FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions

No, the application is free of cost. But applicants with non-German bachelor degrees have to pay a fee for uni-assist. Please check the details on their website.

• Our Master Programme starts only in the winter semester, on 1st October.
• The application is possible between 2. – 31. May of the year in which you would like to begin your studies.
• Applicants with non-German bachelor degrees have to apply until approx. 31st of March via uni-assist for a VPD (see below) and with this VPD they can apply via the HM-Portal in May.

Please see all the information on our website, especially the Checklist.

Please check this online in your country or have a look at our website.

Yes, it is possible to repeat your application once, this means that you can apply twice.

Please submit the following documents to HM via website.

• Preliminary documentation (VPD) from uni-assist (if you have a non-German bachelor degree)
• CV
• Bachelor degree certificate (showing your grade) including Diploma Supplement (if you have this)
• Transcript of records, which shows all your study modules and the 20 ECTS
• VPD from uni-assist (if you apply with a non-German Bachelor degree
• Your GMAT result has to be send from your testcenter directly to us

You do not need to send a letter of motivation neither do you have to send any documents via post.

If you have finished your studies, but cannot provide a VPD your application will not be accepted.

Unfortunately our online application system only switches to English on the second page, so you need to do the following:

Go to https://hm.edu/studium_1/bewerbung/master_bewerbung/index.de.html and click on “zum Bewerberportal”.

Then you get to the page, where you can change the language on the bottom.

Please select the master Business Administration in the list of master programs. In the next stept you can select the specialization “Digital Technology Management”.

Uni-assist e.V. is an institution supported by more than 180 universities in Germany for the preliminary examination of international student applications. It checks foreign degrees and converts the final grade into the German grading system. Only after this check can it be assessed whether a foreign degree meets the requirements.

Please submit the following documents to uni-assist online and via post!

• Certified copies of the original bachelor degree certificate including Diploma Supplement
• Or in case that you have not yet received this, a certified copy of your Transcript of Records
• Certified translations of the above if certificates are issued in another language than German or English
• Copy of your passport

Uni-assist will send a preliminary documentation (VPD) to you, which you need to apply for our masters` program.

The notification of admission will be sent to you by e-mail: usually a few days after the aptitude test. You will receive the official letter of enrolment via PRIMUSS a few weeks after the aptitude test.

Please make sure that you will have access to your e-mail account during this period and also check your spam folder.

You will receive detailed information on this with the letters of admission (in Primuss). If you have any questions, please contact the enrolment office E-Mail

No, students of the Digital Technology Management specialization do not need German skills, as the course is entirely taught in English. However, we encourage international students to participate in the offered German language classes during their time at Munich University of Applied Sciences.

Yes, foreign students with few or no German language skills have the opportunity to participate in intensive German language classes (free of cost) that will help them to acquire a solid level of German during their studies. For more information please see the homepage of faculty 13 "Department of General and Interdisciplinary Studies”.

No, you do not have to prove them, but you need to have at least B2 level of English in order to follow lectures, write exams or hold presentations.

The aptitude test gives you the chance to get to know your potential lecturers and ask questions regarding the program. On the other side we want to find out your motivation to enter this program.

A reading list with relevant literature which helps you to prepare yourself for the test will be provided on our website in advance with sufficient lead time.

It depends. Some study programs invite the selected candidates to our premisses in Pasing, others (usually DTM) hold the aptitude tests online via Zoom.

We usually send out invitations to the test one or two weeks in advance via email, but the dates of the test will be announced before on our website under “important dates” and “admission requirements & aptitude test”.

Please check our calender on the homepage. The aptitude test takes usually place in June or July.

Please have another piece of academic work ready, like a seminar paper. If you did not have to write an academic paper, do not worry.

It is not easy to find housing in Munich, therefore please start searching as soon as possible. The student union might be able to help. Here is a website with some information Living in Munich.

If you only have 180 credit points from your bachelor's degree, you must successfully make up/prove the missing 30 credit points within 12 months of starting your master's degree. (this applies from the start of the study program in winter semester 2024/25)

You can have the missing 30 credit points recognized either by providing evidence of practical experience or by having additional study achievements recognized.

Practical periods such as internships or working student positions during your bachelor's degree can be credited towards the missing 30 credit points if certain conditions are met. (applies for students starting in 2024/25)