Application and admission for MSc program Molecular Life Sciences: Microbiology, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Admission Qualification

The first step is the assessment of the applicants admission qualification, which is achieved by a Bachelor's degree in Biology or a closely related field and proofs of proficiency in English of level C1 and German of level B1.

From 2019/20 submission of a GRE subject test result sheet is obligatory.

Selection procedure for applicants from a non-European country

The following information is for applicants who acquired the entrance qualification to the Master's program in a non-EU country. If more applicants are eligible than university places for the program are provided, a selection procedure is performed. For this procedure the applicants are ranked by the points achieved for special qualification.
Special Qualification
Only applicants providing a »special qualification« for the program are admitted. The special qualification is determined by means of a scoring system.
a) Bachelor grade (max. 51 points)
b) GRE subject test result for the program (max. 39 points):
Since the GRE subject test Biology is not longe supported by ETS, the GRE result has been be replaced by an online assessment test provided by the faculty.