Access requirements and application Marketing (MSc)

Access Requirements

For access to the English-language Master's degree programme in Marketing, a Bachelor's degree (or an equivalent undergraduate degree) with 210 credit points in economic sciences or in a closely related degree programme is required, e.g. Business Administration/Management, Accounting, Controlling, Economics, Finance, International Business, Marketing, etc. The share of economics modules including quantitative methodology must be at least 70 ECTS credit points.

If the Bachelor's degree was assessed with less than the required 210 credit points but at least 180 credit points, the additional module 'Practical Term' must be completed with a duration of at least 20 and a maximum of 27 weeks during the Master's degree study.

English language skills must be at least level B2 (CEFR), see accepted proofs below under ‘Application documents’.

If all access requirements are met, places are allocated to applicants with the very best final grades (CGPA).

Please note: Other Master's/MBA degrees, professional experiences, awards, interests, knowledge, motivation, etc. do not compensate missing access requirements and are not relevant for the allocation of places.

We ask for your understanding that it is not possible to pre-check the requirements.

Application deadlines

The Master's degree programme in Marketing can be started once a year in winter semesters only.

For non-EU/non-EEA nationals with a foreign Bachelor's degree (also with a visa, residence permit or refugee status, who live or work in Germany or in the EU/EEA, or with an EU/EEA Bachelor's degree):
1 February to 31 March via uni-assist.

For non-EU/non-EEA nationals, with a German Bachelor's degree:
1 February to 31 March via the application portal Apollo.

All non-EU/non-EEA nationals who have applied by the application deadline of 31 March can submit the required university degree certificate including final transcript of records to the relevant online portal by 15 April at the latest (late submission deadline).

Please note: Only 2 places are available for non-EU/non-EEA nationals for this admission-restricted programme by NRW Ordinance on the Allocation of Places. I.e. only non-EU/non-EEA nationals with a CGPA of 1.0 to usually 1.1 according to the German grading system can be admitted: Grade Conversion Tool (TUM).

For Germans and German equals, such as EU/EEA nationals (and second-degree applicants who already have another German Master's degree or will graduate by 15 July):
1 February to 15 July via the application portal Apollo.

Provided you applied within the application deadline 15 July: The university degree certificate including final transcript of records may be submitted by 31 August at the latest (late submission deadline) via the application portal Apollo.

Application documents

Before you start your application, please check that you have all the documents you need for your application and that you need to upload them with your online application:

• University degree certificate including final transcript of records (foreign certificates in original language and German or English translations),
• Transcript of records without university degree certificate, if the university degree is not yet available (in this case, the university degree certificate including final transcript of records must be submitted by the end of the respective late submission deadline (see above)),
• Grading system of your university,
• APS certificate if you acquired your university degree in China, India or Vietnam,
• Proof of English language proficiency at level B2 CEFR:
  • Secondary school-leaving certificate, if it certifies English language proficiency at level B2 (usually applies to EU/EEA or German secondary school-leaving certificates, e.g. German 'Abitur'),
  • English-language secondary school-leaving certificate or university degree,
  • Certificate of an accepted English test, see overview of accepted tests below under 'Links'.

Please read the following instructions:

• The fields marked with * are mandatory and must be completed in any case.
•  Upload the required documents as PDFs.
• Make sure you provide correct and truthful information! Incorrect information can lead to exclusion from the procedure or cancellation of an already granted authorisation.
• Missing documents will be requested by us via the comments in your online application on the application portal Apollo or by uni-assist, provided you have applied in good time.
• Applicants applying via uni-assist are advised to submit the application as early as possible. Due to the preliminary review period, applications are forwarded to us with a time delay of at least 3 or 4 weeks. Please contact uni-assist directly if you have any questions about the status or the decision of the preliminary review of your application at uni-assist.
• Please pay attention to the respective application and enrolment deadlines. Applications received after the deadline or incomplete applications can unfortunately not be considered!
• In case of admission to the degree programme, you will be admitted via the application portal Apollo. Please check the status of your online application regularly. You will receive all necessary information about the next steps up to enrolment via the application portal Apollo.