FAQs
Admission to the first subject semester of a programme at the University of Würzburg
To find out what programmes we offer, go to https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/studium/angebot/.
All restricted admission programmes (https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/studying-at-jmu/studienangelegenheiten/application-and-enrollment/bewerbungundzulassunguebersich/) require an application for admission.
You will not have to apply for admission to degree programmes with unrestricted admission; just enrol within the designated enrolment deadlines (https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/studium/studienangelegenheiten/bewerbung-und-einschreibung/daten-online/immatrikulation/unrestricted-admission/)
Applications for summer intake will open around early December and will close on 15 January. If you are required to submit any documents in paper form by postal mail, the University of Würzburg must also receive those documents by that closing date (this is a preclusive period). Letters of admission or rejection will be made available to applicants starting around early March.
Applications for winter intake will open around late May/early June and will close on 15 July. If you are required to submit any documents in paper form by postal mail, the University of Würzburg must also receive those documents by that closing date (this is a preclusive period). Letters of admission or rejection will be made available to applicants in electronic form starting around early August.
The application deadlines can also be found at https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/studying-at-jmu/studienangelegenheiten/dates-and-deadlines/application-deadlines/
You will have to submit your application for admission online through the WueStudy portal. If you are filing a claim for special circumstances, you will also have to send us some documents in paper form. Towards the end of the online application process, you will see a list of all the documents you will need to submit by postal mail. Please be aware that the University of Würzburg must receive those documents by the closing date for applications (this is a preclusive period).
Please send your documents to the following address:
Universität Würzburg
Studierendenkanzlei
Sanderring 2
97070 Würzburg
Germany
Admission to the first subject semester of programmes in medicine, pharmacy and dentistry is subject to national admission restrictions. This means that you will have to apply through www.hochschulstart.de.
To learn more about the application process, go to the hochschulstart.de website (available in German only) or read the information provided at https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/studying-at-jmu/studienangelegenheiten/application-and-enrollment/bewerbungundzulassunguebersich/beginners-nationwide-admission-restricted-courses-of-study/.
If you are NOT a German national and are NOT holding a German higher education entrance qualification, you will have to submit your application through our International Office (https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/international/studying-in-wuerzburg/degree-programmes/application/medicine-dentistry-pharmacy/).
Go to https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/studying-at-jmu/studienangelegenheiten/studienberechtigung/ to find out whether you are eligible for admission to a programme at the University of Würzburg.
You will have to submit a preliminary review documentation (Vorprüfungsdokumentation, VPD) from uni-assist along with your application for admission.
For more information, visit https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/studying-at-jmu/studienangelegenheiten/studienberechtigung/preliminary-review-documentation/.
In addition, you will need to provide proof of your proficiency in the German language to be able to enrol. More information can be found at https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/studying-at-jmu/studienangelegenheiten/studienberechtigung/german-nationals-holding-higher-education-entrance-qualifications-awarded-by-non-german-institutions/ under ‘Proof of proficiency in the German language’.
For more information about the admissions lottery, go to https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/studying-at-jmu/studienangelegenheiten/application-and-enrollment/bewerbungundzulassunguebersich/admissions-lottery-clearing/.
If, at the time you apply, you have successfully completed another degree programme at a German university or university of applied sciences already, you are an applicant applying for admission to second degree studies. Information for applicants applying for admission to second degree studies can be found on our information page about admission to programmes with local admission restrictions under ‘4. Applicants applying for admission to second degree studies’.
If you want to study for two degrees at the same time, you will go through the regular application procedure but will need approval from the course advisor for the restricted admission programme to enrol. Please be aware that at the University of Würzburg, you cannot study human medicine and dentistry at the same time.
You can submit up to 12 applications for programmes that are taking part in the dialogue-oriented service procedure (DoSV; this includes the programmes with national admission restrictions, which require application through hochschulstart.de).
In addition, you may submit several applications for admission to the first subject semester of programmes with local admission restrictions that are not taking part in the DoSV.
Be aware, however, that you may only submit one application per programme for admission to a higher subject semester. This means that you may only apply for one particular higher subject semester of a programme, but you may also apply for admission to the first subject semester of that same programme at the same time.
Places on some degree programmes are allocated to applicants via hochschulstart.de in what is called the dialogue-oriented service procedure (DoSV).
What does this mean for you? It means that you will first have to register to the hochschulstart.de portal. hochschulstart.de will then assign you an applicant authentication number (Bewerber-Authentifizierungsnummer, BAN). Please make sure that you do not lose that number. You will need it later on in the application process. After you have registered with hochschulstart.de, submit your application to us through our WueStudy portal. Please be aware that our application form will ask you for your BAN number.
If you are applying to several universities in Germany, your BAN number will allow hochschulstart.de to coordinate your applications.
The DoSV procedure is called ‘dialogue-oriented’ because you, the applicant, will be required to play an active part in the admission procedure - even after you have submitted your application for admission. For example, you may re-prioritise your applications or may accept an offer of admission. The procedure helps ensure that places on degree programmes that remain untaken can be offered directly to other applicants.
The selection criteria for admission to programmes that are taking part in the DoSV are the same as those used for admission to the other programmes with local admission restrictions.
More information in German about the coordination rules can be found on the hochschulstart.de website.
