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Application:Required documents

2020-07-14T09:33:36Z

Felix: /* Sending applications via email are possible from now on until 31 March 2020: */

'''Due to the coronavirus pandemic, applications via email are now possible and kindly asked for – see email application for more information.'''

=List of all required documents for application=
In order to apply for the 2-year Master of Science program Intelligent Adaptive Systems, you need to send a paper application to the IAS Team at the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg. The IAS team is a team of IAS professors, researchers, lecturers, and academic advisors. The IAS Team and the selection committee will only read complete applications that meet the formal requirements. These applications will be ranked according to the selection criteria.

In order to apply successfully please follow these instructions:

The deadline is on the 31st of March. Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. The IAS selection committee does not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline (via postal mail) and/or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. You can not submit missing documents after the expiration of the application deadline. There will be no reconsideration.

The documents 'do not'' have to be sent as certified/attested copies when applying. Do '''not''' send original certificates since the IAS selection committee will not send any documents back to you. However, please note that in case your application is successful, you will need to send attested/certified copies to the University via postal mail ''within 2 weeks'', so be prepared. You will receive a notification around 11 June about whether you are accepted or not. Official English and German translations of documents are accepted.

Please read the explanations of what documents you have to send and follow the links for more information.

=='''1. Cover-letter-form''' ==
* Please fill in the cover-letter form (with a pdf viewer/reader).
* Then print out the form. In case you are having any problems filling out the form digitally you can also print out the form and fill it in by hand (readable!).
* Send the printed form as the first page of your application via postal mail.
* Link to the cover-letter-form: [[Cover-letter-form|cover-letter-form]]

== '''2. The University's general online form (STiNE)'''==
The Universität Hamburg requires you to fill out a general and university-wide online form on their student platform called STiNE. The only purpose of this form is to register with the central administration. Nothing else. It is your way to tell the University that you might apply.
* While registering you will receive a BW - Number (Application Number). Please state this number in your cover letter.
* Submit, print and '''sign''' the STiNE online form and enclose the form with your paper application.
* Only within the application period (15 February - 31 March), the online application form can be accessed through the STiNE portal: https://www.stine.uni-hamburg.de. Sorry, some parts of the STiNE online form are in German and therefore rather tricky.
* As a service to IAS applicants, the IAS-Team has prepared a wiki entry: [[online application form|Online form STiNE]].
* For further questions about STiNE please ask the technical support of STiNE. STiNE is a part of the central administration - not the IAS Team's platform, see [https://www.stine.uni-hamburg.de/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=CampusNet&PRGNAME=EXTERNALPAGES&ARGUMENTS=-N000000000000002,-N000339,-A100101e#furtherquestions STiNE support].

After filling out the STiNE online form, '''click submit''', then '''print''' out the summary at the end (German: ''Druckansicht''). This print-out has to be '''signed'''. This submitted, printed, and signed STiNE form is one of the required documents which you have to send via postal mail to the Department of Informatics.

Please note: do not click "Freemover". Freemover is the wrong application.

Please, note that the STiNE online form is just the general, uni-wide application form for central administration reasons only. You still need to send your paper application to the address below. With the complete paper application, you apply to the Department of Informatics for a place in the IAS program.

Use the address displayed here or on the master's website. Do not use the address displayed in STiNE.

==''' 3. Curriculum Vitae'''==
The CV (table version) should include information on your academic and professional career and whether you have previous international experience. Please list specific information on your background that is relevant for IAS such as projects on AI or Robotics. Please, '''provide evidence''' of such projects through acquired certificates. Project descriptions and outlines on their CS content are especially important if you want the achieved credits to count for the 60 ECTS in computer science.
Please add your average/overall grade (can be preliminary) and your grading scale to your cv, next to the information of your degree, and provide official evidence for that information.

== '''4. Letter of Motivation'''==
This is the most important document since it accounts for 40% of your ranking score. It has to be written by yourself and in English. The maximum length is 1.5 pages (not more: the selection committee may reject your application on the grounds of the quality of your motivational letter).
In your letter of motivation, you should explain your motivation to study in this particular program. Your letter of motivation should answer the following questions:
* Why are you interested in the field of "Intelligent Adaptive Systems" and what parts of it are most interesting and why?
* Why is this program especially suited to complement the knowledge you already have?
* Why did you choose to study this program at Universität Hamburg?
* How does this program fit your academic and professional future goals?
* How would you avoid a cultural shock?
* Analyze the selection criteria and the curriculum IAS so that you know what else might be important to write about.

The selection committee will give high ratings to letters which show that you have made a deliberate choice to study IAS and can justify your decision well, while also explaining how studying IAS will bring you closer to your desired goals. The board is looking for students that show high motivation and have a good chance of finishing the program with a high impact on the student's life. Your ability to present a well-connected chain of arguments is a major ability the board is looking for.

Things that affect the rating adversely are, amongst many, generic letters that are written for multiple applications, letters that are written in bad English, or do not follow a good structure. The selection committee wants to read something relevant and precise about you.

== '''5. Proof(s) of English language proficiency'''==
Please see '''[[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]]''' for details on the required language certificates and further information.

==''' 6. Transcript of Records'''==
Please see '''[[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]]''' for detailed information on the requirements for your transcript of records.

== '''7. Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses'''==
As a formal requirement, you need to evidence 60 ECTS in core computer science courses. To do so, please provide your transcript and a self-made table listing all your core computer science courses you have completed. Please, also refer to the listed information under [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] regarding questions about the ''ECTS credit system'', the ''calculation'' of the required 60 ECTS, ''modules/courses counted as CS'' by IAS selection committee. Please use this [[Required Documents: Example structure table|example]] to provide evidence of your 60 ECTS credits or more.

=='''8. BSc certificates and diploma supplement'''==

* If you have finished your degree, please submit a copy of your degree certificate.

* You can apply if you have finished 5 out of 6 semesters and can evidence 150 ECTS credits (or comparable) of your first degree. At the point of your application, at least 60 ECTS in computer science must be evident. In order to prove that you are going to complete your degree soon, you must provide the official transcript of records showing the amount of already acquired credits or credit hours and the number of minimum credits or credit hours required for completion. The final transcript and graduation certificate have to be handed in for enrolment if you are admitted.

* Diploma Supplement: In any case provide a description of your degree - it is an official document issued by most universities.
** The degree's grading system
** The standard amount of semesters required for completion of your degree
** The description of how many weeks of in-class time with a lecturer present you have per semester
** The description of how your credit systems works, e.g. 1 cp is worth 30 hours of in-class time with lecturer present meaning 2 hours a week for 15 weeks...

=='''9. Your grade'''==
In regards to your overall average grade (preliminary) or final grade, please provide a document with your (preliminary) final grade calculated by your university, even if only 5 of 6 or 7 of 8 semesters of the studies have been completed so far. Your grade should be in the grading system your university provides and with which you can provide the grading system. The grade needs to be in numbers, not letters. Make sure you send an official document attested by your university as the IAS selection committee does not accept self-calculated '''final''' grades. Nor does the IAS selection committee calculate final grades for you. If this information is listed in your transcript of records or degree certificate, then you do not need to provide an additional document.

Preliminary grade:
Some transcripts or universities do not provide a preliminary average grade: compute it on your own on a separate document and explain how you did it. If it is not the simple grade average of all grades in the transcript, please provide official proof of what your university or degree rules of computing final marks are.

Please note: If you fail to provide proof of your grade or preliminary grade and grading scale the grade you are assigned will be the worst possible grade - a grade of 9.9 in selection procedures. This means that applications without a grade will rank behind the last applicant who had provided a grade. This is also true if you state a different grade/grading scale in the table and cover-letter than in your transcript or when the selection committee controls your computed grade.

=='''10. Grading scale'''==
The IAS selection committee needs detailed information about your degree's grading system (alternative names: grading scale/scheme of evaluation/grade classification/range of marks ...). We need this information for our [[Application:Selection criteria| selection process]]. As the IAS selection committee will evaluate and rank all applications, we need the grading scale of your university to make your average or final grade comparable to others. In a lot of cases, official transcripts of records display the university's grading system. Usually, this is a table with all the degree's grades and corresponding information like minimum passing grade and maximum, outstanding or excellent grade, etc. However, if this is not the case for your transcript of records, then please provide this information attested by your university.

Highlight the grading scale, minimum passing grade, and maximum grade in your official documents and state exactly on which page the relevant information can be found, e.g., "the grading scale can be found on the printed degree description page 4 Section 2.1.1 see highlighted information". The selection committee will not look through your documents if you do not provide help on where to find the information it needs. Please display exact information on your paper printout. Please only submit relevant parts of lengthy documents. You may provide a link to the full document so we can control the information. However, the selection committee will not follow links or translate websites to search for information. You need to provide all the relevant information in the paper application.

Please note: If you fail to provide proof of your grade or preliminary grade and grading scale you will be assigned the worst possible grade - a grade of 9.9 in selection procedures. This means that applications without a grade or grading scale will rank behind the last applicant who has provided a grade. This is also true if you state a different grade/grading scale in the table and cover-letter than in your transcript/official documents or when the selection committee controls your grade computation.

=='''11. Evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany'''==
Admission to a Master's degree program at a German university requires an undergraduate degree. Your degree must have been obtained from a recognized higher education institution. The degree also must be equivalent to at least a three year Bachelor in Germany. It is a prerequisite for an application for the master course "IAS" that your university degree is recognized as equivalent to a Bachelor's degree obtained in Germany.

===How to provide proof that your university is recognized in Germany?===

The selection committee's advice: print out the anabin database entry for proof. It is cost-free and fast:
* Use the database anabin and print out the information about your university
* Your university needs to be recognized with H+
* More information here: [[Desired Documents:Anabin|Anabin]]

If you have difficulties handling anabin, you may use the fee-based service, called Uni-Assist:
* The official recommendation of the Universität Hamburg is that you use the fee-based service Uni-Assist (but you don't need to if you provide the anabin printout)
* Request this service around 1 of December - otherwise Uni-Assist might not answer you in time
* More information about [[FAQ:UniAssist| Uni-Assist]]
* Only use Uni-assist if you do not want to look up your University in the database Anabin

Some countries have to get a German authorities endorsement anyway for visa or application- you may hand this in as additional proof:

An endorsement of recognition from German authorities, including information about the type of higher education entrance eligibility and, if applicable, for a particular subject. The Universität Hamburg accepts the following types of endorsement of recognition:

* APS certificates from the academic review offices of Beijing, Ulaanbaatar, and Hanoi

Please note: For the application to the Master program IAS it is enough to send in your information from Anabin.

If you cannot find information on whether your university is recognized in Germany, the selection committee has to decide case by case whether your degree is eligible or not. In most cases that means, your degree usually does not qualify.

=Sending applications via email is possible from now on until 31 March 2020:=

Because of the corona-virus pandemic, the IAS Team has decided to allow sending an application document via email instead of postal mail. Everything else stays the same.

!Important: You still have to provide a complete application as described above. Please follow all 1-12 steps. This includes sending up to 12 documents in one pdf (as you would have done via postal mail). This '''also includes filling-in the STiNE online form''', see 2. under required documents.

Prepare your application as described on the website and the wiki.

'''For sending your application pdf, follow exactly those steps:'''

* including all of your documents 1-12 in a single pdf document.
* filename of your pdf document = '''Final_IASApplication_YourFullname_Your_BW-number''' !
* use the same order for documents in your pdf as is presented here (1.-12) when compiling the document.
* attach no more than 9 MB
* until 31 March
* Email - subject [Final IAS Application] [Your Full name, Your BW-number] (The emails will be sorted automatically)
* only use: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de
* start your Email text with "Dear IAS-Team, this is my final application to the Master IAS. I have registered in STiNE. This is my BW-Number. Please consider the attached application document as my final application to the IAS study program.....

Everything else stays the exact same as described on this website and wiki except the postal mailing part. Please note, we still do not inform you about missing documents or incomplete applications.

For evaluating the application we will only consider the information provided in this one email: Email - subject [Final IAS Application] [Your Full name, Your BW-number] + Email text starting with "Dear IAS-Team, this is my final application to the Master IAS. I have registered in STiNE. My BW-Number is. Please consider the attached application document as my final application to the IAS study program.....

==I have sent my paper application already + I received an email confirmation by the IAS Team that it has arrived ==
Then you do not need to do anything.

==I have sent my paper application already + I did not receive email confirmation until 13 March 2020 ==
Please do send your application via email considering the steps above. Due to the corona-virus, the IAS Team and many other people at the university will be working from home. That means nobody will get the postal mail.
Please state that your application is on the way and send the application via email again.

==I have not sent my paper application yet==
Please, send it via email. Please state in the email text that you have not sent a paper application yet.

== Order for the pdf application==
Please add your documents in the following order and produce a single pdf (and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staples, paper clips, folders, etc.):)

# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test Score
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate + Diploma Supplement
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please highlight important information in your documents, e.g. grading scale, grade, "H+" in the anabin printout, finishing date ...

Please carefully check that you have sent all the required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31st of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via email or if your STiNE form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note that we do not inform you about received emails or postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes). Please check with your postal mail provider in case you would like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the selection committee: We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application. Think for yourself. Show that you can be a responsible, well-organized student and that you can follow basic instructions.
The selection committee and the IAS team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, and Post-docs who will teach you once you are accepted.

= Additional Documents =
Generally, all possible documents that support your application (especially as evidence for the arguments used in your motivation letter) can be included and will be taken into account in the selection process. However, only include documents that are relevant to your application. Your selection of documents already shows your ability to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant content and an unnecessarily large amount of randomly added certificates or documents may have a negative effect on your ranking.

==Desired additional documents==

* Documents that add to the evidence needed for the requirements, e.g. additional proof of language proficiency or higher education courses with computer science content, letter of recommendation
* Evidence of research or professional and/or international experience relevant to IAS studies.
* International experience, e.g. a study exchange shows your ability to adapt to different learning and living environments and should be listed and described as part of our CV.
* The same holds true for professional experience that may show your ability to work in a computer science context.
* Training courses or extensive experience showing a deep understanding of computer science concepts. This will be taken into account for general suitability for the very specific Master program IAS.

== Suitable additions ==
* GRE test or other academic tests showing your ability to study in higher education. Such tests are not required but may be taken into account if provided and if they add to the general story of the application.
* Certificates of contests and competitions can be added if relevant. Please carefully decide whether the certificate can add any additional value to your application.

== Undesired documents ==
* Full module handbooks to show that you fulfill the requirement of 60 ETCS credits in cs. Please do not send full module handbooks as the IAS admission team will not have the time to search for core CS courses in those handbooks for you. However, please submit your self-made and structured table of modules to be counted towards 60 ECTS in cs.
* Certificates that don't add additional value to your application are not relevant at all. More is not always better since it may show that you are not able to decide what is relevant for the subject and what is not. Select the certificates that best show your abilities suitable for this particular degree program.

==Do all the documents have to be sent as certified/attested copies?==
No, not for the application at the Department of Informatics - IAS. You can send the required application documents as simple copies. But please be aware that once you have been sent a ''letter of acceptance'' by the CampusCenter (central administration), you have to send certified/attested copies of your language certificate, your university entrance qualification (e.g. high school certificate), and your bachelor's degree certificate to prove the authenticity of those documents together with the matriculation form '''within 14 days''' to the "Team for Application and Admission" (Ger: ''Team Bewerbung und Zulassung'') at the CampusCenter of the Universität Hamburg. Therefore, we highly recommend preparing certified/attested copies of all the relevant documents upfront.
The central administration team (CampusCenter Team for your enrolment, located at the city center) and the IAS Team (for your application and later your studies, located at the Department of Informatics, Hamburg Stellingen) are two very distinct teams and have nothing to do with the task of the other.

More FAQ

* [[FAQ: Q&A| Frequently Asked Questions about the application]]

Cover-letter-form

2020-06-10T16:44:51Z

Felix: /* Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form */

Please fill in the cover-letter-form with a pdf reader and print it with your information. In case this is not working you can also fill in the cover-letter-form by hand:

https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/pictures/coverletterform.pdf

=Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form=

# Please check the boxes if you will send these required documents: [[Application:Required_documents#2._The_University's_general_online_application_form_(STiNE)| Signed online form]], [[Application:Required_documents#3._Curriculum_Vitae| CV]], [[Application:Required_documents#4._Letter_of_Motivation| Letter of motivation]].
# Please check the box if you have completed a language proficiency test. Provide the name and score of your test. (see [[Application:Formal_requirements#Formal_Requirement:_English_language_proficiency| Formal Requirement: English language proficiency]])
# Please check the first box if you send a transcript of a completed Bachelor. If you are still studying, check the second box. (see [[Application:Formal_requirements#Formal_Requirement:_60_ECTS_credits_or_comparable_from_computer_science| Formal Requirement: 60 ECTS credits or comparable from computer science]])
# Check the box if your self-made table contains all your core computer science courses and the sum is 60 ECTS or more, see [[Application:Required_documents#7._Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses| Self-made table]])
# Preliminary quick check code for ECTS: From September to January, the IAS Team offers a preliminary quick check service of your table and transcripts for a preliminary estimation whether you fulfill the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in computer science. If you have received a quick check code, please state. ([https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/apply-master-intelligent-adaptive-systems/ Further information])
# Check the box if you provide a copy of your final bachelor certificate. In any case, state your final/preliminary grade in numbers. If you have not yet finished your degree, state your current grade average. Make sure the grade (preliminary/final) is stated in an official document, e.g., transcript or certificate. (see [[Application:Required_documents#8._BSc_certificates_and_diploma_supplement| BSc certificates]])
# To compare your grade to others, please provide your grading scale/system in numbers. The grading scale has to contain the minimum passing grade and the maximum grade. E.g., in GPA grading scales “1” often is the minimum passing grade and “4” the maximum of the degree’s grading scale. Please, provide evidence for your grade and your grading scale (e.g., usually certificate, transcript, or additional document). If you fail to provide your grade and / or grading scale you will receive a lower ranking. State the page number of your application, the grade and grading scale is displayed in the official documents. Highlight both for faster finding. (see [[Application:Required_documents#9._Your_grade| Overall grade]])
# State the actual length, which you have already studied in years. State the standard period of study of your degree in years, e.g., “3.5/4” means that you have studied 3.5 years out of 4 years of your program.
# Provide a degree description = diploma supplement. Your university needs to provide a document providing information about standard study length, your credit system, grading system, in-class hours/contact hours, weeks of contact hours, length of a semester = everything to understand your degree and compare it to the European System. If your transcript contains ECTS you do not need a diploma supplement.
# Please state the name of the Bachelor course you are applying with (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication Engineering, Economics, ...).
# Please state the name of your university and country (e.g., Visvesvaraja University India, Universität Osnabrück Germany, Technical University of Madrid Spain, etc.).
# Please evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany. For further information read [[Application:Required_documents#11._Evidence_that_your_university_and_degree_is_recognized_in_Germany| section 11 about Anabin]].

=Order of documents=

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please, do not use staplers, paper clips, folders or anything else to organize your documents when sending them in.

=Address=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

=Official documents as evidence=

Be reminded that you need to provide official proof (grade, grading system, certificates, period of study)! For
the application, you can send the documents in simple (paper) copy. In 2020 also via email before the deadline.

Please check carefully if you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the admission board: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application.
The admission board and team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

Cover-letter-form

2020-06-10T16:41:02Z

Felix: /* Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form */

Please fill in the cover-letter-form with a pdf reader and print it with your information. In case this is not working you can also fill in the cover-letter-form by hand:

https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/pictures/coverletterform.pdf

=Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form=

# Please check the boxes if you will send these required documents: [[Application:Required_documents#2._The_University's_general_online_application_form_(STiNE)| Signed online form]], [[Application:Required_documents#3._Curriculum_Vitae| CV]], [[Application:Required_documents#4._Letter_of_Motivation| Letter of motivation]].
# Please check the box if you have completed a language proficiency test. Provide the name and score of your test. (see [[Application:Formal_requirements#Formal_Requirement:_English_language_proficiency| Formal Requirement: English language proficiency]])
# Please check the first box if you send a transcript of a completed Bachelor. If you are still studying, check the second box. (see [[Application:Formal_requirements#Formal_Requirement:_60_ECTS_credits_or_comparable_from_computer_science| Formal Requirement: 60 ECTS credits or comparable from computer science]])
# Check the box if your self-made table contains all your core computer science courses and the sum is 60 ECTS or more, see [[Application:Required_documents#7._Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses| Self-made table]])
# Preliminary quick check code for ECTS: From September to January, the IAS Team offers a preliminary quick check service of your table and transcripts for a preliminary estimation whether you fulfill the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in computer science. If you have received a quick check code, please state. ([https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/apply-master-intelligent-adaptive-systems/ Further information])
# Check the box if you provide a copy of your final bachelor certificate. In any case, state your final/preliminary grade in numbers. If you have not yet finished your degree, state your current grade average. Make sure the grade (preliminary/final) is stated in an official document, e.g., transcript or certificate. (see [[Application:Required_documents#8._BSc_certificates/diploma_supplement| BSc certificates]])
# To compare your grade to others, please provide your grading scale/system in numbers. The grading scale has to contain the minimum passing grade and the maximum grade. E.g., in GPA grading scales “1” often is the minimum passing grade and “4” the maximum of the degree’s grading scale. Please, provide evidence for your grade and your grading scale (e.g., usually certificate, transcript, or additional document). If you fail to provide your grade and / or grading scale you will receive a lower ranking. State the page number of your application, the grade and grading scale is displayed in the official documents. Highlight both for faster finding. (see [[Application:Required_documents#9._Your_grade| Overall grade]])
# State the actual length, which you have already studied in years. State the standard period of study of your degree in years, e.g., “3.5/4” means that you have studied 3.5 years out of 4 years of your program.
# Provide a degree description = diploma supplement. Your university needs to provide a document providing information about standard study length, your credit system, grading system, in-class hours/contact hours, weeks of contact hours, length of a semester = everything to understand your degree and compare it to the European System. If your transcript contains ECTS you do not need a diploma supplement.
# Please state the name of the Bachelor course you are applying with (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication Engineering, Economics, ...).
# Please state the name of your university and country (e.g., Visvesvaraja University India, Universität Osnabrück Germany, Technical University of Madrid Spain, etc.).
# Please evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany. For further information read [[Application:Required_documents#11._Evidence_that_your_university_and_degree_is_recognized_in_Germany| section 11 about Anabin]].

=Order of documents=

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please, do not use staplers, paper clips, folders or anything else to organize your documents when sending them in.

=Address=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

=Official documents as evidence=

Be reminded that you need to provide official proof (grade, grading system, certificates, period of study)! For
the application, you can send the documents in simple (paper) copy. In 2020 also via email before the deadline.

