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Undergraduate

  • Start of study: winter semester
  • Degree variants: Major 100%, Major 75%, 1st Major 50%, 2nd Major 50%, Minor 25%
  • Documents required for the application: University entrance qualification (e.g. Abitur / Matura / High School Diploma / Baccalauréat)
  • If your first language is not German, you must also take a German language test (DSH) before matriculation or submit an official test result of a German language test (equivalent to the DSH) with your application.
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Graduate

  • Start of study: winter and summer semester
  • Degree variants: Major 120 credits, Major 100 credits, Minor 20 credits
  • Documents required for the application:
    • Motivation letter (max 2 pages)
    • Curriculum Vitae (max 3 pages)
    • University entrance qualification (e.g. Abitur / Matura / High School Diploma / Baccalauréat)
    • Bachelor certificate and transcript incl. grading scheme
    • APS certificate (only for applicants from China, India, and Vietnam)
    • Test result of an English language test (Level C1: ≳7 (IELTS); ≳180 (Cambridge C1 Advanced); ≳95 (TOEFL); ≳115 (duolingo)
      ▸ If your first language is English and you are a citizen of a majority English-speaking country or you earned your bachelor's degree in a majority English-speaking country, then you do not need to demonstrate English proficiency (Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, Malta, New Zealand, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, USA).
    • Knowledge of German is not required for the master's programs at SAI. All modules can be completed in English. Therefore, you do not need to prove knowledge of German for the application.
    • ONLY for MADESH: Focus selection form
    • ONLY for MAKLM: evidence of either Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, or Tamil proficiency equivalent to at least four semesters of study
    • ONLY for MAKRS: evidence of Sanskrit knowledge equivalent to at least four semesters of study
  • Apply

Admission deadlines and semester dates

Summer Semester 2024

Apply for admission: Oct 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024
Matriculation period: April 1 to April 30, 2024
Semester period: April 1 to Sep 30, 2024
Lecture period: April 15 to July 26, 2024

Winter Semester 2024/25

Apply for admission: April 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2024
Matriculation period: Oct 1 to Oct 31, 2024
Semester period: Oct 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025
Lecture period: Oct 14, 2024 to Feb 7, 2025

Important notes

If you need a visa to enter Germany, please check in advance with the German embassy or consulate responsible for you about the duration of a visa application. Therefore, plan your application early enough so that you have enough time, including application for the degree program, visa application, travel preparations and "arriving in Germany", to be able to be in Heidelberg in time before lectures start. If you arrive late, you may not be able to attend courses in the first semester. Contact us in good time before the start of the lecture period and let us know when you can come to Heidelberg and whether you need help with course registration.

Once you have submitted your application for one of our degree programs online, please also apply immediately for a residence hall or start looking for a room/apartment on the private housing market (general information about how to find accommodation in Heidelberg). An admission letter is not required when registering for a place in a residence hall. You can submit it later.

Contributions and Fees

For the detailed breakdown and amount of semester contributions for all students as well as for tuition fees for non-EU/non-EEA citizens, please consult the website of the Central Student Advisory & Administration Office. There you will also find information on financing your studies.

Heidelberg University does not charge application fees.