Your application to the HSWT

You can prove this with a certificate that is valid in Bavaria, i.e. the:

• Subject-related higher education entrance qualification (certificate) or
• General higher education entrance qualification (certificate) or
• Advanced Technical College Entrance Qualification.

If you did not go to school in Bavaria, your higher education entrance qualification is valid if it contains a note stating that the certificate entitles you to study at a university of applied sciences in all federal states by decision of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs. In case of doubt, please contact our general course guidance.

You can also start studying if you have successfully completed

• a master craftsman's examination or
• a further training examination equivalent to a master craftsman's examination.
• a degree from a public and state-recognised technical school or academy.
• you have completed at least two years of vocational qualification and have worked for at least three years in a field related to the intended degree programme. Then you first start with a trial course.

It is important that you attend a counselling interview with the subject advisory service of your chosen degree programme and enclose the certificate of the interview with your application documents.

Then please submit a curriculum vitae in table form with your application.

For the degree programmes Landscape Architecture, Landscape Construction and Management, and Agriculture Triesdorf you need a preliminary work placement.

You can find more information in our info sheet.

If you have acquired your higher education entrance qualification or your first degree abroad, you will find information on further necessary documents on the page for international applicants.

Admission for higher semesters can only take place in September / March. Therefore, it makes sense to apply for the first semester and to submit an application for credit immediately after the start of your studies. In this way, you will be placed in the appropriate semester according to your performance and thus achieve the desired progress in your studies. More information on requirements can be found in the information sheet on the recognition of academic achievements.

Before you can apply to HSWT, you have to register on the portal hochschulstart.de. For Bachelor's degree programmes with restricted admissions, the allocation of study places takes place via the allocation procedure of hochschulstart.de. The central allocation office distributes prospective students nationwide in a fair and transparent manner among the study places that are only available in limited numbers (Numerus Clausus / NC).

At hochschulstart.de you will receive your application ID (BIN) and your authentication number (BAN), which you must enter when applying to the HSWT.

Please note: You can apply for a maximum of 12 degree programmes from the entire range offered by the university of applied sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf as well as on the hochschulstart.de portal!

Submit the required documents to the HSWT application portal and include BIN and BAN. For degree programmes with restricted admissions, also upload a certificate of service (e.g. German Armed Forces, voluntary social year) if you have completed a period of service.

If you are applying for a second degree, please also submit a letter of motivation of no more than one page.

The university of applied sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf conducts the admission procedure and sends the results to hochschulstart.de for the actual allocation of study places. You can view the status of your application and any offers of admission in your hochschulstart.de user account.

As soon as you have accepted an offer, you and your other applications are eliminated from the allocation process. Think carefully beforehand about which university place you would like to accept.

Within the coordinated advancement, free study places can still be allocated. You can only apply for these if you have not yet received admission or have not yet applied.

If you have received a rejection email from the coordination phase but would like to take part in the coordinated advancement process, click on the confirmation link (in the rejection email) for each study offer within 72 hours.

The ranking lists from the coordination phase will then be processed. As soon as an application falls within the admissible range of a ranking list, admission is granted immediately, regardless of prioritisation, and all other applications are eliminated from the process.

A coordinated move-up procedure has not taken place in recent years due to a lack of available places. This is unlikely to change for the time being.

Threshold values after the conclusion of all backlog procedures (winter semester 2024/25)

After completion of the admissions procedure in the restricted-admission degree programmes, the situation in the winter semester 2024/25 was as follows, whereby not all applicants who fulfilled exactly one of the threshold values could be admitted here:

For the following Bachelor's degree programmes, you have to prove that you have at least completed level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in English:

• Applied Informatics

You can find all the information on the form of the language certificates on the programme pages.

In the work-study programme in the form of combined studies, you acquire a vocational qualification and a degree.

To apply, you need a registered training contract in advance. The start of your training should correspond to the requirements, which you can find on the website of the study programme. Please also note the following:

• Apply for a place at the university in the year in which your training begins
• and also in the following year in which your lectures actually begin. In doing so, you apply for preferential admission in the online applicant portal.

In the first year, you must also submit your actual training contract (copy, confirmed by the relevant office) and cooperation agreement (until 01.07.2024) , and in the second year, the certificate confirming the continuation of your training together with your study application.

Note: The cooperation agreement must also be sent in duplicate in paper form by the application deadline for the dual study programme (receipt by the university of applied sciences).

These Bachelor's degree programmes can be studied in the form of combined studies:

• Brewing and Beverage Technology
• Horticulture
• Landscape Construction and Management
• Agriculture (Triesdorf & Weihenstephan)
• Foodstuff Management

In order to apply for a course with intensive practical work, you must first enrol for the regular degree programme. To do this, you need the same certificates that are required for Bachelor's degree programmes without admission restriction or degree programmes with admission restriction.

Only after you have started your studies, you apply to companies where you will complete your practical training. You choose the company yourself, but your subject advisory service will be happy to help you.

