Applicants with foreign certificates: Uni-Assist
Applicants who did not obtain their university entrance qualification (Abitur) or bachelor’s degree in Germany must submit their foreign certificates via the portal of the application service Uni-Assist before the application deadline. There, the certificates are evaluated and formal admission requirements are checked.
Deadline for registration at Uni-Assist:
Summer semester: 25 August to 25 October
Winter semester: 25 February to 25 April
Here you will find a list of the documents that must be uploaded to our online application portal during the application period for the Bachelor’s or Master’s application.
BACHELOR APPLICATION DOCUMENTS
- Portfolio with about 20 works
- Certificate of university entrance qualification (for applicants with Abitur or Fachgebundener Hochschulreife in art and design)
- OR Certificate of graduation from the educational institution attended (for applicants without Abitur or Fachgebundener Hochschulreife in art and design)
- CV
Additionally for bachelor applicants who have already completed a degree program or will complete it before starting their studies at Muthesius:
- Proof of completed university studies or current preliminary overall grade of the diploma or bachelor degree
Additionally for international Bachelor applicants:
- Uni-Assist application number
- Proof of sufficient German language skills: B2 (DSH1, Test-DaF 4×3, Goethe B2 or telc B2) (exception: art teaching degree: C1)
→ If you do not have the required language certificate at the time of application, you can submit it at a later date before enrolment. Please upload your current language certificate to the application portal, even if it does not yet meet the required language level.
- Applicants from the PR China, Vietnam, India and Mongolia: APS Certificate
MASTER APPLICATION DOCUMENTS
- Portfolio incl. CV, letter of motivation and …
- M.A. Industrial Design: at least 3 projects/works
- M.A. Spatial Strategies, M.A. Communication Design: at least 4 projects/works
- M.F.A. Liberal Arts/M.Ed. Art Teaching: approx. 20 works
- Proof of a suitable completed university degree or current preliminary overall grade of the diploma or bachelor’s degree (grade of at least 2.5)
- Certificate of university entrance qualification (for applicants with Abitur or Fachgebundener Hochschulreife in art and design)
- OR Certificate of graduation from the educational institution attended (for applicants without Abitur or Fachgebundener Hochschulreife in art and design)
- CV (Master’s application: The CV is part of the portfolio and must additionally please be uploaded individually in the application portal)
Additionally for international Master applicants:
- Uni-Assist application number
- Proof of sufficient German language skills: B2 (DSH1, Test-DaF 4×3, Goethe B2 or telc B2) (exception: art teaching degree: C1)
→If you do not have the required language certificate at the time of application, you can submit it at a later date before enrolment. Please upload your current language certificate to the application portal, even if it does not yet meet the required language level.
- Applicants from the PR China, Vietnam, India and Mongolia: APS Certificate
Documents for PhD candidates
- Certificate of university degree
- Exposé of dissertation intention with 10 copies
- Formal explanation of exposé
- Written confimation from a professor with authority to supervise doctoral candidates
- CV/Resumé in table form
- List of academic publications, if applicable
- Declaration of whether a doctoral dissertation has been started elsewhere.
Questions?
From applicants with German certificates
Janina Eisele
Student Secretariat
T. 0431 / 5198 – 414
E studieninfo@muthesius.de
From applicants with non-German certificates
Maud Zieschang
International Office
T 0431 – 5198 - 501
E fernweh@muthesius.de
Questions about PhD
Melanie Lessmann
T 0431 / 5198 – 402
E lessmann@muthesius.de
Lecturers with the right to award doctorates
Art
Prof.in Dr. Almut Linde
T 0431 / 5198 – 455
E linde@muthesius.de
Design
Prof.in Dr. Bettina Möllring
T 0431 / 5198 – 427
E moellring@muthesius.de
Spatial Strategies
Prof.in Dr. Sandra Schramke
T 0431 / 5198 – 469
E schramke@muthesius.de
Art History
Prof.in Dr. Christiane Kruse
T 0431 / 5198 – 438
E kruse@muthesius.de
Art, Cultural and Media studies
Prof.in Dr. Petra Maria Meyer
T 0431 / 5198 – 503
E meyer@muthesius.de
Aesthetics
Prof. Dr. Norbert M. Schmitz
T 0431 / 5198 – 423
E nmschmitz@muthesius.de