Please check carefully if you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the admission board: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application.
The admission board and team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

Cover-letter-form

2020-06-10T16:40:47Z

Felix: /* Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form */

Please fill in the cover-letter-form with a pdf reader and print it with your information. In case this is not working you can also fill in the cover-letter-form by hand:

https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/pictures/coverletterform.pdf

=Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form=

# Please check the boxes if you will send these required documents: [[Application:Required_documents#2._The_University's_general_online_application_form_(STiNE)| Signed online form]], [[Application:Required_documents#3._Curriculum_Vitae| CV]], [[Application:Required_documents#4._Letter_of_Motivation| Letter of motivation]].
# Please check the box if you have completed a language proficiency test. Provide the name and score of your test. (see [[Application:Formal_requirements#Formal_Requirement:_English_language_proficiency| Formal Requirement: English language proficiency]])
# Please check the first box if you send a transcript of a completed Bachelor. If you are still studying, check the second box. (see [[Application:Formal_requirements#Formal_Requirement:_60_ECTS_credits_or_comparable_from_computer_science| Formal Requirement: 60 ECTS credits or comparable from computer science]])
# Check the box if your self-made table contains all your core computer science courses and the sum is 60 ECTS or more, see [[Application:Required_documents#7._Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses| Self-made table]])
# Preliminary quick check code for ECTS: From September to January, the IAS Team offers a preliminary quick check service of your table and transcripts for a preliminary estimation whether you fulfill the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in computer science. If you have received a quick check code, please state. ([https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/apply-master-intelligent-adaptive-systems/ |Further information])
# Check the box if you provide a copy of your final bachelor certificate. In any case, state your final/preliminary grade in numbers. If you have not yet finished your degree, state your current grade average. Make sure the grade (preliminary/final) is stated in an official document, e.g., transcript or certificate. (see [[Application:Required_documents#8._BSc_certificates/diploma_supplement| BSc certificates]])
# To compare your grade to others, please provide your grading scale/system in numbers. The grading scale has to contain the minimum passing grade and the maximum grade. E.g., in GPA grading scales “1” often is the minimum passing grade and “4” the maximum of the degree’s grading scale. Please, provide evidence for your grade and your grading scale (e.g., usually certificate, transcript, or additional document). If you fail to provide your grade and / or grading scale you will receive a lower ranking. State the page number of your application, the grade and grading scale is displayed in the official documents. Highlight both for faster finding. (see [[Application:Required_documents#9._Your_grade| Overall grade]])
# State the actual length, which you have already studied in years. State the standard period of study of your degree in years, e.g., “3.5/4” means that you have studied 3.5 years out of 4 years of your program.
# Provide a degree description = diploma supplement. Your university needs to provide a document providing information about standard study length, your credit system, grading system, in-class hours/contact hours, weeks of contact hours, length of a semester = everything to understand your degree and compare it to the European System. If your transcript contains ECTS you do not need a diploma supplement.
# Please state the name of the Bachelor course you are applying with (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication Engineering, Economics, ...).
# Please state the name of your university and country (e.g., Visvesvaraja University India, Universität Osnabrück Germany, Technical University of Madrid Spain, etc.).
# Please evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany. For further information read [[Application:Required_documents#11._Evidence_that_your_university_and_degree_is_recognized_in_Germany| section 11 about Anabin]].

=Order of documents=

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please, do not use staplers, paper clips, folders or anything else to organize your documents when sending them in.

=Address=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

=Official documents as evidence=

Be reminded that you need to provide official proof (grade, grading system, certificates, period of study)! For
the application, you can send the documents in simple (paper) copy. In 2020 also via email before the deadline.

Please check carefully if you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the admission board: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application.
The admission board and team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

Cover-letter-form

2020-06-10T16:40:23Z

Felix: /* Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form */

Please fill in the cover-letter-form with a pdf reader and print it with your information. In case this is not working you can also fill in the cover-letter-form by hand:

https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/pictures/coverletterform.pdf

=Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form=

# Please check the boxes if you will send these required documents: [[Application:Required_documents#2._The_University's_general_online_application_form_(STiNE)| Signed online form]], [[Application:Required_documents#3._Curriculum_Vitae| CV]], [[Application:Required_documents#4._Letter_of_Motivation| Letter of motivation]].
# Please check the box if you have completed a language proficiency test. Provide the name and score of your test. (see [[Application:Formal_requirements#Formal_Requirement:_English_language_proficiency| Formal Requirement: English language proficiency]])
# Please check the first box if you send a transcript of a completed Bachelor. If you are still studying, check the second box. (see [[Application:Formal_requirements#Formal_Requirement:_60_ECTS_credits_or_comparable_from_computer_science| Formal Requirement: 60 ECTS credits or comparable from computer science]])
# Check the box if your self-made table contains all your core computer science courses and the sum is 60 ECTS or more, see [[Application:Required_documents#7._Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses| Self-made table]])
# Preliminary quick check code for ECTS: From September to January, the IAS Team offers a preliminary quick check service of your table and transcripts for a preliminary estimation whether you fulfill the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in computer science. If you have received a quick check code, please state. ([https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/apply-master-intelligent-adaptive-systems/ | Further information])
# Check the box if you provide a copy of your final bachelor certificate. In any case, state your final/preliminary grade in numbers. If you have not yet finished your degree, state your current grade average. Make sure the grade (preliminary/final) is stated in an official document, e.g., transcript or certificate. (see [[Application:Required_documents#8._BSc_certificates/diploma_supplement| BSc certificates]])
# To compare your grade to others, please provide your grading scale/system in numbers. The grading scale has to contain the minimum passing grade and the maximum grade. E.g., in GPA grading scales “1” often is the minimum passing grade and “4” the maximum of the degree’s grading scale. Please, provide evidence for your grade and your grading scale (e.g., usually certificate, transcript, or additional document). If you fail to provide your grade and / or grading scale you will receive a lower ranking. State the page number of your application, the grade and grading scale is displayed in the official documents. Highlight both for faster finding. (see [[Application:Required_documents#9._Your_grade| Overall grade]])
# State the actual length, which you have already studied in years. State the standard period of study of your degree in years, e.g., “3.5/4” means that you have studied 3.5 years out of 4 years of your program.
# Provide a degree description = diploma supplement. Your university needs to provide a document providing information about standard study length, your credit system, grading system, in-class hours/contact hours, weeks of contact hours, length of a semester = everything to understand your degree and compare it to the European System. If your transcript contains ECTS you do not need a diploma supplement.
# Please state the name of the Bachelor course you are applying with (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication Engineering, Economics, ...).
# Please state the name of your university and country (e.g., Visvesvaraja University India, Universität Osnabrück Germany, Technical University of Madrid Spain, etc.).
# Please evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany. For further information read [[Application:Required_documents#11._Evidence_that_your_university_and_degree_is_recognized_in_Germany| section 11 about Anabin]].

=Order of documents=

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please, do not use staplers, paper clips, folders or anything else to organize your documents when sending them in.

=Address=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

=Official documents as evidence=

Be reminded that you need to provide official proof (grade, grading system, certificates, period of study)! For
the application, you can send the documents in simple (paper) copy. In 2020 also via email before the deadline.

Please check carefully if you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the admission board: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application.
The admission board and team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

Cover-letter-form

2020-06-10T16:40:01Z

Felix: /* Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form */

Please fill in the cover-letter-form with a pdf reader and print it with your information. In case this is not working you can also fill in the cover-letter-form by hand:

https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/pictures/coverletterform.pdf

=Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form=

# Please check the boxes if you will send these required documents: [[Application:Required_documents#2._The_University's_general_online_application_form_(STiNE)| Signed online form]], [[Application:Required_documents#3._Curriculum_Vitae| CV]], [[Application:Required_documents#4._Letter_of_Motivation| Letter of motivation]].
# Please check the box if you have completed a language proficiency test. Provide the name and score of your test. (see [[Application:Formal_requirements#Formal_Requirement:_English_language_proficiency| Formal Requirement: English language proficiency]])
# Please check the first box if you send a transcript of a completed Bachelor. If you are still studying, check the second box. (see [[Application:Formal_requirements#Formal_Requirement:_60_ECTS_credits_or_comparable_from_computer_science| Formal Requirement: 60 ECTS credits or comparable from computer science]])
# Check the box if your self-made table contains all your core computer science courses and the sum is 60 ECTS or more, see [[Application:Required_documents#7._Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses| Self-made table]])
# Preliminary quick check code for ECTS: From September to January, the IAS Team offers a preliminary quick check service of your table and transcripts for a preliminary estimation whether you fulfill the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in computer science. If you have received a quick check code, please state. ([https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/apply-master-intelligent-adaptive-systems/| Further information])
# Check the box if you provide a copy of your final bachelor certificate. In any case, state your final/preliminary grade in numbers. If you have not yet finished your degree, state your current grade average. Make sure the grade (preliminary/final) is stated in an official document, e.g., transcript or certificate. (see [[Application:Required_documents#8._BSc_certificates/diploma_supplement| BSc certificates]])
# To compare your grade to others, please provide your grading scale/system in numbers. The grading scale has to contain the minimum passing grade and the maximum grade. E.g., in GPA grading scales “1” often is the minimum passing grade and “4” the maximum of the degree’s grading scale. Please, provide evidence for your grade and your grading scale (e.g., usually certificate, transcript, or additional document). If you fail to provide your grade and / or grading scale you will receive a lower ranking. State the page number of your application, the grade and grading scale is displayed in the official documents. Highlight both for faster finding. (see [[Application:Required_documents#9._Your_grade| Overall grade]])
# State the actual length, which you have already studied in years. State the standard period of study of your degree in years, e.g., “3.5/4” means that you have studied 3.5 years out of 4 years of your program.
# Provide a degree description = diploma supplement. Your university needs to provide a document providing information about standard study length, your credit system, grading system, in-class hours/contact hours, weeks of contact hours, length of a semester = everything to understand your degree and compare it to the European System. If your transcript contains ECTS you do not need a diploma supplement.
# Please state the name of the Bachelor course you are applying with (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication Engineering, Economics, ...).
# Please state the name of your university and country (e.g., Visvesvaraja University India, Universität Osnabrück Germany, Technical University of Madrid Spain, etc.).
# Please evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany. For further information read [[Application:Required_documents#11._Evidence_that_your_university_and_degree_is_recognized_in_Germany| section 11 about Anabin]].

=Order of documents=

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please, do not use staplers, paper clips, folders or anything else to organize your documents when sending them in.

=Address=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

=Official documents as evidence=

Be reminded that you need to provide official proof (grade, grading system, certificates, period of study)! For
the application, you can send the documents in simple (paper) copy. In 2020 also via email before the deadline.

Please check carefully if you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the admission board: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application.
The admission board and team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

Cover-letter-form

2020-06-10T16:31:40Z

Felix: /* Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form */

Please fill in the cover-letter-form with a pdf reader and print it with your information. In case this is not working you can also fill in the cover-letter-form by hand:

https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/pictures/coverletterform.pdf

=Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form=

# Please check the boxes if you will send these required documents: [[Application:Required_documents#2._The_University's_general_online_application_form_(STiNE)| Signed online form]], [[Application:Required_documents#3._Curriculum_Vitae| CV]], [[Application:Required_documents#4._Letter_of_Motivation| Letter of motivation]].
# Please check the box if you have completed a language proficiency test. Provide the name and score of your test. (see [[Application:Formal_requirements#Formal_Requirement:_English_language_proficiency| Formal Requirement: English language proficiency]])
# Please check the first box if you send a transcript of a completed Bachelor. If you are still studying, check the second box. (see [[Application:Formal_requirements#Formal_Requirement:_60_ECTS_credits_or_comparable_from_computer_science| Formal Requirement: 60 ECTS credits or comparable from computer science]])
# Check the box if your self-made table contains all your core computer science courses and the sum is 60 ECTS or more, see [[Application:Required_documents#7._Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses| Self-made table]])
# Preliminary quick check code for ECTS: From September to January, the IAS Team offers a preliminary quick check service of your table and transcripts for a preliminary estimation whether you fulfill the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in computer science. If you have received a quick check code, please state. ([https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/apply-master-intelligent-adaptive-systems/|check Further information])
# Check the box if you provide a copy of your final bachelor certificate. In any case, state your final/preliminary grade in numbers. If you have not yet finished your degree, state your current grade average. Make sure the grade (preliminary/final) is stated in an official document, e.g., transcript or certificate. (see [[Application:Required_documents#8._BSc_certificates/diploma_supplement| BSc certificates]])
# To compare your grade to others, please provide your grading scale/system in numbers. The grading scale has to contain the minimum passing grade and the maximum grade. E.g., in GPA grading scales “1” often is the minimum passing grade and “4” the maximum of the degree’s grading scale. Please, provide evidence for your grade and your grading scale (e.g., usually certificate, transcript, or additional document). If you fail to provide your grade and / or grading scale you will receive a lower ranking. State the page number of your application, the grade and grading scale is displayed in the official documents. Highlight both for faster finding. (see [[Application:Required_documents#9._Your_grade| Overall grade]])
# State the actual length, which you have already studied in years. State the standard period of study of your degree in years, e.g., “3.5/4” means that you have studied 3.5 years out of 4 years of your program.
# Provide a degree description = diploma supplement. Your university needs to provide a document providing information about standard study length, your credit system, grading system, in-class hours/contact hours, weeks of contact hours, length of a semester = everything to understand your degree and compare it to the European System. If your transcript contains ECTS you do not need a diploma supplement.
# Please state the name of the Bachelor course you are applying with (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication Engineering, Economics, ...).
# Please state the name of your university and country (e.g., Visvesvaraja University India, Universität Osnabrück Germany, Technical University of Madrid Spain, etc.).
# Please evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany. For further information read [[Application:Required_documents#11._Evidence_that_your_university_and_degree_is_recognized_in_Germany| section 11 about Anabin]].

=Order of documents=

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please, do not use staplers, paper clips, folders or anything else to organize your documents when sending them in.

=Address=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

=Official documents as evidence=

Be reminded that you need to provide official proof (grade, grading system, certificates, period of study)! For
the application, you can send the documents in simple (paper) copy. In 2020 also via email before the deadline.

Please check carefully if you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the admission board: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application.
The admission board and team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

Cover-letter-form

2020-06-10T16:31:14Z

Felix: /* Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form */

Please fill in the cover-letter-form with a pdf reader and print it with your information. In case this is not working you can also fill in the cover-letter-form by hand:

https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/pictures/coverletterform.pdf

=Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form=

# Please check the boxes if you will send these required documents: [[Application:Required_documents#2._The_University's_general_online_application_form_(STiNE)| Signed online form]], [[Application:Required_documents#3._Curriculum_Vitae| CV]], [[Application:Required_documents#4._Letter_of_Motivation| Letter of motivation]].
# Please check the box if you have completed a language proficiency test. Provide the name and score of your test. (see [[Application:Formal_requirements#Formal_Requirement:_English_language_proficiency| English language proficiency]])
# Please check the first box if you send a transcript of a completed Bachelor. If you are still studying, check the second box. (see [[Application:Formal_requirements#Formal_Requirement:_60_ECTS_credits_or_comparable_from_computer_science| Formal Requirement: 60 ECTS credits or comparable from computer science]])
# Check the box if your self-made table contains all your core computer science courses and the sum is 60 ECTS or more, see [[Application:Required_documents#7._Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses| Self-made table]])
# Preliminary quick check code for ECTS: From September to January, the IAS Team offers a preliminary quick check service of your table and transcripts for a preliminary estimation whether you fulfill the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in computer science. If you have received a quick check code, please state. ([https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/apply-master-intelligent-adaptive-systems/|check Further information])
# Check the box if you provide a copy of your final bachelor certificate. In any case, state your final/preliminary grade in numbers. If you have not yet finished your degree, state your current grade average. Make sure the grade (preliminary/final) is stated in an official document, e.g., transcript or certificate. (see [[Application:Required_documents#8._BSc_certificates/diploma_supplement| BSc certificates]])
# To compare your grade to others, please provide your grading scale/system in numbers. The grading scale has to contain the minimum passing grade and the maximum grade. E.g., in GPA grading scales “1” often is the minimum passing grade and “4” the maximum of the degree’s grading scale. Please, provide evidence for your grade and your grading scale (e.g., usually certificate, transcript, or additional document). If you fail to provide your grade and / or grading scale you will receive a lower ranking. State the page number of your application, the grade and grading scale is displayed in the official documents. Highlight both for faster finding. (see [[Application:Required_documents#9._Your_grade| Overall grade]])
# State the actual length, which you have already studied in years. State the standard period of study of your degree in years, e.g., “3.5/4” means that you have studied 3.5 years out of 4 years of your program.
# Provide a degree description = diploma supplement. Your university needs to provide a document providing information about standard study length, your credit system, grading system, in-class hours/contact hours, weeks of contact hours, length of a semester = everything to understand your degree and compare it to the European System. If your transcript contains ECTS you do not need a diploma supplement.
# Please state the name of the Bachelor course you are applying with (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication Engineering, Economics, ...).
# Please state the name of your university and country (e.g., Visvesvaraja University India, Universität Osnabrück Germany, Technical University of Madrid Spain, etc.).
# Please evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany. For further information read [[Application:Required_documents#11._Evidence_that_your_university_and_degree_is_recognized_in_Germany| section 11 about Anabin]].

=Order of documents=

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please, do not use staplers, paper clips, folders or anything else to organize your documents when sending them in.

=Address=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

=Official documents as evidence=

Be reminded that you need to provide official proof (grade, grading system, certificates, period of study)! For
the application, you can send the documents in simple (paper) copy. In 2020 also via email before the deadline.

Please check carefully if you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the admission board: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application.
The admission board and team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

Cover-letter-form

2020-06-10T16:29:43Z

Felix: /* Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form */

Please fill in the cover-letter-form with a pdf reader and print it with your information. In case this is not working you can also fill in the cover-letter-form by hand:

https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/pictures/coverletterform.pdf

=Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form=

# Please check the boxes if you will send these required documents: [[Application:Required_documents#2._The_University's_general_online_application_form_(STiNE)| Signed online form]], [[Application:Required_documents#3._Curriculum_Vitae| CV]], [[Application:Required_documents#4._Letter_of_Motivation| Letter of motivation]].
# Please check the box if you have completed a language proficiency test. Provide the name and score of your test. (see [[Application:Formal_requirements#Formal_Requirement:_English_language_proficiency| English language proficiency]])
# Please check the first box if you send a transcript of a completed Bachelor. If you are still studying, check the second box. (see [[Application:Formal_requirements#Formal_Requirement:_60_ECTS_credits_or_comparable_from_computer_science| Transcript of records]])
# Check the box if your self-made table contains all your core computer science courses and the sum is 60 ECTS or more, see [[Application:Required_documents#7._Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses| Self-made table]])
# Preliminary quick check code for ECTS: From September to January, the IAS Team offers a preliminary quick check service of your table and transcripts for a preliminary estimation whether you fulfill the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in computer science. If you have received a quick check code, please state. ([https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/apply-master-intelligent-adaptive-systems/|check Further information])
# Check the box if you provide a copy of your final bachelor certificate. In any case, state your final/preliminary grade in numbers. If you have not yet finished your degree, state your current grade average. Make sure the grade (preliminary/final) is stated in an official document, e.g., transcript or certificate. (see [[Application:Required_documents#8._BSc_certificates/diploma_supplement| BSc certificates]])
# To compare your grade to others, please provide your grading scale/system in numbers. The grading scale has to contain the minimum passing grade and the maximum grade. E.g., in GPA grading scales “1” often is the minimum passing grade and “4” the maximum of the degree’s grading scale. Please, provide evidence for your grade and your grading scale (e.g., usually certificate, transcript, or additional document). If you fail to provide your grade and / or grading scale you will receive a lower ranking. State the page number of your application, the grade and grading scale is displayed in the official documents. Highlight both for faster finding. (see [[Application:Required_documents#9._Your_grade| Overall grade]])
# State the actual length, which you have already studied in years. State the standard period of study of your degree in years, e.g., “3.5/4” means that you have studied 3.5 years out of 4 years of your program.
# Provide a degree description = diploma supplement. Your university needs to provide a document providing information about standard study length, your credit system, grading system, in-class hours/contact hours, weeks of contact hours, length of a semester = everything to understand your degree and compare it to the European System. If your transcript contains ECTS you do not need a diploma supplement.
# Please state the name of the Bachelor course you are applying with (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication Engineering, Economics, ...).
# Please state the name of your university and country (e.g., Visvesvaraja University India, Universität Osnabrück Germany, Technical University of Madrid Spain, etc.).
# Please evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany. For further information read [[Application:Required_documents#11._Evidence_that_your_university_and_degree_is_recognized_in_Germany| section 11 about Anabin]].

=Order of documents=

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please, do not use staplers, paper clips, folders or anything else to organize your documents when sending them in.

=Address=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

=Official documents as evidence=

Be reminded that you need to provide official proof (grade, grading system, certificates, period of study)! For
the application, you can send the documents in simple (paper) copy. In 2020 also via email before the deadline.

Please check carefully if you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the admission board: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application.
The admission board and team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

Cover-letter-form

2020-06-10T16:28:09Z

Felix: /* Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form */

Please fill in the cover-letter-form with a pdf reader and print it with your information. In case this is not working you can also fill in the cover-letter-form by hand:

https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/pictures/coverletterform.pdf

=Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form=

# Please check the boxes if you will send these required documents: [[Application:Required_documents#2._The_University's_general_online_application_form_(STiNE)| Signed online form]], [[Application:Required_documents#3._Curriculum_Vitae| CV]], [[Application:Required_documents#4._Letter_of_Motivation| Letter of motivation]].
# Please check the box if you have completed a language proficiency test. Provide the name and score of your test. (see [[Application:Formal_requirements#Formal_Requirement:_English_language_proficiency| English language proficiency]])
# Please check the first box if you send a transcript of a completed Bachelor. If you are still studying, check the second box. (see [[Application:Required_documents#6._Transcript_of_Records| Transcript of records]])
# Check the box if your self-made table contains all your core computer science courses and the sum is 60 ECTS or more, see [[Application:Required_documents#7._Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses| Self-made table]])
# Preliminary quick check code for ECTS: From September to January, the IAS Team offers a preliminary quick check service of your table and transcripts for a preliminary estimation whether you fulfill the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in computer science. If you have received a quick check code, please state. ([https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/apply-master-intelligent-adaptive-systems/|check Further information])
# Check the box if you provide a copy of your final bachelor certificate. In any case, state your final/preliminary grade in numbers. If you have not yet finished your degree, state your current grade average. Make sure the grade (preliminary/final) is stated in an official document, e.g., transcript or certificate. (see [[Application:Required_documents#8._BSc_certificates/diploma_supplement| BSc certificates]])
# To compare your grade to others, please provide your grading scale/system in numbers. The grading scale has to contain the minimum passing grade and the maximum grade. E.g., in GPA grading scales “1” often is the minimum passing grade and “4” the maximum of the degree’s grading scale. Please, provide evidence for your grade and your grading scale (e.g., usually certificate, transcript, or additional document). If you fail to provide your grade and / or grading scale you will receive a lower ranking. State the page number of your application, the grade and grading scale is displayed in the official documents. Highlight both for faster finding. (see [[Application:Required_documents#9._Your_grade| Overall grade]])
# State the actual length, which you have already studied in years. State the standard period of study of your degree in years, e.g., “3.5/4” means that you have studied 3.5 years out of 4 years of your program.
# Provide a degree description = diploma supplement. Your university needs to provide a document providing information about standard study length, your credit system, grading system, in-class hours/contact hours, weeks of contact hours, length of a semester = everything to understand your degree and compare it to the European System. If your transcript contains ECTS you do not need a diploma supplement.
# Please state the name of the Bachelor course you are applying with (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication Engineering, Economics, ...).
# Please state the name of your university and country (e.g., Visvesvaraja University India, Universität Osnabrück Germany, Technical University of Madrid Spain, etc.).
# Please evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany. For further information read [[Application:Required_documents#11._Evidence_that_your_university_and_degree_is_recognized_in_Germany| section 11 about Anabin]].

