u/ComputerFull4806

Hi all,

Applying for Winter/Summer intake to a few uni-assist member unis (incl. OVGU Magdeburg) and trying to nail down my document timeline.

My APS should be ready this week, but I'm weighing whether to rush my IELTS or take more prep time in September.

Question: for the VPD-only process (not full uni-assist application), is the language certificate actually required to get uni-assist to issue the VPD, or is that something you only need later when submitting the VPD directly to the university?

Trying to figure out if I can safely decouple my IELTS exam date from my uni-assist submission date, or if they're locked together.

Anyone who's been through this recently — would appreciate any real experience, especially with OVGU/THWS/Fulda specifically.

Thanks!

Hi all,

Applying for Winter/Summer intake to a few uni-assist member unis (incl. OVGU Magdeburg) and trying to nail down my document timeline.

My APS should be ready this week, but I'm weighing whether to rush my IELTS or take more prep time in September.

Question: for the VPD-only process (not full uni-assist application), is the language certificate actually required to get uni-assist to issue the VPD, or is that something you only need later when submitting the VPD directly to the university?

Trying to figure out if I can safely decouple my IELTS exam date from my uni-assist submission date, or if they're locked together.

Anyone who's been through this recently — would appreciate any real experience, especially with OVGU/THWS/Fulda specifically.

Thanks!

Hi all,

Applying for Winter/Summer intake to a few uni-assist member unis (incl. OVGU Magdeburg) and trying to nail down my document timeline.

My APS should be ready this week, but I'm weighing whether to rush my IELTS or take more prep time in September.

Question: for the VPD-only process (not full uni-assist application), is the language certificate actually required to get uni-assist to issue the VPD, or is that something you only need later when submitting the VPD directly to the university?

Trying to figure out if I can safely decouple my IELTS exam date from my uni-assist submission date, or if they're locked together.

Anyone who's been through this recently — would appreciate any real experience, especially with OVGU/THWS/Fulda specifically.

Thanks!

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Hi all,

Applying for Informatik/AI/Data Science Master's programs for SS2027 (India, B.Tech CS background), and running into a recurring classification question across multiple universities that all specify things like "≥20 ECTS Mathematics" or "≥25 ECTS Mathematics and Theoretical CS" as admission requirements.

My question: when unis evaluate these subject-area ECTS buckets, do they go by the actual syllabus/module content, or do they mostly just look at which department/faculty the course is administratively filed under?

Two concrete situations I'm trying to understand:

I have a "Discrete Mathematics" course that's officially filed under my Mathematics department (covers set theory, propositional/predicate logic, group theory) — this seems like a clean fit for a "Mathematics" bucket. But some universities only name specific sub-areas (e.g., "statistics/probability, linear algebra, calculus") and discrete math isn't explicitly listed as one of them, even though it's still Math-department coded.

I also have courses like "Graph Theory and Its Applications" and "Theory of Computation" that are officially filed under my Computer Science department, but the actual content is arguably more mathematical/theoretical than applied (graph algorithms, automata, formal languages, complexity). Would an admissions committee ever count CS-coded courses like this toward a "Mathematics" bucket if the content justifies it, or does the department label just settle it?

Has anyone actually gone through this with a Studienbüro/Prüfungsausschuss/Zulassungsstelle and gotten a real answer — do they read your syllabi and reclassify based on content, or is it basically decided by whatever department stamp is on your transcript? Also curious if this varies a lot by university (Uni vs. Fachhochschule, or Bundesland) or if there's a general pattern.

Would appreciate hearing from anyone who's actually had this evaluated, especially people from non-ECTS countries (India, etc.) where course classification doesn't map cleanly onto German department structures to begin with.

Thanks!

Hey everyone,

Planning to apply to the M.Sc. Computer Science program at Uni Bonn (SS2027, non-EU applicant from India) and running into a small snag with the subject-area ECTS requirements.

