From April until 15 June, you apply exclusively online via the campus management system KLIPS.
At the time of application, all subject and language requirements must be met.
At the time of application, all documents must be provided in either German or in English.
Documents submitted after the application deadline will not be accepted.
Subject-related requirements
To take part in the selection procedure, the subject-related admission requirements must be met:
Completed bachelor's degree
Completed Bachelor's degree programme that corresponds to the subject of the selected Master's degree programme.
If you have not completed your bachelor's degree, at least 80% of the credit points to be earned must be completed. The pending examinations must be completed by 30 September at the latest.
The following documents must be uploaded to KLIPS as originals or as authenticated documents in German or in English.
Bachelor's certificate or proof that 80 % have been succesfully completed
mandatory
If you have not finished your bachelor studies but have passed at least 80% of the examinations (at least 144 credits in a bachelor degree carrying 180 ECTS credits), you can apply by submitting a confirmation of all credits earned so far, along with a provisional average grade computed and certified by your examination office. Please note that the remaining credits must be earned by 30 September.
Transcript of records
mandatory
List of all taken modules and courses, including grades and credits, along with a provisional average grade computed and certified by your examination office.
Transcript of semester abroad
optional
Only if examinations passed abroad should be considered for the admission criteria as well.
Subject-related admission criteria
See PDF file in "subject-related requirements"
mandatory
Enter the courses you have successfully completed so far during your bachelor's degree programme in the PDF document. List only courses that you have completed at the time of application.
School leaving certificate
mandatory
A-levels, High school diploma etc.
(please submit all pages of the school leaving certificate)
Course catalogue
mandatory
Official description of the content of all taken bachelor courses. Course catalogue or PDF-file with link to course description at the website of the bachelor's university. If your university does not issue module descriptions or does not provide it in German or in English, please upload a PDF document explaining this informally. Please do not have your module descriptions translated! If we still need the module descriptions when reviewing your application, we will contact you.
Proof of German language skills
mandatory for Health Economics and Information Systems*
Please note the accepted proofs of language under "Language requirements".
This is not necessary for applicants who have obtained a university degree (e.g. Bachelor) or the university entrance qualification (e.g. Abitur) in German language.
Proof of English language skills
mandatory
Please note the accepted proofs of language under "Language requirements".
mandatory for applicants with a bachelor's degree obtained outside Germany
Request a preliminary review documentation (VPD) issued for the University of Cologne from uni-assist. You can have your documents checked by uni-assist all year round, the VPD is not tied to an application semester.
Experience shows that the processing time is 8 weeks. Please make sure to request a VPD at uni-assist well in advance of the application deadline in KLIPS.
After you have received the VPD, create an online application in KLIPS.
Selection procedure
If the number of applicants meeting the admission criteria exceeds the number of places available for the programme, a selection procedure will be carried out to rank the applicants. The procedure is based on the grade earned in the bachelor’s degree.
Admission results
The table below shows the admission results for Health Economics over the past two years.
The first number is the grade of the main procedure. All applicants with this grade or better were granted admission. The number in brackets is the grade of the move-up procedures
According to the "Ordinance on the Allocation of Study Places in North Rhine-Westphalia" (Verordnung über die Vergabe von Studienplätzen in Nordrhein-Westfalen), our eligible applicants are admitted in two quotas (see FAQ 3.5).
Admission process
Applicant has/ is...
EU/ EEA citizenship OR
EU/ EEA school-leaving certificate OR
EU/ EEA Bachelor’s degree OR
Married to EU/ EEA-citizen
Applicant has...
No EU/ EEA-citizenship AND
No EU/ EEA school-leaving certificate AND
No EU/ EEA Bachelor’s degree
2023
2,5 - chosen by lot
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2024
2,7
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Chosen by lot means that not all applicants with the same score/grade could be granted admission. It was chosen by lot among all applicants with this score.
There is only a social fee for studying at University of Cologne of approx. 320 € per semester including ticket for public transport. There are no tuition fees when studying abroad, but costs for rent, living expenses and learning materials must be paid by the student.
You can find information on financing your studies here.