=Order of documents=

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please, do not use staplers, paper clips, folders or anything else to organize your documents when sending them in.

=Address=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

=Official documents as evidence=

Be reminded that you need to provide official proof (grade, grading system, certificates, period of study)! For
the application, you can send the documents in simple (paper) copy. In 2020 also via email before the deadline.

Please check carefully if you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the admission board: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application.
The admission board and team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

Cover-letter-form

2020-06-10T16:26:05Z

Felix: /* Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form */

Please fill in the cover-letter-form with a pdf reader and print it with your information. In case this is not working you can also fill in the cover-letter-form by hand:

https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/pictures/coverletterform.pdf

=Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form=

# Please check the boxes if you will send these required documents: [[Application:Required_documents#2._The_University's_general_online_application_form_(STiNE)| Signed online form]], [[Application:Required_documents#3._Curriculum_Vitae| CV]], [[Application:Required_documents#4._Letter_of_Motivation| Letter of motivation]].
# Please check the box if you have completed a language proficiency test. Provide the name and score of your test. (see [[Application:Required_documents#5._Proof(s)_of_English_language_proficiency| English language proficiency]])
# Please check the first box if you send a transcript of a completed Bachelor. If you are still studying, check the second box. (see [[Application:Required_documents#6._Transcript_of_Records| Transcript of records]])
# Check the box if your self-made table contains all your core computer science courses and the sum is 60 ECTS or more, see [[Application:Required_documents#7._Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses| Self-made table]])
# Preliminary quick check code for ECTS: From September to January, the IAS Team offers a preliminary quick check service of your table and transcripts for a preliminary estimation whether you fulfill the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in computer science. If you have received a quick check code, please state. ([https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/apply-master-intelligent-adaptive-systems/|check Further information])
# Check the box if you provide a copy of your final bachelor certificate. In any case, state your final/preliminary grade in numbers. If you have not yet finished your degree, state your current grade average. Make sure the grade (preliminary/final) is stated in an official document, e.g., transcript or certificate. (see [[Application:Required_documents#8._BSc_certificates/diploma_supplement| BSc certificates]])
# To compare your grade to others, please provide your grading scale/system in numbers. The grading scale has to contain the minimum passing grade and the maximum grade. E.g., in GPA grading scales “1” often is the minimum passing grade and “4” the maximum of the degree’s grading scale. Please, provide evidence for your grade and your grading scale (e.g., usually certificate, transcript, or additional document). If you fail to provide your grade and / or grading scale you will receive a lower ranking. State the page number of your application, the grade and grading scale is displayed in the official documents. Highlight both for faster finding. (see [[Application:Required_documents#9._Your_grade| Overall grade]])
# State the actual length, which you have already studied in years. State the standard period of study of your degree in years, e.g., “3.5/4” means that you have studied 3.5 years out of 4 years of your program.
# Provide a degree description = diploma supplement. Your university needs to provide a document providing information about standard study length, your credit system, grading system, in-class hours/contact hours, weeks of contact hours, length of a semester = everything to understand your degree and compare it to the European System. If your transcript contains ECTS you do not need a diploma supplement.
# Please state the name of the Bachelor course you are applying with (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication Engineering, Economics, ...).
# Please state the name of your university and country (e.g., Visvesvaraja University India, Universität Osnabrück Germany, Technical University of Madrid Spain, etc.).
# Please evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany. For further information read [[Application:Required_documents#11._Evidence_that_your_university_and_degree_is_recognized_in_Germany| section 11 about Anabin]].

=Order of documents=

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please, do not use staplers, paper clips, folders or anything else to organize your documents when sending them in.

=Address=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

=Official documents as evidence=

Be reminded that you need to provide official proof (grade, grading system, certificates, period of study)! For
the application, you can send the documents in simple (paper) copy. In 2020 also via email before the deadline.

Please check carefully if you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the admission board: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application.
The admission board and team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

Cover-letter-form

2020-06-10T12:28:44Z

Felix: /* Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form */

Please fill in the cover-letter-form with a pdf reader and print it with your information. In case this is not working you can also fill in the cover-letter-form by hand:

https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/pictures/coverletterform.pdf

=Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form=

# Please check the boxes if you will send these required documents: [[Application:Required_documents#2._The_University's_general_online_application_form_(STiNE)| Signed online form]], [[Application:Required_documents#3._Curriculum_Vitae| CV]], [[Application:Required_documents#4._Letter_of_Motivation| Letter of motivation]].
# Please check the box if you have completed a language proficiency test. Provide the name and score of your test. The language proficiency tests need to meet these scores or higher: CEFR/TELC Level C1, IELTS >=6.5, TOEFL IBT >=90, PBT >=575, CBT >=230, Cambridge CAE or CPE. (see [[Application:Required_documents#5._Proof(s)_of_English_language_proficiency| English language proficiency]])
# Please check the first box if you send a transcript of a completed Bachelor. If you are still studying, check the second box. (see [[Application:Required_documents#6._Transcript_of_Records| Transcript of records]])
# Check the box if your self-made table contains all your core computer science courses and the sum is 60 ECTS or more, see [[Application:Required_documents#7._Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses| Self-made table]])
# Preliminary quick check code for ECTS: From September to January, the IAS Team offers a preliminary quick check service of your table and transcripts for a preliminary estimation whether you fulfill the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in computer science. If you have received a quick check code, please state. ([https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/apply-master-intelligent-adaptive-systems/|check Further information])
# Check the box if you provide a copy of your final bachelor certificate. In any case, state your final/preliminary grade in numbers. If you have not yet finished your degree, state your current grade average. Make sure the grade (preliminary/final) is stated in an official document, e.g., transcript or certificate. (see [[Application:Required_documents#8._BSc_certificates/diploma_supplement| BSc certificates]])
# To compare your grade to others, please provide your grading scale/system in numbers. The grading scale has to contain the minimum passing grade and the maximum grade. E.g., in GPA grading scales “1” often is the minimum passing grade and “4” the maximum of the degree’s grading scale. Please, provide evidence for your grade and your grading scale (e.g., usually certificate, transcript, or additional document). (see [[Application:Required_documents#9._Your_grade| Overall grade]])
# State the actual length, which you have already studied in years. State the standard period of study of your degree in years, e.g., “3.5/4” means that you have studied 3.5 years out of 4 years of your program.
# Provide a degree description = diploma supplement. Your university needs to provide a document providing information about standard study length, your credit system, grading system, in-class hours/contact hours, weeks of contact hours, length of a semester = everything to understand your degree and compare it to the European System. If your transcript contains ECTS you do not need a diploma supplement.
# Please state the name of the Bachelor course you are applying with (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication Engineering, Economics, ...).
# Please state the name of your university and country (e.g., Visvesvaraja University India, Universität Osnabrück Germany, Technical University of Madrid Spain, etc.).
# Please evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany. For further information read [[Application:Required_documents#11._Evidence_that_your_university_and_degree_is_recognized_in_Germany| section 11 about Anabin]].

=Order of documents=

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please, do not use staplers, paper clips, folders or anything else to organize your documents when sending them in.

=Address=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

=Official documents as evidence=

Be reminded that you need to provide official proof (grade, grading system, certificates, period of study)! For
the application, you can send the documents in simple (paper) copy. In 2020 also via email before the deadline.

Please check carefully if you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the admission board: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application.
The admission board and team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

Cover-letter-form

2020-06-10T12:22:37Z

Felix: /* Explanation of points 1-9 of the cover-letter-form */

Please fill in the cover-letter-form with a pdf reader and print it with your information. In case this is not working you can also fill in the cover-letter-form by hand:

https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/pictures/coverletterform.pdf

=Explanation of points 1-12 of the cover-letter-form=

# Please check the boxes if you will send these required documents: [[Application:Required_documents#2._The_University's_general_online_application_form_(STiNE)| Signed online form]], [[Application:Required_documents#3._Curriculum_Vitae| CV]], [[Application:Required_documents#4._Letter_of_Motivation| Letter of motivation]].
# Please check the box if you have completed a language proficiency test. Provide the name and score of your test. The language proficiency tests need to meet these scores or higher: CEFR/TELC Level C1, IELTS >=6.5, TOEFL IBT >=90, PBT >=575, CBT >=230, Cambridge CAE or CPE. (see [[Application:Required_documents#5._Proof(s)_of_English_language_proficiency| English language proficiency]])
# Please check the first box if you send a transcript of a completed Bachelor. If you are still studying, check the second box. (see [[Application:Required_documents#6._Transcript_of_Records| Transcript of records]])
# Check the box if your self-made table contains all your core computer science courses and the sum is 60 ECTS or more, see [[Application:Required_documents#7._Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses| Self-made table]])
# Preliminary quick check code for ECTS: From September to January, the IAS Team offers a preliminary quick check service of your table and transcripts for a preliminary estimation whether you fulfill the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in computer science. If you have received a quick check code, please state. ([https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/apply-master-intelligent-adaptive-systems/|check Further information])
# Check the box if you provide a copy of your final bachelor certificate. In any case, state your final/preliminary grade in numbers. If you have not yet finished your degree, state your current grade average. Make sure the grade (preliminary/final) is stated in an official document, e.g., transcript or certificate. (see [[Application:Required_documents#8._BSc_certificates/diploma_supplement| BSc certificates]])
# To compare your grade to others, please provide your grading scale/system in numbers. The grading scale has to contain the minimum passing grade and the maximum grade. E.g., in GPA grading scales “1” often is the minimum passing grade and “4” the maximum of the degree’s grading scale. Please, provide evidence for your grade and your grading scale (e.g., usually certificate, transcript, or additional document). (see [[Application:Required_documents#9._Your_grade| Overall grade]])
# State the actual length, which you have already studied in years. State the standard period of study of your degree in years, e.g., “3.5/4” means that you have studied 3.5 years out of 4 years of your program.
# Please state the name of the Bachelor course you are applying with (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication Engineering, Economics, ...).
# Please state the name of your university and country (e.g., Visvesvaraja University India, Universität Osnabrück Germany, Technical University of Madrid Spain, etc.).
# Please evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany. For further information read [[Application:Required_documents#11._Evidence_that_your_university_and_degree_is_recognized_in_Germany| section 11 about Anabin]].

=Order of documents=

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please, do not use staplers, paper clips, folders or anything else to organize your documents when sending them in.

=Address=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

=Official documents as evidence=

Be reminded that you need to provide official proof (grade, grading system, certificates, period of study)! For
the application, you can send the documents in simple (paper) copy. In 2020 also via email before the deadline.

Please check carefully if you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the admission board: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application.
The admission board and team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

Cover-letter-form

2020-06-10T12:22:17Z

Felix: /* Explanation of points 1-9 of the cover-letter-form */

Please fill in the cover-letter-form with a pdf reader and print it with your information. In case this is not working you can also fill in the cover-letter-form by hand:

https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/pictures/coverletterform.pdf

=Explanation of points 1-9 of the cover-letter-form=

# Please check the boxes if you will send these required documents: [[Application:Required_documents#2._The_University's_general_online_application_form_(STiNE)| Signed online form]], [[Application:Required_documents#3._Curriculum_Vitae| CV]], [[Application:Required_documents#4._Letter_of_Motivation| Letter of motivation]].
# Please check the box if you have completed a language proficiency test. Provide the name and score of your test. The language proficiency tests need to meet these scores or higher: CEFR/TELC Level C1, IELTS >=6.5, TOEFL IBT >=90, PBT >=575, CBT >=230, Cambridge CAE or CPE. (see [[Application:Required_documents#5._Proof(s)_of_English_language_proficiency| English language proficiency]])
# Please check the first box if you send a transcript of a completed Bachelor. If you are still studying, check the second box. (see [[Application:Required_documents#6._Transcript_of_Records| Transcript of records]])
# Check the box if your self-made table contains all your core computer science courses and the sum is 60 ECTS or more, see [[Application:Required_documents#7._Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses| Self-made table]])
# Preliminary quick check code for ECTS: From September to January, the IAS Team offers a preliminary quick check service of your table and transcripts for a preliminary estimation whether you fulfill the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in computer science. If you have received a quick check code, please state. ([https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/apply-master-intelligent-adaptive-systems/|check Further information])
# Check the box if you provide a copy of your final bachelor certificate. In any case, state your final/preliminary grade in numbers. If you have not yet finished your degree, state your current grade average. Make sure the grade (preliminary/final) is stated in an official document, e.g., transcript or certificate. (see [[Application:Required_documents#8._BSc_certificates/diploma_supplement| BSc certificates]])
# To compare your grade to others, please provide your grading scale/system in numbers. The grading scale has to contain the minimum passing grade and the maximum grade. E.g., in GPA grading scales “1” often is the minimum passing grade and “4” the maximum of the degree’s grading scale. Please, provide evidence for your grade and your grading scale (e.g., usually certificate, transcript, or additional document). (see [[Application:Required_documents#9._Your_grade| Overall grade]])
# State the actual length, which you have already studied in years. State the standard period of study of your degree in years, e.g., “3.5/4” means that you have studied 3.5 years out of 4 years of your program.
# Please state the name of the Bachelor course you are applying with (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication Engineering, Economics, ...).
# Please state the name of your university and country (e.g., Visvesvaraja University India, Universität Osnabrück Germany, Technical University of Madrid Spain, etc.).
# Please evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany. For further information read [[Application:Required_documents#11._Evidence_that_your_university_and_degree_is_recognized_in_Germany| section 11 about Anabin]].

=Order of documents=

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please, do not use staplers, paper clips, folders or anything else to organize your documents when sending them in.

=Address=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

=Official documents as evidence=

Be reminded that you need to provide official proof (grade, grading system, certificates, period of study)! For
the application, you can send the documents in simple (paper) copy. In 2020 also via email before the deadline.

Please check carefully if you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the admission board: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application.
The admission board and team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

Cover-letter-form

2020-06-10T12:21:59Z

Felix: /* Explanation of points 1-9 of the cover-letter-form */

Please fill in the cover-letter-form with a pdf reader and print it with your information. In case this is not working you can also fill in the cover-letter-form by hand:

https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/pictures/coverletterform.pdf

=Explanation of points 1-9 of the cover-letter-form=

# Please check the boxes if you will send these required documents: [[Application:Required_documents#2._The_University's_general_online_application_form_(STiNE)| Signed online form]], [[Application:Required_documents#3._Curriculum_Vitae| CV]], [[Application:Required_documents#4._Letter_of_Motivation| Letter of motivation]].
# Please check the box if you have completed a language proficiency test. Provide the name and score of your test. The language proficiency tests need to meet these scores or higher: CEFR/TELC Level C1, IELTS >=6.5, TOEFL IBT >=90, PBT >=575, CBT >=230, Cambridge CAE or CPE. (see [[Application:Required_documents#5._Proof(s)_of_English_language_proficiency| English language proficiency]])
# Please check the first box if you send a transcript of a completed Bachelor. If you are still studying, check the second box. (see [[Application:Required_documents#6._Transcript_of_Records| Transcript of records]])
# Check the box if your self-made table contains all your core computer science courses and the sum is 60 ECTS or more, see [[Application:Required_documents#7._Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses| Self-made table]])
# Preliminary quick check code for ECTS: From September to January, the IAS Team offers a preliminary quick check service of your table and transcripts for a preliminary estimation whether you fulfill the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in computer science. If you have received a quick check code, please state. ([https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/apply-master-intelligent-adaptive-systems/|check further information])
# Check the box if you provide a copy of your final bachelor certificate. In any case, state your final/preliminary grade in numbers. If you have not yet finished your degree, state your current grade average. Make sure the grade (preliminary/final) is stated in an official document, e.g., transcript or certificate. (see [[Application:Required_documents#8._BSc_certificates/diploma_supplement| BSc certificates]])
# To compare your grade to others, please provide your grading scale/system in numbers. The grading scale has to contain the minimum passing grade and the maximum grade. E.g., in GPA grading scales “1” often is the minimum passing grade and “4” the maximum of the degree’s grading scale. Please, provide evidence for your grade and your grading scale (e.g., usually certificate, transcript, or additional document). (see [[Application:Required_documents#9._Your_grade| Overall grade]])
# State the actual length, which you have already studied in years. State the standard period of study of your degree in years, e.g., “3.5/4” means that you have studied 3.5 years out of 4 years of your program.
# Please state the name of the Bachelor course you are applying with (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication Engineering, Economics, ...).
# Please state the name of your university and country (e.g., Visvesvaraja University India, Universität Osnabrück Germany, Technical University of Madrid Spain, etc.).
# Please evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany. For further information read [[Application:Required_documents#11._Evidence_that_your_university_and_degree_is_recognized_in_Germany| section 11 about Anabin]].

=Order of documents=

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please, do not use staplers, paper clips, folders or anything else to organize your documents when sending them in.

=Address=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

=Official documents as evidence=

Be reminded that you need to provide official proof (grade, grading system, certificates, period of study)! For
the application, you can send the documents in simple (paper) copy. In 2020 also via email before the deadline.

Please check carefully if you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the admission board: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application.
The admission board and team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

Cover-letter-form

2020-06-10T12:21:38Z

Felix: /* Explanation of points 1-9 of the cover-letter-form */

Please fill in the cover-letter-form with a pdf reader and print it with your information. In case this is not working you can also fill in the cover-letter-form by hand:

https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/pictures/coverletterform.pdf

=Explanation of points 1-9 of the cover-letter-form=

# Please check the boxes if you will send these required documents: [[Application:Required_documents#2._The_University's_general_online_application_form_(STiNE)| Signed online form]], [[Application:Required_documents#3._Curriculum_Vitae| CV]], [[Application:Required_documents#4._Letter_of_Motivation| Letter of motivation]].
# Please check the box if you have completed a language proficiency test. Provide the name and score of your test. The language proficiency tests need to meet these scores or higher: CEFR/TELC Level C1, IELTS >=6.5, TOEFL IBT >=90, PBT >=575, CBT >=230, Cambridge CAE or CPE. (see [[Application:Required_documents#5._Proof(s)_of_English_language_proficiency| English language proficiency]])
# Please check the first box if you send a transcript of a completed Bachelor. If you are still studying, check the second box. (see [[Application:Required_documents#6._Transcript_of_Records| Transcript of records]])
# Check the box if your self-made table contains all your core computer science courses and the sum is 60 ECTS or more, see [[Application:Required_documents#7._Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses| Self-made table]])
# Preliminary quick check code for ECTS: From September to January, the IAS Team offers a preliminary quick check service of your table and transcripts for a preliminary estimation whether you fulfill the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in computer science. If you have received a quick check code, please state. ([https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/apply-master-intelligent-adaptive-systems/|check for further information])
# Check the box if you provide a copy of your final bachelor certificate. In any case, state your final/preliminary grade in numbers. If you have not yet finished your degree, state your current grade average. Make sure the grade (preliminary/final) is stated in an official document, e.g., transcript or certificate. (see [[Application:Required_documents#8._BSc_certificates/diploma_supplement| BSc certificates]])
# To compare your grade to others, please provide your grading scale/system in numbers. The grading scale has to contain the minimum passing grade and the maximum grade. E.g., in GPA grading scales “1” often is the minimum passing grade and “4” the maximum of the degree’s grading scale. Please, provide evidence for your grade and your grading scale (e.g., usually certificate, transcript, or additional document). (see [[Application:Required_documents#9._Your_grade| Overall grade]])
# State the actual length, which you have already studied in years. State the standard period of study of your degree in years, e.g., “3.5/4” means that you have studied 3.5 years out of 4 years of your program.
# Please state the name of the Bachelor course you are applying with (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication Engineering, Economics, ...).
# Please state the name of your university and country (e.g., Visvesvaraja University India, Universität Osnabrück Germany, Technical University of Madrid Spain, etc.).
# Please evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany. For further information read [[Application:Required_documents#11._Evidence_that_your_university_and_degree_is_recognized_in_Germany| section 11 about Anabin]].

=Order of documents=

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please, do not use staplers, paper clips, folders or anything else to organize your documents when sending them in.

=Address=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

=Official documents as evidence=

Be reminded that you need to provide official proof (grade, grading system, certificates, period of study)! For
the application, you can send the documents in simple (paper) copy. In 2020 also via email before the deadline.

Please check carefully if you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the admission board: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application.
The admission board and team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

Cover-letter-form

2020-06-10T12:20:33Z

Felix: /* Explanation of points 1-9 of the cover-letter-form */

Please fill in the cover-letter-form with a pdf reader and print it with your information. In case this is not working you can also fill in the cover-letter-form by hand:

https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/pictures/coverletterform.pdf

=Explanation of points 1-9 of the cover-letter-form=

# Please check the boxes if you will send these required documents: [[Application:Required_documents#2._The_University's_general_online_application_form_(STiNE)| Signed online form]], [[Application:Required_documents#3._Curriculum_Vitae| CV]], [[Application:Required_documents#4._Letter_of_Motivation| Letter of motivation]].
# Please check the box if you have completed a language proficiency test. Provide the name and score of your test. The language proficiency tests need to meet these scores or higher: CEFR/TELC Level C1, IELTS >=6.5, TOEFL IBT >=90, PBT >=575, CBT >=230, Cambridge CAE or CPE. (see [[Application:Required_documents#5._Proof(s)_of_English_language_proficiency| English language proficiency]])
# Please check the first box if you send a transcript of a completed Bachelor. If you are still studying, check the second box. (see [[Application:Required_documents#6._Transcript_of_Records| Transcript of records]])
# Check the box if your self-made table contains all your core computer science courses and the sum is 60 ECTS or more, see [[Application:Required_documents#7._Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses| Self-made table]])
# Preliminary quick check code for ECTS: From September to January, the IAS Team offers a preliminary quick check service of your table and transcripts for a preliminary estimation whether you fulfill the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in computer science. If you have received a quick check code, please state. ([https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/apply-master-intelligent-adaptive-systems/|further information])
# Check the box if you provide a copy of your final bachelor certificate. In any case, state your final/preliminary grade in numbers. If you have not yet finished your degree, state your current grade average. Make sure the grade (preliminary/final) is stated in an official document, e.g., transcript or certificate. (see [[Application:Required_documents#8._BSc_certificates/diploma_supplement| BSc certificates]])
# To compare your grade to others, please provide your grading scale/system in numbers. The grading scale has to contain the minimum passing grade and the maximum grade. E.g., in GPA grading scales “1” often is the minimum passing grade and “4” the maximum of the degree’s grading scale. Please, provide evidence for your grade and your grading scale (e.g., usually certificate, transcript, or additional document). (see [[Application:Required_documents#9._Your_grade| Overall grade]])
# State the actual length, which you have already studied in years. State the standard period of study of your degree in years, e.g., “3.5/4” means that you have studied 3.5 years out of 4 years of your program.
# Please state the name of the Bachelor course you are applying with (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication Engineering, Economics, ...).
# Please state the name of your university and country (e.g., Visvesvaraja University India, Universität Osnabrück Germany, Technical University of Madrid Spain, etc.).
# Please evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany. For further information read [[Application:Required_documents#11._Evidence_that_your_university_and_degree_is_recognized_in_Germany| section 11 about Anabin]].

