FAQ Application

In accordance with discipline-specific admission regulation you need to have a first higher education degree qualifying for a profession

• in a geoscientific subject/degree program amounting to 180 credit points with a standard period of study of at least three years and
• a proportion of at least 24 credit points (CP) overall in the subjects Geosciences, Earth Sciences, Mineralogy, Geology, or Geophysics as well 
•  as a total of 36 CP from courses in the fields of Mathematics, Chemistry, and Physics with at least 6 CP for each of the latter three fields.

Application is firstly processed by uni-assist e.V. Any documents not submitted via uni-assist will not be considered. Also we cannot afford preliminary evaluations of application documents or transcript of records.

The process of admission depends in the status of the program Geosciences – whether it is declared restricted or non-restricted. The status will be determined each spring and published in march at latest.

Application period begins on April 01 and for application deadlines please find the particular term dates here: Application Deadlines Master.

For the winter semester 2022/2023, the Master's program Geosciences is open admission. This means that you will receive a letter of admission as soon as your application documents have been delivered by uni-assist to the University of Potsdam and the examination board has determined that you meet all admission requirements after reviewing your documents. 

must be demonstrated to an extent corresponding to at least level A2 of the European Framework of Reference for Languages. You can find more detailed information on the form in which the language skills must be proven on the pages of the Division of Student Affairs.

Upon successful admission, you will receive a letter of admission. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the friendly staff of the International Office.

For enrollment deadlines, please refer to your admission notification. We recommend to apply for enrollment as early as possible after you received your admission notification. The procedure including the hand in of missing documents takes time.