Along with the application form, please submit a copy of the following documents:

• Your school-leaving certificate (officially-authenticated copy)
• Possibly: Your current university certificates (degree certificate / overview over all subjects and grades, grading system of the university - officially-authenticated copy)
• Your APS document, if you come from China, Mongolia or Vietnam (original)
• Possibly: Proof of degree-course related practical activities (copies)
• Proof of the required language certificates or the registration for the language test (officially-authenticated copy)

The proof of language skills or possibly internships / work experience, must have been presented by the matriculation date at the latest. 

Please inform yourself at the detailed information regarding the degree programmes regarding the requirements which have to be fulfilled and which documents have to be handed in because of those.

Please note that the application documents must usually be submitted in the original language along with an officially-authenticated translation, if the original language is not German or English.

What you need to know about officially-authenticated copies and translations is to be found here: 

The application for the winter semester starts each year on 1 May.

The application for the summer semester starts each year on 1 November.

uni-assist must have received your application (post receipt)
by 15 July for the winter semester
by 15 January for the summer semester.

Exceptions:  
Bachelor's degree programme in Textile and Clothing Management
by 15 June for winter semester

Master's degree programme in Management of Textile Trade and Technology
by 15 December for summer semester
by 15 June for winter semester

Master's degree programme in International Management
by 15 June for winter semester

The proof of your English proficiency should be uploaded in your uni-assist account until 15 July.

The visa process takes approx. three months.
Therefore we strongly recommend you to apply as early as possible. 

The examination of your documents by uni-assist is not free of charge. However, please note that you are able to apply to several universities at the same time with only one set of application documents (if those universities are members of uni-assist).

Please note that the Hochschule Niederrhein cannot cover the application costs for you. Therefore, please transfer the specified amount on the same day, on which you send your application to uni-assist, and please include a copy of the payment slip, such as a money or bank order.

After your application and the payment have been duly received, uni-assist will check your documents and inform you about the result.

If you meet the formal requirements, your application will be forwarded to the Hochschule Niederrhein for a final evaluation. The university (HN) will inform you, if an enrolment in the intended degree programme is possible.

If you fail to meet the formal requirements, unfortunately your documents cannot be sent back to you.

Please note that uni-assist will digitally store your data for four years. During this time, the data will only be made available to the universities you have chosen. After this deadline, the data will be destroyed.

Foreign applicants,

• who gained their university entrance qualification in Germany, in a European country or at a school where the school-leaving qualification is in accordance with the German Abiturprüfungsordnung (German “Abitur” Examination Regulations),
• who hold the nationality of a country within the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway,
• who live in Germany and whose spouse / parent holds a European nationality and works in Germany,
• who have already gained a university degree in Germany or in another European country

apply, just like German applicants, online and directly to the Hochschule Niederrhein. The application period starts in mid-March or mid-November, respectively. The printed application form has to be sent to the Hochschule Niederrhein along with the application documents mentioned above.

Foreign students who are already studying at a German university and would like to change to the Hochschule Niederrhein in a higher semester should get in contact beforehand.

Even if you already have applied at uni-assist for studies at Hochschule Niederrhein before, you will have to apply again.

Should you have applied within the last year, you are able to create a new online-application in your old account. Then you can send the printed out online-application together with the proof of payment to uni-assist. In this situation you do not have to send documents again which you sent to uni-assist before.