=Order of documents=

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please, do not use staplers, paper clips, folders or anything else to organize your documents when sending them in.

=Address=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

=Official documents as evidence=

Be reminded that you need to provide official proof (grade, grading system, certificates, period of study)! For
the application, you can send the documents in simple (paper) copy. In 2020 also via email before the deadline.

Please check carefully if you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the admission board: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application.
The admission board and team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

Cover-letter-form

2020-06-10T12:20:06Z

Felix: /* Explanation of points 1-9 of the cover-letter-form */

Please fill in the cover-letter-form with a pdf reader and print it with your information. In case this is not working you can also fill in the cover-letter-form by hand:

https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/pictures/coverletterform.pdf

=Explanation of points 1-9 of the cover-letter-form=

# Please check the boxes if you will send these required documents: [[Application:Required_documents#2._The_University's_general_online_application_form_(STiNE)| Signed online form]], [[Application:Required_documents#3._Curriculum_Vitae| CV]], [[Application:Required_documents#4._Letter_of_Motivation| Letter of motivation]].
# Please check the box if you have completed a language proficiency test. Provide the name and score of your test. The language proficiency tests need to meet these scores or higher: CEFR/TELC Level C1, IELTS >=6.5, TOEFL IBT >=90, PBT >=575, CBT >=230, Cambridge CAE or CPE. (see [[Application:Required_documents#5._Proof(s)_of_English_language_proficiency| English language proficiency]])
# Please check the first box if you send a transcript of a completed Bachelor. If you are still studying, check the second box. (see [[Application:Required_documents#6._Transcript_of_Records| Transcript of records]])
# Check the box if your self-made table contains all your core computer science courses and the sum is 60 ECTS or more, see [[Application:Required_documents#7._Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses| Self-made table]])
# Preliminary quick check code for ECTS: From September to January, the IAS Team offers a preliminary quick check service of your table and transcripts for a preliminary estimation whether you fulfill the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in computer science. If you have received a quick check code, please state. ([https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/apply-master-intelligent-adaptive-systems/|Please visit the website for further information])
# Check the box if you provide a copy of your final bachelor certificate. In any case, state your final/preliminary grade in numbers. If you have not yet finished your degree, state your current grade average. Make sure the grade (preliminary/final) is stated in an official document, e.g., transcript or certificate. (see [[Application:Required_documents#8._BSc_certificates/diploma_supplement| BSc certificates]])
# To compare your grade to others, please provide your grading scale/system in numbers. The grading scale has to contain the minimum passing grade and the maximum grade. E.g., in GPA grading scales “1” often is the minimum passing grade and “4” the maximum of the degree’s grading scale. Please, provide evidence for your grade and your grading scale (e.g., usually certificate, transcript, or additional document). (see [[Application:Required_documents#9._Your_grade| Overall grade]])
# State the actual length, which you have already studied in years. State the standard period of study of your degree in years, e.g., “3.5/4” means that you have studied 3.5 years out of 4 years of your program.
# Please state the name of the Bachelor course you are applying with (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication Engineering, Economics, ...).
# Please state the name of your university and country (e.g., Visvesvaraja University India, Universität Osnabrück Germany, Technical University of Madrid Spain, etc.).
# Please evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany. For further information read [[Application:Required_documents#11._Evidence_that_your_university_and_degree_is_recognized_in_Germany| section 11 about Anabin]].

=Order of documents=

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please, do not use staplers, paper clips, folders or anything else to organize your documents when sending them in.

=Address=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

=Official documents as evidence=

Be reminded that you need to provide official proof (grade, grading system, certificates, period of study)! For
the application, you can send the documents in simple (paper) copy. In 2020 also via email before the deadline.

Please check carefully if you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the admission board: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application.
The admission board and team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

Cover-letter-form

2020-06-10T12:19:10Z

Felix: /* Explanation of points 1-9 of the cover-letter-form */

Please fill in the cover-letter-form with a pdf reader and print it with your information. In case this is not working you can also fill in the cover-letter-form by hand:

https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/pictures/coverletterform.pdf

=Explanation of points 1-9 of the cover-letter-form=

# Please check the boxes if you will send these required documents: [[Application:Required_documents#2._The_University's_general_online_application_form_(STiNE)| Signed online form]], [[Application:Required_documents#3._Curriculum_Vitae| CV]], [[Application:Required_documents#4._Letter_of_Motivation| Letter of motivation]].
# Please check the box if you have completed a language proficiency test. Provide the name and score of your test. The language proficiency tests need to meet these scores or higher: CEFR/TELC Level C1, IELTS >=6.5, TOEFL IBT >=90, PBT >=575, CBT >=230, Cambridge CAE or CPE. (see [[Application:Required_documents#5._Proof(s)_of_English_language_proficiency| English language proficiency]])
# Please check the first box if you send a transcript of a completed Bachelor. If you are still studying, check the second box. (see [[Application:Required_documents#6._Transcript_of_Records| Transcript of records]])
# Check the box if your self-made table contains all your core computer science courses and the sum is 60 ECTS or more, see [[Application:Required_documents#7._Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses| Self-made table]])
# Preliminary quick check code for ECTS: From September to January, the IAS Team offers a preliminary quick check service of your table and transcripts for a preliminary estimation whether you fulfill the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in computer science. If you have received a quick check code, please state. ([[https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/apply-master-intelligent-adaptive-systems/|Please visit the website for further information]])
# Check the box if you provide a copy of your final bachelor certificate. In any case, state your final/preliminary grade in numbers. If you have not yet finished your degree, state your current grade average. Make sure the grade (preliminary/final) is stated in an official document, e.g., transcript or certificate. (see [[Application:Required_documents#8._BSc_certificates/diploma_supplement| BSc certificates]])
# To compare your grade to others, please provide your grading scale/system in numbers. The grading scale has to contain the minimum passing grade and the maximum grade. E.g., in GPA grading scales “1” often is the minimum passing grade and “4” the maximum of the degree’s grading scale. Please, provide evidence for your grade and your grading scale (e.g., usually certificate, transcript, or additional document). (see [[Application:Required_documents#9._Your_grade| Overall grade]])
# State the actual length, which you have already studied in years. State the standard period of study of your degree in years, e.g., “3.5/4” means that you have studied 3.5 years out of 4 years of your program.
# Please state the name of the Bachelor course you are applying with (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication Engineering, Economics, ...).
# Please state the name of your university and country (e.g., Visvesvaraja University India, Universität Osnabrück Germany, Technical University of Madrid Spain, etc.).
# Please evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany. For further information read [[Application:Required_documents#11._Evidence_that_your_university_and_degree_is_recognized_in_Germany| section 11 about Anabin]].

=Order of documents=

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please, do not use staplers, paper clips, folders or anything else to organize your documents when sending them in.

=Address=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

=Official documents as evidence=

Be reminded that you need to provide official proof (grade, grading system, certificates, period of study)! For
the application, you can send the documents in simple (paper) copy. In 2020 also via email before the deadline.

Please check carefully if you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the admission board: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application.
The admission board and team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

Cover-letter-form

2020-06-10T12:15:45Z

Felix: /* Explanation of points 1-9 of the cover-letter-form */

Please fill in the cover-letter-form with a pdf reader and print it with your information. In case this is not working you can also fill in the cover-letter-form by hand:

https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/pictures/coverletterform.pdf

=Explanation of points 1-9 of the cover-letter-form=

# Please check the boxes if you will send these required documents: [[Application:Required_documents#2._The_University's_general_online_application_form_(STiNE)| Signed online form]], [[Application:Required_documents#3._Curriculum_Vitae| CV]], [[Application:Required_documents#4._Letter_of_Motivation| Letter of motivation]].
# Please check the box if you have completed a language proficiency test. Provide the name and score of your test. The language proficiency tests need to meet these scores or higher: CEFR/TELC Level C1, IELTS >=6.5, TOEFL IBT >=90, PBT >=575, CBT >=230, Cambridge CAE or CPE. (see [[Application:Required_documents#5._Proof(s)_of_English_language_proficiency| English language proficiency]])
# Please check the first box if you send a transcript of a completed Bachelor. If you are still studying, check the second box. (see [[Application:Required_documents#6._Transcript_of_Records| Transcript of records]])
# Check the box if your self-made table contains all your core computer science courses and the sum is 60 ECTS or more, see [[Application:Required_documents#7._Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses| Self-made table]])
# Preliminary quick check code for ECTS: From September to January, the IAS Team offers a preliminary quick check service of your table and transcripts for a preliminary estimation whether you fulfill the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in computer science. If you have received a quick check code, please state.
# Check the box if you provide a copy of your final bachelor certificate. In any case, state your final/preliminary grade in numbers. If you have not yet finished your degree, state your current grade average. Make sure the grade (preliminary/final) is stated in an official document, e.g., transcript or certificate. (see [[Application:Required_documents#8._BSc_certificates/diploma_supplement| BSc certificates]])
# To compare your grade to others, please provide your grading scale/system in numbers. The grading scale has to contain the minimum passing grade and the maximum grade. E.g., in GPA grading scales “1” often is the minimum passing grade and “4” the maximum of the degree’s grading scale. Please, provide evidence for your grade and your grading scale (e.g., usually certificate, transcript, or additional document). (see [[Application:Required_documents#9._Your_grade| Overall grade]])
# State the actual length, which you have already studied in years. State the standard period of study of your degree in years, e.g., “3.5/4” means that you have studied 3.5 years out of 4 years of your program.
# Please state the name of the Bachelor course you are applying with (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication Engineering, Economics, ...).
# Please state the name of your university and country (e.g., Visvesvaraja University India, Universität Osnabrück Germany, Technical University of Madrid Spain, etc.).
# Please evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany. For further information read [[Application:Required_documents#11._Evidence_that_your_university_and_degree_is_recognized_in_Germany| section 11 about Anabin]].

=Order of documents=

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please, do not use staplers, paper clips, folders or anything else to organize your documents when sending them in.

=Address=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

=Official documents as evidence=

Be reminded that you need to provide official proof (grade, grading system, certificates, period of study)! For
the application, you can send the documents in simple (paper) copy. In 2020 also via email before the deadline.

Please check carefully if you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the admission board: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application.
The admission board and team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

FAQ:Translation:WaitingListLetter

2020-03-11T13:25:55Z

Felix:

[[Category:IAS]]

This is a translation of the letter you receive when your application has been placed on the waiting list, i.e. when you did fulfil the formal requirements but your position in the ranking places you currently outside of the range of positions that are offered an available space (including overbooking):

{| border="1" style="text-align:justify;padding:10px;border-collapse:collapse;background-color:#eeeeee;vertical-align:top;" cellpadding="10"
! width="50%" align="center" | Ablehnungsbescheid
! width="50%" align="center" | Rejection Notification
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Sehr geehrte/r Studienbewerber/in!

Sie haben sich zum '''Wintersemester 2014/15''' für den Studiengang

'''Master of Science / Intelligent Adaptive Systems'''

beworben.
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Dear Applicant!

You have applied for admission to the programme

'''Master of Science / Intelligent Adaptive Systems'''

for the '''winter semester 2014/15'''.
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Da mehr Bewerbungen eingegangen sind als Plätze zur Verfügung stehen, musste ein Auswahlverfahren nach Maßgabe des Hochschulzulassungsgesetzes (HZG) durchgeführt werden. Wir bedauern, dass Ihnen nach dem Ergebnis der Prüfung Ihres Antrages im Hauptverfahren kein Studienplatz an der Universität Hamburg zugewiesen werden kann, da Sie nachrangig ausgewählt worden sind.

Mit Hilfe Ihrer Bewerber-Nummer, die Sie diesem Bescheid in der Überschrift entnehmen können, können Sie das Ergebnis der Auswahl im Internet unter http://www.uni-hamburg.de/master-ranglisten abrufen. Die rechtlichen Grundlagen für die Auswahl finden Sie unter www.uni-hamburg.de/rechtlichegrundlagen im Internet.
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Because more applications have been received than there are available spaces, a selection process as defined in the University Admission Regulations (HZG) had to be used. We are sorry to tell you that after evaluation of your application in the selection process, we are not able to assign an available space to you because you have been insufficiently ranked.

By using your application number, which you can find in the header of this letter, you can access the result of your application online under http://www.uni-hamburg.de/master-ranglisten. The legal basis for the selection can be found online under http://www.uni-hamburg.de/rechtlichegrundlagen.
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ACHTUNG! Es ist möglich, dass im Hauptverfahren vergebene Plätze vor Abschluss des Zulassungsverfahrens wieder frei werden. Auch die Bescheide im Nachrückverfahren werden in Ihrem Bewerber-Account unter "Dokumente" zur Verfügung gestellt.

Auch wenn Sie Widerspruch eingelegt und/oder einen Rechtsanwalt hinzugezogen haben, ist es unumgänglich dass Sie bitte regelmäßig (am besten täglich) in Ihren Bewerber-Account nachschauen, um rechtliche Nachteile zu vermeiden. Diese Plätze werden dann im Nachrückverfahren an die rangnächsten Personen vergeben. Ein Losverfahren findet im Hamburger Zulassungsverfahren nicht statt.
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ATTENTION: It is possible that spaces already assigned in the selection process become available again before the admission process closes. Notifications of acceptance through the waiting list will also be made available in your application account under "Documents".

Even if you have officially objected and/or have consulted a legal practitioner, it is important to regularly (best daily) check your application account to avoid legal disadvantages. Spaces that became available are given to the next ranked applicant on the waiting list. There is no lottery for available spaces in the admission process in Hamburg.
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'''Die Entscheidung erfolgt auf Basis der Ergebnisse Ihrer Bewerbung bei der Auswahlkommission des jeweiligen Studienganges, an den Sie auch Ihre Bewerbungsunterlagen geschickt haben. Bei Fragen zu dieser Entscheidung wenden Sie sich bitte an die jeweiligen Ansprechpartner in der Fakultät (s. auch Tabellen in den Bewerbungsinformationen zur Online-Bewerbung für einen Masterstudiengang: www.uni-hamburg.de/info-master (Downloadbereich)).'''
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'''The decision is made by using the result of your application as given by the selection committee of the corresponding programme of study to which you have sent your application documents. If you have questions about the result, please consult the corresponding contact in the school (as given in the table with application information for the online application for a Master's degree http://www.uni-hamburg.de/info-master (Download area))'''
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Mit freundlichem Gruß

Service für Studierende - Team Bewerbung und Zulassung
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Best regards,

Service for Students - Team Application and Admission
|-
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'''Dieser Bescheid wurde mittels EDV-Technik erstellt und ist daher ohne Unterschrift und Namenswiedergabe wirksam.'''
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'''This notification was generated with the aid of an automatic system and is effective without signature or individual name.'''
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'''RECHTSMITTELBELEHRUNG:'''

Gegen diesen Bescheid kann innerhalb eines Monats nach Bekanntgabe Widerspruch erhoben werden. Der Widerspruch ist bei der im Briefkopf genannten Stelle schriftlich oder zur Niederschrift einzulegen.

'''HINWEIS:''' Ein erfolgloses Widerspruchsverfahren ist gebührenpflichtig.
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'''Explanation of rights of appeal:'''

You can raise an appeal against this notification within one month of publication. The appeal must be made in writing or declared for recording to the address as given in the letterhead.

'''NOTE:''' An unsuccessful appeal is subject to charges.
|}

Application:Required documents

2020-03-11T13:23:31Z

Felix: /* List of all required documents for application */

=List of all required documents for application=
In order to apply for the 2-year Master of Science program Intelligent Adaptive Systems, you need to send a paper application to the IAS Team at the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg. The IAS team is a team of IAS professors, researchers, lecturers, and academic advisors. The IAS Team and the selection committee will only read complete applications that meet the formal requirements. These applications will be ranked according to the selection criteria.

In order to apply successfully please follow exactly these instructions:

The deadline is on the 31st of March. Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. The IAS selection committee does not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline (via postal mail) and/or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. You can not submit missing documents after the expiration of the application deadline, there will be no reconsideration.

The documents 'do not'' have to be sent as certified/attested copies when applying. You should '''not''' send original certificates since the IAS selection committee will not send anything back. However, please note that in case your application is successful, you will need to send attested/certified copies to the University via postal mail ''within 2 weeks'', so be prepared. The notification whether you are accepted or not is send around 15 of May. Official English and German translation of documents are accepted.

Please read the explanations of what documents you have to send and follow the links to more information.

=='''1. Cover-letter-form''' ==
* Please fill in the cover-letter form (with a pdf viewer/reader).
* Then print the form. In case you are having any problems with filling in the form digitally you can also print the form and fill it in by hand (readable!).
* Send the printed form via postal mail as the first page of your application.
* Link to the cover-letter-form: [[Cover-letter-form|cover-letter-form]]

== '''2. The University's general online form (STiNE)'''==
The Universität Hamburg requires you to fill out a general and university-wide online form on their student platform called STiNE. The only purpose of this form is to register with the central administration. Nothing else. It is the way to tell the University that you might apply.
* While registering you will receive a BW - Number (Application Number). Please state this number in your cover letter.
* Submit, print and '''sign''' the STiNE online form and enclose the form with your paper application.
* Only within the application period (15 February - 31 March), the online application form can be accessed through the STiNE portal: https://www.stine.uni-hamburg.de. Sorry, some parts of the STiNE online form are in German and therefore rather tricky.
* As a service to IAS applicants, the IAS-Team has prepared a wiki entry: [[online application form|Online form STiNE]].
*For further questions about STiNE please ask the technical support of STiNE. STiNE is a part of the central administration - not the IAS Team's platform, see [https://www.stine.uni-hamburg.de/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=CampusNet&PRGNAME=EXTERNALPAGES&ARGUMENTS=-N000000000000002,-N000339,-A100101e#furtherquestions STiNE support].

After filling out the STiNE online form, '''click submit''', and then, '''print''' out the summary at the end (Ger: ''Druckansicht''). This print-out has to be '''signed'''. This submitted, printed, and signed STiNE form is one of the required documents which you have to send via postal mail to the Department of Informatics.

Please, note do not click "Freemover", that is the wrong application.

Please, note that the STiNE online form is just the general, uni-wide application form for central administration reasons only. You still need to send your paper application to the address below. With the complete paper application, you apply to the Department of Informatics for a place in the IAS program.

Use the address displayed here or websit not in STiNE.

==''' 3. Curriculum Vitae'''==
The CV (table version) should include information on your academic and professional career and if you have international experience. It should specifically list information on your background relevant for IAS such as projects on AI or Robotics. Please, '''provide evidence''' of such projects through acquired certificates. Project descriptions and outlines on their CS content are especially important if the achieved credits should be counted for the 60 ECTS in computer science.
Please, add your average/overall grade (can be preliminary) and your grading scale to your cv next to the information of your degree and provide official evidence for that information.

== '''4. Letter of Motivation'''==
This is the most important document since it accounts for 40% of your ranking score. It has to be written by yourself in the English language. There is a maximum of 1.5 pages that you should not exceed.
In this letter, you should explain your motivation to study especially this program. The text should answer the following questions:
* Why are you interested in the field "Intelligent Adaptive Systems" or what parts are most interesting and why?
* Why is this program especially suited to complement the knowledge you already have?
* Why did you choose to study this program at Universität Hamburg?
* How does this program fit into your academic and professional future goals

The selection committee will give high ratings to those letters that show that the student has made a deliberate choice to study IAS and can justify their decision well while also explaining how studying IAS will bring the student closer to the desired goal. The board is looking for students that show high motivation and have a good chance of finishing the program with a high impact on the student's life. The ability to present a well-argued and connected chain of argument is a major ability the board is looking for.

Things that affect the rating adversely are, amongst many, generic letters that are written for multiple applications, letters that are written in bad English or do not follow a good structure.

The selection committee does not want to read about the history of informatics, the selection committee wants to read something relevant and precise about you.

== '''5. Proof(s) of English language proficiency'''==
Please see [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] for details on the required language certificates and further information.

Proof of English language proficiency by
CEFR/TELC: At least Level B2 in all testing categories (listening, reading, speaking, writing) better C1
IELTS: 6.5 + B2
TOEFL: IBT 90, PBT 575, CBT 230
Cambridge: CAE or CPE

==''' 6. Transcript of Records'''==
Please see '''[[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]]''' for detailed information on the requirements for your transcript of records.

== '''7. Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses'''==
As a formal requirement you need to evidence 60 ECTS in core computer science courses. To do so, please provide your transcript and a self-made table listing all your core computer science courses you have completed. Please, also refer to the listed information under [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] regarding questions about the ''ECTS credit system'', the ''calculation'' of the required 60 ECTS, ''modules/courses counted as CS'' by IAS selection committee. Please use this [[Required Documents: Example structure table|example]] to provide your evidence of your 60 ECTS credits or more.

=='''8. BSc certificates and diploma supplement'''==

* If you have finished your degree send a copy of your degree certificate.

* You can also apply if you have finished 5/6 semesters and can evidence 150 ECTS credits (or comparable) of your first degree and at the point of application at least 60 ECTS in computer science must be evident. In order to estimate that you are going to finish you must provide the official transcript of records showing the amount of already acquired credits or credit hours and the number of minimum credits or credit hours required for completion. The final transcript and graduation certificate have to be handed in for enrolment if you are admitted.

* Diploma Supplement: In any case provide a description of your degree - it is an official document issued by most universities.
** The degree's grading system
** The standard amount of semesters required for completion of your degree
** The description of how many weeks per semester of in-class time with a lecturer present
** The description of how your credit systems works, e.g. 1 cp is worth 30 hours of in-class time with lecturer present meaning 2 hours a week for 15 weeks...

=='''9. Your grade'''==
In regards to your overall average grade (preliminary) or final grade, please provide a document with your (preliminary) final grade calculated by your university, even if only 5/6 or 7/8 semesters of the studies have been completed. Your grade should be in the grading system your university provides and with which you can provide the grading system. The grade needs to be in numbers, not letters. Make sure you send an official document attested by your university as the IAS selection committee does not accept self-calculated '''final''' grades nor does the IAS selection committee calculate final grades for you. If this information is listed in your transcript of records or degree certificate, then you don't need to provide this extra document.

Preliminary grade:
Some transcripts or universities do not provide a preliminary average grade: compute it on your own on an extra document and tell us how you did it. If it is not the simple grade average of all grades in the transcript, please provide extra official proof of how your university or degree rules are to compute it.

