Apply for a place to study medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry or pharmacy

You must put your applications in the desired order in the application portal. The applications will be forwarded to the universities. You may have to submit further documents to the universities. Hochschulstart or the universities will rank the applicants. Depending on your position on the ranking list, you will receive an offer of admission that you can accept. If you do not want to accept the offer yet, you can wait and see whether you receive an offer with your other applications.

Lower-ranking offers are automatically eliminated from the process.

At the end of the procedure, you will then receive a place for the best possible offer.

Foundation for University Admissions

University Start

Sonnenstraße 171

44137 Dortmund

• You have a university entrance qualification (e.g. Abitur)
• You meet the individual requirements for the degree program (e.g. Abitur grade)

• Certified copy of the university entrance qualification (e.g. high school diploma)
• Proof of
  • aptitude tests,
  • completed vocational training,
  • professional activities,
  • voluntary service

Please refer to the application form to find out which documents are required in your case.

None.

For a winter semester, you must apply online by July 15. You can submit written documents by July 21.

If you received your university entrance qualification (e.g. Abitur) before January 16 of the year of your application, you must apply by May 31 and can submit written documents by June 15.

For a summer semester, you must apply online by January 15. You can submit written documents by January 21.

The application process takes 3 to 6 months.

• § Section 2 (1) no. 2 of the Act on the Establishment of a Foundation "Foundation for University Admissions"
• Article 2(1)(2) of the State Treaty on Admission to Higher Education

• Forms: An application form must be completed online and then printed out, signed and sent to Hochschulstart
• Online procedure possible: Yes, but not yet complete.
• Written form required: Yes
• Personal appearance required: no

03.03.2021