University transfers

Step 1: You have to apply for the recognition of academic credentials and semester placement at the Examining Board of the degree program for which you are applying at the University of Potsdam, or at the Student Administration Center of the Law Faculty. You can find all information about this under "semester placement and recognition of credentials."

Step 2: German applicants and international applicants with a German university entrance qualification (HZB): Once you have been assigned to a semester, you can enroll. You can only enroll in a semester for which courses are being offered. You can find this information in the course offerings.

International applicants with a foreign university entrance qualification (HZB): In addition to your semester placement, you must also document your HZB for the University of Potsdam. There are instruction on how to do this on this page. If your certificates have already been checked by uni-assist e.V. for the University of Potsdam, get in touch with the contact person for prospective international students directly.

Please note that for some subjects, you need to submit proof that you have passed an entrance examination.

Step 3: Please read here when and how the recognition of credentials for the degree program you are aiming for at the University of Potsdam takes place.

Step 1: Please check whether any of your previously completed credentials can be credited for the new degree program. If this is the case, please submit the "Application for Semester Placement and Recognition of Credentials" for your intended master's degree program.

Step 2: Now you can apply in the application period for exactly the semester in which you were placed in Step 1. Please note that there are currently different application platforms for this! Please refer to our current master's program offerings to find out which application platform you have to use to apply for your specific master's program and your semester placement. Please note that an application for the first semester for some master's programs is only possible in the winter semester or only in the summer semester. You will eventually receive a notice of admission or rejection from the responsible office in your master's program.

Step 3: After you receive an admission notification from the Examining Board, you can enroll.

Please note: If you are planning to take up a teaching-related master's program and have not earned a Bachelor of Education degree at the University of Potsdam, you can find information on how to proceed on the pages of the Center for Teacher Training and Education Research (ZeLB). The ZeLB coordinates the assessment of degree equivalence and provides the forms necessary for the application. Once equivalence has been determined, you can apply for enrollment in the master's program.

Step 4: Please read here about when and how the recognition of previous credentials for the degree program you are aiming for at the University of Potsdam takes place.

Step 1: Please check whether any previously completed credentials can be recognized for the new degree program. If this is the case, you must apply to the Examining Board of the degree program you are pursuing at the University of Potsdam or to the Student Administration Center of the Law Faculty for semester placement and for the recognition of previously completed academic credentials. You can find all information about this under semester placement and recognition of credentials.

Step 2: German applicants and international applicants with a German university entrance qualification (HZB): Once you have been assigned to a semester, you can enroll. You can only enroll in a semester for which courses are being offered. You can find this information in the course offerings.

International applicants with a foreign university entrance qualification (HZB): In addition to your semester placement, you must also document your HZB for the University of Potsdam. There are instruction on how to do this on this page. If your certificates have already been checked by uni-assist e.V. for the University of Potsdam, get in touch with the contact person for prospective international students directly.

Please note that for some subjects, you need to submit proof that you have passed an entrance examination.

Step 3: Please read here about when and how the recognition of previous credentials for the degree program you are aiming for at the University of Potsdam takes place.

Step 1: Please check whether any of your previously completed credentials can be credited for the new degree program. If this is the case, please submit the "Application for Semester Placement and Recognition of Credentials" for your intended master's degree program.

Step 2: Now you can apply in the application period for exactly the semester in which you were placed in Step 1. Please note that there are currently different application platforms for this! Please refer to our current master's program offerings to find out which application platform you have to use to apply for your specific master's program and your semester placement. Please note that an application for the first semester for some master's programs is only possible in the winter semester or only in the summer semester. You will eventually receive a notice of admission or rejection from the responsible office in your master's program.

Step 3: After you receive an admission notification from the Examining Board, you can enroll.

Please note: If you are planning to take up a teaching-related master's program and have not earned a Bachelor of Education degree at the University of Potsdam, you can find information on how to proceed on the pages of the Center for Teacher Training and Education Research (ZeLB). The ZeLB coordinates the assessment of degree equivalence and provides the forms necessary for the application. Once equivalence has been determined, you can apply for enrollment in the master's program.

Step 4: Please read here about when and how the recognition of previous credentials for the degree program you are aiming for at the University of Potsdam takes place.