Subject-Specific Requirements

• German

  To gain admission to the master's programme in Business Administration at the University of Münster, you need very good German language skills, usually at the DSH-2 level.The following certificates are accepted as proof of German language competence:

  • A DSH-2 certificate (or higher)
  • TestDaF level 4 in all four skill areas (or higher)
  • Deutsches Sprachdiplom (German Language Diploma) of the Standing Conference of Education Ministers, level II (C1 level in all sub-sections)
  • Assessment test (Feststellungsprüfung)
  • Goethe-Zertifikat C2
  • UNIcert certificate, level III (or higher)
  • TELC C1 Hochschule (level "befriedigend" or "gut")

• English

  Proof of English language skills is not obligatory for the application to the Master's programme in Business Administration. If you have advanced English language skills and can prove them, then this will be positively considered in the selection process. 

  There are reasonable grounds for believing that applicants have a good grasp of English if they have studied at a university, spent a semester or served an internship in an English-speaking country. The same is true of persons who have successfully completed a BA in which lectures, seminars and tutorials were held in English.

  Furthermore, one of the following official Language certificates are accepted: TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS, Cambridge (minimum level B2).

  Applicants are required to hand in documents in order to substantiate their claims relating to their linguistic competence. Vague and general references to languages in a CV will not be deemed sufficient. English learnt at school or English courses at university are not taken into consideration.

Applicants who meet the subject-specific and language requirements are deemed eligible for selection and are awarded points for their strengths and achievements. The maximum number of points that can be awarded to each applicant is 100. The strengths and achievements that are taken into consideration are as follows:

You are a top applicant but do not meet the subject-specific admission requirements?

Candidates with official proof that they were among the best 10 percent of the final-year students in their age group are eligible for selection, even though they do not meet the subject-specific admission requirements.

You have less than 40 ECTS credit points in the field of business administration?

If you have earned over 30 points for economics, maths and statistics, then you can use up to 16 extra ECTS for maths and statistics to offset a points deficit in business administration.

• Deadlines

  There are two application deadlines for the Master of Business Administration at the University of Münster.

  If you apply with your complete application documents by June 05, 2024, you will participate in the first application phase. Then you have the chance to receive an admission notice by the end of June 2024.

  You did not receive an admission by the end of June?

  Your application will then be reviewed in the second round. The second and final application deadline is July 15, 2024. If you apply for the Master of Business Administration by this deadline, you can expect to hear back in early August.

   

  

   

   

• Prepare your application

  Are you interested in a Master's degree in Business Administration at the University of Münster?

  General information and a guideline for your application can be found in the following document:

  Information for Applicants Winter Semester 2023 / 2024

   

  Your grades must be presented according to the following grading scale: 1 to 1.5= very good; 1.6 to 2.5= good; 2.6 to 3.5= satisfactory; 3.6 to 4.0= sufficient; above 4.0= not sufficient. Grades that do not conform to this grading scheme must be converted.

  The credit points must correspond to the ECTS system. Otherwise, they must be converted.

  Here you can find a help for the conversion of your grades and credit points:

  Conversion of ECTS and Grades (Excel)

   

  You would like to check whether your previous bachelor studies meet the admission criteria for the University of Münster, but you are unsure about the assignment of the subjects to the corresponding areas?

  The following document gives you an exemplary insight into the module assignment:

  Exemplary Assingment of Modules

   

  You would like to inform yourself about the legal order behind the admission criteria to the Master's programme in Business Administration at the University of Münster?

  Under the following link you will find the corresponding access and admission regulations (German only):

  Zugangs- und Zulassungsordnung für den Masterstudiengang BWL

   

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