Master’s Information Day 2018 · 15 MAY Double Master‘s Programmes (DMP) 15 JUN ... along with a provisional average grade. Please note that the remaining credits must be earned

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University of CologneFaculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences

Master’s Information Day 2018

The Application Process

Kersten Schmitz-SalueMaster Admission Office

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When?Deadlines & important dates

31

MARInternational Management (CEMS MIM)

15

MAYDouble Master‘s Programmes (DMP)

15

JUN

Business Administration, Economics (and Research Track), Sociology and

Social Science, Political Science, Health Economics, Information Systems

13

JUL

last day to upload TM-WISO, GRE or GMAT results (except International

Management and all Double Master’s Programmes)

20

JUL

first admission letters (CEMS MIM in early June) and ranking of results

(probably)

Different registration deadlines:

Probably 23 July-6 August: first enrolment period

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Where and how?

The Application Portal(s)

cemsmim.wiso.uni-koeln.de masterbewerbung-wiso.uni-koeln.de

Additionally for non-German Bachelor:

www.uni-assist.de/online/uni-koeln

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Registration

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Registration

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Registration

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Registration

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Registration

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Important steps in the application portal

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Set your priorities (up to 3):

Programme? DMP? Research Track?


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Change your priorities as long as

you have NOT submitted!


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Information on categorising courses: http://ukoeln.de/D6TZ6


http://ukoeln.de/D6TZ6

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Find a list with all necessary

documents at

ukoeln.de/7UF7M/

and select the master‘s

programme you want to apply

What?

Documents (authenticated and translated)

http://www.wiso.uni-koeln.de/en/studies/master/

• All documents need to be translated (German/English) and

authenticated

• Bachelor’s degree certificate: Students who have not finished their

bachelor studies but have passed at least 70% (CEMS MIM) or 80% (all

other programmes) of the examinations can apply by submitting a

confirmation of all credits earned so far, along with a provisional average

grade. Please note that the remaining credits must be earned by 30

September.

• Transcript of Records: The credit points relevant to fulfil the admission

criteria have to be included in your Transcript of Records.

Individually/separately registered courses not included on your transcript

of records cannot be taken into account. It is also not possible to make

up for missing credit points after admission.

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Application Documents

Important Information

• Transcript of semester abroad: Should be considered for the

admission criteria as well if examinations passed abroad. Examinations

need to be considered by your home university

• For non-Cologne students: Official description of the content of all taken

bachelor courses/ lectures (e.g. Course Catalogue)

• Proof of English language proficiency is needed for all master’s

programmes

• Depending on the master’s programme you like to apply for it is

mandatory to upload more documents (e.g. Proof of German language

Proficiency, Admission tests).

See ukoeln.de/7UF7M/

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Application Documents

Important Information

http://www.wiso.uni-koeln.de/en/studies/master/

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uni-assist

1. Register and apply at the uni-assist Application Portal:

https://www.uni-assist.de/online/uni-koeln

2. Signed and printed copy of the application form and authenticated copies

of your application documents send to uni-assist via post.

3. Pay the application fee until the application deadline! Otherwise your

application will not be processed

Deadlines:

31

MARInternational Management (CEMS MIM)

30

APRDouble Master‘s Programmes (DMP)

15

JUN

Business Administration, Economics (and Research Track), Sociology and

Social Science, Political Science, Health Economics, Information Systems

https://www.uni-assist.de/online/uni-koeln

• International Management (CEMS MIM)

• Double Master‘s programmes (DMP)

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Accepted certificates

TOEFL* 100 ibt

IELTS* 7.0

Cambridge

Certificate*CAE (at least B), BEC Higher (at least B; except DMP), CPE

Bachelor*CEMS MIM: from an English-speaking country, a CEMS member or an accredited

university

DMP: min. one year in an English-speaking country

Native* As indicated by the school diploma

*Those are also accepted for a STAP semester.

English C1

Certificate, but no proof of German necessary

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*Those are also accepted for a STAP semester.

English B2

Certificate, but no proof of German necessary

• Business Administration – Corporate Development, Finance, Marketing

• Economics

• Sociology and Social Science

• Political Science

Accepted certificates

TOEFL* 87 ibt

IELTS* 6.0

Cambridge

Certificate*FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC Higher (B2)

Bachelor* Taught in English / double degree, one year in an English-speaking country

Native* As indicated by the school diploma

School knowledge of

English5 points (German grading system) at the end of class 11 (G8) or 12 (G9)

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Accepted English certificates:

As mentioned in the previous slide.

