Applying for a Master's degree course
The various Master's degree courses offered at HAW Hamburg have different application requirements. Please see the degree course you are interested in studying to find out more.
Special application deadlines
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The deadlines for the following degree courses differ from those outlined above:
European Master of Medical Technology and Healthcare Business Erasmus Mundus
15 November to 15 January (applications for the subsequent winter semester only)
Public Health
1 June–30 September (applications for the subsequent summer semester only)
1 December–31 March (applications for the subsequent winter semester only)
Process Engineering
1 April–15 May (applications for the subsequent winter semester only)
1 October–15 November (applications for the subsequent summer semester only)
Renewable Energy Systems
1 April–15 May (applications for the subsequent winter semester only)
International Business
1 May–15 June (applications for the subsequent winter semester only)
Social and Health Management
1 April–30 September (applications for the subsequent winter semester)
Typical application process
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| Winter semester | Summer semester | |
| 15 July | 15 January | Application deadline |
From the beginning of August | From the beginning of February | HAW Hamburg sends emails to the applicants admitted in the main application process. |
Mid-August to the beginning of lectures | Mid-February to the beginning of lectures | HAW Hamburg sends emails to the applicants admitted from the waiting list. |
End of August | End of February | HAW Hamburg sends emails to the unsuccessful applicants. |
Until 30 September | Until 31 March | If you give up your study place, your semester contribution will only be refunded (excluding an administrative fee of €50) when you return any semester documents that have been sent to you and submit a declaration of withdrawal to the Student Admissions and Registration Office by 30 September or 31 March. |
Online application via myHAW
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To apply for your Master's degree course, the first thing you need to do is register with the myHAW application and student portal. You will then receive an email with your preliminary access information and how to activate your account. Please only register once. Sometimes it takes a few minutes before you receive the activation email. Make sure to also look in your spam folder if necessary. Registrations from the previous semester will not work.
If you completed or are currently completing your Bachelor's degree in Germany, you are permitted to provide proof of your degree up until the end of the first semester of your Master's studies. You can find the necessary form here. If your Bachelor's degree is from outside of Germany, you need to provide proof of your degree with your application so that uni assist can generate the preliminary review documentation (VPD).
For the subsequent application process via myHAW it is helpful to have all the necessary documents directly at hand. You will also need your application documents as PDF files in order to upload these for the online application. Please use a PDF programme (e.g. Adobe Acrobat) to do this. The following Master's degree courses also require you to submit hard copies of your application documents to the Student Admissions and Registration Office:
- Applied Family Sciences
- Digital Reality
- Marketing and Sales
- Multichannel Trade Management in Textile Business
- Social and Health Management
- Sound – Vision – Games
Enquiring about your application status
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If you have submitted your complete application by the deadline, you can check the status of your application on myHAW.
Hardship provisions
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Applicants with a disability or a chronic illness can submit a hardship application in accordance with the HAW Hamburg's Hardship Policy. This provides an extra chance of obtaining a study place. Five per cent of the study places in each BA degree course are allocated for applicants with particular health, familial, financial or social difficulties.
As part of the online application, please note that you want to make a hardship claim. You must also submit a written application. Here it makes sense to refer to the points under section 3, paragraph 1 of the Hardship Policy that are relevant to your situation. Please submit this application together with the other application documents and the documents demonstrating hardship (certified copies or originals) to HAW Hamburg before the deadline: 15 July (for the winter semester) or 15 January (for the summer semester). Applications received after these dates cannot be considered!
If your hardship application is unsuccessful and you are not awarded a study place based on this criterion, you are automatically included in the remaining admissions process (10 per cent of study places allocated based on wait time and the remaining 90 per cent based on achievement).
During the application and registration process at HAW Hamburg you are entitled to have all documents made available in a barrier-free format or to have an interpreter or other communication aids made available to you.
Applications can only be submitted online. If you have questions about this process, please contact the HAW Hamburg Student Center:
Student Admissions and Registration Office: +49.40.428 75-9898 or
Student Counselling Team, Katrin Schumann: +49.40.428 75-9115
