Applying to the Masters programmes

The Master's programmes only start in the winter semester (October). Therefore, admission in the summer semester (April) is only possible in the context of an application to a higher semester (lateral entry) if you can already prove achievements at Master's level. Applications cannot be made outside the application period.

The way from application to admission is made up of several steps. Click on the individual steps to get more detailed information:

Step 1: Check the entry requirements
Step 2: Understand the selection procedure
Step 3: Apply online
Step 4: After the application

You will need the following documents for your application:

• Fully completed online application via myCampus or uni-assist
• Bachelor's degree certificate (or equivalent)
• Transcript of Records
• Proof of Englisch language proficiency (please inform yourself here, which proof you will need)
• Current certificate of study or exmatriculation showing the degree programme studied so far and the number of semesters.

In addition, you will need the following documents for the listed cases:

• Alternatively to your Bachelor's degree certificate, if the degree has not yet been completed: Document: Proof of 81% of the credit points still to be achieved according to ECTS Overview of the modules still to be completed
• If you wish to prove your English language proficiency by submitting the 30 ECTS credits from your university degree and it is not clearly indicated in your bachelors certificate or transcript of records that you studied in English, please submit the document Proof of English Language Proficiency through Modules Amounting to 30 CP
• If applying for a German-language Master's degree: Proof of German language proficiency
• Optional: Module descriptions
• Optional: Evidence of recognition of special achievements for the selection procedure
• Optional: Evidence for programme-specific achievements for the selection procedure

Please upload the documents as PDF files to the application portal.

Application period: 1st April - 1st June

If you have obtained your bachelors degree within the EU / EEA*, you can apply online directly to Leuphana via myCampus. No application documents need to be submitted by post. Here we have provided you with instructions on the registration process on myCampus.

*EU: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden. EEA: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway. Additionally: Switzerland

Application period: 1st April - 1st May

You can apply for our Master's programmes via uni-assist if you obtained your Bachelor's degree outside the EU / EEA*.

The application is completely online, so you do not have to submit any application documents by post. If the assessment is successful, uni-assist will automatically forward your application to Leuphana. The relevant date for the application deadline is the date on which you submitted your application to uni-assist. Your application submitted within the deadline is therefore valid, even if uni-assist needs 4 - 6 weeks to check it.

*EU: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden. EEA: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway. Additionally: Switzerland

The selection committee decides on the relevance of your first degree. It will review your application after the application deadline. For legal reasons, we are unable to carry out a preliminary check of your documents. Please feel free to use the information material, especially the list of consecutive subjects on our website, to make your own realistic assessment of your suitability.

No, unfortunately you cannot. Consecutivity is an admission requirement and must be proven at the time of application.

No, work experience does not count for consecutiveity. This is because consecutiveity requires that your Bachelors degree (or equivalent degree) is relevant to the subject, so that your Masters programme can build on your previous degree. Work experience cannot contribute to this.

First of all, we would like to note that the requirement of 30 credit points (CPs) related to sustainability is deliberately kept vague, as in principle applicants from the most diverse disciplines should be given the chance to be admitted to the Masters programme Sustainability Science.

In order to demonstrate sustainability relevance, it is of course optimal if the relevance is already visible in the course title, although this is not absolutely necessary. The sustainability relation can also be demonstrated in the module description. It is therefore always advisable to include the module descriptions. However, the required CPs for the proof of consecutiveity do not necessarily have to be proven by the subject with whose degree you are applying for the Masters programme, but can also be provided by additionally taken courses. You can therefore also prove the missing CPs through modules from another degree programme.

No, a CV and a letter of motivation do not have to be submitted and are not included in the selection process. There are exceptions for International Law of Global Security, Peace and Development, Psychology and Sustainability and Work & Organizational Psychology, which you can find on the pages of the study programmes.

You will not find Leuphana with its degree programmes on the Uni-Assist website until the start of our application periods, because you can only apply then.

In principle, you can only apply for one Masters programme of the Leuphana Graduate School.

No, only the listed tests you can find under the section “English proficiency” are valid.

The semester contribution for one semester currently amounts to 393.09 Euros. This includes, among other things, the ticket for public transportation, fees for the administration and the “Studierendenwerk” (student union). There are no other tuition fees at Leuphana. Exceptions apply to programmes that lead to a joint or double degree. Information on the costs can be found on the respective pages of the programmes.

Part-time study for those who work full time is possible at the Professional School. You can apply for part-time study at the Graduate School. For more information on part-time study, click here.

Whether you have to apply via uni-assist does not depend on your nationality, but on the place where you completed your Bachelor's degree. If your Bachelor's degree was completed in one of the countries listed above, you can apply directly via myCampus. Otherwise, please use uni-assist for your application.