Admission professionally qualified applicants

From 1 January 2025, new regulations for professionally qualified persons will apply in accordance with the Baden-Württemberg State Higher Education Act (LHG) until an amended admission and enrolment regulation comes into force. Professionally qualified persons are those who:

1. Have completed a recognised advanced vocational training course (e.g. master craftsman, business administrator). After a counselling interview, they receive direct university admission in accordance with § 58 Para. 2 No. 5 LHG.
2. Have completed at least two years of relevant vocational training and have at least three years of professional experience. You will receive a subject-specific admission authorisation after passing an aptitude test in accordance with § 58 Para. 2 No. 6 LHG.

The aptitude test remains valid in accordance with the previous regulations until the new legal ordinance on the university-specific entrance examination (Section 58 Para. 3a) and the trial study programme (Section 58 Para. 3b).

Language certificate

Here you can find the English requirements you should have:

• B2 First Cambridge: grade A or B
• CAE: grade A, B, or C
• CPE: grade A, B, or C
• Duolingo Certificate: 110
• IELTS (academic): 6.5 / IELTS (indicator) online: 6.5 
• Linguaskill: 176 (all four skills required)
• Password Skills Plus Test: 6.5
• Pearson English Test Academic (PTE-A): 59 (in total)
• TOEIC: 785 (Listening/Reading 785, Speaking 160, Writing 150)
• TOEFL iBT/TOEFL iBT Home Edition: 87