FACULTY OF

ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT

Winter and Summer term

Applicants, who would like to apply for a higher semester can find further information on addition documents to be submitted here.

• Prospective students should have an interest in business management issues and quantitative analysis methods.
• Good to very good knowledge of mathematics and statistics is also important.
• Fluency in written and spoken German or English (language level B2) is a prerequisite.

Applicants with a German university degree:

• Application at the University of Magdeburg
• Application deadline winter semester:
  30 September (exclusion period)
• Application deadline summer semester:
  15 March (exclusion period)

Applicants with an International University Degree:

• Application via uni-assist
  
• Application deadline winter semester:
  15 July (exclusion period)
• Application deadline summer semester:
  15 January (exclusion period)

Admission requirements:

No restricted admission

1. Relevant bachelor’s, diploma, or comparable degree with at least 140 ECTS (at the time of applying), and an average grade of 2,9 or better, determined from the examination results.

A study program is relevant if 

• at least 50 ECTS (EU degrees) or 9 modules (non-EU) in business administration,
• at least 15  ECTS  (EU degrees) or 3 modules (non-EU) in economics.
• and at least 16 ECTS  (EU degrees) or 3 modules (non-EU)  in the field of quantitative methods have been acquired.

2. Proof of relevance with the faculty’s verification form

3. Proof of language skills:

• • Proof of English skills at B2-level or
  • Proof of German skills at B2-level
  • The required language skills proof with one of the following options.

Application modalities and documents:

Applicants with a German degree:

Online-application via the OVGU-application platform  until September 15, with the following documents:

• Registration for enrollment from the online application
  
  
• Copy of the university entrance certificate (high school diploma) or transcript of records of the first degree qualifying for a profession (Bachelor’s, diploma, etc.) containing the final grade or a current grade average. Alternatively, a separate official confirmation of grades signed by the coherent examination office will suffice. 
  
  
• Proof of relevance of a completed preceding study program 
  The compulsory faculty’s verification form for the proof of relevance can be found here. 
  
  (Note: Applicants, who have acquired their Bachelor’s degree at the Faculty of Economics and Management at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, do not need to hand in the proof of relevance since the faculty has knowledge of this information.)

Applicants with an International degree:

International applicants may not apply via the OVGU-application platform, but according to the guidelines of the academic international students’ office and the International Office. 

You can find specific information about applying via uni-assist here.