Application procedure for Masters Programmes
Application forms
Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen am Rhein offers at presently 7 consecutice Master's programs, which have different entrance requirements and their own special application forms.
Application forms and more information (in German) you can find under:
Controlling M.A.
Finance & Accouting M.A.
Information Management & Consulting M.Sc
Innovation Management M.A.
International Human Resource Management M.A.
International Marketing-Management M.A.
Logistik M.A.
Please note: applicants with non-German school leaving and university certificates are not able to apply online . Please download the right application form and send it via mail to the Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen, International Affairs
Closing dates for application
Controlling M.A.
- 15 August for the following winter semester
- 15 February for the following summer semester
Finance & Accounting M.A.
- 15 August for the following winter semester
- 01 February for the following summer semester
Information Management & Consulting M.Sc.
- 15 September for the following winter semester
- 15 February for the following summer semester
Innovation Management M.A.
- 15 August for the following winter semester
- 15 Februar for the following summer semester
International Human Resource Management M.A.
- 01 July for the following winter semester
admission only in winter semester
International Marketing-Management M.A.
- 15 Juky for the following winter semester
admission only in winter semester
Logistik M.A.
- 15 September for the following winter semester
- 15 February for the following summer semester
no admissions possible for summer semester 2011
We recommend to hand in your application on 15 July for the following wintersemester and 15 January for the following summersemester at the latest if you have to apply for a student's visa in your homecountry
The following documentation must accompany any application:
- School leaving certificate and Bachelor's diplom or a comparable diploma from you home country along with the transcripts of record in the field of Business or Economy. We require a copy of the originals and a certified translation in English or German
- The International Office will determine the validity and acceptability of such certificates
- Applicants with Chinese nationality have their certificates to be proofed by the "Akademische Prüfstelle" in Peking; please enclose the certificate in original to your application papers.
required grade
The minimum grade we require form your first degree is 2,5 in the German grading system.
Language competences
- German
DSH-2/Testdaf 4 for the Master's programs
Finance & Accounting M.A., Information Management & Consulting M. Sc.
DSH-3/Testdaf 5 for the Master's programs
Controlling M.A., Innovation Management M.A., International Human Resource Management M.A.,
International Marketing-Management M.A., Logistik M.A.
If your German language proficiency is not sufficient, please contact any provider of the
near region
In all consecutive Mster's programs a certain number of lectures will be given in English; therefore English knowledge proficiency in required on the level B 2 within the Common European Framework of reference for languages.
Some Master's programs require the TOEFL (70% of the maximum) or a comparable test such as GMAT:
International Human Resource Management M.A. und International Marketing-Management M.A.
Aptitude test
- Nearly all Master's programs offer a aptitude test if your grade is lower than 2,5 or the prerequirements concerning your first degree are uncertain
- The master's course in International Human Resource Management has an obligatory interview with a duration of 30 minutes.For more information please contact the individual homepages
Other documentation
- A curriculum vitae, in German, laid out in table format.
- 1 photo
Previous or present studies in Germany
- confirmation of enrollment
- transcript of records and/or Unbedenklichkeitsbescheinigung
All documents must be supplied both in the form of an authenticated original and (when necessary) with an authenticated translation in German or English
Please note that photocopies of authenticated documents cannot be accepted!
Important! Urgent! Please Note!
Make sure you have up-to-date information
- about the allocation of places in the German colleges which you are interested in applying to;
- the conditions for obtaining a visa or a student visa in your home country. Contact the local German consulate.
- By enrolment at the latest you must have a valid Student Visa. Without this, you will not be able to enrol!