Selection Procedure
At Leuphana Graduate School
If you meet the admission requirements and your application is valid, we will check whether we can offer you a study place. If more applicants meet the admission requirements than there are places available for a master's degree programme, the places will be allocated on the basis of a selection procedure. Certain selection criteria are taken into account, each of which is converted into points. A final ranking list is drawn up on the basis of the points achieved.
The following criteria are taken into account for the selection process:
- Up to 30 points for the final grade or average grade from the bachelor's program
- Up to 11 points for special achievements (international experience, honorary elective office, scholarships and best quota)
- Up to 18 points for programme-specific selection criteria (only for some programs)
The admission limits are thus formed on the basis of the total points achieved from the areas:
Final grade + special achievements (+ programme-specific selection criteria) = point value for admission
Exceptions are International Law of Global Security, Peace and Development and Work and Organizational Psychology. We have explained the selection procedures under the program-specific selection criteria.
In the application procedure for the actual winter term the following total points lead to admission:
Study programme | Total points |
Management & Data Science | 16 points/ L |
Psychology and Sustainability | 32 points/ L |
In the event of an equal number of points, the ranking on the list is determined by lot (L). All study programs not listed were not ranked as part of the selection process. The information is without guarantee. The scores used for admission vary from year to year.
Advance and Special Quota Management & Entrepreneurship und Management & Sustainable Accounting and Finance
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.
Final Grade/ GPA of Bachelors Degree (oder equivalent) | Final Grade/ GPA of law students ("Staatsexamen") | Point value |
1,0 | 17,01 - 18,00 | 30 points |
1,1 | 16,01 - 17,00 | 28 points |
1,2 | 15,01 - 16,00 | 26 points |
1,3 | 14,01 - 15,00 | 24 points |
1,4 | 13,01 - 14,00 | 22 points |
1,5 | 12,01 - 13,00 | 20 points |
1,6 | 11,51 - 12,00 | 18 points |
1,7 | 11,01 - 11,50 | 16 points |
1,8 | 10,51 - 11,00 | 14 points |
1,9 | 10,01 - 10,50 | 12 points |
2,0 | 9,51 - 10,00 | 10 points |
2,1 | 9,01 - 9,50 | 8 points |
2,2 | 8,51 - 9,00 | 6 points |
2,3 | 8,01 - 8,50 | 4 points |
2,4 | 7,51 - 8,00 | 2 points |
up to 2,5 | up to 7,50 | 0 points |
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.
Category | Explanation | Proof | Point Value |
International Experience | A stay abroad of at least one semester or 6 months as a student or in a full-time employment that is relevant to your career (e.g. internship). No points can be awarded for working as an Au pair or for travelling. It is also possible that several shorter stays abroad will be awarded if they sum up to a minimum of 6 months. | Certificate from the university abroad, the foreign employer or institution | 2 points |
Voluntary Work | You must have held a voluntary elective office at a university or an equivalent (public) institution for at least one year | Certificate from the university or the equivalent (public) institution | 4 points |
Scholarships | Scholarship from a German organization for the promotion of young talent (“Begabtenförderungswerk”) or a scholarship for at least one semester abroad from Fulbright or the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) | Certificate from the “Begabtenförderungswerk”, Fulbright-Commission or DAAD
| 1 point |
Ranking among the top students* | The final grade or the GPA ranks among the top 10% of the year – according to ECTS ranking system | Certificate from the university *does not apply for Psychology & Sustainability | 4 points |
Programme - specific selection criteria are used for the following study programmes. Here you will find detailed information on the criteria.
Study program | Selection criteria |
Culture and Organization | selection interview |
International Law of Global Security Peace and Development | separate selection procedure |
Management & Data Science | Leuphana Data Science Online Study Aptitude Test |
Management & Engineering | TM-WISO or GMAT |
Management & Entrepreneurship | TM-WISO or GMAT |
Management & Sustainable Accounting and Finance | TM-WISO or GMAT |
Psychology & Sustainability | written motivational letter |
Rechtswissenschaft | written exam |
Work & Organizational Psychology | separate selection procedure |
Culture & Organization
In the selection process for the study programme Culture & Organization, interviews will take place on 19-21 June & 3-5 July 2023. 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. Preparation is not necessary.
International Law of Global Security, Peace and Development
You can find information about the selection procedure on the website of the Glasgow University.
Mangement & Engineering, Management & Entrepreneurship and Management & Sustainable Accounting and Finance
When applying for the Management programmes you can gain a maximum of 18 additional points if you achieve an exceptionally good result in one of the admission tests (TM-BASE (Test for Masters Programmes in Business Administration, Social Sciences and Economics) or GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test)). The participation in the TM-BASE or GMAT is voluntary.
When registering for the TM-BASE and GMAT, you can specify that your score should be automatically sent to your university of choice. This relieves you of the burden of forwarding your score and allows your application to be reviewed quickly. If you do not wish to have your result sent automatically, please note this in your application to Leuphana (e.g. via screenshot of the application or copy of invoice) and submit the test result immediately to Leuphana Student Services:
- by e-mail: master.managementtest@leuphana.de
Your test results will be ranked as follows:
TM-BASE Score | GMAT Score | Point Value |
125 - 130 | 750 - 800 | 18 points |
122 - 124 | 720 - 740 | 16 points |
119 - 121 | 690 - 710 | 14 points |
116 - 118 | 670 - 680 | 12 points |
113 - 115 | 650 - 660 | 10 points |
110 - 112 | 630 - 640 | 8 points |
107 - 109 | 610 - 620 | 6 points |
104 - 106 | 590 - 600 | 4 points |
101 - 103 | 570 - 580 | 2 points |
up to 100 | up to 570 | 0 points |
Management & Data Science
You can achieve up to 18 additional points by achieving an above-average result in our subject-specific online study aptitude test (Leuphana Data Science Online Study Aptitude Test). The Leuphana Data Science Online Study Aptitude Test covers subject-related skills in math, statistics and programming. All applicants who have applied properly will receive an invitation with an access code to take the test. Participation in the test is free and voluntary. The admission test will take place on June 12, 2023, at 2:00 pm (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. The points are distributed according to the following table:
Percent | Point Value |
96 - 100% | 18 points |
91 - 95% | 16 points |
86 - 90% | 14 points |
81 - 85% | 12 points |
76 - 80% | 10 points |
71 - 75% | 8 points |
66 - 70% | 6 points |
61 - 65% | 4 points |
56 - 60% | 2 points |
51 - 55% | 0 point |
Psychology & Sustainability
With a maximum length of 1000 words, the following topics are to be considered in the written motivational letter in English:
1. Which specific abilities and interests make the applicant particularly suitable for the sustainability psychology program? (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)
Law
As part of the selection process for this study programme, you will be required to take a written exam. All applicants who meet the admission requirements will be invited to take a written selection test. The selection test will take place on Saturday, 24.06.2023, at 12 noon in the form of a 180-minute written examination in the fields of law BGB AT, law of obligations and property law.
Grade | Score in the selection procedure |
1,0 | 18 Points |
1,1 | 17 Points |
1,2 | 16 Points |
1,3 | 15 Points |
1,4 | 14 Points |
1,5 | 13 Points |
1,6 | 12 Points |
1,7 | 11 Points |
1,8 | 10 Points |
1,9 | 9 Points |
2,0 | 8 Points |
2,1 | 7 Points |
2,2 | 6 Points |
2,3 | 5 Points |
2,4 | 4 Points |
2,5 | 3 Points |
2,6 | 2 Points |
2,7 | 1 Point |
Work & Organizational Psychology
You can find information about the selection procedure on the website of the Maastricht University.