The following types of service will be considered:
- Up to three years of military service or service in the German Border Guard
- German Federal Volunteer Service under the Federal Volunteer Service act (Bundesfreiwilligendienstgesetz, BFDG)
- Alternative civilian service (Zivildienst)
- Freiwilliges soziales/ökologisches Jahr (year of voluntary work in the social or environmental sector)
- Weltwärts volunteer service
- Kulturwelt volunteer service
- International Youth Volunteer Service
- At least two years of working as a development worker
- Up to three years of providing care for a child or other family member, provided that care was provided full time and the caregiving was comparable to the other types of service listed above in terms of the extent and intensity of involvement
The Berufsvorbereitendes Soziales Jahr (BSJ) orientation year cannot be considered.
The admission thresholds in previous rounds of admissions (https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/studying-at-jmu/studienangelegenheiten/forms-downloads/auswahlgrenzen/) can give you an idea of your chances of being admitted.
Admission to a higher subject semester of a programme at the University of Würzburg
If you want to be admitted to a higher subject semester of a restricted admission programme as a transfer student from another university in Germany, you will have to submit a relevant application.
You will have to apply for admission to the next higher subject semester and will have to start out by submitting your application online through our application portal. After you have done so, you will have to send a printout of your application for admission to the University of Würzburg by postal mail along with the documents asked for on that printout. Please be aware that the University must receive the paper copies of your application and supporting documents by the closing date for applications (this is a preclusive period).
More information for applicants seeking admission to a higher subject semester can be found at
You can submit an application for admission to a higher subject semester directly through the application portal of the University of Würzburg. Before you submit your application for admission to a higher subject semester, please find out which and how many credits you will be able to transfer to Würzburg. Please contact the course advisory service for your chosen degree programme for information about the transferability of credits.
If you are admitted to the programme, submit a credit transfer request form to the Examination Office. You will then be placed directly into the higher subject semester.
More information for applicants seeking admission to a higher subject semester can be found at
https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/studying-at-jmu/studienangelegenheiten/application-and-enrollment/bewerbungundzulassunguebersich/study-continuation/.
In addition, you may, at the same time, submit an application for admission to the first subject semester. Be aware, however, that if you enter the programme in the first subject semester, you will not be able to transfer more than 29 ECTS credits into it.
You can apply to the University of Würzburg while still enrolled with your current university!
If you are seeking admission to a higher subject semester of a programme with national admission restrictions, you will first have to submit an application for admission online through the WueStudy portal. Applications will open around late May/early June for summer intake and around early December for winter intake. The closing date for applications is 15 July for summer intake and 15 January for winter intake. In addition to your online application, you will also need to send us paper copies of your application and supporting documents by postal mail. Please be aware that the University of Würzburg must receive these paper copies by the closing date for applications indicated above (this is a preclusive period).
More information for applicants seeking admission to a higher subject semester can be found at https://www.uni‑wuerzburg.de/en/studying-at-jmu/studienangelegenheiten/application‑and‑enrollment/bewerbungundzulassunguebersich/study-continuation/.
Before you submit your application, find out which and how many credits you will be able to transfer. You will need this information to ensure that you are applying for admission to the correct subject semester. The transfer of your previously earned credits is done through institutions called Landesprüfungsamt (state examination office). More information in German is available at https://www.regierung.oberbayern.bayern.de/aufgaben/37198/244210/227491/index.html. That website will also tell you which is your competent Landesprüfungsamt.
Please let us have your transfer of credit notice as soon as you receive it from your Landesprüfungsamt. It is not absolutely necessary that you submit it along with your application for admission.
No, you may only submit one application per programme for admission to a higher subject semester. However, you may also apply for admission to the first subject semester of that same programme at the same time.
The competent organisational unit at the University of Würzburg is the Examination Office. If you want credits earned abroad to be transferred into a programme with national admission restrictions, please contact the competent Landesprüfungsamt (state examination office): https://www.regierung.oberbayern.bayern.de/ueber_uns/zentralezustaendigkeiten/landespruefungsamt/index.html
It is important that, before you submit your application for admission, you find out how many credits you will be able to transfer. You will need this information to ensure that you are applying for admission to the correct subject semester. It is not absolutely necessary that you submit your transfer of credit notice along with your application for admission. Let us have it as soon as you receive it. If you receive and accept an offer of admission, be aware, however, that you will have to submit your transfer of credit notice at the latest at the time you enrol with us.
We will not be able to offer places to applicants seeking admission to a higher subject semester until both the number of students that are enrolled in the degree programme in the subject semester and, at the same time, the total number of students that are enrolled in that degree programme, have dropped below the maximum number of admissions stipulated for that programme. We never know final enrolment numbers until the end of the re-enrolment period or even later.
You will receive your letter of admission or rejection as soon as possible, at earliest from the middle of march for summersemester/from the middle of september for wintersemester. Please do not contact Student Affairs to enquire about the status of your application.
To find out how you can swap university places with another student, go to https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/studying-at-jmu/studienangelegenheiten/application-and-enrollment/bewerbungundzulassunguebersich/swapping-university-places/
You will have to submit a preliminary review documentation (Vorprüfungsdokumentation, VPD) from uni-assist along with your application for admission.
For more information, visit https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/studying-at-jmu/studienangelegenheiten/studienberechtigung/preliminary-review-documentation/.
In addition, you will need to provide proof of your proficiency in the German language to be able to enrol. More information can be found at https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/studying-at-jmu/studienangelegenheiten/studienberechtigung/german-nationals-holding-higher-education-entrance-qualifications-awarded-by-non-german-institutions/ under ‘Proof of proficiency in the German language’.
Master’s programmes
Answers to frequently asked questions about Master’s programmes can be found here.
