On this page you will find all the necessary information on the requirements and required documents for requests for special consideration. If you have any questions, you can contact the Central Student Counselling Center (ZSB).
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During your online application, you can submit requests for special consideration in order to be given preferential treatment in the allocation of study places for degree programs with a limited number of places. A request for special consideration can only be successful if the relevant requirements are met. Even if you are applying for a second degree at a level for which you already have a degree (for example a Bachelor's program when you already have a Bachelor's degree), there are specific procedures to follow during the application process.
You are applying for a “second degree program” (Zweitstudium) if you have already successfully completed an undergraduate degree program (e.g. Bachelor's degree) at a German university and would like to follow up with a second Bachelor's degree program with a limited number of places. A postgraduate program, especially with the intended degree of “Master," is not considered a second degree in this sense.
2% of the study places in degree programs with a limited number of places are awarded to applicants who are applying for a second degree.
There is no separate second degree quota for Master's degree programs with limited numbers of places, but tuition fees are also charged for a second degree, as well as for degree programs with an unlimited number of places.
Up to three applications for admission to a degree program at the University of Hohenheim can be submitted. However, anyone applying for a second degree program may only submit one application for admission!
The online application is similar to an application for a first degree program. Relevant information regarding the second degree program will be requested in the application process and supporting documents can be uploaded as files.
You must upload the following documents:
Tuition fees are charged for a second degree program in Baden-Württemberg.
5% of the study places in degree programs with a limited number of places are awarded to applicants for whom non-admission to the program would mean exceptional hardship. Admission under the hardship quota is granted if special health, social, or family circumstances make it imperative that the student begin his or her studies immediately. The reasons must be so serious that a delay of even one semester is unreasonable.
If health circumstances are given as the reason, a specialist medical statement must adequately comment on the applicant’s health. The statement should contain information about the origin, severity, course, and treatment options of the disease as well as a prognosis about the further course of the disease. It should be comprehensible even for a medical layperson.
As part of the online application for Bachelor's programs with a limited number of places, you can submit a hardship application and upload the required proof. No paper documents need to be submitted.
You need to upload the following documents:
1% of the applicants for degree programs with a limited number of places who belong to an Olympic squad, team sports squad, perspective squad, supplementary squad, or junior squad 1 of a national professional association of the German Olympic Sports Confederation formed at the federal level and who are bound to the study location Hohenheim due to justified circumstances will be admitted in a preliminary selection procedure outside the selection ranking list.
If you meet the above definition, your admission will be decided under a separate quota. If admission through the quota is not possible, the admission decision is made through the selection or waiting period ranking list.
As part of the online application for Bachelor's programs with a limited number of places, you can submit a request to be considered for the quota and upload the required proof. No paper documents need to be submitted.
You must upload the following documents:
The request for disadvantage compensation can be submitted by applicants for Bachelor's degree programs with a limited number of places who were not able to obtain their university entrance qualification at an earlier point in time for reasons for which they were not at fault.
There may be circumstances that delayed your university entrance qualification. Applicants would then have less waiting time than they would have if they had completed their schooling on time. If this request is accepted, an earlier date for the university entrance qualification is taken as a basis when calculating the waiting period. The affected applicants can then participate in the selection procedure with the waiting time that would probably have been achieved without the delays.
Proof of the reason for the request (e.g. prolonged illness) is not sufficient in itself for the application to be recognized. Additional evidence must be provided that this reason delayed you from getting your university entrance qualification. This must be accompanied by a certificate from the school stating the reason for and duration of the delay, as well as any other supporting documents that you can use to prove the circumstances of the delay. The request cannot be processed without the appropriate documentation.
As part of the online application for Bachelor's programs with a limited number of places, you can submit a request to compensate for this delay and upload the required proof. No paper documents need to be submitted.
You must upload the following documents:
The request for disadvantage compensation can be submitted by applicants for Bacheor's degree programs with a limited number of places who were not able to obtain a better grade on their university entrance qualification for reasons for which they were not at fault.
If such circumstances and their effects are proven and the request for disadvantage compensation is approved, the application will participate in the selection process with an improved average grade/score.
Evidence of the circumstances that led to poorer grades (e.g., a month-long hospital stay) is not sufficient by itself to support the claim. Evidence must be provided in the form of a statement from the school (not the teacher) that, taking into account the overall development of performance over many years, establishes for each subject under consideration what better grade or higher score would have been expected if the impairment had not occurred. The resulting better average grade or higher total score for the university entrance qualification must be stated in the report.
As part of the online application for Bachelor's programs with a limited number of places, you can submit a request to compensate for this delay and upload the required proof. No paper documents need to be submitted.
You must upload the following documents:
We can answer your questions about the application process.
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