Please note: If you fail to provide proof of your grade or preliminary grade and grading scale - The grade you are assigned will be the worst possible grade - a grade of 9.9 in selection procedures. This means that applications without a grade will rank behind the last applicant who had provided a grade. This is also true if you state a different grade / grading scale in the table and cover-letter than in your transcript or when the selection committee controls your computation.

=='''10. Grading scale'''==
IAS selection committee needs detailed information on your degree's grading system (alternative names: grading scale/scheme of evaluation/grade classification/range of marks ...) as it is important in our [[Application:Selection criteria| selection process]]. As the IAS selection committee will evaluate and rank all applications, we need the grading scale of your university to make your average or final grade comparable to others. In a lot of cases, official transcripts of records display the university's grading system. Usually, this is a table with all the degree's grades and corresponding information like minimum passing grade and maximum, outstanding or excellent grade, etc. However, if this is not the case for your transcript of records, then please provide this information attested by your university.

Highlight the grading scale, minimum passing grade, and maximum grade in your official documents and state exactly on which page the relevant information can be found, e.g., "the grading scale can be found in the printed degree description page 4 Section 2.1.1 see highlighted information". The selection committee will not look through documents if no help is provided where to find the right information. Please display exact information on paper printout. You may provide a link to a lengthy document if you only printed out parts of a lengthy document for control reasons. The selection committee will not follow links nor translate websites to search for information if no information is provided in paper.

Please note: If you fail to provide proof of your grade or preliminary grade and grading scale - The grade you are assigned will be the worst possible grade - a grade of 9.9 in selection procedures. This means that applications without a grade or grading scale will rank behind the last applicant who had provided a grade. This is also true if you state a different grade / grading scale in the table and cover-letter than in your transcript/official documents or when the selection committee controls your computation.

=='''11. Evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany'''==
Admission to a Master degree program at a German university requires an undergraduate degree. This must have been obtained from a recognized higher education institution. The degree also must be equivalent to at least a three year Bachelor that was attained in Germany. It is a prerequisite for an application for the master course "IAS" that your university degree is recognized as equivalent to a Bachelor's degree obtained in Germany.

===How to provide proof that your university is recognized in Germany?===

The selection committee's advice: print out the anabin database entry for proof. It is cost-free and fast:
* Use the database anabin and print out the information about your university
* Your university needs to be recognized with H+
* More information here: [[Desired Documents:Anabin|Anabin]]

If you have difficulties handling anabin, you may use the fee-based service, called Uni-Assist:
* This is the official recommendation of the Universität Hamburg is that you use the fee-based service Uni-Assist (but you don't need to if you provide the anabin printout)
* Request this service around 1 of December - otherwise Uni-Assist might not answer you in time
* More information about [[FAQ:UniAssist| Uni-Assist]]
* Only use Uni-assist if you do not want to look up your University in the database Anabin

Some countries have to get a German authorities endorsement anyway for visa or application- you may hand this in as additional proof:

An endorsement of recognition from German authorities, including information about the type of higher education entrance eligibility and, if applicable, for a particular subject. The Universität Hamburg accepts the following types of endorsement of recognition:

* APS certificates from the academic review offices of Beijing, Ulaanbaatar, and Hanoi

Please note: For the application to the Master program IAS - it is enough to send in your information from Anabin.

If you cannot find information on whether your university is recognized in Germany, the selection committee has to decide case by case whether your degree sounds eligible or not. Usually, your degree does not qualify.

=Please send all documents to:=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test Score
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate + Diploma Supplement
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please highlight important information in your documents, e.g. grading scale, grade, "H+" in the anabin printout, finishing date ...

Please check carefully if you have sent all the required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the selection committee: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application. Think for yourself. Show that you can be a responsible and well-organized student.
The selection committee and the IAS team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

= Additional Documents =
Generally, all possible documents that support your application (especially as evidence for the arguments used in your motivation letter) can be included and will be taken into account in the selection process. Please include only documents that are relevant for this application. The selection of documents already shows your ability to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant content and a large amount of radomly added certificates or documents may have a negative effect on your ranking.

==Desired documents==

* Documents that add to the evidence needed for the requirements, e.g. additional proofs of language proficiency or higher education courses with computer science content, letter of recommendation
* Evidence for research or professional and/or international experience relevant to IAS studies.
* International experience, e.g. a study exchange, shows your ability to adapt to different learning and living environments and should be listed and described as part of our CV.
* The same holds for professional experience that may show your ability to work in a computer science context.
* Training courses or extensive experience that shows deep understanding of computer science concepts. This will be taken into account for general suitability for the very specific Master program IAS.

== Suitable additions ==
* GRE test or other academic tests showing your ability to study in higher education. Such tests are not required but may be taken into account if provided and if they add to the general story of the application.
* Certificates of contests and competitions can be added if relevant. Please carefully decide whether the certificate can add any additional value to your application.

== Undesired documents ==
* Full module handbooks. To show that you fulfill the requirement of the sufficient 60 ETCS credits, you have to send the self-made and structured table. Please don't send full module handbooks as the IAS admission team will not have the time to search for core CS courses in those handbooks for you.
* Certificates that don't add additional information or are not relevant at all. More is not always better since it may show that you are not able to decide what is relevant for the subject and what is not. Select the certificates that best show your abilities.

==Do all the documents have to be sent as certified/attested copies?==
No, not for the application at the Department of Informatics - IAS. You can send the required application documents as simple copies. But please be aware that once you have been sent an ''letter of acceptance'' by the CampusCenter (central administration), you have to send certified/attested copies of your language certificate, your university entrance qualification (e.g. high school certificate), and your bachelor's degree certificate to prove the authenticity of those documents together with the matriculation form '''within 14 days''' to the "Team for Application and Admission" (Ger: ''Team Bewerbung und Zulassung'') at the CampusCenter of the Universität Hamburg. Therefore, we highly recommend preparing certified/attested copies of all the relevant documents upfront.
The central administration team (CampusCenter Team for your enrolment, located at the city center) and the IAS Team (for your application and later your studies, located at the Department of Informatics, Hamburg Stellingen) are two very distinct teams and have nothing to do with the task of the other.

More FAQ

* [[FAQ: Q&A| Frequently Asked Questions about the application]]

Application:Required documents

2020-03-11T13:21:25Z

Felix: /* List of all required documents for application */

=List of all required documents for application=
In order to apply for the 2-year Master of Science program Intelligent Adaptive Systems, you need to send a paper application to the IAS Team at the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg. The IAS team is a team of IAS professors, researchers, lecturers, and academic advisors. The IAS Team and the selection committee will only read complete applications that meet the formal requirements. These applications will be ranked according to the selection criteria.

In order to apply successfully please follow exactly these instructions:

The deadline is on the 31st of March. Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. The IAS selection committee does not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline (via postal mail) and/or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. You can not submit missing documents after the expiration of the application deadline, there will be no reconsideration.

The documents 'do not'' have to be sent as certified/attested copies when applying. You should '''not''' send original certificates since the IAS admission board will not send anything back. However, please note that in case your application is successful, you will need to send attested/certified copies to the University via postal mail ''within 2 weeks'', so be prepared. The notification whether you are accepted or not is send around 15 of May. Official English and German translation of documents are accepted.

Please read the explanations of what documents you have to send and follow the links to more information.

=='''1. Cover-letter-form''' ==
* Please fill in the cover-letter form (with a pdf viewer/reader).
* Then print the form. In case you are having any problems with filling in the form digitally you can also print the form and fill it in by hand (readable!).
* Send the printed form via postal mail as the first page of your application.
* Link to the cover-letter-form: [[Cover-letter-form|cover-letter-form]]

== '''2. The University's general online form (STiNE)'''==
The Universität Hamburg requires you to fill out a general and university-wide online form on their student platform called STiNE. The only purpose of this form is to register with the central administration. Nothing else. It is the way to tell the University that you might apply.
* While registering you will receive a BW - Number (Application Number). Please state this number in your cover letter.
* Submit, print and '''sign''' the STiNE online form and enclose the form with your paper application.
* Only within the application period (15 February - 31 March), the online application form can be accessed through the STiNE portal: https://www.stine.uni-hamburg.de. Sorry, some parts of the STiNE online form are in German and therefore rather tricky.
* As a service to IAS applicants, the IAS-Team has prepared a wiki entry: [[online application form|Online form STiNE]].
*For further questions about STiNE please ask the technical support of STiNE. STiNE is a part of the central administration - not the IAS Team's platform, see [https://www.stine.uni-hamburg.de/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=CampusNet&PRGNAME=EXTERNALPAGES&ARGUMENTS=-N000000000000002,-N000339,-A100101e#furtherquestions STiNE support].

After filling out the STiNE online form, '''click submit''', and then, '''print''' out the summary at the end (Ger: ''Druckansicht''). This print-out has to be '''signed'''. This submitted, printed, and signed STiNE form is one of the required documents which you have to send via postal mail to the Department of Informatics.

Please, note do not click "Freemover", that is the wrong application.

Please, note that the STiNE online form is just the general, uni-wide application form for central administration reasons only. You still need to send your paper application to the address below. With the complete paper application, you apply to the Department of Informatics for a place in the IAS program.

Use the address displayed here or websit not in STiNE.

==''' 3. Curriculum Vitae'''==
The CV (table version) should include information on your academic and professional career and if you have international experience. It should specifically list information on your background relevant for IAS such as projects on AI or Robotics. Please, '''provide evidence''' of such projects through acquired certificates. Project descriptions and outlines on their CS content are especially important if the achieved credits should be counted for the 60 ECTS in computer science.
Please, add your average/overall grade (can be preliminary) and your grading scale to your cv next to the information of your degree and provide official evidence for that information.

== '''4. Letter of Motivation'''==
This is the most important document since it accounts for 40% of your ranking score. It has to be written by yourself in the English language. There is a maximum of 1.5 pages that you should not exceed.
In this letter, you should explain your motivation to study especially this program. The text should answer the following questions:
* Why are you interested in the field "Intelligent Adaptive Systems" or what parts are most interesting and why?
* Why is this program especially suited to complement the knowledge you already have?
* Why did you choose to study this program at Universität Hamburg?
* How does this program fit into your academic and professional future goals

The admission board will give high ratings to those letters that show that the student has made a deliberate choice to study IAS and can justify their decision well while also explaining how studying IAS will bring the student closer to the desired goal. The board is looking for students that show high motivation and have a good chance of finishing the program with a high impact on the student's life. The ability to present a well-argued and connected chain of argument is a major ability the board is looking for.

Things that affect the rating adversely are, amongst many, generic letters that are written for multiple applications, letters that are written in bad English or do not follow a good structure.

The admission board does not want to read about the history of informatics, the admission board wants to read something relevant and precise about you.

== '''5. Proof(s) of English language proficiency'''==
Please see [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] for details on the required language certificates and further information.

Proof of English language proficiency by
CEFR/TELC: At least Level B2 in all testing categories (listening, reading, speaking, writing) better C1
IELTS: 6.5 + B2
TOEFL: IBT 90, PBT 575, CBT 230
Cambridge: CAE or CPE

==''' 6. Transcript of Records'''==
Please see '''[[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]]''' for detailed information on the requirements for your transcript of records.

== '''7. Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses'''==
As a formal requirement you need to evidence 60 ECTS in core computer science courses. To do so, please provide your transcript and a self-made table listing all your core computer science courses you have completed. Please, also refer to the listed information under [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] regarding questions about the ''ECTS credit system'', the ''calculation'' of the required 60 ECTS, ''modules/courses counted as CS'' by IAS admission board. Please use this [[Required Documents: Example structure table|example]] to provide your evidence of your 60 ECTS credits or more.

=='''8. BSc certificates and diploma supplement'''==

* If you have finished your degree send a copy of your degree certificate.

* You can also apply if you have finished 5/6 semesters and can evidence 150 ECTS credits (or comparable) of your first degree and at the point of application at least 60 ECTS in computer science must be evident. In order to estimate that you are going to finish you must provide the official transcript of records showing the amount of already acquired credits or credit hours and the number of minimum credits or credit hours required for completion. The final transcript and graduation certificate have to be handed in for enrolment if you are admitted.

* Diploma Supplement: In any case provide a description of your degree - it is an official document issued by most universities.
** The degree's grading system
** The standard amount of semesters required for completion of your degree
** The description of how many weeks per semester of in-class time with a lecturer present
** The description of how your credit systems works, e.g. 1 cp is worth 30 hours of in-class time with lecturer present meaning 2 hours a week for 15 weeks...

=='''9. Your grade'''==
In regards to your overall average grade (preliminary) or final grade, please provide a document with your (preliminary) final grade calculated by your university, even if only 5/6 or 7/8 semesters of the studies have been completed. Your grade should be in the grading system your university provides and with which you can provide the grading system. The grade needs to be in numbers, not letters. Make sure you send an official document attested by your university as the IAS selection committee does not accept self-calculated '''final''' grades nor does the IAS selection committee calculate final grades for you. If this information is listed in your transcript of records or degree certificate, then you don't need to provide this extra document.

Preliminary grade:
Some transcripts or universities do not provide a preliminary average grade: compute it on your own on an extra document and tell us how you did it. If it is not the simple grade average of all grades in the transcript, please provide extra official proof of how your university or degree rules are to compute it.

Please note: If you fail to provide proof of your grade or preliminary grade and grading scale - The grade you are assigned will be the worst possible grade - a grade of 9.9 in selection procedures. This means that applications without a grade will rank behind the last applicant who had provided a grade. This is also true if you state a different grade / grading scale in the table and cover-letter than in your transcript or when the selection committee controls your computation.

=='''10. Grading scale'''==
IAS admission board needs detailed information on your degree's grading system (alternative names: grading scale/scheme of evaluation/grade classification/range of marks ...) as it is important in our [[Application:Selection criteria| selection process]]. As the IAS admission board will evaluate and rank all applications, we need the grading scale of your university to make your average or final grade comparable to others. In a lot of cases, official transcripts of records display the university's grading system. Usually, this is a table with all the degree's grades and corresponding information like minimum passing grade and maximum, outstanding or excellent grade, etc. However, if this is not the case for your transcript of records, then please provide this information attested by your university.

Highlight the grading scale, minimum passing grade, and maximum grade in your official documents and state exactly on which page the relevant information can be found, e.g., "the grading scale can be found in the printed degree description page 4 Section 2.1.1 see highlighted information". The selection committee will not look through documents if no help is provided where to find the right information. Please display exact information on paper printout. You may provide a link to a lengthy document if you only printed out parts of a lengthy document for control reasons. The selection committee will not follow links nor translate websites to search for information if no information is provided in paper.

Please note: If you fail to provide proof of your grade or preliminary grade and grading scale - The grade you are assigned will be the worst possible grade - a grade of 9.9 in selection procedures. This means that applications without a grade or grading scale will rank behind the last applicant who had provided a grade. This is also true if you state a different grade / grading scale in the table and cover-letter than in your transcript/official documents or when the selection committee controls your computation.

=='''11. Evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany'''==
Admission to a Master degree program at a German university requires an undergraduate degree. This must have been obtained from a recognized higher education institution. The degree also must be equivalent to at least a three year Bachelor that was attained in Germany. It is a prerequisite for an application for the master course "IAS" that your university degree is recognized as equivalent to a Bachelor's degree obtained in Germany.

===How to provide proof that your university is recognized in Germany?===

The admission board's advice: print out the anabin database entry for proof. It is cost-free and fast:
* Use the database anabin and print out the information about your university
* Your university needs to be recognized with H+
* More information here: [[Desired Documents:Anabin|Anabin]]

If you have difficulties handling anabin, you may use the fee-based service, called Uni-Assist:
* This is the official recommendation of the Universität Hamburg is that you use the fee-based service Uni-Assist (but you don't need to if you provide the anabin printout)
* Request this service around 1 of December - otherwise Uni-Assist might not answer you in time
* More information about [[FAQ:UniAssist| Uni-Assist]]
* Only use Uni-assist if you do not want to look up your University in the database Anabin

Some countries have to get a German authorities endorsement anyway for visa or application- you may hand this in as additional proof:

An endorsement of recognition from German authorities, including information about the type of higher education entrance eligibility and, if applicable, for a particular subject. The Universität Hamburg accepts the following types of endorsement of recognition:

* APS certificates from the academic review offices of Beijing, Ulaanbaatar, and Hanoi

Please note: For the application to the Master program IAS - it is enough to send in your information from Anabin.

If you cannot find information on whether your university is recognized in Germany, the admission board has to decide case by case whether your degree sounds eligible or not. Usually, your degree does not qualify.

=Please send all documents to:=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test Score
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate + Diploma Supplement
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please highlight important information in your documents, e.g. grading scale, grade, "H+" in the anabin printout, finishing date ...

Please check carefully if you have sent all the required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the selection committee: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application. Think for yourself. Show that you can be a responsible and well-organized student.
The selection committee and the IAS team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

= Additional Documents =
Generally, all possible documents that support your application (especially as evidence for the arguments used in your motivation letter) can be included and will be taken into account in the selection process. Please include only documents that are relevant for this application. The selection of documents already shows your ability to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant content and a large amount of radomly added certificates or documents may have a negative effect on your ranking.

==Desired documents==

* Documents that add to the evidence needed for the requirements, e.g. additional proofs of language proficiency or higher education courses with computer science content, letter of recommendation
* Evidence for research or professional and/or international experience relevant to IAS studies.
* International experience, e.g. a study exchange, shows your ability to adapt to different learning and living environments and should be listed and described as part of our CV.
* The same holds for professional experience that may show your ability to work in a computer science context.
* Training courses or extensive experience that shows deep understanding of computer science concepts. This will be taken into account for general suitability for the very specific Master program IAS.

== Suitable additions ==
* GRE test or other academic tests showing your ability to study in higher education. Such tests are not required but may be taken into account if provided and if they add to the general story of the application.
* Certificates of contests and competitions can be added if relevant. Please carefully decide whether the certificate can add any additional value to your application.

== Undesired documents ==
* Full module handbooks. To show that you fulfill the requirement of the sufficient 60 ETCS credits, you have to send the self-made and structured table. Please don't send full module handbooks as the IAS admission team will not have the time to search for core CS courses in those handbooks for you.
* Certificates that don't add additional information or are not relevant at all. More is not always better since it may show that you are not able to decide what is relevant for the subject and what is not. Select the certificates that best show your abilities.

==Do all the documents have to be sent as certified/attested copies?==
No, not for the application at the Department of Informatics - IAS. You can send the required application documents as simple copies. But please be aware that once you have been sent an ''letter of acceptance'' by the CampusCenter (central administration), you have to send certified/attested copies of your language certificate, your university entrance qualification (e.g. high school certificate), and your bachelor's degree certificate to prove the authenticity of those documents together with the matriculation form '''within 14 days''' to the "Team for Application and Admission" (Ger: ''Team Bewerbung und Zulassung'') at the CampusCenter of the Universität Hamburg. Therefore, we highly recommend preparing certified/attested copies of all the relevant documents upfront.
The central administration team (CampusCenter Team for your enrolment, located at the city center) and the IAS Team (for your application and later your studies, located at the Department of Informatics, Hamburg Stellingen) are two very distinct teams and have nothing to do with the task of the other.

More FAQ

* [[FAQ: Q&A| Frequently Asked Questions about the application]]

Application:Required documents

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=List of all required documents for application=
In order to apply for the 2-year Master of Science program Intelligent Adaptive Systems, you need to send a paper application to the IAS Team at the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg. The IAS team is a team of IAS professors, researchers, lecturers, and academic advisors. The IAS Team and the admission board will only read complete applications that meet the formal requirements. These applications will be ranked according to the selection criteria.

In order to apply successfully please follow exactly these instructions:

The deadline is on the 31st of March. Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. The IAS selection committee does not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline (via postal mail) and/or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. You can not submit missing documents after the expiration of the application deadline, there will be no reconsideration.

The documents 'do not'' have to be sent as certified/attested copies when applying. You should '''not''' send original certificates since the IAS admission board will not send anything back. However, please note that in case your application is successful, you will need to send attested/certified copies to the University via postal mail ''within 2 weeks'', so be prepared. The notification whether you are accepted or not is send around 15 of May. Official English and German translation of documents are accepted.

Please read the explanations of what documents you have to send and follow the links to more information.

=='''1. Cover-letter-form''' ==
* Please fill in the cover-letter form (with a pdf viewer/reader).
* Then print the form. In case you are having any problems with filling in the form digitally you can also print the form and fill it in by hand (readable!).
* Send the printed form via postal mail as the first page of your application.
* Link to the cover-letter-form: [[Cover-letter-form|cover-letter-form]]

== '''2. The University's general online form (STiNE)'''==
The Universität Hamburg requires you to fill out a general and university-wide online form on their student platform called STiNE. The only purpose of this form is to register with the central administration. Nothing else. It is the way to tell the University that you might apply.
* While registering you will receive a BW - Number (Application Number). Please state this number in your cover letter.
* Submit, print and '''sign''' the STiNE online form and enclose the form with your paper application.
* Only within the application period (15 February - 31 March), the online application form can be accessed through the STiNE portal: https://www.stine.uni-hamburg.de. Sorry, some parts of the STiNE online form are in German and therefore rather tricky.
* As a service to IAS applicants, the IAS-Team has prepared a wiki entry: [[online application form|Online form STiNE]].
*For further questions about STiNE please ask the technical support of STiNE. STiNE is a part of the central administration - not the IAS Team's platform, see [https://www.stine.uni-hamburg.de/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=CampusNet&PRGNAME=EXTERNALPAGES&ARGUMENTS=-N000000000000002,-N000339,-A100101e#furtherquestions STiNE support].

After filling out the STiNE online form, '''click submit''', and then, '''print''' out the summary at the end (Ger: ''Druckansicht''). This print-out has to be '''signed'''. This submitted, printed, and signed STiNE form is one of the required documents which you have to send via postal mail to the Department of Informatics.

Please, note do not click "Freemover", that is the wrong application.

Please, note that the STiNE online form is just the general, uni-wide application form for central administration reasons only. You still need to send your paper application to the address below. With the complete paper application, you apply to the Department of Informatics for a place in the IAS program.

Use the address displayed here or websit not in STiNE.

==''' 3. Curriculum Vitae'''==
The CV (table version) should include information on your academic and professional career and if you have international experience. It should specifically list information on your background relevant for IAS such as projects on AI or Robotics. Please, '''provide evidence''' of such projects through acquired certificates. Project descriptions and outlines on their CS content are especially important if the achieved credits should be counted for the 60 ECTS in computer science.
Please, add your average/overall grade (can be preliminary) and your grading scale to your cv next to the information of your degree and provide official evidence for that information.

== '''4. Letter of Motivation'''==
This is the most important document since it accounts for 40% of your ranking score. It has to be written by yourself in the English language. There is a maximum of 1.5 pages that you should not exceed.
In this letter, you should explain your motivation to study especially this program. The text should answer the following questions:
* Why are you interested in the field "Intelligent Adaptive Systems" or what parts are most interesting and why?
* Why is this program especially suited to complement the knowledge you already have?
* Why did you choose to study this program at Universität Hamburg?
* How does this program fit into your academic and professional future goals

The admission board will give high ratings to those letters that show that the student has made a deliberate choice to study IAS and can justify their decision well while also explaining how studying IAS will bring the student closer to the desired goal. The board is looking for students that show high motivation and have a good chance of finishing the program with a high impact on the student's life. The ability to present a well-argued and connected chain of argument is a major ability the board is looking for.

Things that affect the rating adversely are, amongst many, generic letters that are written for multiple applications, letters that are written in bad English or do not follow a good structure.

The admission board does not want to read about the history of informatics, the admission board wants to read something relevant and precise about you.

== '''5. Proof(s) of English language proficiency'''==
Please see [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] for details on the required language certificates and further information.

Proof of English language proficiency by
CEFR/TELC: At least Level B2 in all testing categories (listening, reading, speaking, writing) better C1
IELTS: 6.5 + B2
TOEFL: IBT 90, PBT 575, CBT 230
Cambridge: CAE or CPE

==''' 6. Transcript of Records'''==
Please see '''[[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]]''' for detailed information on the requirements for your transcript of records.

== '''7. Self-made structured table of all core computer science courses'''==
As a formal requirement you need to evidence 60 ECTS in core computer science courses. To do so, please provide your transcript and a self-made table listing all your core computer science courses you have completed. Please, also refer to the listed information under [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] regarding questions about the ''ECTS credit system'', the ''calculation'' of the required 60 ECTS, ''modules/courses counted as CS'' by IAS admission board. Please use this [[Required Documents: Example structure table|example]] to provide your evidence of your 60 ECTS credits or more.

=='''8. BSc certificates and diploma supplement'''==

* If you have finished your degree send a copy of your degree certificate.

* You can also apply if you have finished 5/6 semesters and can evidence 150 ECTS credits (or comparable) of your first degree and at the point of application at least 60 ECTS in computer science must be evident. In order to estimate that you are going to finish you must provide the official transcript of records showing the amount of already acquired credits or credit hours and the number of minimum credits or credit hours required for completion. The final transcript and graduation certificate have to be handed in for enrolment if you are admitted.

* Diploma Supplement: In any case provide a description of your degree - it is an official document issued by most universities.
** The degree's grading system
** The standard amount of semesters required for completion of your degree
** The description of how many weeks per semester of in-class time with a lecturer present
** The description of how your credit systems works, e.g. 1 cp is worth 30 hours of in-class time with lecturer present meaning 2 hours a week for 15 weeks...

=='''9. Your grade'''==
In regards to your overall average grade (preliminary) or final grade, please provide a document with your (preliminary) final grade calculated by your university, even if only 5/6 or 7/8 semesters of the studies have been completed. Your grade should be in the grading system your university provides and with which you can provide the grading system. The grade needs to be in numbers, not letters. Make sure you send an official document attested by your university as the IAS selection committee does not accept self-calculated '''final''' grades nor does the IAS selection committee calculate final grades for you. If this information is listed in your transcript of records or degree certificate, then you don't need to provide this extra document.

Preliminary grade:
Some transcripts or universities do not provide a preliminary average grade: compute it on your own on an extra document and tell us how you did it. If it is not the simple grade average of all grades in the transcript, please provide extra official proof of how your university or degree rules are to compute it.

Please note: If you fail to provide proof of your grade or preliminary grade and grading scale - The grade you are assigned will be the worst possible grade - a grade of 9.9 in selection procedures. This means that applications without a grade will rank behind the last applicant who had provided a grade. This is also true if you state a different grade / grading scale in the table and cover-letter than in your transcript or when the selection committee controls your computation.

=='''10. Grading scale'''==
IAS admission board needs detailed information on your degree's grading system (alternative names: grading scale/scheme of evaluation/grade classification/range of marks ...) as it is important in our [[Application:Selection criteria| selection process]]. As the IAS admission board will evaluate and rank all applications, we need the grading scale of your university to make your average or final grade comparable to others. In a lot of cases, official transcripts of records display the university's grading system. Usually, this is a table with all the degree's grades and corresponding information like minimum passing grade and maximum, outstanding or excellent grade, etc. However, if this is not the case for your transcript of records, then please provide this information attested by your university.

Highlight the grading scale, minimum passing grade, and maximum grade in your official documents and state exactly on which page the relevant information can be found, e.g., "the grading scale can be found in the printed degree description page 4 Section 2.1.1 see highlighted information". The selection committee will not look through documents if no help is provided where to find the right information. Please display exact information on paper printout. You may provide a link to a lengthy document if you only printed out parts of a lengthy document for control reasons. The selection committee will not follow links nor translate websites to search for information if no information is provided in paper.

Please note: If you fail to provide proof of your grade or preliminary grade and grading scale - The grade you are assigned will be the worst possible grade - a grade of 9.9 in selection procedures. This means that applications without a grade or grading scale will rank behind the last applicant who had provided a grade. This is also true if you state a different grade / grading scale in the table and cover-letter than in your transcript/official documents or when the selection committee controls your computation.

=='''11. Evidence that your university and degree is recognized in Germany'''==
Admission to a Master degree program at a German university requires an undergraduate degree. This must have been obtained from a recognized higher education institution. The degree also must be equivalent to at least a three year Bachelor that was attained in Germany. It is a prerequisite for an application for the master course "IAS" that your university degree is recognized as equivalent to a Bachelor's degree obtained in Germany.

===How to provide proof that your university is recognized in Germany?===

The admission board's advice: print out the anabin database entry for proof. It is cost-free and fast:
* Use the database anabin and print out the information about your university
* Your university needs to be recognized with H+
* More information here: [[Desired Documents:Anabin|Anabin]]

If you have difficulties handling anabin, you may use the fee-based service, called Uni-Assist:
* This is the official recommendation of the Universität Hamburg is that you use the fee-based service Uni-Assist (but you don't need to if you provide the anabin printout)
* Request this service around 1 of December - otherwise Uni-Assist might not answer you in time
* More information about [[FAQ:UniAssist| Uni-Assist]]
* Only use Uni-assist if you do not want to look up your University in the database Anabin

Some countries have to get a German authorities endorsement anyway for visa or application- you may hand this in as additional proof:

An endorsement of recognition from German authorities, including information about the type of higher education entrance eligibility and, if applicable, for a particular subject. The Universität Hamburg accepts the following types of endorsement of recognition:

* APS certificates from the academic review offices of Beijing, Ulaanbaatar, and Hanoi

Please note: For the application to the Master program IAS - it is enough to send in your information from Anabin.

If you cannot find information on whether your university is recognized in Germany, the admission board has to decide case by case whether your degree sounds eligible or not. Usually, your degree does not qualify.

=Please send all documents to:=

Dr. Annika Peters
Universität Hamburg
Department of Informatics / WTM / F-214
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
D-22527 Hamburg
Germany

Please, put the documents in this order and make sure that they are not attached to one another (Please do not use staplers, paper clips, folders, etc.):
# Cover Sheet
# Signed Online Form STiNE
# CV
# Motivation Letter
# Language Test Score
# Transcript
# Self-made table
# Bachelor Certificate + Diploma Supplement
# Grade
# Grading scale
# Anabin print out
# everything else

Please highlight important information in your documents, e.g. grading scale, grade, "H+" in the anabin printout, finishing date ...

Please check carefully if you have sent all the required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31 of March (No postal mail arrives on Saturdays and Sundays at the university). Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. We do not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline via postal mail or if your STiNE online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. There will be no reconsideration of your application. Also note, that we do not inform you about received postal mail (letters, parcels, envelopes) – Please check with your postal mail provider if you like an acknowledgment.

One final note from the selection committee: There are more than 450 applicants and only 20 spaces on the program. We like a neat, well-structured, precise, and complete application. Think for yourself. Show that you can be a responsible and well-organized student.
The selection committee and the IAS team consist of professors, lecturers, advisors, Post-docs who will also teach you once you are accepted.

= Additional Documents =
Generally, all possible documents that support your application (especially as evidence for the arguments used in your motivation letter) can be included and will be taken into account in the selection process. Please include only documents that are relevant for this application. The selection of documents already shows your ability to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant content and a large amount of radomly added certificates or documents may have a negative effect on your ranking.

==Desired documents==

* Documents that add to the evidence needed for the requirements, e.g. additional proofs of language proficiency or higher education courses with computer science content, letter of recommendation
* Evidence for research or professional and/or international experience relevant to IAS studies.
* International experience, e.g. a study exchange, shows your ability to adapt to different learning and living environments and should be listed and described as part of our CV.
* The same holds for professional experience that may show your ability to work in a computer science context.
* Training courses or extensive experience that shows deep understanding of computer science concepts. This will be taken into account for general suitability for the very specific Master program IAS.

== Suitable additions ==
* GRE test or other academic tests showing your ability to study in higher education. Such tests are not required but may be taken into account if provided and if they add to the general story of the application.
* Certificates of contests and competitions can be added if relevant. Please carefully decide whether the certificate can add any additional value to your application.

== Undesired documents ==
* Full module handbooks. To show that you fulfill the requirement of the sufficient 60 ETCS credits, you have to send the self-made and structured table. Please don't send full module handbooks as the IAS admission team will not have the time to search for core CS courses in those handbooks for you.
* Certificates that don't add additional information or are not relevant at all. More is not always better since it may show that you are not able to decide what is relevant for the subject and what is not. Select the certificates that best show your abilities.

==Do all the documents have to be sent as certified/attested copies?==
No, not for the application at the Department of Informatics - IAS. You can send the required application documents as simple copies. But please be aware that once you have been sent an ''letter of acceptance'' by the CampusCenter (central administration), you have to send certified/attested copies of your language certificate, your university entrance qualification (e.g. high school certificate), and your bachelor's degree certificate to prove the authenticity of those documents together with the matriculation form '''within 14 days''' to the "Team for Application and Admission" (Ger: ''Team Bewerbung und Zulassung'') at the CampusCenter of the Universität Hamburg. Therefore, we highly recommend preparing certified/attested copies of all the relevant documents upfront.
The central administration team (CampusCenter Team for your enrolment, located at the city center) and the IAS Team (for your application and later your studies, located at the Department of Informatics, Hamburg Stellingen) are two very distinct teams and have nothing to do with the task of the other.

More FAQ

* [[FAQ: Q&A| Frequently Asked Questions about the application]]

Admission Process

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On this page, you can read about the general application/admission process and receive information about the type of response you have received acceptance, rejection, rejection with waiting list option.

'''The admission process'''

For the application process and later admission process, it is important that applicants understand that there are two completely different points of contact at the Universität Hamburg which you have to interact with at different stages of your application/enrolment/studies.

To avoid confusion we like to point out that there are two distinct points of contact of the Universität Hamburg you have to deal with for application and admission:
* '''The IAS Team''': The IAS Team is part of the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg. The IAS Team is responsible for the application process, selection process, program coordination, curriculum, questions about the IAS program, and counseling of students and applicants regarding study plans, and exams amongst others. The IAS Team runs the IAS program and also contains the selection committee (a group of professors, post-doctoral researchers, lecturers, academic advisors) who select the candidates. All questions regarding the content of the program, your curriculum, application, website, wiki, and difficulties while studying should be asked to the IAS Team. The IAS program has a special appointed academic advisor, who can be reached via ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de and should be contacted regarding the above. IAS Team is managed by the academic advisor.

* '''CampusCenter Team:''' central administration of the entire university. The Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung TBZ") is located at the Campus Center - Main Campus and part of the central administration (Do not confuse this with the IAS Team and Selection Committee). They are running the online application system STiNE, are centrally responsible for all admissions at the University, are processing admissions and all legal issues. The CampusCenter provides central student documents (student ID card, confirmation documents) and has full control over all formal issues leading to your enrolment. Once you are fully enrolled (paid semester contribution), responsibility is partly handed back to the academic office at the department and to your academic advisor who is the contact for all study issues (ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de). The CampusCenter is responsible for sending your letter of acceptance/rejection. You send your enrolment documents to the CampusCenter. Please contact the Campus Center for all questions regarding the official enrolment or confirmation of enrolment for visa. Contact them via the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter]

* '''The academic office at the department of informatics''': There is also an academic coordinator who you should contact when you have questions regarding e.g. module and exam registrations, recognition of credit points, recognition of german lectures or other lectures, transcript, etc.). They are not involved before you actually start studying [https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/studies/orga/stb.html Contact academic office]

=Description of application/admission/enrolment/study process. What happens after I send my application?=
'''31 March:''' You have sent your application to the IAS Team at the Department of Informatics before the 31 of March. The IAS Team evaluates (only complete) applications.

'''1 May''', the IAS Team sends a list of ranking of all eligible applicants to the CampusCenter Team (the central administration of Universität Hamburg).
Once the ranking is done, the admission process is happening at the CampusCenter until you are fully enrolled. This also means that we at the department of informatics have no access to the admission process in detail and only receive the final list of enrolled students shortly before the start of the semester! Please tell the IAS Team as soon as you have enrolled yourself that you did (end of May) in order for you to receive all informational emails regarding the start of your study. The IAS Team stays in contact with the accepted students after application to ease the transition into your new study program in October. In general, you should always contact the IAS Team and your academic advisor first or in cc: IAS Team's contact: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de

'''Admission:'''
'''15 May:''' The CampusCenter Team decides how many of the top-ranked students receive a letter of acceptance (around 20) and instruction on how to enroll. Usually, this happens around 15 of May.

'''Enrolment:'''
'''29 May:''' For enrolment, the accepted applicants have to send certified documents and their enrolment form to the CampusCenter within two weeks (29 May).
After sending the enrolment documents and certified copies of your certificates, the accepted applicants are enrolled and for sure a student of the Universität Hamburg. Congratulations. The CampusCenter does not send any acknowledgment for receiving your documents. If you need one/like one, you need to request it via CampusCenter contact form. Anyhow, your place for the Master International Adaptive Systems is secured until the semester starts even though you might not have received any preliminary semester documents.
Until '''30 September''' the CampusCenter sends an email with your new student STiNE login, preliminary semester documents, demand for payment of your semester contribution. After you have paid you will receive your full semester documents (at that point you will have arrived in Germany and Universität Hamburg, probably have started studying). Sending the preliminary documents so late is an administrative decision of the central administration (CampusCenter) at the Universität Hamburg. Sorry. Sometimes they are really late in September with sending this one email. Do not worry and if you need an acknowledgment of preliminary enrolment for assurance/visa/bank account please request it, [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter Contact Form] .

'''Arriving in Hamburg:'''
'''1 October''' The first two weeks in October are welcome/orientation weeks, please attend.

=I have received a letter of acceptance ("Zulassungsbescheid")=
For information on the enrollment '''form''', see the [[FAQ:Matriculation Form | matriculation form page]].

==Am I required to send all documents as certified copies again?==
Yes, you have to sent originals or certified/attested copies for admission (to the Campus Center Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung (TBZ)").

==I do not have German health insurance! What do I have to do?==
You can '''only''' get German health insurance once you have a valid address in Germany. The Campus Center Team for Application and Admission is aware of this problem and you can provide the confirmation once you are in Germany and have accommodation. Please attach a note to your enrolment/matriculation form, saying that you are an international student from outside Europe.

Please check the official information here: [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/krankenversicherung Info of Universität Hamburg ] and [https://www.hamburg.com/welcome/career-profession/study/11872998/health-insurance/ Info of the city of Hamburg].

Travel health insurance does ''not'' provide sufficient coverage for the duration of studies in Germany.

Please see the FAQ section on [[FAQ:Main|health insurance]].

== Where do I have to send the admission (enrollment) documents? ==
The address is given on the top-right hand side of the first page of the letter of acceptance.

==How to waive your place after enrolment==
In case you are one of the 20 lucky students who received a letter of acceptance mid of May, enrolled yourself, then decide you do not want to start studying please fill in this form as early as possible:
Please be a fair player, otherwise, nobody will be contacted on the waiting list. (Nobody will be contacted when the semester has started.)

* [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/verzicht.html Free your accepted place for somebody on the waiting list]

=I have received a rejection notification and have been put on the waiting list ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[FAQ:Translation:WaitingListLetter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You have fulfilled the application requirements and your application was ranked by the selection committee. Unfortunately your rank was outside the range of available spaces and you have been put on the waiting list for this year. The Team for Application and Admission will send out offers until the available spaces have been filled. If people first accept the offer and later retract their admission, it can happen that you even receive an offer letter shortly before the start of the semester (in which case we usually can find special arrangements to allow for enough time). Since we have many people each year that do not accept our offers, the first wave of letters already includes a considerable amount of overbooking to shorten the time until all spaces could be filled.

==How does the waiting list work?==
At the beginning of the admission process, a number of applicants receive a letter of acceptance. This number is calculated by the number of available spaces (so far 20 each year) plus a percentage for overbooking. Many students who receive an offer reject it because they have already taken another offer. If less students reply than there are available spaces, offer letters are sent out to the next applicants of the waiting list until all spaces are filled. This means that if you are high up on the waiting list, you may receive a letter of acceptance a few weeks after the official publication date of the results. Please check your online account on a regular basis for a new letter in "Documents"!

==Is the waiting list carried over to next year?==
No, the waiting list is not carried over to the next application period. Once the admission process has finished (i.e. all spaces are successfully filled), the waiting list is reset. If you would like to reapply please ask the selection committee for advice and please check the requirements close to the application period (February-March).

=I have received a rejection notification on formal grounds ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[Translation:Rejection Letter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You receive this letter if the selection committee has decided that you don't fulfill one or more of the requirements. This usually is due to missing credits from the field of computer science, insufficient language proficiency, or incomplete applications due to missing documents. Your application has therefore not been ranked and had to be rejected on formal grounds.

===My application was rejected due to missing credits from computer science but I surely have enough?===
As mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements|formal requirements]] the selection committee carefully checks all submitted evidence for credits in computer science. Check the formal requirement page's specifics on which courses will be and will not be counted as computer science core courses. Since there are many more applications than available spaces, the selection committee is very strict with this requirement. The relatedness of your degree to the standard BSc Informatik here in Hamburg is part of the selection criteria, so even a degree close to the boundary of 60 ECTS will receive a less favorable ranking since the 60 ECTS are the minimum.

===My application was rejected due to language proficiency?===
People who have handed in a certificate which is below the required mark will be rejected. People who tried to fulfill the requirement through alternative means will often be rejected on these grounds if the selection committee does not see enough evidence for language proficiency on the required level. Please consult the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] page on language proficiency for detailed information.

===My application was rejected due to missing documents===
As mentioned on the [[Application:Required documents|required documents]] page, you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31st of March. Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. The IAS selection committee does not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline (via postal mail) and/or if your online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. You can not submit missing documents after the expiration of the application deadline, there will be no reconsideration.

===What can I do if I think the given reason has to be wrong?===
The selection committee carefully reviews each application. Applications close to the required mark in the language certificate or close to 60 ECTS have been triple checked by the selection committee by the time you received the rejection.
This is also true for rejections on the ground of missing documents - there is really nothing the selection committee or anybody can do for you.
You can ask the IAS Team/Selection Committee for explanation and/or look in your case again and/or for statistics - please do so friendly - stating your full name, the application number, and your question: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Please be patient, it is not the IAS Teams main task answering emails of rejected students, but you will get an answer eventually). Please do not get your hopes up - usually, the decision has been made. You may reapply next year (Please ask the selection committee whether they would advise that.)

Short statistics:
Usually, there are more than 400 applications and only 20 open spaces to be filled therefore the requirements for applying are strict with no exception.

Admission Process

2020-03-11T13:20:22Z

Felix: /* What can I do if I think the given reason has to be wrong? */

On this page, you can read about the general application/admission process and receive information about the type of response you have received acceptance, rejection, rejection with waiting list option.

'''The admission process'''

For the application process and later admission process, it is important that applicants understand that there are two completely different points of contact at the Universität Hamburg which you have to interact with at different stages of your application/enrolment/studies.

To avoid confusion we like to point out that there are two distinct points of contact of the Universität Hamburg you have to deal with for application and admission:
* '''The IAS Team''': The IAS Team is part of the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg. The IAS Team is responsible for the application process, selection process, program coordination, curriculum, questions about the IAS program, and counseling of students and applicants regarding study plans, and exams amongst others. The IAS Team runs the IAS program and also contains the selection committee (a group of professors, post-doctoral researchers, lecturers, academic advisors) who select the candidates. All questions regarding the content of the program, your curriculum, application, website, wiki, and difficulties while studying should be asked to the IAS Team. The IAS program has a special appointed academic advisor, who can be reached via ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de and should be contacted regarding the above. IAS Team is managed by the academic advisor.

* '''CampusCenter Team:''' central administration of the entire university. The Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung TBZ") is located at the Campus Center - Main Campus and part of the central administration (Do not confuse this with the IAS Team and Selection Committee). They are running the online application system STiNE, are centrally responsible for all admissions at the University, are processing admissions and all legal issues. The CampusCenter provides central student documents (student ID card, confirmation documents) and has full control over all formal issues leading to your enrolment. Once you are fully enrolled (paid semester contribution), responsibility is partly handed back to the academic office at the department and to your academic advisor who is the contact for all study issues (ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de). The CampusCenter is responsible for sending your letter of acceptance/rejection. You send your enrolment documents to the CampusCenter. Please contact the Campus Center for all questions regarding the official enrolment or confirmation of enrolment for visa. Contact them via the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter]

* '''The academic office at the department of informatics''': There is also an academic coordinator who you should contact when you have questions regarding e.g. module and exam registrations, recognition of credit points, recognition of german lectures or other lectures, transcript, etc.). They are not involved before you actually start studying [https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/studies/orga/stb.html Contact academic office]

=Description of application/admission/enrolment/study process. What happens after I send my application?=
'''31 March:''' You have sent your application to the IAS Team at the Department of Informatics before the 31 of March. The IAS Team evaluates (only complete) applications.

'''1 May''', the IAS Team sends a list of ranking of all eligible applicants to the CampusCenter Team (the central administration of Universität Hamburg).
Once the ranking is done, the admission process is happening at the CampusCenter until you are fully enrolled. This also means that we at the department of informatics have no access to the admission process in detail and only receive the final list of enrolled students shortly before the start of the semester! Please tell the IAS Team as soon as you have enrolled yourself that you did (end of May) in order for you to receive all informational emails regarding the start of your study. The IAS Team stays in contact with the accepted students after application to ease the transition into your new study program in October. In general, you should always contact the IAS Team and your academic advisor first or in cc: IAS Team's contact: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de

'''Admission:'''
'''15 May:''' The CampusCenter Team decides how many of the top-ranked students receive a letter of acceptance (around 20) and instruction on how to enroll. Usually, this happens around 15 of May.

'''Enrolment:'''
'''29 May:''' For enrolment, the accepted applicants have to send certified documents and their enrolment form to the CampusCenter within two weeks (29 May).
After sending the enrolment documents and certified copies of your certificates, the accepted applicants are enrolled and for sure a student of the Universität Hamburg. Congratulations. The CampusCenter does not send any acknowledgment for receiving your documents. If you need one/like one, you need to request it via CampusCenter contact form. Anyhow, your place for the Master International Adaptive Systems is secured until the semester starts even though you might not have received any preliminary semester documents.
Until '''30 September''' the CampusCenter sends an email with your new student STiNE login, preliminary semester documents, demand for payment of your semester contribution. After you have paid you will receive your full semester documents (at that point you will have arrived in Germany and Universität Hamburg, probably have started studying). Sending the preliminary documents so late is an administrative decision of the central administration (CampusCenter) at the Universität Hamburg. Sorry. Sometimes they are really late in September with sending this one email. Do not worry and if you need an acknowledgment of preliminary enrolment for assurance/visa/bank account please request it, [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter Contact Form] .