These courses can be taken as courses with intensive practical work:

• Agricultural Engineering
• Agribusiness
• Applied Computer Science
• Biotechnology
• Brewing and Beverage Technology
• Nutrition and Supply Management
• Engineering in Forestry
• Horticulture
• Climate Neutral Energy Systems
• Foodstuff Management
• Food Technology
• Environmental Engineering
• Engineering Water Management

Check the website of the Master's programme you are interested in for the programme-specific requirements (e.g. relevance of previous studies). If you are unsure, the subject advisory service will help you.

The Preliminary Review Documentation (VPD) by uni-assist for applicants with a foreign degree is only required for applications for

• Biotechnology / Bioengineering
• Business Management and Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship
• Climate Change Management
• International Management of Forest Industries
• Food Quality
• Sustainable Regional Development (VPD application possible from March 2025)
• Resilient Horticulture (VPD application possible from March 2025)
• Digital Farming (VPD application possible from March 2025)
• International Environmental Engineering (VPD application possible from March 2025)

For the following Master's degree programmes, you must prove that you have at least completed level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in German:

• Agricultural Management
• Biotechnology / Bioengineering
• Business Management and Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship
• Green Digital Engineering
• International Master in Agricultural Management

• Landscape Construction and Management

• Food Quality
• Regional Management
• Environmental Engineering

You can find information about the options available to you for recognition of the necessary German language skills if you have completed a degree outside Germany on the page for international applicants.

Not required by applicants

• with German citizenship
• with a higher education entrance qualification from a German-speaking school
• with a degree in German

The Energy Management and Technology Master 's programme is run in cooperation with the University of applied sciences Ansbach and the Georg-Simon-Ohm-University of applied sciences. Please enquire at the University of applied sciences Ansbach about the required language skills and recognised certificates.

For the following Master's degree programmes, you have to prove that you have at least completed level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in English:

• Farm Management
• Master Climate Change Management
• International Management of Forest Industries
• International Master of Landscape Architecture
  The Master's programme is run in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Nürtingen-Geislingen (HfWU). Please enquire here about the recognised certificates.
• Sustainable Regional Development
• Resilient Horticulture
• Digital Farming
• International Environmental Engineering

You can find all the information on the form of the language certificates on the programme pages.

The application for the International Master in Agricultural Management, the Master in Farm Management and the Master in Energy Management & Technology in Triesdorf, as well as the International Master of Landscape Architecture takes place via a separate online portal.

Guest students require the same qualifications as regular enrolled students. For the application you need the following documents:

• completed application form for guest studies
• a certified copy of your higher education entrance qualification
• Details of the courses you would like to take (module number & weekly hours per semester)

The fees for guest studies are calculated per semester on the basis of the weekly hours per semester taken:

• 100 € for 1 to 4 weekly hours per semester resp.
• 200 € for 5 to 8 weekly hours per semester
• 300 € for more than 8 weekly hours per semester.

Courses with a total of more than 10 weekly hours per semester cannot be taken.

Notes: Enrolment for guest studies is only possible insofar as this does not interfere with the studies of regular students. It is not possible to enrol for courses in degree programmes with restricted admissions or for courses that require laboratory or other workplaces.

As a guest student, you do not become a member of the university of applied sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf upon enrolment and are therefore not allowed to take part in examinations. Furthermore, you cannot be enrolled as a regular student at the same time.

Application form for guest students in Weihenstephan

Application form for guest students in Triesdorf

You will find the following information in the application portal:

• missing documents and deadlines.
• the status of your application.
• whether you have received your letter of admission.
• which documents you have to send by post after admission - and where.

The use of the application portal may only be possible to a limited extent via mobile browsers. We therefore recommend that you do not use smartphones to create your online application, especially for uploading documents.

Documents can only be uploaded in PDF format. Therefore, prepare the documents in advance and make sure that they are in the correct format.

Important: You must upload at least your transcript. If you do not have a reference yet, upload your CV. Any certificates received after 15.01. (summer semester) resp. 15.07. (winter semester) can be sent immediately by 09.02. (summer semester) resp. 27.07. (winter semester) to unterlagen.zulassung@hswt.de, quoting the applicant number.

Valid for degree programmes with restricted admission.

1st procedural step:
Applicants who wanted to start their studies at an earlier point in time but were unable to do so due to a service obligation (early admissions) are admitted first.

2nd procedural step:
Of the study places still available, the following are then allocated:

• 2% for cases of exceptional hardship
• 4% for second degree applicants
• 5% for foreign nationals and stateless persons who do not have the same status as Germans. Foreign nationals and stateless persons who have a German higher education entrance qualification and nationals of other EU member states are considered equal to Germans.
• 3% for particularly qualified professionals in accordance with Art. 88 Abs. 5 and 6 BayHSchG who do not otherwise have a higher education entrance qualification
• 4% for applicants of a combined studies programme who wish to take up studies in a programme which is designed in such a way that a vocational qualification can be completed parallel to the studies.