My background: B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from India, 167 native credits, CGPA 7.75/10. Converting to ECTS using the standard 240/167 ≈ 1.437 factor, I land at:

• Mathematical Foundations: ~17.25 ECTS (they require 18) — short by 0.75
• Algorithm Theory/Complexity/Formal Languages: ~12.93 ECTS (they require 14) — short by 1.07

Both gaps are pretty small in the scheme of things, but from what I understand this program is eligibility-gated rather than GPA-ranked, so it's basically pass/fail on these thresholds rather than something a strong GPA can offset.

A few questions for anyone who's been through this or something similar:

1. Has anyone successfully argued that a course like "Essentials of Data Science" (has some probability/stats content but isn't a dedicated stats course) counts toward a Math Foundations bucket like this?
2. Same question for Data Structures / a Data Structures lab / parts of a Compiler Design course (the finite automata and context-free grammar modules) counting toward an "Algorithm Theory" requirement — has anyone gotten German admissions offices to credit partial/module-level content like this?
3. Is it generally worth emailing the admissions office directly before applying to sort this out, or does that rarely change anything in practice?

I've already drafted an email to their admissions team (application@informatik.uni-bonn.de) laying out the specific modules and asking if they'd count. Just wanted to see if anyone here has real experience with how flexible (or not) German unis actually are about this kind of borderline ECTS shortfall, especially with Indian transcripts where course titles don't map 1:1 onto German module categories.

Thanks in advance — this whole SS2027 application cycle has been a lot of spreadsheet gymnastics and I'd rather not burn an application on a program that's a hard no on paper.

Planning to apply to the M.Sc. Computer Science program at Uni Bonn (SS2027, non-EU applicant from India) and running into a small snag with the subject-area ECTS requirements.

My background: B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from India, 167 native credits, CGPA 7.75/10. Converting to ECTS using the standard 240/167 ≈ 1.437 factor, I land at:

• Mathematical Foundations: ~17.25 ECTS (they require 18) — short by 0.75
• Algorithm Theory/Complexity/Formal Languages: ~12.93 ECTS (they require 14) — short by 1.07

Both gaps are pretty small in the scheme of things, but from what I understand this program is eligibility-gated rather than GPA-ranked, so it's basically pass/fail on these thresholds rather than something a strong GPA can offset.

A few questions for anyone who's been through this or something similar:

1. Has anyone successfully argued that a course like "Essentials of Data Science" (has some probability/stats content but isn't a dedicated stats course) counts toward a Math Foundations bucket like this?
2. Same question for Data Structures / a Data Structures lab / parts of a Compiler Design course (the finite automata and context-free grammar modules) counting toward an "Algorithm Theory" requirement — has anyone gotten German admissions offices to credit partial/module-level content like this?
3. Is it generally worth emailing the admissions office directly before applying to sort this out, or does that rarely change anything in practice?

I've already drafted an email to their admissions team (application@informatik.uni-bonn.de) laying out the specific modules and asking if they'd count. Just wanted to see if anyone here has real experience with how flexible (or not) German unis actually are about this kind of borderline ECTS shortfall, especially with Indian transcripts where course titles don't map 1:1 onto German module categories.

Thanks in advance — this whole SS2027 application cycle has been a lot of spreadsheet gymnastics and I'd rather not burn an application on a program that's a hard no on paper.

Hi everyone,

I'm planning to apply for the Summer 2027 intake in Germany, and I'm a bit confused about the new dMAT requirement.

Here's my timeline:

- APS payment: 24 June 2026

- APS documents couriered: 24 June 2026

- APS received my documents: 25 June 2026 (confirmed by courier tracking)

- The dMAT announcement came on 29 June 2026.

According to the APS website, applicants who had already submitted their complete APS application before the cutoff are exempt from the dMAT requirement. However, I'm still a bit anxious because I haven't received my APS certificate yet.

Has anyone here been in the same situation—submitted before the announcement but received the APS certificate afterward?

Did APS process your application normally without asking for dMAT or any additional documents?

I'd appreciate hearing from anyone with firsthand experience. Thanks!

Their site says applicants with a Bachelor's grade of 2.0 or better are "strongly encouraged" to apply — but does anyone know if that's actually enforced as a cutoff in practice, or if people with slightly worse converted grades (like 2.2–2.5) still get in?

