degree: overview of subjects and grades/transcript of records issued by the higher education institution with the total credit points earned up to the application deadline and an indication of the provisional average grade.
• Proof of the indicated total amount of credit points earned in the previous course of studies
• Proof that the preceding bachelor's degree programme meets the professional requirements of the Licensing Regulations for Psychotherapists (Approbationsordnung für Psychotherapeutinnen und Psychotherapeuten, PsychThApprO) of 4 March 2020 and the Act on the Profession of Psychotherapist (Gesetz über den Beruf der Psychotherapeutin und des Psychotherapeuten, PsychThG) of 15 November 2019, as amended, to be provided by one of the following:
  • a certificate from the university or a higher education institution equivalent to a university stating that the bachelor's degree meets the requirements of professional law, in particular by means of a declaratory notice from the competent body under state law or, if the applicant has obtained a post-qualification in the bachelor's degree programme, a confirmation from the competent body under state law regarding the conformity of the post-qualification
  • a notice from the competent authority under state law on the equivalence of the degree in accordance with § 9 (5) PsychThG
  • the degree certificate or the Transcript of Records (ToR) on which the university or the higher education institution equivalent to a university awarding the bachelor's degree confirms that the applicant has acquired the required contents in the bachelor's degree programme according to the PsychThApprO and the PsychThG
  • a current study progress certificate in connection with the module handbook of the bachelor's degree programme, which shows that the applicant has acquired or is expected to acquire the required contents in the bachelor's degree programme, which are to be taught according to the PsychThApprO and the PsychThG
  • further evidence recognised by the admissions committee that the bachelor's degree programme meets the requirements of professional law
• applicants with interational degrees or with bachelor's degree programme which do not meet the professional requirements
  • Confirmation of the fulfilment of the requirements of an internship as a professionally qualifying activity I ‐ Entry into the practice of psychotherapy
  • Confirmation of fulfilment of the requirements of an internship as an orientation internship
• For non-German-taught bachelor's degree programme: proof of German language proficiency
• In the case of a higher education degree from China, Vietnam or India: APS certificate or APS confirmation
• In the case of a foreign higher education degree: grading scale of the degree programme with indication of the lowest passing grade and maximum grade for the degree, to be shown on the bachelor's degree diploma/bachelor's degree certificate or on an official document of the higher education institution.
• If proof and documents to be submitted are not written in German or English, additionally an official translation into German or English is required
• In case of hardship or place-bound studies in the public interest: explanatory letter and supporting documents
• For applicants who do not come from an EU country or the European Economic Area and have a German higher education entrance qualification (“Abitur”): proof of higher education entrance qualification

Please note:

• It is not necessary to certify the supporting documents.
• When submitting the application, all required supporting documents must be uploaded. Subsequent submission is not possible.
• Application documents in paper form, as a fax or by e-mail will not be accepted.
• A document issued in another name must be supplemented by documentary evidence of the change of name.
• Further supporting documents may be required for your application.

Should the number of qualified applications exceed the number of available places, the selection will be made on the basis of a ranking list.

The ranking list is based on the following criteria:

• average grade of the bachelor's degree, or average grade of the study achievements and exam results obtained up to the application cut-off date;

• voluntary academic test results (see §§ 4 and 5 of the admission statute)

Taking the voluntary academic test improves your chances for admission greatly. Only applicants who fulfil the entrance requirements and receive an invitation two weeks prior to the test date may participate. The test usually takes place at the end of June and costs €30,00.

Further information about the test you can find at the course information.

Only applications received by the end of the application deadline will be considered in the main allocation procedure or subsequent procedure. If not all places can be filled in the main procedure, Ulm University will carry out a subsequent procedure considering the waiting list.

If there are still places available after all allocation procedures have been completed, a drawing of lots will take place.

Selection thresholds in the allocation procedure

winter semester 2023/24:

Available places: 60
Applications: ?
Admission grade: x.x (overall grade / average grade)

Claims of hardship

5% of all available places (with a minimum of one place) are reserved for cases of exceptional hardship.

Exceptional hardship applies if special personal social or family reasons make it absolutely necessary for the student to take up studies immediately.

Please note:

• In your application, you indicate that you request consideration for exceptional hardship. For this, it is necessary that you fulfil the entrance requirements of the selected master’s programme.
• To prove this, you must upload a letter of explanation and relevant proof. In the case of health reasons, a current specialist medical statement/report must be submitted. This must contain information on the origin, severity, course and treatment options of the illness as well as a prognosis on the further course of the illness. Special health reasons must exist which make it absolutely necessary for the student to take up studies immediately.
• Reasons for hardship are not previously reviewed.
• The ranking of the allocation is determined by the degree of exceptional hardship, then by aptitude and motivation for the chosen degree programme and the intended profession in accordance with the respective applicable admission statutes.
• Hardship applications will only be considered if the applicants did not get a place in a programme following the outcome of the selection procedure.

Dependence on study location in the interest of the public

1% of the study places (with a minimum of one place) are allocated on the basis of dependence on study location in the interest of the public (Ortsbindung).

Applicants who belong to a group determined by the University to be considered or promoted in the public interest and are tied to Ulm as a place of study due to justified circumstances are considered to be bound to Ulm as a place of study (Ortsbindung); This includes in particular persons who demonstrably belong to an Olympic squad (OK), perspective squad (PK), junior squad 1 (NK 1) or supplementary squad (EK) of a federal professional association of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) (top athletes) as well as persons who perform social duties at the place of study, Ulm, the fulfilment of which is in the special public interest, in particular persons who exercise a mandate in a municipal representative body.

Please note:

• In your application, you indicate that you request consideration for place-bound studies (“Ortsbindung”). For this, it is necessary that you fulfil the entrance requirements of the selected master’s programme.
• To prove this, you must upload a letter of explanation and relevant proof.
• Local binding is not checked in advance.
• The selection is made by the admissions committee or the selection committee.
• Applications will only be considered if the applicants have not been awarded a place following the outcome of the selection procedure or on the basis of hardship considerations.

Further information on the master's programme. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy.