Admission requirements
What are the admission requirements?
Admission requirements
What are the admission requirements?

Admission requirement for a Bachelor’s program
Admission to a Bachelor’s degree program is possible for those who have a general higher education entrance qualification or a higher education entrance qualification from abroad, a subject-specific higher education entrance qualification, or a university of applied sciences entrance qualification.
The Following Applies as a General Higher Education Entrance Qualification without Subject Restrictions:
- General higher education entrance qualification (Abitur)
- University of applied sciences entrance qualification (school and vocational part)
- Higher education entrance qualification through vocational qualification based on vocational advancement training (e.g. master craftsman)
- Qualifications from technical secondary schools in accordance with the “Framework Agreement on Technical Schools” of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs in its current version
- Comparable qualifications within the meaning of the Maritime Labour Act
- Qualifications from comparable state law training regulations for professions in the health sector as well as in the field of social care and socio-educational professions
- Higher education entrance qualification from abroad
- University degree
The Following Applies as a Subject-Related Higher Education Entrance Qualification:
- Subject-specific higher education entrance qualification (Fachabitur of all specializations)
- Completion of a technical school in accordance with the “Framework Agreement on Technical Schools” of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs in its current version
- Completion of a vocational training course of at least two years’ duration regulated by the Vocational Training Act/Crafts Code, by federal or state law in a field related to the intended course of study, and at least three years of professional experience in the learned profession
Detailed admission requirements are regulated in the study and examination regulations.

Admission requirement for a Master’s program
Admission to a Master’s degree program requires a first university or higher education degree.
The Following Applies as an Entrance Qualification:
- Bachelor’s degree in a Bachelor’s program of at least three years or at least 180 credit points (ECTS)
- Equivalent degree from a German university or equivalent university, university of applied sciences or Berufsakademie/Dual Hochschule, the degree of which is equivalent to a Fachhochschul degree
- Equivalent degree from a foreign university
- Other equivalent first professional degree that qualifies for the achievement of the study objectives
- A prerequisite for a continuing education Master’s program is qualified professional experience (following the first professional degree) of generally no less than one year.
Detailed admission requirements are regulated in the study and examination regulations.

Additional requirements for a Project-Competence-Study
A condition for a Project-Competence-Study is a transfer project approved and supervised by Steinbeis University (according to the quality criteria for company and organizational projects). If a corresponding project already exists at the time of application, this must be indicated together with the application documents.
Language skills
If special language skills are required for the course of study, an internationally recognized language certificate (e.g. IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge) may have to be provided or a corresponding test taken to prove the required language skills in spoken and written form.
Detailed requirements can be found in the admission requirements in the study and examination regulations.




