Admission Professionally qualified applicants

From 01.01.2025, until the new admission and enrolment regulations (ZulImO) take effect, the following procedure will apply for professionally qualified individuals under the Baden-Württemberg State Higher Education Act (LHG):

According to §§ 58 Para. 2 No. 5 and 6 LHG BW:

1. Those with recognized advanced vocational training (e.g., master craftsman or business administrator) will receive direct university admission after a counselling interview (Section 58 Para. 2 No. 5).
2. Those with at least two years of relevant vocational training and three years of experience must pass an aptitude test for subject-specific admission (Section 58 Para. 2 No. 6).

Until the new ordinance on the entrance exam and trial study programme is issued, the aptitude test will be conducted as currently specified.

Information on the application test

The application test includes tasks from the following areas

• English language comprehension
• Mathematical and physical understanding
• General knowledge

We will then conduct an interview with you in which we want to get to know you personally and in which we will also use the following criteria to assess whether we can admit you to the mechanical engineering programme:

• Motivation to study
• Realistic expectations
• Self-management
• Resilience

Language certificate

Here you can find the English requirements you should have:

• TOEFL: 87 ibt (direct admission)
• TOEFL: 79 - 86 ibt (with additional agreement)
• TOEIC: 785 (Listening/Reading 785, Speaking 160, Writing 150)
• IELTS/IELTS ONLINE (academic): 6.5 on average. Deviations are regulated by the current version of the Language Centre guidelines
• CAE (grade A, B, or C)
• CPE (grade A, B or C)
• Pearson English Test Academic (PTE-A): 59 points
• Linguaskill: 176 - 184 (CES) - all four skills required
• Duolingo: 110 points