Depending on where you obtained your university or Master's entrance qualification and what you would like to apply for, you must either apply directly to our → university or via→uni-assist e.V.. Please refer to the relevant → degree programme pages under Application for information on the application process that applies to you.

You can find out which portal you need to use to apply on the respective → degree programme pages under Application.

→The HNEE application portal is open from 1 June for the winter semester and from 1 December for the summer semester.

The → uni-assist application portal is open from 1 April for the winter semester and from 1 December for the summer semester.

Exchange students please note the information on the pages of the International Office.

The admission requirements may vary depending on whether you have a German university entrance qualification or a foreign Master's entrance qualification, for example. You can find the admission requirements including possible subject and language requirements on the respective → degree programme pages under Application.

You can submit a special application or application for hardship case together with your application for a study place in the following cases:

• Application for compensation for disadvantages with regard to increasing the waiting time or improving the average grade, e.g. due to illness in lower or upper secondary school (only possible with appropriate proof)
• Pre-selection based on a previous entitlement to admission, e.g. due to completing a voluntary social or ecological year or caring for a child under 18 (only possible with appropriate proof)

Exceptional hardship is deemed to exist if special social, health or family reasons relating to your own person make immediate admission to the degree programme absolutely necessary (only possible with appropriate proof). The order of priority is determined by the degree of exceptional hardship.

Applicants for degree programmes with restricted admission can increase their chances of gaining a place by providing evidence of relevant practical experience. However, the "practical experience criterion" is not binding, i.e. applicants can also apply without practical experience. In the admission procedure, practical experience can be taken into account at three different levels: relevant, completed vocational training or relevant, continuous professional activity (internship, FÖJ) of at least 1 year or relevant, continuous internship of at least 6 months. 
If you would like your practical experience to be taken into account, please upload proof of the months of relevant, continuous practical experience already completed at the time of application or proof of relevant completed vocational training in your online application.

Degree programmes with restricted admission are those for which the number of applicants exceeds the number of available places. After deducting the preliminary quotas, 80 percent of the available study places for Bachelor's study programmes with restricted admission are allocated on the basis of the average grade and 20 percent on the basis of the waiting time; for Master's study programmes with restricted admission, 90 percent are allocated on the basis of the average grade and 10 percent on the basis of the waiting time. 
The selection limits (also known colloquially as Numerus Clausus = "NC") from previous years can be found → in this list. 
In the case of admission-free degree programmes, all applicants who meet the formal admission requirements and, in the case of Master's study programmes, also the subject-specific admission requirements are awarded a place.

You can find out whether a degree programme is with restricted admission or admission-free on the respective → degree programme pagesunder Application.

Applicants who have already successfully completed an undergraduate degree (e.g. Bachelor's degree) in a degree programme at a German university (first degree) will be selected within the quota for a second degree when applying for a further Bachelor's degree programme with restricted admission.

The ranking of the applicants is determined by a measurement number, which is calculated from the result of the final examination of the first degree programme and the degree of importance of the reasons for the second degree programme. For this purpose, a justification for the second degree programme and the certificate from the first degree programme must be submitted with the online application.

An application for a Master's study programme does not count as a second degree.

If you would like to continue a degree programme you have already started with us, you should check whether you can apply directly for a higher semester. To do this, you must submit the recognition of previous study and/or examination performance with the corresponding ECTS credits together with your application. The → Recognition form and a certificate of no objection (confirmation of examination rights) must be submitted together with the online application. We will be happy to advise you in advance.

Please arrange a counselling appointment with us. We will work with you to find individual solutions for planning and organising your studies (e.g. accessibility, application for hardship case, compensation for disadvantages). The aim is to enable you to study successfully at our university.

Family friendliness is very important to HNEE. The Family-Friendly University Coordination Office advises and supports students who are caring for their child(ren) and/or relatives alongside their studies. Comprehensive information can be found on the → Family-Friendly Universitywebsite. We will be happy to answer your individual questions in a counselling appointment.

If you would like to study at our university and do not have an Abitur, you will need a vocational qualification in accordance with Section 10 (2) points 6 to 11 of the Brandenburg University and College Act. For example, it is possible to study if you have passed a master craftsman's examination or have completed lower secondary school (Realschule), have completed vocational training relevant to the degree programme in question and have two years of subsequent professional experience.

In certain cases, the Cottbus State Education Authority must first recognise your school leaving certificate.

This is the case if:

• the Fachhochschulreife only entitles you to study in certain German federal states.
• the Fachhochschulreife was acquired outside of Brandenburg and the certificate does not contain a note about recognition in other federal states (exception: acquisition of the Fachhochschulreife at a Fachoberschule).
• the certificate for the school-based part of the entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences or a corresponding leaving certificate from a grammar school is available.

Pupils in the upper secondary school who leave school without obtaining the general higher education entrance qualification can apply for the Fachhochschulreife (school-based part) at the earliest after attending two semesters of the qualification phase. In order to be able to study at a university of applied sciences, an additional practical part is required, which is determined by the respective state regulations. If you have acquired the school-based part of the entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences outside the federal state of Brandenburg, recognition must be obtained from the Cottbus State Education Authority The processing time for applications can take several months. Further information on how to apply can be found on the website of the State Education Authority (Certificate Recognition Office).

The letter of recognition must be uploaded with the proof of the academic and practical part in the application by the end of the application deadline for the respective degree programme.

Are you enrolled at another university and want to transfer to HNEE? Would you like to change your degree programme within HNEE? Then please reapply within the application deadline.

If you have definitively failed an examination prescribed by the examination regulations at your university (loss of examination rights), then it must be checked in which degree programme you can continue your studies. Let us advise you.

As an international student with a residence permit for study purposes, please clarify with your local immigration authority whether and how a change of university is possible before applying.

Once you have been admitted to the degree programme of your choice, you must enrol (matriculate) at our university by the deadline stated in the letter of admission. 

Do you have a university entrance qualification obtained abroad (if you are applying for a Bachelor's degree course) or a Master's entrance qualification (if you are applying for a Master's degree course) and would like to apply to HNEE? Please apply via the → uni-assist application portal and note the different application deadlines, which you can find on the respective → degree programme pagesunder Application.

Please apply early so that all entry and other formalities can be clarified before the start of your studies. We will be happy to advise you on your questions.

Would you like to attend individual classes without completing an examination performance? If there is free capacity, you can attend classes for up to 8 semester weeks as a non-matriculated person without proof of university entrance qualification. As a rule, guest students are subject to a fee. No fees are charged to students. Admission as a guest student for those with a refugee background is free of charge.

Participation in classes in the corresponding subject areas can be confirmed in writing. Unfortunately, it is not possible to take examinations.

Please complete the → guest student application form and send it to studieren(at)hnee.de by 15 January for the summer semester or 15 July for the winter semester. You can find an overview of the respective courses → in our course catalogue. Please note that there may be changes to the modules offered, their dates and content.

Are you enrolled at another German university and would like to take additional modules at our university? Then, depending on capacity, you can be accepted as a part-time student at our university and earn ECTS credits. The condition is that you can study at both universities at the same time (parallel studies) and that the module you choose is a useful addition to your current degree programme. There is a fee for part-time students. The amount of the fee depends on the current fee schedule of the HNEE, the AStA and the Studentenwerk Frankfurt (Oder).

Please fill in the → application form and send it to studieren(at)hnee.de by 15 January for the summer semester or 15 July for the winter semester. You can find an overview of the respective courses → in our course catalogue. Please note that there may be changes to the modules offered, their dates and content.