Take care of your certificate recognition early. The certificate recognition must be received by the application deadline at HHN (15.01./15.07.).

Application with international certificates

Application deadlines

Summer term: 15th January
Start of lectures: mid March

Winter term : 15th July
Start of lectures: end of September

For Bachelor's and Master's degree programs with direct enrollment, the application deadline is generally the start of the lecture period.

If the end of the application period falls on a Sunday or a public holiday, the application period ends at this day and is not extended. The date of receipt of the application at the university is decisive, not the date of the postmark.

Applications which are submitted after the deadline, or which are incomplete, will not be considered.

Certificates of recognition

If you have completed your higher education entrance qualification abroad, you will need a certificate of recognition before applying to HHN. Please take care of the recognition of your certificates as early as possible. The certificate of recognition must be received by HHN by the application deadline (15.01./15.07).

Applicants for Bachelor's and Master's programmes in Medical Informatics ("Medizinische Informatik") are obliged to comply with different regulations (see below).

Study applicants with international certificates must first register with the

Center for International Students
Alfred-Wachtel-Str. 8
78462 Konstanz
Germany

for a certificate of recognition for free.

The Center for International Students is the central point of contact for those interested in universities of applied science in Baden-Württemberg with regard to advice, certificate recognition and German examinations.

Please take care of the recognition of your certificates as early as possible. The certificate of recognition must be received by the HHN by the application deadline (15.01./15.07.). Please note that the center for International Students has an average processing time of four weeks.

Your application can only be considered if all required documents (including the certification of the Center for International Students) reached Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences on the due date (January 15 for the summer semester and July 15 for the winter semester). Please note that theses are cut-off periods. In individual cases, recognition from uniassist can also be accepted, provided that this has already been done.

Center for International Students

For German nationals who have completed their Abitur abroad, who still reside abroad and would like to study in Baden-Württemberg, or who have acquired a higher education entrance qualification abroad and are resident in Baden-Württemberg, the higher education entrance qualification is recognized by the

Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart
Abteilung 7 Schule und Bildung
- Zeugnisanerkennungsstelle –
Postfach 10 36 42
70031 Stuttgart

Tel.: 0711 904-40700

If you live in another federal state, the certificate recognition office of this federal state is responsible.

To Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart

Language requirements

For most programmes, the language of instruction is German and you will need a German language certificate for admission.

Some Master-programmes are taught in English.

proof of German language skills (in German)

Tuition fees

International students from not EU/EAA states applying for a degree in the state of Baden-Württemberg have to pay a tuition fee of EUR 1.500 per semester.

More information

Contact / consultation hours

If you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact the person in charge of the Registration Office.