Selection Procedure

In the application procedure for the last winter term the following total points lead to admission:

*In the event of an equal number of points, the ranking on the list is determined by lot (L). The information is without guarantee. The scores used for admission vary from year to year and are only an orientation.

For the Master's degree programmes "Management & Entrepreneurship" and "Management & Sustainable Accounting and Finance", in accordance with Section 7 (1) sentence 5 NHZG a preliminary quota of 20 percent for foreign nationals and stateless persons who are not deemed equivalent to Germans in accordance with § 1 para. 2 sentence 3 NHZVO (quota for foreign nationals).

A maximum of 30 points can be achieved with the final grade. If the final grade is not yet available at the time of application, but a minimum of 81 % of all relevant exams has been completed successfully, the preliminary grade point average (GPA) will be considered in the selection procedure.

81 % of the relevant examinations of a three-year Bachelor degree usually correspond to 145 Credit Points according to ECTS. The GPA submitted in the application process will be considered in the selection procedure, even if the final grade subsequently differs from the preliminary GPA.

With accomplishments in the following areas you can gain additional points. You have to submit the necessary documents together with your application. If you do not submit the certificates, no additional points can be awarded; however, this does not lead to a deduction of points. By providing proof of your accomplishments you may achieve a maximum of 11 points.

Programme - specific selection criteria are used for the following study programmes. Here you will find detailed information on the criteria.

Please note that in the selection process for the study programme Culture and Organization, all applicants with degrees considered to be consecutive will be individually interviewed from 20th - 21st June or 11th and 12th July 2024. The purpose of this interview is to obtain a personal impression of your interest and your motivation as well as your suitability for the Master's programme in Culture & Organization. Hereby, you can achieve up to 18 additional points in the selection process and thus improve your prospects of a study place in Lüneburg. The 20-minute interviews are conducted online and in English. Invitations to the interviews are sent out by email approximately one week before the interviews.

Information on the selection procedure can be found on the pages of the Glasgow University.

As part of the selection process for the MA Kiritk der Gegenwart, you will be invited to an interview on either 17 or 20 June 2024. The purpose of the interviews is to gain a personal impression of your interests and motivation, as well as your suitability for the MA Critique of the Present. In addition, the interview offers you the opportunity to gain up to 18 additional points in the selection process and thus improve your chances of being accepted to study in Lüneburg. The 15-minute interviews will be conducted online. Invitations to the selection interviews will be sent by email approximately one week before the interviews. No preparation is required.

When applying for the study programme Management & Data Science, you can achieve up to 18 additional points in the selection procedure through an above-average result in our subject-specific online admission test (Leuphana Data Science Online Study Aptitude Test) and thus improve your chances of being admitted to the study programme in Lüneburg. The Leuphana Data Science Online Study Aptitude Test measures subject-related skills in the fields of maths, statistics and programming. All applicants who have properly applied will receive an invitation in June with an access code to take the test. Taking the test is free of charge and voluntary. This year's test is expected to be held on 11th June 2024 at 2pm (CEST). Applicants should double-check whether their hardware is compatible with the test infrastructure and familiarize themselves with the platform so that they know how it works when they take the test. They can do so by logging into the system at https://dsat.leuphana.de/#/demo-test using the email address they used to apply only. In case you would like to prepare for the test, here are some pointers to publicly available textbooks. However, please note that any other book or resource covering the same topics will be useful as well. Just pick the one you feel most confident with.

Linear algebra: http://joshua.smcvt.edu/linearalgebra/book.pdf
Calculus: https://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/resources/Strang/Edited/Calculus/Calculus.pdf
Statistics: https://www.math.arizona.edu/~jwatkins/statbook.pdf
Programming: https://cfm.ehu.es/ricardo/docs/python/Learning_Python.pdf
Learning from Data: https://work.caltech.edu/library/textbook.html
Mathematics for Machine Learning: https://mml-book.github.io/book/mml-book.pdf

Points are allocated according to the following table:

If you are applying for a management course, you can gain a maximum of 18 additional points by achieving an above-average score in a study aptitude test (TM-BASE) or GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test)).

When you register for the TM-BASE or GMAT, you can choose to have your results sent automatically to the university(s) of your choice. This will save you the hassle of having to send your results and will enable your application to be considered quickly. If you do not wish to have your result sent automatically, please indicate this in your application to Leuphana (e.g. by attaching a screenshot of your application or a copy of your invoice) and send the test result immediately to Leuphana Student Services:

•  by e-mail: master.managementtest@leuphana.de

The test results will be converted according to the following table:

For the study programme Psychology and Sustainability, you can earn up to 18 additional points in a written structured motivation letter. With a maximum length of 1000 words, the following topics are to be considered in the written motivational letter:

1. Which specific abilities and interests make the applicant particularly suitable for the sustainability psychology programme? (max. 5 points)
2. To what extend has the applicant acquired knowledge through his/her previous studies that is directly related to sustainability psychology? (max. 4 points)
3. How meaningful does the applicant perceive the intersection of psychology and sustain-ability to be on an individual, a societal and global level? (max. 4 points)
4. To what extend does the applicant have experiences in inter- and/or transdisciplinary research and/or practice (e.g., research project, inter- or transdisciplinary internship, in-terdisciplinary thesis)? (max. 2 points)
5. Which (professional) goal of the applicant can the double-degree Master’s program help to accomplish? (max. 3 points)

As part of the selection process for this study programme, you will be required to take a written exam. All applicants who fulfil the admission requirements will be invited to take a written selection test. The selection test will take place on Saturday, 15 June 2024 in the form of a 180-minute written exam from the legal fields of BGB AT, law of obligations and property law.

Information on the selection procedure can be found on the pages of the Maastricht University.