If you are using a mobile browser, you may be unable to use certain functions of the application portal. We would therefore recommend that you do not use a smartphone to complete your online application, and especially not to upload your documents.

Before you begin your application, please ensure that you have the necessary documents ready to upload.

It is generally only possible to upload documents in PDF format. Before starting your application, please ensure that you have the documents in the correct format.

What happens after the online application?

Filling in the online application is the first step in applying to study HSWT.

You do not need to submit hard copies of your documents to the university.

Please note: You must upload your certificate as a minimum. If you do not have a certificate yet, you must upload your CV as a minimum. Certificates received after 15 July should be sent without delay to unterlagen.zulassung [at]hswt.de by 27 July, quoting the applicant number.

Once you have been offered a place at the university, the next step is to register. To do this, you may have to submit documents in a specific format by post, e.g. as certified copies. We will inform you of which documents we require in the application portal.

You can view your application status at any time in the application portal. This is also where you can see whether we require any additional documents from you. We therefore advise that you regularly check your account, your emails and your spam folder.

Start looking for accommodation early, especially if you would like to take up studies at the Weihenstephan campus (in Freising). Helpful tips for doing so and much more can be found in our FAQs.

 *An extension of the application period for some degree programmes is possible (see information at the top of the page).

Places on the Bachelor's degree programmes with restricted admission are allocated using the website hochschulstart.de.

You must first register with hochschulstart.de. You then apply for a place using the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences Application Portal. For further information, go to Hochschulstart on our homepage.

Please apply for the work-study degree programme offered in a combined form involving both training and university study ("Verbundstudium") in the year in which you will begin your training. You are responsible for finding the necessary training location.

To apply for a work-study programme with admission restrictions in the form of combined studies ("Verbundstudium"), you must first register on the hochschulstart.de website and then apply for the work-study option of the relevant course on the university’s Application Portal.

If you began your vocational training in the previous year and if you have an admission letter or notification of deferment from the previous year, please apply online for preferential admission. Before sending your application, please upload this admission letter or notification of deferment together with written confirmation that the training is ongoing.

If you are planning to undertake a course with intensive practical work ("Studium mit vertiefter Praxis"), you must first apply for the standard course (not the work-study option). As a rule, you can only apply to participating companies once the course starts. You will choose the company yourself. You will find more detailed information on the dedicated webpage for your chosen course, under "Dual (work-study)", or by getting in touch with the contact person for the work-study option listed on the webpage.

You should complete your application using the university’s application portal. This is where all the required data will be collected and you will receive a summary of your application as a PDF for your records. Please do not send this summary to the university.

These are the documents that you must include in your online application:

for degree programmes with restricted admission:

• If available: service certificate (e.g. German Defence Force [Bundeswehr], voluntary social year)

when applying for a higher semester:

• 'Antrag auf Anrechnung' request for recognition of credits -> Please refer to the guidelines in the information sheet under further information.

when applying for a work-study programme (only for combined study, 'Verbundstudium')

• Training contract, cooperation agreement and/or proof of ongoing training. You will need to send two hard copies of your cooperation agreement by the application deadline for the dual course (they must have been received by the university by this deadline).
• Admission letter from the previous year (when starting the studies in the current year)

for second degree programme with restricted admission and master programme applications:

• Certified copy of your undergraduate degree certificate with average grade
• When applying for a second degree: additional letter of motivation.
• When applying for the Climate Change Management or International Management of Forest Industries master’s programmes: Evidence of English language skills of at least B2 level; for Climate Change Management also letter of motivation (1-2 pages, in English).
• When applying for the master’s programmes in Biotechnology/Bioengineering; Business Management and Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship; Climate Change Management; Food Quality; or International Management of Forest Industries, applicants who completed their undergraduate degree outside Germany need to obtain a preliminary review documentation from uni-assist.

for professionally qualified applicants (i.e. those who do not have the university entrance qualification, e.g. Meister [technicians], Techniker [engineers], managers [Fachwirte] or those who have completed an apprenticeship plus 3 years of work experience):

• Evidence of a consultation session from the Subject Advisor for the course, certified letter of recommendation certified copy of the further training examination certificate, along with the average grade and confirmation of the number of hours included in the preparatory course (for Meister, Techniker and similar) or certified copies of the vocational diploma and the examination certificate showing successful completion of vocational training, plus evidence of professional practice. For more detailed information, please see the 'Allgemeines Informationsblatt zum Zulassungsverfahren' (General information sheet on admissions procedure).

If your bachelor's certificate is not yet available when applying for a master's degree programme, it can be sent afterwards to unterlagen.zulassung [at]hswt.de (indicating your applicant number) as follows:

Please note that these dates are subject to change due to the current situation!

*An extension of the application period for some degree programmes is possible (see information at the top of the page). 

Admission letters for degree programmes with restricted admission (NC - registration with hochschulstart.de) are made available in the hochschulstart.de portal in PDF format or - if you have chosen this option - will be sent by email. Admission letters for non-capped Bachelor's programmes are always sent out by post. Admission letters are also sent out by post for master programme applications. Rejection letters for capped bachelor’s programmes are only issued on hochschulstart.de, i.e. are made available to download in PDF, after the admission process is completed (starting 30 September).

To view the current status of the admission process, please consult the application portal. Letters of admission will be sent from the beginning of August; online enrolment also starts at the beginning of August.

Unfortunately, we cannot send letters of admission or conditional admission - for whatever reason - at an earlier point in time, neither to domestic nor to foreign applicants!

When you receive your letter of admission, you must enrol by the deadline.

Have you applied for a course with no admission restrictions? With an 'Offer of admission available' status, you can register online in the application portal, presumably from 1 August (see portal for registration cut-off) and then directly print a preliminary enrolment certificate.

For (NC) courses with restricted admission, go into your Hochschulstart.de portal and accept the offer of admission which is displayed there. In order to secure your place in the course, you should then go into the application portal (not the Hochschulstart.de portal) and complete the online registration there. Then you can print out a provisional enrolment certificate. You do not have to come to the university in person for the enrolment!

The application portal will advise you of any outstanding support documents for your application.

Please be aware that you will lose your place if you do not enrol before the deadline, submit the necessary documents before the start of the study programme, or remit the semester fee on time. You will find information about how to remit the semester fee in the study papers ('Leporello') that will be sent to you before the beginning of studies.

After you have enrolled, i.e. after you have accepted the offer of a university place, the status in your applicant account will no longer change.

Enrolment for work-study degree programmes:

1. If you are beginning your training this year and will therefore be starting your academic studies next year, you are not required to enrol this year. You will only need to enrol after you reapply for the 2023/2024 winter semester.
2. If you received an admission letter for a work-study degree programme last year and are continuing your training and beginning your academic studies as of 1 October 2022, it is essential that you accept your study place and enrol for this degree programme within the registration period via the applicant portal.