Ing•Bau: Preservation and Construction Work in Structural Engineering (MSc)

Applications for the summer semester are accepted from 15 December to 15 February and for the winter semester from 15 May to 15 July via the MyCampus university portal of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.

Documents to be submitted

When applying online, the following documents must be submitted as PDF files in the application portal:

• University degree certificate(s) including Diploma Supplement or current overview of achievements with the ECTS credit points and grade earned to date, if the degree programme has not yet been completed.
• Letter of motivation (maximum 2 DIN A4 pages)
  The letter of motivation should provide information about the applicant's motivation and identification with the chosen degree programme and the intended profession. In particular, the motivation to study should be explained in a differentiated manner and placed in the context of the applicant's previous career and professional prospects.
• Proof of vocational training in a building trade, if applicable.
• Proof of relevant, practical work as an engineer, if applicable.

Checklist

After completing your online application in the MyCampus university portal, you will receive a personal checklist with the following information:

• A list of all the documents that you have uploaded as PDF files according to the information you provided in your online application.
• Notes on the further course of the procedure

Selection procedure

Applicants who fulfil the admission requirements take part in the procedure for awarding places.

In the allocation procedure, the following are deducted in advance from the number of study places to be allocated:

• All applicants who were not able to accept an earlier admission due to service, as well as all applicants with a membership in the national squad of a national sports federation of the German Olympic Sports Confederation
• 11 % for applicants with a foreign university entrance qualification
• 3 % for applicants who are to be considered on the basis of hardship.

The remaining study places are allocated 90 % according to the result of a university selection procedure and 10 % according to waiting time.

The result of the university selection procedure is determined on the basis of the following criteria (weighting in brackets):

• Grade of the vocationally qualifying university degree (40 %).
• Type of vocational training (10 %)
• Type and duration of professional activity (10 %)
• Letter of motivation (10 %)
• Weighted individual or module grades divided into 2 subject groups (30 %)

Admission

Following university selection procedures, the award procedure is carried out. Applicants with a correspondingly high ranking receive a time-limited offer of admission in the MyCampus university portal, which you must actively accept. Once you have accepted the offer of admission, you will find your notification of admission in the MyCampus university portal. If you do not accept the offer of admission by the deadline, the ranking list will continue to be processed and the place will be reallocated.

Have you accepted the offer of admission and received your letter of admission? Then you have the option of submitting an enrolment application for the summer semester or for the winter semester in the MyCampus university portal of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.

Once you have submitted your online application for enrolment, please submit the printed and signed application together with all required documents (according to the enrolment application) in paper form by the deadline. The day of the matriculation deadline is decisive for the submission of the documents, whereby the date of receipt at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam is decisive.

Do you have questions about the enrolment process at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam? We have compiled frequently asked questions and answers about enrolment and admission.