Application and Admission Procedure

Here we explain how to apply at our university:

1. Admission Requirements

If you wish to commence studies at the Rheinischen Fachhochschule Köln (RFH), we require proof of one of the following qualifications:

• general university entrance qualification (equivalent to the German Abitur) or
• subject-specific university entrance qualification (equivalent to the German fachgebundene Hochschulreife) or
• advanced technical college certificate (equivalent to the German Fachhochschulreife) or
• eligibility for admission to a particular university course

In principle, you need to have completed a 6-week general internship prior to commencing your studies, in an area corresponding to your course selection. An apprenticeship or work experience in a field relevant to your studies can be counted as meeting the requirements for an internship.

For specific information pertaining to the requirements for the internship, please refer to our internship guidelines and the excerpt of the bachelor examination rules for the study areas listed. (documents in German – English translations to follow)

Furthermore, special conditions apply to the selection procedures for the Media Design and Business Psychology courses, which can be found in the respective course programme descriptions on our website.

Foreign candidates for our courses have to sit a language examination, if your secondary school qualifications or university degree were obtained abroad.

The prerequisite for the Masters course is the completion of an undergraduate degree.

2. Registration/Applying for a place at the university

You can request our registration form free of obligation. This form and our information brochure is then sent to you as by email as a PDF file. Please print out the form and return the signed and completed form together with the required documents to by mail to the RFH. Please note that some documents require certification. (see address below)

The following documents have to be submitted (Information can also be found in our registration form):

• registration form (signed in person)
• official, certified copy of your university entrance eligibility or, if not yet available, your school reports (half-yearly report)
• complete curriculum vitae in table form (signed in person)
• official, certified copy of your birth certificate or similar proof of identity
• 2 photos (with your name on rear)
• official, certified copies of your work reference from internship or IHK report, if currently doing an internship, a preliminary report certifying your internship or an internship contract
• proof of withdrawal from studies at other university, in the case of prior tertiary studies

Please send your application to:
Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln
Stichwort: Studienplatzbewerbung
Schaevenstraße 1 b
50676 Köln

If you have any further questions about our courses, please contact our course guidance centre (Tel.: 0221 2030228).

Questions about our application process should be addressed to the student registration centre (Tel.: 0221 2030228)

We look forward to helping you!

3. Selection procedure

Once we have received your application, we will check to make sure it is complete and send you an acknowledgement of receipt and, if requirements are met, further forms (e. g. student contract), which need to be sent back signed and completed. If any documents are missing, we will ask you to submit these as soon as possible.

The respective selection process will determine whether you gain admission.

4. Admission

If you are successful in the selection process (starting in July for the winter semester and in January for the summer semester), you will receive your notification of admission explaining further steps required for enrolment in the mail.

5. Enrolment and Signing the Contract

Now you can enrol at the RFH within the deadline for enrolments specified in your notification of admission. Anyone with a written power of attorney may enrol you on your behalf. After the deadline for enrolments specified in your notification of admission has lapsed, the place reserved for you will be allocated to another applicant. The students contract only takes effect after enrolment and the scale of fees apply. Please note, that withdrawal from a course of studies does not automatically terminate the contract. Due and proper notice of your termination of the contract is required. The periods of notice are stated in the student contract.

Studies commence either:

• winter semester: 01. September
• summer semester: 01. March

Lectures commence either on the second Monday of September (for the winter semester) or of March (for the summer semester)

We wish you a lot of success and look forward to your application!

 

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