'''Arriving in Hamburg:'''
'''1 October''' The first two weeks in October are welcome/orientation weeks, please attend.

=I have received a letter of acceptance ("Zulassungsbescheid")=
For information on the enrollment '''form''', see the [[FAQ:Matriculation Form | matriculation form page]].

==Am I required to send all documents as certified copies again?==
Yes, you have to sent originals or certified/attested copies for admission (to the Campus Center Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung (TBZ)").

==I do not have German health insurance! What do I have to do?==
You can '''only''' get German health insurance once you have a valid address in Germany. The Campus Center Team for Application and Admission is aware of this problem and you can provide the confirmation once you are in Germany and have accommodation. Please attach a note to your enrolment/matriculation form, saying that you are an international student from outside Europe.

Please check the official information here: [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/krankenversicherung Info of Universität Hamburg ] and [https://www.hamburg.com/welcome/career-profession/study/11872998/health-insurance/ Info of the city of Hamburg].

Travel health insurance does ''not'' provide sufficient coverage for the duration of studies in Germany.

Please see the FAQ section on [[FAQ:Main|health insurance]].

== Where do I have to send the admission (enrollment) documents? ==
The address is given on the top-right hand side of the first page of the letter of acceptance.

==How to waive your place after enrolment==
In case you are one of the 20 lucky students who received a letter of acceptance mid of May, enrolled yourself, then decide you do not want to start studying please fill in this form as early as possible:
Please be a fair player, otherwise, nobody will be contacted on the waiting list. (Nobody will be contacted when the semester has started.)

* [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/verzicht.html Free your accepted place for somebody on the waiting list]

=I have received a rejection notification and have been put on the waiting list ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[FAQ:Translation:WaitingListLetter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You have fulfilled the application requirements and your application was ranked by the selection committee. Unfortunately your rank was outside the range of available spaces and you have been put on the waiting list for this year. The Team for Application and Admission will send out offers until the available spaces have been filled. If people first accept the offer and later retract their admission, it can happen that you even receive an offer letter shortly before the start of the semester (in which case we usually can find special arrangements to allow for enough time). Since we have many people each year that do not accept our offers, the first wave of letters already includes a considerable amount of overbooking to shorten the time until all spaces could be filled.

==How does the waiting list work?==
At the beginning of the admission process, a number of applicants receive a letter of acceptance. This number is calculated by the number of available spaces (so far 20 each year) plus a percentage for overbooking. Many students who receive an offer reject it because they have already taken another offer. If less students reply than there are available spaces, offer letters are sent out to the next applicants of the waiting list until all spaces are filled. This means that if you are high up on the waiting list, you may receive a letter of acceptance a few weeks after the official publication date of the results. Please check your online account on a regular basis for a new letter in "Documents"!

==Is the waiting list carried over to next year?==
No, the waiting list is not carried over to the next application period. Once the admission process has finished (i.e. all spaces are successfully filled), the waiting list is reset. If you would like to reapply please ask the selection committee for advice and please check the requirements close to the application period (February-March).

=I have received a rejection notification on formal grounds ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[Translation:Rejection Letter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You receive this letter if the selection committee has decided that you don't fulfill one or more of the requirements. This usually is due to missing credits from the field of computer science, insufficient language proficiency, or incomplete applications due to missing documents. Your application has therefore not been ranked and had to be rejected on formal grounds.

===My application was rejected due to missing credits from computer science but I surely have enough?===
As mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements|formal requirements]] the selection committee carefully checks all submitted evidence for credits in computer science. Check the formal requirement page's specifics on which courses will be and will not be counted as computer science core courses. Since there are many more applications than available spaces, the selection committee is very strict with this requirement. The relatedness of your degree to the standard BSc Informatik here in Hamburg is part of the selection criteria, so even a degree close to the boundary of 60 ECTS will receive a less favorable ranking since the 60 ECTS are the minimum.

===My application was rejected due to language proficiency?===
People who have handed in a certificate which is below the required mark will be rejected. People who tried to fulfill the requirement through alternative means will often be rejected on these grounds if the selection committee does not see enough evidence for language proficiency on the required level. Please consult the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] page on language proficiency for detailed information.

===My application was rejected due to missing documents===
As mentioned on the [[Application:Required documents|required documents]] page, you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31st of March. Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. The IAS selection committee does not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline (via postal mail) and/or if your online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. You can not submit missing documents after the expiration of the application deadline, there will be no reconsideration.

===What can I do if I think the given reason has to be wrong?===
The selection committee carefully reviews each application. Applications close to the required mark in the language certificate or close to 60 ECTS have been triple checked by the selection committee by the time you received the rejection.
This is also true for rejections on the ground of missing documents - there is really nothing the selection committee or anybody can do for you.
You can ask the IAS Team/Selection Committee for explanation and/or look in your case again and/or for statistics - please do so friendly - stating your full name, the application number, and your question: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Please be patient, it is not the IAS Teams main task answering emails of rejected students, but you will get an answer eventually). Please do not get your hopes up - usually, the decision has been made. You may reapply next year (Please ask the admission board whether they would advise that.)

Short statistics:
Usually, there are more than 400 applications and only 20 open spaces to be filled therefore the requirements for applying are strict with no exception.

Admission Process

2020-03-11T13:19:59Z

Felix: /* What can I do if I think the given reason has to be wrong? */

On this page, you can read about the general application/admission process and receive information about the type of response you have received acceptance, rejection, rejection with waiting list option.

'''The admission process'''

For the application process and later admission process, it is important that applicants understand that there are two completely different points of contact at the Universität Hamburg which you have to interact with at different stages of your application/enrolment/studies.

To avoid confusion we like to point out that there are two distinct points of contact of the Universität Hamburg you have to deal with for application and admission:
* '''The IAS Team''': The IAS Team is part of the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg. The IAS Team is responsible for the application process, selection process, program coordination, curriculum, questions about the IAS program, and counseling of students and applicants regarding study plans, and exams amongst others. The IAS Team runs the IAS program and also contains the selection committee (a group of professors, post-doctoral researchers, lecturers, academic advisors) who select the candidates. All questions regarding the content of the program, your curriculum, application, website, wiki, and difficulties while studying should be asked to the IAS Team. The IAS program has a special appointed academic advisor, who can be reached via ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de and should be contacted regarding the above. IAS Team is managed by the academic advisor.

* '''CampusCenter Team:''' central administration of the entire university. The Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung TBZ") is located at the Campus Center - Main Campus and part of the central administration (Do not confuse this with the IAS Team and Selection Committee). They are running the online application system STiNE, are centrally responsible for all admissions at the University, are processing admissions and all legal issues. The CampusCenter provides central student documents (student ID card, confirmation documents) and has full control over all formal issues leading to your enrolment. Once you are fully enrolled (paid semester contribution), responsibility is partly handed back to the academic office at the department and to your academic advisor who is the contact for all study issues (ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de). The CampusCenter is responsible for sending your letter of acceptance/rejection. You send your enrolment documents to the CampusCenter. Please contact the Campus Center for all questions regarding the official enrolment or confirmation of enrolment for visa. Contact them via the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter]

* '''The academic office at the department of informatics''': There is also an academic coordinator who you should contact when you have questions regarding e.g. module and exam registrations, recognition of credit points, recognition of german lectures or other lectures, transcript, etc.). They are not involved before you actually start studying [https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/studies/orga/stb.html Contact academic office]

=Description of application/admission/enrolment/study process. What happens after I send my application?=
'''31 March:''' You have sent your application to the IAS Team at the Department of Informatics before the 31 of March. The IAS Team evaluates (only complete) applications.

'''1 May''', the IAS Team sends a list of ranking of all eligible applicants to the CampusCenter Team (the central administration of Universität Hamburg).
Once the ranking is done, the admission process is happening at the CampusCenter until you are fully enrolled. This also means that we at the department of informatics have no access to the admission process in detail and only receive the final list of enrolled students shortly before the start of the semester! Please tell the IAS Team as soon as you have enrolled yourself that you did (end of May) in order for you to receive all informational emails regarding the start of your study. The IAS Team stays in contact with the accepted students after application to ease the transition into your new study program in October. In general, you should always contact the IAS Team and your academic advisor first or in cc: IAS Team's contact: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de

'''Admission:'''
'''15 May:''' The CampusCenter Team decides how many of the top-ranked students receive a letter of acceptance (around 20) and instruction on how to enroll. Usually, this happens around 15 of May.

'''Enrolment:'''
'''29 May:''' For enrolment, the accepted applicants have to send certified documents and their enrolment form to the CampusCenter within two weeks (29 May).
After sending the enrolment documents and certified copies of your certificates, the accepted applicants are enrolled and for sure a student of the Universität Hamburg. Congratulations. The CampusCenter does not send any acknowledgment for receiving your documents. If you need one/like one, you need to request it via CampusCenter contact form. Anyhow, your place for the Master International Adaptive Systems is secured until the semester starts even though you might not have received any preliminary semester documents.
Until '''30 September''' the CampusCenter sends an email with your new student STiNE login, preliminary semester documents, demand for payment of your semester contribution. After you have paid you will receive your full semester documents (at that point you will have arrived in Germany and Universität Hamburg, probably have started studying). Sending the preliminary documents so late is an administrative decision of the central administration (CampusCenter) at the Universität Hamburg. Sorry. Sometimes they are really late in September with sending this one email. Do not worry and if you need an acknowledgment of preliminary enrolment for assurance/visa/bank account please request it, [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter Contact Form] .

'''Arriving in Hamburg:'''
'''1 October''' The first two weeks in October are welcome/orientation weeks, please attend.

=I have received a letter of acceptance ("Zulassungsbescheid")=
For information on the enrollment '''form''', see the [[FAQ:Matriculation Form | matriculation form page]].

==Am I required to send all documents as certified copies again?==
Yes, you have to sent originals or certified/attested copies for admission (to the Campus Center Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung (TBZ)").

==I do not have German health insurance! What do I have to do?==
You can '''only''' get German health insurance once you have a valid address in Germany. The Campus Center Team for Application and Admission is aware of this problem and you can provide the confirmation once you are in Germany and have accommodation. Please attach a note to your enrolment/matriculation form, saying that you are an international student from outside Europe.

Please check the official information here: [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/krankenversicherung Info of Universität Hamburg ] and [https://www.hamburg.com/welcome/career-profession/study/11872998/health-insurance/ Info of the city of Hamburg].

Travel health insurance does ''not'' provide sufficient coverage for the duration of studies in Germany.

Please see the FAQ section on [[FAQ:Main|health insurance]].

== Where do I have to send the admission (enrollment) documents? ==
The address is given on the top-right hand side of the first page of the letter of acceptance.

==How to waive your place after enrolment==
In case you are one of the 20 lucky students who received a letter of acceptance mid of May, enrolled yourself, then decide you do not want to start studying please fill in this form as early as possible:
Please be a fair player, otherwise, nobody will be contacted on the waiting list. (Nobody will be contacted when the semester has started.)

* [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/verzicht.html Free your accepted place for somebody on the waiting list]

=I have received a rejection notification and have been put on the waiting list ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[FAQ:Translation:WaitingListLetter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You have fulfilled the application requirements and your application was ranked by the selection committee. Unfortunately your rank was outside the range of available spaces and you have been put on the waiting list for this year. The Team for Application and Admission will send out offers until the available spaces have been filled. If people first accept the offer and later retract their admission, it can happen that you even receive an offer letter shortly before the start of the semester (in which case we usually can find special arrangements to allow for enough time). Since we have many people each year that do not accept our offers, the first wave of letters already includes a considerable amount of overbooking to shorten the time until all spaces could be filled.

==How does the waiting list work?==
At the beginning of the admission process, a number of applicants receive a letter of acceptance. This number is calculated by the number of available spaces (so far 20 each year) plus a percentage for overbooking. Many students who receive an offer reject it because they have already taken another offer. If less students reply than there are available spaces, offer letters are sent out to the next applicants of the waiting list until all spaces are filled. This means that if you are high up on the waiting list, you may receive a letter of acceptance a few weeks after the official publication date of the results. Please check your online account on a regular basis for a new letter in "Documents"!

==Is the waiting list carried over to next year?==
No, the waiting list is not carried over to the next application period. Once the admission process has finished (i.e. all spaces are successfully filled), the waiting list is reset. If you would like to reapply please ask the selection committee for advice and please check the requirements close to the application period (February-March).

=I have received a rejection notification on formal grounds ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[Translation:Rejection Letter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You receive this letter if the selection committee has decided that you don't fulfill one or more of the requirements. This usually is due to missing credits from the field of computer science, insufficient language proficiency, or incomplete applications due to missing documents. Your application has therefore not been ranked and had to be rejected on formal grounds.

===My application was rejected due to missing credits from computer science but I surely have enough?===
As mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements|formal requirements]] the selection committee carefully checks all submitted evidence for credits in computer science. Check the formal requirement page's specifics on which courses will be and will not be counted as computer science core courses. Since there are many more applications than available spaces, the selection committee is very strict with this requirement. The relatedness of your degree to the standard BSc Informatik here in Hamburg is part of the selection criteria, so even a degree close to the boundary of 60 ECTS will receive a less favorable ranking since the 60 ECTS are the minimum.

===My application was rejected due to language proficiency?===
People who have handed in a certificate which is below the required mark will be rejected. People who tried to fulfill the requirement through alternative means will often be rejected on these grounds if the selection committee does not see enough evidence for language proficiency on the required level. Please consult the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] page on language proficiency for detailed information.

===My application was rejected due to missing documents===
As mentioned on the [[Application:Required documents|required documents]] page, you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31st of March. Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. The IAS selection committee does not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline (via postal mail) and/or if your online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. You can not submit missing documents after the expiration of the application deadline, there will be no reconsideration.

===What can I do if I think the given reason has to be wrong?===
The selection committee carefully reviews each application. Applications close to the required mark in the language certificate or close to 60 ECTS have been triple checked by the selection committee by the time you received the rejection.
This is also true for rejections on the ground of missing documents - there is really nothing the selection committee or anybody can do for you.
You can ask the IAS Team/Admission Board for explanation and/or look in your case again and/or for statistics - please do so friendly - stating your full name, the application number, and your question: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Please be patient, it is not the IAS Teams main task answering emails of rejected students, but you will get an answer eventually). Please do not get your hopes up - usually, the decision has been made. You may reapply next year (Please ask the admission board whether they would advise that.)

Short statistics:
Usually, there are more than 400 applications and only 20 open spaces to be filled therefore the requirements for applying are strict with no exception.

Admission Process

2020-03-11T13:19:37Z

Felix: /* What can I do if I think the given reason has to be wrong? */

On this page, you can read about the general application/admission process and receive information about the type of response you have received acceptance, rejection, rejection with waiting list option.

'''The admission process'''

For the application process and later admission process, it is important that applicants understand that there are two completely different points of contact at the Universität Hamburg which you have to interact with at different stages of your application/enrolment/studies.

To avoid confusion we like to point out that there are two distinct points of contact of the Universität Hamburg you have to deal with for application and admission:
* '''The IAS Team''': The IAS Team is part of the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg. The IAS Team is responsible for the application process, selection process, program coordination, curriculum, questions about the IAS program, and counseling of students and applicants regarding study plans, and exams amongst others. The IAS Team runs the IAS program and also contains the selection committee (a group of professors, post-doctoral researchers, lecturers, academic advisors) who select the candidates. All questions regarding the content of the program, your curriculum, application, website, wiki, and difficulties while studying should be asked to the IAS Team. The IAS program has a special appointed academic advisor, who can be reached via ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de and should be contacted regarding the above. IAS Team is managed by the academic advisor.

* '''CampusCenter Team:''' central administration of the entire university. The Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung TBZ") is located at the Campus Center - Main Campus and part of the central administration (Do not confuse this with the IAS Team and Selection Committee). They are running the online application system STiNE, are centrally responsible for all admissions at the University, are processing admissions and all legal issues. The CampusCenter provides central student documents (student ID card, confirmation documents) and has full control over all formal issues leading to your enrolment. Once you are fully enrolled (paid semester contribution), responsibility is partly handed back to the academic office at the department and to your academic advisor who is the contact for all study issues (ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de). The CampusCenter is responsible for sending your letter of acceptance/rejection. You send your enrolment documents to the CampusCenter. Please contact the Campus Center for all questions regarding the official enrolment or confirmation of enrolment for visa. Contact them via the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter]

* '''The academic office at the department of informatics''': There is also an academic coordinator who you should contact when you have questions regarding e.g. module and exam registrations, recognition of credit points, recognition of german lectures or other lectures, transcript, etc.). They are not involved before you actually start studying [https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/studies/orga/stb.html Contact academic office]

=Description of application/admission/enrolment/study process. What happens after I send my application?=
'''31 March:''' You have sent your application to the IAS Team at the Department of Informatics before the 31 of March. The IAS Team evaluates (only complete) applications.

'''1 May''', the IAS Team sends a list of ranking of all eligible applicants to the CampusCenter Team (the central administration of Universität Hamburg).
Once the ranking is done, the admission process is happening at the CampusCenter until you are fully enrolled. This also means that we at the department of informatics have no access to the admission process in detail and only receive the final list of enrolled students shortly before the start of the semester! Please tell the IAS Team as soon as you have enrolled yourself that you did (end of May) in order for you to receive all informational emails regarding the start of your study. The IAS Team stays in contact with the accepted students after application to ease the transition into your new study program in October. In general, you should always contact the IAS Team and your academic advisor first or in cc: IAS Team's contact: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de

'''Admission:'''
'''15 May:''' The CampusCenter Team decides how many of the top-ranked students receive a letter of acceptance (around 20) and instruction on how to enroll. Usually, this happens around 15 of May.

'''Enrolment:'''
'''29 May:''' For enrolment, the accepted applicants have to send certified documents and their enrolment form to the CampusCenter within two weeks (29 May).
After sending the enrolment documents and certified copies of your certificates, the accepted applicants are enrolled and for sure a student of the Universität Hamburg. Congratulations. The CampusCenter does not send any acknowledgment for receiving your documents. If you need one/like one, you need to request it via CampusCenter contact form. Anyhow, your place for the Master International Adaptive Systems is secured until the semester starts even though you might not have received any preliminary semester documents.
Until '''30 September''' the CampusCenter sends an email with your new student STiNE login, preliminary semester documents, demand for payment of your semester contribution. After you have paid you will receive your full semester documents (at that point you will have arrived in Germany and Universität Hamburg, probably have started studying). Sending the preliminary documents so late is an administrative decision of the central administration (CampusCenter) at the Universität Hamburg. Sorry. Sometimes they are really late in September with sending this one email. Do not worry and if you need an acknowledgment of preliminary enrolment for assurance/visa/bank account please request it, [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter Contact Form] .

'''Arriving in Hamburg:'''
'''1 October''' The first two weeks in October are welcome/orientation weeks, please attend.

=I have received a letter of acceptance ("Zulassungsbescheid")=
For information on the enrollment '''form''', see the [[FAQ:Matriculation Form | matriculation form page]].

==Am I required to send all documents as certified copies again?==
Yes, you have to sent originals or certified/attested copies for admission (to the Campus Center Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung (TBZ)").

==I do not have German health insurance! What do I have to do?==
You can '''only''' get German health insurance once you have a valid address in Germany. The Campus Center Team for Application and Admission is aware of this problem and you can provide the confirmation once you are in Germany and have accommodation. Please attach a note to your enrolment/matriculation form, saying that you are an international student from outside Europe.

Please check the official information here: [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/krankenversicherung Info of Universität Hamburg ] and [https://www.hamburg.com/welcome/career-profession/study/11872998/health-insurance/ Info of the city of Hamburg].

Travel health insurance does ''not'' provide sufficient coverage for the duration of studies in Germany.

Please see the FAQ section on [[FAQ:Main|health insurance]].

== Where do I have to send the admission (enrollment) documents? ==
The address is given on the top-right hand side of the first page of the letter of acceptance.

==How to waive your place after enrolment==
In case you are one of the 20 lucky students who received a letter of acceptance mid of May, enrolled yourself, then decide you do not want to start studying please fill in this form as early as possible:
Please be a fair player, otherwise, nobody will be contacted on the waiting list. (Nobody will be contacted when the semester has started.)

* [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/verzicht.html Free your accepted place for somebody on the waiting list]

=I have received a rejection notification and have been put on the waiting list ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[FAQ:Translation:WaitingListLetter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You have fulfilled the application requirements and your application was ranked by the selection committee. Unfortunately your rank was outside the range of available spaces and you have been put on the waiting list for this year. The Team for Application and Admission will send out offers until the available spaces have been filled. If people first accept the offer and later retract their admission, it can happen that you even receive an offer letter shortly before the start of the semester (in which case we usually can find special arrangements to allow for enough time). Since we have many people each year that do not accept our offers, the first wave of letters already includes a considerable amount of overbooking to shorten the time until all spaces could be filled.

==How does the waiting list work?==
At the beginning of the admission process, a number of applicants receive a letter of acceptance. This number is calculated by the number of available spaces (so far 20 each year) plus a percentage for overbooking. Many students who receive an offer reject it because they have already taken another offer. If less students reply than there are available spaces, offer letters are sent out to the next applicants of the waiting list until all spaces are filled. This means that if you are high up on the waiting list, you may receive a letter of acceptance a few weeks after the official publication date of the results. Please check your online account on a regular basis for a new letter in "Documents"!

==Is the waiting list carried over to next year?==
No, the waiting list is not carried over to the next application period. Once the admission process has finished (i.e. all spaces are successfully filled), the waiting list is reset. If you would like to reapply please ask the selection committee for advice and please check the requirements close to the application period (February-March).

=I have received a rejection notification on formal grounds ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[Translation:Rejection Letter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You receive this letter if the selection committee has decided that you don't fulfill one or more of the requirements. This usually is due to missing credits from the field of computer science, insufficient language proficiency, or incomplete applications due to missing documents. Your application has therefore not been ranked and had to be rejected on formal grounds.

===My application was rejected due to missing credits from computer science but I surely have enough?===
As mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements|formal requirements]] the selection committee carefully checks all submitted evidence for credits in computer science. Check the formal requirement page's specifics on which courses will be and will not be counted as computer science core courses. Since there are many more applications than available spaces, the selection committee is very strict with this requirement. The relatedness of your degree to the standard BSc Informatik here in Hamburg is part of the selection criteria, so even a degree close to the boundary of 60 ECTS will receive a less favorable ranking since the 60 ECTS are the minimum.

===My application was rejected due to language proficiency?===
People who have handed in a certificate which is below the required mark will be rejected. People who tried to fulfill the requirement through alternative means will often be rejected on these grounds if the selection committee does not see enough evidence for language proficiency on the required level. Please consult the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] page on language proficiency for detailed information.