My converted German grade comes out to ~2.35 (modified Bavarian formula from an Indian CGPA). Trying to figure out if that's realistically competitive or if I'm wasting an application.

Anyone here applied/got in with a grade above 2.0? Did they reject you outright or just deprioritize you?

Their site says applicants with a Bachelor's grade of 2.0 or better are "strongly encouraged" to apply — but does anyone know if that's actually enforced as a cutoff in practice, or if people with slightly worse converted grades (like 2.2–2.5) still get in?

My converted German grade comes out to ~2.35 (modified Bavarian formula from an Indian CGPA). Trying to figure out if that's realistically competitive or if I'm wasting an application.

Anyone here applied/got in with a grade above 2.0? Did they reject you outright or just deprioritize you?

Any thoughts?

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Hi everyone,

I'm planning to apply for the M.Sc. Computer Science and M.Sc. Data Science at TU Hamburg.

I've compared my bachelor's curriculum with the official subject requirement sheets, and I meet all the required subjects and credit requirements.

Since both programs are Non-NC, I was wondering how admissions work in practice.

• If you meet all the published subject and credit requirements, is admission generally straightforward?
• Or does the committee still reject a significant number of applicants based on factors like GPA or overall competition?

I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has gone through the admission process or is currently studying at TUHH.

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I'm planning to apply for the M.Sc. Computer Science and M.Sc. Data Science at TU Hamburg.

I've compared my bachelor's curriculum with the official subject requirement sheets, and I meet all the required subjects and credit requirements.

Since both programs are Non-NC, I was wondering how admissions work in practice.

• If you meet all the published subject and credit requirements, is admission generally straightforward?
• Or does the committee still reject a significant number of applicants based on factors like GPA or overall competition?

I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has gone through the admission process or is currently studying at TUHH.

Thanks!

Any thoughts?

Will it be useful?

Is there a formula

Is there a formula for it.

Anyone?

I have read the wiki and understand that admission depends on the published requirements of each program.

I am looking for experiences from students who were admitted to CS-related Master's programs at public German Universities of Applied Sciences (FHs) with a similar academic background.

My details:

• Bachelor's in Computer Science from India
• CGPA: 7.75/10
• Summer 2027 applicant
• No full-time work experience
• Intel Unnati internship (AI/ML image depixelation project)
• AI automation internship at a local IT company
• Research paper on a disaster management application using LoRa and BLE
• Expected IELTS: 7.0+
• Expected German level before application: B1

I understand that GPA requirements vary by program and that universities are generally not flexible if a minimum GPA is stated.

For those who have been admitted to public FH Master's programs in Computer Science, Applied Computer Science, AI, Data Science, or related fields:

• What was your approximate CGPA/GPA?
• Which FH admitted you?
• Were your admissions mainly GPA-based, or were internships/research considered?
• Are there FHs that tend to be realistic options for applicants in the 7.5–8.0/10 range?

I'm not looking for a profile evaluation, just trying to understand the experiences of successful applicants with similar academic results.

I have read the wiki and understand that admission depends on the published requirements of each program.

I am looking for experiences from students who were admitted to CS-related Master's programs at public German Universities of Applied Sciences (FHs) with a similar academic background.

My details:

• Bachelor's in Computer Science from India
• CGPA: 7.75/10
• Summer 2027 applicant
• No full-time work experience
• Intel Unnati internship (AI/ML image depixelation project)
• AI automation internship at a local IT company
• Research paper on a disaster management application using LoRa and BLE
• Expected IELTS: 7.0+
• Expected German level before application: B1

I understand that GPA requirements vary by program and that universities are generally not flexible if a minimum GPA is stated.

For those who have been admitted to public FH Master's programs in Computer Science, Applied Computer Science, AI, Data Science, or related fields:

• What was your approximate CGPA/GPA?
• Which FH admitted you?
• Were your admissions mainly GPA-based, or were internships/research considered?
• Are there FHs that tend to be realistic options for applicants in the 7.5–8.0/10 range?

I'm not looking for a profile evaluation, just trying to understand the experiences of successful applicants with similar academic results.