Requested Documents for Application

The admission committee requires (certified) copies of the following documents in order to be able to verify your application:

• School Leaving Certificate (or an equivalent degree of qualification for access to German universities) (certified copy).
• Bachelor Degree (or an equivalent degree obtained at an university or technical university).
• Transcript of Records.
• Your required transcript of Records or module handbook of your bachelor studies must certify that have already some experience in environmental sciences. Therefore, we must insist on at least 12 credit points in environmental related topics. This might be classes or modules on these topics or the topic of your Bachelor thesis. You are encouraged to refer to these credits in a special field during the application process. Unfortunately we cannot count experience that you gained during e.g. interships etc. since we can not accredit them in CPs.
• Proof of English Language Skills: Prospective students who have not studied their first professional qualification exclusively in the English language must provide proof of knowledge of the English language at the level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, which must be proven by any one of the following certificates:
  • TOEFL, Internet-based Test (iBT): Minimum score of 95

  • IELTS test: Minimum score of 7

  • Cambridge English Qualifications: C1 Advanced (formerly Cambridge English: Advanced, CAE)

  • Telc Certificate: C1

  • TOEIC: Minimum scores of 490 (listening), 455 (reading), 200 (writing), 200 (speaking) (not older than two years)

  • Pearson PTE Academic: Minimum score of 76

  • UNIcert: UNIcert III
• Applicants with a foreign school and university degree must also send a certified translation of degrees unless they exist in German or English.
• Letter of Motivation: The letter should not be longer as one A4-page, should to be written in English and refer where in your certificate we can find the credit points that proof the environmental relevance (see below). Other formal requirements do not apply.

 

Submitting the Bachelor Degree at a later date / Admission with Qualified Acceptance

An application with an incomplete Bachelor's degree is possible if

• the prospective student can prove that he/she has already completed 150 ECTS. Therefore he/she will have to submit a preliminary transcript including a preliminary total grade average. The grade average must include all work to date. Conditional admission may then be granted as qualified acceptance. The admission to the master course expires if proof of the Bachelor degree is not given by September 30th.
• the prospective student can prove that he/she has completed 180 ECTS but is missing the final certificate of the Bachelor Degree. Therefore he/she will have to submit his/her preliminary transcripts. Conditional admission may then be granted as qualified acceptance. The admission to the master course expires if proof of the Bachelor degree is not given by September 30th.

 

Questions?

Please feel free to read through our FAQ page first. If you still have remaining questions, please contact us via imes-info@uni-koeln.de.