Online application

1. The application will only be processed if all the documents and details required for the award have been uploaded in full and on time to the upload page on the application portal by the application deadline (= final deadline! – 15 July (winter semester) / 15 January (summer semester)).
2. Providing a telephone number and email address is optional.
3. Please upload your university entrance qualification in full, including the cover sheet.
4. Proof of having completed the orientation test (www.was-studiere-ich.de) must also be uploaded.
5. Certificates of vocational training and employment are only recognised up to the date of issue. Any periods beyond this must be substantiated by new certificates. These documents must be submitted upon enrolment. Vocational qualifications only count towards the waiting period if they have been obtained and verified by the application deadlines.
6. Proof of a pre-study placement: At present, no degree programme requires a pre-study placement. However, for the Forestry degree programme, it is expressly and strongly recommended that you undertake a pre-study placement at a state, local or private forestry office / forestry enterprise / forest district.
7. Germans who have obtained a foreign qualification for university admission must
   a) enclose this certificate and a translation into German in the form of a certified photocopy or certified transcript, and
   b) b) enclose a certificate from the Oberschulamt Stuttgart, Breitscheidstr. 42, 70176 Stuttgart, confirming the equivalence of their prior education and stating the average mark.
8. Foreign and stateless applicants with a foreign university entrance qualification must
   a) enclose this certificate and a translation into German in the form of a certified photocopy or certified transcript, and
   b) enclose the certificate from the Studienkolleg for Universities of Applied Sciences in the State of Baden-Württemberg (https://www.htwg-konstanz.de/en/academics/center-for-international-students-konstanz/start-page), Brauneggerstr. 55, 78462 Konstanz, confirming that they have passed the German language or assessment examination, in the form of a certified photocopy or certified transcript. 

1. Study places are allocated in an admission-restricted degree programme in accordance with the latest version of the HZVO, currently in the version dated 2 December 2019 (GBl. P. 489). 
2. The preselection includes applicants who
   • have fulfilled their compulsory service (military service, civilian service) or a temporary service obligation (maximum three years) or
   • have worked as a development worker for at least two years or
   • have completed a voluntary social year or
   • have completed the voluntary ecological year or
   • have cared for a child or a relative in need of care for up to three years and were admitted to the respective university of applied sciences immediately before or during the above-mentioned activities in the above-mentioned degree programme (please enclose a copy of the letter of admission). The preselection applies at the latest to the second award procedure carried out after the end of the service. 
3. A case of hardship according to § 24 HZVO only exists if there are such serious health, social or family reasons in the person of the applicant that even if particularly strict standards are applied, it is not reasonable to expect the applicant to wait even one semester for admission. A detailed justification, supported by evidence (e.g., a specialist medical report), must be attached to any application for recognition as a case of hardship. Financial reasons that necessitate the immediate commencement of studies, or the illness or care needs of a parent or other relative, are generally not considered sufficient grounds for a hardship application.
    

Authorisation statutes:

• Statutes of the Rottenburg University of Applied Forest Sciences on admission and the university's own selection procedure in its Bachelor's degree programmes | PDF