3rd procedural step:
The remaining study places are awarded as follows:

• 25% according to average grade,
• 10% according to waiting time and
• 65% according to the university selection quota (selection at the university of applied sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf according to average grade as with the qualification quota).

If places are allocated according to the average grade, a special quota is formed for applicants who have acquired their higher education entrance qualification (HZB) at a German Technical Secondary School. The share of the special quota in the study places corresponds to the share of applicants with a higher education entrance qualification acquired at a German Technical Secondary School in the total number of German or German-equivalent applicants in the relevant degree programme.

The application for the International Master in Agricultural Management and the master's in Fram Management (both in Triesdorf) is made with a separate online form.

Deviating application procedures also apply to the following Master's programmes, which are carried out in cooperation with other universities of applied sciences:

• International Master of Landscape Architecture (Weihenstephan)
  Application via the online application portal at the University of Applied Sciences Nürtingen-Geislingen
• Energy Management & Energy Technology (Triesdorf)
  Application to the University of Applied Sciences Ansbach

Please check the website of the listed degree programmes and universities of applied sciences for the application procedure.

Admission letters for subjects without NC will be made available to all applicants online as PDF files.

It is not possible - for whatever reason - to issue admission letters or pre-admissions earlier than this, neither for German nor for foreign applicants!

Admission letters for applications for NC subjects that run via hochschulstart.de are made available on the Hochschulstart portal as a PDF or - if selected - sent by e-mail.

Rejection notifications for bachelor's degree programmes with restricted admissions will only be sent by Hochschulstart or made available there as a PDF once the admission procedure has been completed.

For Master's applications, you will receive an admission letter as a PDF via the application portal.

You can check the current status of the admission procedure at any time in the application portal. With the start of the online enrolment, admission letters will also be made available online in the application account.

It is not possible - for whatever reason - to issue admission notifications or pre-admissions earlier than this, neither for German nor for foreign applicants!

If you like the admission offer you received on hochschulstart.de, you must click on "accept" and then apply for enrolment in the HSWT applicant portal. You should take these instructions into account:

• Please note that the enrolment button on the application portal is only visible once you have checked and accepted the admission offer via the Hochschulstart website.
• You do not have to accept the first admission offer on hochschulstart.de, but can wait to see if you receive acceptances for other degree programmes.
• If you have selected more than one restricted-admission programme, it is important that you prioritise, i.e. place your preferred programme in first place. If you receive several offers of admission without having prioritised beforehand, the application received first (online) will be set as your priority 1 and finally converted into an admission.

After the acceptance of the admission offer on hochschulstart.de, you will then enrol in the HSWT application portal and receive a provisional enrolment certificate.

If you have acquired several higher education entrance qualifications, e.g. the Advanced Technical College Entrance Qualification (FHR) and the general higher education entrance qualification (Abitur) at the German Technical Secondary School, you can decide which certificate you attach to your application. If we have more than one higher education entrance qualification and you do not make a decision, the one you obtained first will apply.

You can find more details on this in the information sheet or in the leaflet under point 2 "Procedure".

In Germany, health insurance is compulsory for all students.

This status information shows you that you have completed your enrolment. You can now print out a provisional enrolment certificate. There will be no further status changes.

If documents are missing, you will see this in the portal window "Missing documents" or "Missing documents for the subject". Without the documents that are important for admission, such as the higher education entrance qualification for Bachelor's applications, your application cannot be conclusively reviewed.

Please submit the digital health insurance registration (M10) only after enrolment, but in good time before the start of your studies.

Proof of preliminary work placement (if required in a degree programme) is required before the start of studies.

Ideally, you will also have internet access while abroad or on holiday. This will enable you to check the application status on the application portal or on hochschulstart.de. If this is not the case, ask someone you trust to do this for you. Since we cannot recognise who has acted, you must take responsibility for any mistakes made by the person you trust (e.g. missed enrolment deadline, enrolment for the "wrong" degree programme, etc.).

If you are no longer interested in enrolment in a particular case, please withdraw your application in the applicant portal. Please do not pay the semester fee. Think carefully about this step, as you will lose your place at the university for good.

The pre-study internship certificate can be submitted at the latest before the start of the degree programme.

As this is an online enrolment, you can enrol from anywhere with an internet connection. If you do not have internet access during the period of online enrolment, a person you trust can take over enrolment at any time. Simply give them your access data (user name and password).

For the study programmes at the Weihenstephan Campus:

University of applied sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf
ZA3: Studium
Am Hofgarten 4
85354 Freising

For the degree programmes at the Triesdorf Campus:

University of applied sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf
Markgrafenstr. 16
91746 Weidenbach

Please use the form which you will receive as a PDF in your applicant account after enrolment.

At the Weihenstephan Campus, you can drop your documents in the mailbox in front of building A6.

At the Triesdorf Campus, you can drop your documents in the mailbox at building F.

Please remember to transfer your semester fees on time. You can find more information on our homepage.