Accepted German certificates:

• DSH-2 or DSH-3

• DSD II certificate

• telc C1 Hochschule

• telc Deutsch C2

• TestDaF (Deutsch als Fremdsprache) – level

4

• C2-Certificate by Goethe-Institut (GDS)

• Successful assessment test after attending a

Studienkolleg

Proof of German,

but only English B2 certificate necessary

• Business Administration – Accounting & Taxation, Supply Chain

Management

• Health Economics

• Information Systems

TM-WISO (German or English), GMAT & GRE (English)

Not compulsory but recommended for Business Administration,

Economics and International Management (CEMS MIM)

GRE only considered for the Master's programme in Economics

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Admission Tests

Accepted tests:

• No minimum score has to be achieved (exception: DMP Business

Administration min. 550 GMAT)

• Information on registration and test locations can be found online on the

websites of the external test provider and on http://ukoeln.de/95K3S

Applicants have to upload their test results on the application portal until

13 July (except CEMS MIM and DMP)

• TM-WISO: results which are transferred automatically will only be matched

with your application if there is no PDF file already uploaded and you have

used the same e-mail-address

http://ukoeln.de/95K3S

• The calculation of the admission point score for the Master’s

programmes Business Administration, Economics and International

Management (CEMS MIM) is based on

(Bachelor) Degree mark or average mark

Result of the admission test

Interview (only CEMS MIM and DMP)

• Table for the calculation of the admission point score can be found

online: ukoeln.de/MSWVE

• The admission scores of the master‘s programmes Health Economics,

Information Systems, Political Science and Sociology & Social Research

are just based on (Bachelor) degree mark or average mark.

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Admission point scores

http://ukoeln.de/MSWVE

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Cologne Bachelor -> Cologne Master

New Bachelor examination regulation (2015)

Business

AdministrationEconomics

Political

Sciences

Sociology &

Social Research

Health

Economics

Information

Systems

CEMS

MIM

BWL

VWLSpecialisation

Module Business

Administration

Specialisation

Module Business

Administration

VWL

soz.

Politics as

Supplementary

Section

Sociology as

Supplementary

Section

SowiPolitics as

Supplementary

Section

.

Gesök

Winfo

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Cologne Bachelor -> Cologne Master

Old Bachelor examination regulation (2007)

Business

AdministrationEconomics

Political

Sciences

Sociology &

Social Research

Health

Economics

Information

Systems

CEMS

MIM

BWL

VWL

Subsidiary

Subject &

2 Profile Groups

in Business

Administration

Subsidiary

Subject & 1

Profile Group in

Politics

Subsidiary

Subject Sociology

Subsidiary

Subject &

2 Profile Groups

in Business

Administration

Sowi

Subsidiary

Subject in

Economics &

Stat. A&B

.

Gesök

Winfo

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• Contact the WiSo Student Service

via [email protected]

0221-470-8818

http://ukoeln.de/E9WVA

Subscribe for the Master-Information-Newsletter

• Check out the FAQ section at our website

ukoeln.de/8HH9A

Any questions during the application

process?

mailto:[email protected]

http://ukoeln.de/E9WVA

ukoeln.de/8HH9A

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source: de.fotolia.com

Do you have any questions so far?

Thank you very much for your interest

and good luck with your application!

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What’s coming next?

Presentations

3:30 – 4:00 PM The GMAT exam GMACXXIII

(WiSo building)

4:15 – 5:00 PM TM-WiSo/ TM-Base ITB Consulting GmbHXXIII

(WiSo building)

Information Fair

2:00 – 5:00 PM

• WiSo Student Service

• WiSo Career Service

• WiSo Alumni

• International Relations Center

• ITB Consulting GmbH (TM-WiSo)

• GMAC (GMAT)

• English Institute Cologne

WiSo Foyer

Phased and guided campus tour

3:00 PM Tour IWiSo Student Service

&

WiSo Programme

Management

Starting point:

WiSo-Foyer3:30 PM Tour II

4:00 PM Tour III