Special features and deadlines

1. At Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts, you may only submit one application for a degree programme at a time. Once the application deadline for your chosen degree programme has passed, you may apply for another degree programme that is still accepting applications. You may also apply for places at other universities.
2. For Master’s programmes, a maximum of two applications may be considered: In the application portal, one Master’s programme is selected as the first choice, a second can be created with the status ‘in preparation’. To ensure the second application is included in the process, the Info-Point team is briefly informed by email and the application is activated for submission. The documents are uploaded separately for both applications, but enrolment will ultimately take place in only one Master’s programme.
3. Applicants for the Bachelor’s degree programme in Nursing should use the application portal exclusively. After the application deadline, the application portal for this programme will be deactivated.
4. If the average mark on your university entrance qualification is not yet available at this stage and your certificate is to be issued BEFORE the application deadline, please wait and do not apply until your final mark has been confirmed.
5. Applicants with foreign qualifications are subject to a separate application procedure. Different application deadlines apply here to those mentioned above!

You can apply for a degree programme via the application portal on the HsH website.
The application portal is expected to open at the following times:

• Summer semester: usually from around the beginning of December
• Winter semester: usually from around the end of May

German university entrance qualification*:

For degree programmes with restricted admission

• Summer semester: 15 January
• Winter semester: 15 July

For degree programmes without restricted admission

• Summer semester: 28 February
• Winter semester: 15 September

Application period for the Nursing Degree Programme (part-time study)

• From 15 November to 30 November each year – further information

Application for the Nursing Placement Test for the Nursing Degree Programme (part-time study)

• From the end of November to 31 January each year – further information

Foreign university entrance qualification*:

• Summer semester: 15 November
• Winter semester: 15 May

*The postmark date applies in each case.

New from the 2026 summer semester:

The application process will be entirely paperless. All documents must be uploaded digitally via the application portal.
Please ensure that all your supporting documents have been uploaded in full. Any requests for additional documents or notifications regarding missing documents will also be sent directly via the application portal. You should therefore check your portal-account regularly to ensure you do not miss any information.

Beginning from the summer semester (2 March 2026), selected application procedures for enrolled students will be digitised.

Further information can be found here.

If you hold foreign educational qualifications, these must be assessed by uni-assist for university admission, regardless of your nationality.
You can find information about the application process and the Studienkolleg on our website.

Application for prospective students with foreign educational qualifications

Application process for the Studienkolleg

For the bachelor’s degree programmes Interior Architecture, Product Design, MODE: Concept. Design. Communication., and Scenography – Costume – Experimental Design, applicants must provide evidence of a six-week pre-study internship in a craft-based or technical field.

As a general rule, the internship must be completed before the start of the degree programme. Upon application and for a valid reason, admission may be granted subject to the condition that the internship is completed by the beginning of the second semester.

• The part-time Master’s programme in Advanced Nursing Practice (ANP)/Community Health Nursing (CHN) will be offered for the first time in the 2026/27 winter semester.
• “Research and Professionalisation in Social Work”. The Master’s programme was renamed by a Senate resolution dated 20 January 2026 (formerly “Social Work”) and will be known by this name for students from the 2027 summer semester onwards.