Further information

When submitting your application 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.
• Form for the subject-specific additional (pdf)
• CV related to the studies
• a study-related letter of recommendation signed by the hand of an employee of a public or private body, on letterhead, stating the contact details of the signatory and the capacity in which the signatory has acted
• letter of motivation, no longer than two pages: a report written in English in which the applicant states his or her personal and subject-related reasons for applying for the chosen study programme and in which they explain their choice of programme
• Proof of English language proficiency
• In the case of a higher education degree from China, India or Vietnam: 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
• 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.

A selection interview is conducted as an individual interview in English. The selection interview can also be conducted as a video conference.

The selection interview is to show whether the applicant is academically qualified for the master's degree programme (subject-specific aptitude) and interested in it (motivation). For this purpose, the specialist competences in molecular medicine, the content of the bachelor's thesis, the personal motivation to study for a master's degree, the study goals as well as the interview behaviour with regard to the manner of expression, the language skills, the approach to the discussion of problems and the conclusiveness of the argumentation are evaluated in the interview. Applicants should also demonstrate to which extent they can use existing previous experience, in particular relevant stays abroad, additional qualification features, internships and further training as well as their interests in relation to the master's degree programme.

Further information on the master's programme Molecular Medicine.