Master's application process for Non-EU applicants

First of all, you need to register with uni-assist.

To do this, you have to answer some basic questions e.g. about name, address, date of birth, etc. Please register on the website https://my.uni-assist.de and fill out the online application.

You can now select the relevant study programme and create an application in the uni-assist portal. At the University of Hannover you must apply for preliminary examination documentation (VPD) via uni-assist for all undergraduate programmes (Bachelor or state examination) and for selected consecutive programmes (Master).

After creating the application, the required documents must be uploaded electronically to the uni-assist portal. This includes, for example, certificates, CV and your passport.

It is not necessary to send certified copies of your certificates to uni-assist. But please be sure to upload scans of your original documents and scans of the translations.

Leibniz University Hannover reserves the right to request certified copies for later enrolment. Therefore, please have certified copies of your documents ready.

Please check all your information carefully. If all details are correct, you need to pay the processing fees and submit your online application.

Please apply for the VPD in good time! Once your application has been completely submitted electronically and the processing costs have been received, uni-assist's processing period begins. It can take up to eight weeks for your application to be processed by uni-assist and for you to receive the VPD.

Your digital application will be checked by uni-assist. You can log in your online account at uni-assist to view the processing status and check whether the money has been transferred successfully. uni-assist will also notify you by email when your application documents have been received.

• If you have a university entrance qualification, you will receive a VPD from uni-assist by email. If there are uncertainties about your university entrance qualification and the decision is at the discretion of the university, you will receive a so-called replacement certificate from uni-assist. With the VPD (or the replacement certificate) you apply directly to Leibniz University Hannover in the next step.
• If you do not have a university entrance qualification, you will receive relevant information from uni-assist. In this case, you unfortunately cannot apply to Leibniz University Hannover.

If you have received the VPD from uni-assist, apply for the desired study programme directly via the LUH application portal and within the application deadline. Please remember to upload the VPD together with the rest of the required application documents. It is not possible to submit the VPD after the application deadline has expired.

The following applies to undergraduate degree programmes (Bachelor):

• You can only apply for one undergraduate degree programme of study at Leibniz University Hannover.
• You can apply for LUH's bachelor's degree programs with restricted admission and for the preparatory college between June 1st. until July 15th apply.
• If you do not receive a place on a bachelor's degree programme with restricted admission, you can still enrol in an admission-free bachelor's degree programme directly at the university until September 30th.

The following applies to consecutive degree programmes (Master):

• You can apply for several master's programmes at Leibniz University Hannover.
• Please note the different application deadlines for our master's degree programmes.