Applicants are required to upload copies of all relevant documents with their online application. The documents do not need to be authenticated.

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

Please note that the application documents must be copies of the original. If the original document is not in either German or English, an officially-authenticated translation must be uploaded along with the copy of the original document.

Authenticated copies of all certificates, proof of language skills and work experience/internship (if applicable) are only required during the enrolment.

Please inform yourself regarding the degree programmes, the requirements which have to be fulfilled and which documents have to be handed in:

► English taught programmes

► German taught programmes

Winter semester (September – February):

• Programmes in English: 1^st May – 15^th June
• Programmes in German:
  • Admission-restricted programmes: 1^st May – 15^th July
  • Admission-free programmes: 1^st May – 15^th August
    • Exception: Master’s degree programme Textile Products: 1^st May – 15^th July
• Higher semester: 1^st May – 15^th August

Summer semester (March – August)

• Programmes in English: 1^st November – 15^th December
• Programmes in German:
  • Admission-restricted programmes: 1^st November – 15^th January
  • Admission-free programmes: 1^st November – 15^th February
    • Exception: Master’s degree programme Textile Products: 1^st November – 15^th January
• Higher semester: 1^st November – 15^th February

Please refer to the description of your chosen degree programme (bitte mit  https://www.hs-niederrhein.de/studienangebot/#c157294 verlinken) to find out whether it is admission-free or admission-restricted, as well as any special requirements for application and enrolment.

Information to the degree programmes in English language can be found at Hochschulkompass (linken zu   https://www.hochschulkompass.de/en/study-in-germany.html )

Uni-assist needs around 4 – 6 weeks to evaluate your documents. We strongly recommend you apply as early as possible. 
Hochschule Niederrhein will decide on your application and send the result by e-mail.

The examination of your documents by uni-assist is not free of charge.
Please note that the Hochschule Niederrhein cannot cover the application costs for you.

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. Hochschule Niederrhein will inform you, if an enrolment in the intended degree programme is possible.

Please note that uni-assist will digitally store your data for three 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.

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 My assist account. Don’t forget to pay the fees.