===My application was rejected due to missing documents===
As mentioned on the [[Application:Required documents|required documents]] page, you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31st of March. Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. The IAS selection committee does not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline (via postal mail) and/or if your online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. You can not submit missing documents after the expiration of the application deadline, there will be no reconsideration.

===What can I do if I think the given reason has to be wrong?===
The selection committee carefully reviews each application. Applications close to the required mark in the language certificate or close to 60 ECTS have been triple checked by the admission board by the time you received the rejection.
This is also true for rejections on the ground of missing documents - there is really nothing the selection committee or anybody can do for you.
You can ask the IAS Team/Admission Board for explanation and/or look in your case again and/or for statistics - please do so friendly - stating your full name, the application number, and your question: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Please be patient, it is not the IAS Teams main task answering emails of rejected students, but you will get an answer eventually). Please do not get your hopes up - usually, the decision has been made. You may reapply next year (Please ask the admission board whether they would advise that.)

Short statistics:
Usually, there are more than 400 applications and only 20 open spaces to be filled therefore the requirements for applying are strict with no exception.

Admission Process

2020-03-11T13:19:19Z

Felix: /* What can I do if I think the given reason has to be wrong? */

On this page, you can read about the general application/admission process and receive information about the type of response you have received acceptance, rejection, rejection with waiting list option.

'''The admission process'''

For the application process and later admission process, it is important that applicants understand that there are two completely different points of contact at the Universität Hamburg which you have to interact with at different stages of your application/enrolment/studies.

To avoid confusion we like to point out that there are two distinct points of contact of the Universität Hamburg you have to deal with for application and admission:
* '''The IAS Team''': The IAS Team is part of the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg. The IAS Team is responsible for the application process, selection process, program coordination, curriculum, questions about the IAS program, and counseling of students and applicants regarding study plans, and exams amongst others. The IAS Team runs the IAS program and also contains the selection committee (a group of professors, post-doctoral researchers, lecturers, academic advisors) who select the candidates. All questions regarding the content of the program, your curriculum, application, website, wiki, and difficulties while studying should be asked to the IAS Team. The IAS program has a special appointed academic advisor, who can be reached via ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de and should be contacted regarding the above. IAS Team is managed by the academic advisor.

* '''CampusCenter Team:''' central administration of the entire university. The Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung TBZ") is located at the Campus Center - Main Campus and part of the central administration (Do not confuse this with the IAS Team and Selection Committee). They are running the online application system STiNE, are centrally responsible for all admissions at the University, are processing admissions and all legal issues. The CampusCenter provides central student documents (student ID card, confirmation documents) and has full control over all formal issues leading to your enrolment. Once you are fully enrolled (paid semester contribution), responsibility is partly handed back to the academic office at the department and to your academic advisor who is the contact for all study issues (ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de). The CampusCenter is responsible for sending your letter of acceptance/rejection. You send your enrolment documents to the CampusCenter. Please contact the Campus Center for all questions regarding the official enrolment or confirmation of enrolment for visa. Contact them via the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter]

* '''The academic office at the department of informatics''': There is also an academic coordinator who you should contact when you have questions regarding e.g. module and exam registrations, recognition of credit points, recognition of german lectures or other lectures, transcript, etc.). They are not involved before you actually start studying [https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/studies/orga/stb.html Contact academic office]

=Description of application/admission/enrolment/study process. What happens after I send my application?=
'''31 March:''' You have sent your application to the IAS Team at the Department of Informatics before the 31 of March. The IAS Team evaluates (only complete) applications.

'''1 May''', the IAS Team sends a list of ranking of all eligible applicants to the CampusCenter Team (the central administration of Universität Hamburg).
Once the ranking is done, the admission process is happening at the CampusCenter until you are fully enrolled. This also means that we at the department of informatics have no access to the admission process in detail and only receive the final list of enrolled students shortly before the start of the semester! Please tell the IAS Team as soon as you have enrolled yourself that you did (end of May) in order for you to receive all informational emails regarding the start of your study. The IAS Team stays in contact with the accepted students after application to ease the transition into your new study program in October. In general, you should always contact the IAS Team and your academic advisor first or in cc: IAS Team's contact: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de

'''Admission:'''
'''15 May:''' The CampusCenter Team decides how many of the top-ranked students receive a letter of acceptance (around 20) and instruction on how to enroll. Usually, this happens around 15 of May.

'''Enrolment:'''
'''29 May:''' For enrolment, the accepted applicants have to send certified documents and their enrolment form to the CampusCenter within two weeks (29 May).
After sending the enrolment documents and certified copies of your certificates, the accepted applicants are enrolled and for sure a student of the Universität Hamburg. Congratulations. The CampusCenter does not send any acknowledgment for receiving your documents. If you need one/like one, you need to request it via CampusCenter contact form. Anyhow, your place for the Master International Adaptive Systems is secured until the semester starts even though you might not have received any preliminary semester documents.
Until '''30 September''' the CampusCenter sends an email with your new student STiNE login, preliminary semester documents, demand for payment of your semester contribution. After you have paid you will receive your full semester documents (at that point you will have arrived in Germany and Universität Hamburg, probably have started studying). Sending the preliminary documents so late is an administrative decision of the central administration (CampusCenter) at the Universität Hamburg. Sorry. Sometimes they are really late in September with sending this one email. Do not worry and if you need an acknowledgment of preliminary enrolment for assurance/visa/bank account please request it, [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter Contact Form] .

'''Arriving in Hamburg:'''
'''1 October''' The first two weeks in October are welcome/orientation weeks, please attend.

=I have received a letter of acceptance ("Zulassungsbescheid")=
For information on the enrollment '''form''', see the [[FAQ:Matriculation Form | matriculation form page]].

==Am I required to send all documents as certified copies again?==
Yes, you have to sent originals or certified/attested copies for admission (to the Campus Center Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung (TBZ)").

==I do not have German health insurance! What do I have to do?==
You can '''only''' get German health insurance once you have a valid address in Germany. The Campus Center Team for Application and Admission is aware of this problem and you can provide the confirmation once you are in Germany and have accommodation. Please attach a note to your enrolment/matriculation form, saying that you are an international student from outside Europe.

Please check the official information here: [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/krankenversicherung Info of Universität Hamburg ] and [https://www.hamburg.com/welcome/career-profession/study/11872998/health-insurance/ Info of the city of Hamburg].

Travel health insurance does ''not'' provide sufficient coverage for the duration of studies in Germany.

Please see the FAQ section on [[FAQ:Main|health insurance]].

== Where do I have to send the admission (enrollment) documents? ==
The address is given on the top-right hand side of the first page of the letter of acceptance.

==How to waive your place after enrolment==
In case you are one of the 20 lucky students who received a letter of acceptance mid of May, enrolled yourself, then decide you do not want to start studying please fill in this form as early as possible:
Please be a fair player, otherwise, nobody will be contacted on the waiting list. (Nobody will be contacted when the semester has started.)

* [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/verzicht.html Free your accepted place for somebody on the waiting list]

=I have received a rejection notification and have been put on the waiting list ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[FAQ:Translation:WaitingListLetter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You have fulfilled the application requirements and your application was ranked by the selection committee. Unfortunately your rank was outside the range of available spaces and you have been put on the waiting list for this year. The Team for Application and Admission will send out offers until the available spaces have been filled. If people first accept the offer and later retract their admission, it can happen that you even receive an offer letter shortly before the start of the semester (in which case we usually can find special arrangements to allow for enough time). Since we have many people each year that do not accept our offers, the first wave of letters already includes a considerable amount of overbooking to shorten the time until all spaces could be filled.

==How does the waiting list work?==
At the beginning of the admission process, a number of applicants receive a letter of acceptance. This number is calculated by the number of available spaces (so far 20 each year) plus a percentage for overbooking. Many students who receive an offer reject it because they have already taken another offer. If less students reply than there are available spaces, offer letters are sent out to the next applicants of the waiting list until all spaces are filled. This means that if you are high up on the waiting list, you may receive a letter of acceptance a few weeks after the official publication date of the results. Please check your online account on a regular basis for a new letter in "Documents"!

==Is the waiting list carried over to next year?==
No, the waiting list is not carried over to the next application period. Once the admission process has finished (i.e. all spaces are successfully filled), the waiting list is reset. If you would like to reapply please ask the selection committee for advice and please check the requirements close to the application period (February-March).

=I have received a rejection notification on formal grounds ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[Translation:Rejection Letter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You receive this letter if the selection committee has decided that you don't fulfill one or more of the requirements. This usually is due to missing credits from the field of computer science, insufficient language proficiency, or incomplete applications due to missing documents. Your application has therefore not been ranked and had to be rejected on formal grounds.

===My application was rejected due to missing credits from computer science but I surely have enough?===
As mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements|formal requirements]] the selection committee carefully checks all submitted evidence for credits in computer science. Check the formal requirement page's specifics on which courses will be and will not be counted as computer science core courses. Since there are many more applications than available spaces, the selection committee is very strict with this requirement. The relatedness of your degree to the standard BSc Informatik here in Hamburg is part of the selection criteria, so even a degree close to the boundary of 60 ECTS will receive a less favorable ranking since the 60 ECTS are the minimum.

===My application was rejected due to language proficiency?===
People who have handed in a certificate which is below the required mark will be rejected. People who tried to fulfill the requirement through alternative means will often be rejected on these grounds if the selection committee does not see enough evidence for language proficiency on the required level. Please consult the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] page on language proficiency for detailed information.

===My application was rejected due to missing documents===
As mentioned on the [[Application:Required documents|required documents]] page, you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31st of March. Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. The IAS selection committee does not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline (via postal mail) and/or if your online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. You can not submit missing documents after the expiration of the application deadline, there will be no reconsideration.

===What can I do if I think the given reason has to be wrong?===
The selection committee carefully reviews each application. Applications close to the required mark in the language certificate or close to 60 ECTS have been triple checked by the admission board by the time you received the rejection.
This is also true for rejections on the ground of missing documents - there is really nothing the admission board or anybody can do for you.
You can ask the IAS Team/Admission Board for explanation and/or look in your case again and/or for statistics - please do so friendly - stating your full name, the application number, and your question: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Please be patient, it is not the IAS Teams main task answering emails of rejected students, but you will get an answer eventually). Please do not get your hopes up - usually, the decision has been made. You may reapply next year (Please ask the admission board whether they would advise that.)

Short statistics:
Usually, there are more than 400 applications and only 20 open spaces to be filled therefore the requirements for applying are strict with no exception.

Admission Process

2020-03-11T13:19:06Z

Felix: /* My application was rejected due to missing documents */

On this page, you can read about the general application/admission process and receive information about the type of response you have received acceptance, rejection, rejection with waiting list option.

'''The admission process'''

For the application process and later admission process, it is important that applicants understand that there are two completely different points of contact at the Universität Hamburg which you have to interact with at different stages of your application/enrolment/studies.

To avoid confusion we like to point out that there are two distinct points of contact of the Universität Hamburg you have to deal with for application and admission:
* '''The IAS Team''': The IAS Team is part of the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg. The IAS Team is responsible for the application process, selection process, program coordination, curriculum, questions about the IAS program, and counseling of students and applicants regarding study plans, and exams amongst others. The IAS Team runs the IAS program and also contains the selection committee (a group of professors, post-doctoral researchers, lecturers, academic advisors) who select the candidates. All questions regarding the content of the program, your curriculum, application, website, wiki, and difficulties while studying should be asked to the IAS Team. The IAS program has a special appointed academic advisor, who can be reached via ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de and should be contacted regarding the above. IAS Team is managed by the academic advisor.

* '''CampusCenter Team:''' central administration of the entire university. The Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung TBZ") is located at the Campus Center - Main Campus and part of the central administration (Do not confuse this with the IAS Team and Selection Committee). They are running the online application system STiNE, are centrally responsible for all admissions at the University, are processing admissions and all legal issues. The CampusCenter provides central student documents (student ID card, confirmation documents) and has full control over all formal issues leading to your enrolment. Once you are fully enrolled (paid semester contribution), responsibility is partly handed back to the academic office at the department and to your academic advisor who is the contact for all study issues (ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de). The CampusCenter is responsible for sending your letter of acceptance/rejection. You send your enrolment documents to the CampusCenter. Please contact the Campus Center for all questions regarding the official enrolment or confirmation of enrolment for visa. Contact them via the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter]

* '''The academic office at the department of informatics''': There is also an academic coordinator who you should contact when you have questions regarding e.g. module and exam registrations, recognition of credit points, recognition of german lectures or other lectures, transcript, etc.). They are not involved before you actually start studying [https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/studies/orga/stb.html Contact academic office]

=Description of application/admission/enrolment/study process. What happens after I send my application?=
'''31 March:''' You have sent your application to the IAS Team at the Department of Informatics before the 31 of March. The IAS Team evaluates (only complete) applications.

'''1 May''', the IAS Team sends a list of ranking of all eligible applicants to the CampusCenter Team (the central administration of Universität Hamburg).
Once the ranking is done, the admission process is happening at the CampusCenter until you are fully enrolled. This also means that we at the department of informatics have no access to the admission process in detail and only receive the final list of enrolled students shortly before the start of the semester! Please tell the IAS Team as soon as you have enrolled yourself that you did (end of May) in order for you to receive all informational emails regarding the start of your study. The IAS Team stays in contact with the accepted students after application to ease the transition into your new study program in October. In general, you should always contact the IAS Team and your academic advisor first or in cc: IAS Team's contact: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de

'''Admission:'''
'''15 May:''' The CampusCenter Team decides how many of the top-ranked students receive a letter of acceptance (around 20) and instruction on how to enroll. Usually, this happens around 15 of May.

'''Enrolment:'''
'''29 May:''' For enrolment, the accepted applicants have to send certified documents and their enrolment form to the CampusCenter within two weeks (29 May).
After sending the enrolment documents and certified copies of your certificates, the accepted applicants are enrolled and for sure a student of the Universität Hamburg. Congratulations. The CampusCenter does not send any acknowledgment for receiving your documents. If you need one/like one, you need to request it via CampusCenter contact form. Anyhow, your place for the Master International Adaptive Systems is secured until the semester starts even though you might not have received any preliminary semester documents.
Until '''30 September''' the CampusCenter sends an email with your new student STiNE login, preliminary semester documents, demand for payment of your semester contribution. After you have paid you will receive your full semester documents (at that point you will have arrived in Germany and Universität Hamburg, probably have started studying). Sending the preliminary documents so late is an administrative decision of the central administration (CampusCenter) at the Universität Hamburg. Sorry. Sometimes they are really late in September with sending this one email. Do not worry and if you need an acknowledgment of preliminary enrolment for assurance/visa/bank account please request it, [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter Contact Form] .

'''Arriving in Hamburg:'''
'''1 October''' The first two weeks in October are welcome/orientation weeks, please attend.

=I have received a letter of acceptance ("Zulassungsbescheid")=
For information on the enrollment '''form''', see the [[FAQ:Matriculation Form | matriculation form page]].

==Am I required to send all documents as certified copies again?==
Yes, you have to sent originals or certified/attested copies for admission (to the Campus Center Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung (TBZ)").

==I do not have German health insurance! What do I have to do?==
You can '''only''' get German health insurance once you have a valid address in Germany. The Campus Center Team for Application and Admission is aware of this problem and you can provide the confirmation once you are in Germany and have accommodation. Please attach a note to your enrolment/matriculation form, saying that you are an international student from outside Europe.

Please check the official information here: [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/krankenversicherung Info of Universität Hamburg ] and [https://www.hamburg.com/welcome/career-profession/study/11872998/health-insurance/ Info of the city of Hamburg].

Travel health insurance does ''not'' provide sufficient coverage for the duration of studies in Germany.

Please see the FAQ section on [[FAQ:Main|health insurance]].

== Where do I have to send the admission (enrollment) documents? ==
The address is given on the top-right hand side of the first page of the letter of acceptance.

==How to waive your place after enrolment==
In case you are one of the 20 lucky students who received a letter of acceptance mid of May, enrolled yourself, then decide you do not want to start studying please fill in this form as early as possible:
Please be a fair player, otherwise, nobody will be contacted on the waiting list. (Nobody will be contacted when the semester has started.)

* [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/verzicht.html Free your accepted place for somebody on the waiting list]

=I have received a rejection notification and have been put on the waiting list ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[FAQ:Translation:WaitingListLetter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You have fulfilled the application requirements and your application was ranked by the selection committee. Unfortunately your rank was outside the range of available spaces and you have been put on the waiting list for this year. The Team for Application and Admission will send out offers until the available spaces have been filled. If people first accept the offer and later retract their admission, it can happen that you even receive an offer letter shortly before the start of the semester (in which case we usually can find special arrangements to allow for enough time). Since we have many people each year that do not accept our offers, the first wave of letters already includes a considerable amount of overbooking to shorten the time until all spaces could be filled.

==How does the waiting list work?==
At the beginning of the admission process, a number of applicants receive a letter of acceptance. This number is calculated by the number of available spaces (so far 20 each year) plus a percentage for overbooking. Many students who receive an offer reject it because they have already taken another offer. If less students reply than there are available spaces, offer letters are sent out to the next applicants of the waiting list until all spaces are filled. This means that if you are high up on the waiting list, you may receive a letter of acceptance a few weeks after the official publication date of the results. Please check your online account on a regular basis for a new letter in "Documents"!

==Is the waiting list carried over to next year?==
No, the waiting list is not carried over to the next application period. Once the admission process has finished (i.e. all spaces are successfully filled), the waiting list is reset. If you would like to reapply please ask the selection committee for advice and please check the requirements close to the application period (February-March).

=I have received a rejection notification on formal grounds ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[Translation:Rejection Letter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You receive this letter if the selection committee has decided that you don't fulfill one or more of the requirements. This usually is due to missing credits from the field of computer science, insufficient language proficiency, or incomplete applications due to missing documents. Your application has therefore not been ranked and had to be rejected on formal grounds.

===My application was rejected due to missing credits from computer science but I surely have enough?===
As mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements|formal requirements]] the selection committee carefully checks all submitted evidence for credits in computer science. Check the formal requirement page's specifics on which courses will be and will not be counted as computer science core courses. Since there are many more applications than available spaces, the selection committee is very strict with this requirement. The relatedness of your degree to the standard BSc Informatik here in Hamburg is part of the selection criteria, so even a degree close to the boundary of 60 ECTS will receive a less favorable ranking since the 60 ECTS are the minimum.

===My application was rejected due to language proficiency?===
People who have handed in a certificate which is below the required mark will be rejected. People who tried to fulfill the requirement through alternative means will often be rejected on these grounds if the selection committee does not see enough evidence for language proficiency on the required level. Please consult the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] page on language proficiency for detailed information.

===My application was rejected due to missing documents===
As mentioned on the [[Application:Required documents|required documents]] page, you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31st of March. Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. The IAS selection committee does not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline (via postal mail) and/or if your online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. You can not submit missing documents after the expiration of the application deadline, there will be no reconsideration.

===What can I do if I think the given reason has to be wrong?===
The admission board carefully reviews each application. Applications close to the required mark in the language certificate or close to 60 ECTS have been triple checked by the admission board by the time you received the rejection.
This is also true for rejections on the ground of missing documents - there is really nothing the admission board or anybody can do for you.
You can ask the IAS Team/Admission Board for explanation and/or look in your case again and/or for statistics - please do so friendly - stating your full name, the application number, and your question: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Please be patient, it is not the IAS Teams main task answering emails of rejected students, but you will get an answer eventually). Please do not get your hopes up - usually, the decision has been made. You may reapply next year (Please ask the admission board whether they would advise that.)

Short statistics:
Usually, there are more than 400 applications and only 20 open spaces to be filled therefore the requirements for applying are strict with no exception.

Admission Process

2020-03-11T13:18:49Z

Felix: /* My application was rejected due to language proficiency? */

On this page, you can read about the general application/admission process and receive information about the type of response you have received acceptance, rejection, rejection with waiting list option.

'''The admission process'''

For the application process and later admission process, it is important that applicants understand that there are two completely different points of contact at the Universität Hamburg which you have to interact with at different stages of your application/enrolment/studies.

To avoid confusion we like to point out that there are two distinct points of contact of the Universität Hamburg you have to deal with for application and admission:
* '''The IAS Team''': The IAS Team is part of the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg. The IAS Team is responsible for the application process, selection process, program coordination, curriculum, questions about the IAS program, and counseling of students and applicants regarding study plans, and exams amongst others. The IAS Team runs the IAS program and also contains the selection committee (a group of professors, post-doctoral researchers, lecturers, academic advisors) who select the candidates. All questions regarding the content of the program, your curriculum, application, website, wiki, and difficulties while studying should be asked to the IAS Team. The IAS program has a special appointed academic advisor, who can be reached via ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de and should be contacted regarding the above. IAS Team is managed by the academic advisor.

* '''CampusCenter Team:''' central administration of the entire university. The Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung TBZ") is located at the Campus Center - Main Campus and part of the central administration (Do not confuse this with the IAS Team and Selection Committee). They are running the online application system STiNE, are centrally responsible for all admissions at the University, are processing admissions and all legal issues. The CampusCenter provides central student documents (student ID card, confirmation documents) and has full control over all formal issues leading to your enrolment. Once you are fully enrolled (paid semester contribution), responsibility is partly handed back to the academic office at the department and to your academic advisor who is the contact for all study issues (ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de). The CampusCenter is responsible for sending your letter of acceptance/rejection. You send your enrolment documents to the CampusCenter. Please contact the Campus Center for all questions regarding the official enrolment or confirmation of enrolment for visa. Contact them via the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter]

* '''The academic office at the department of informatics''': There is also an academic coordinator who you should contact when you have questions regarding e.g. module and exam registrations, recognition of credit points, recognition of german lectures or other lectures, transcript, etc.). They are not involved before you actually start studying [https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/studies/orga/stb.html Contact academic office]

=Description of application/admission/enrolment/study process. What happens after I send my application?=
'''31 March:''' You have sent your application to the IAS Team at the Department of Informatics before the 31 of March. The IAS Team evaluates (only complete) applications.

'''1 May''', the IAS Team sends a list of ranking of all eligible applicants to the CampusCenter Team (the central administration of Universität Hamburg).
Once the ranking is done, the admission process is happening at the CampusCenter until you are fully enrolled. This also means that we at the department of informatics have no access to the admission process in detail and only receive the final list of enrolled students shortly before the start of the semester! Please tell the IAS Team as soon as you have enrolled yourself that you did (end of May) in order for you to receive all informational emails regarding the start of your study. The IAS Team stays in contact with the accepted students after application to ease the transition into your new study program in October. In general, you should always contact the IAS Team and your academic advisor first or in cc: IAS Team's contact: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de

'''Admission:'''
'''15 May:''' The CampusCenter Team decides how many of the top-ranked students receive a letter of acceptance (around 20) and instruction on how to enroll. Usually, this happens around 15 of May.

'''Enrolment:'''
'''29 May:''' For enrolment, the accepted applicants have to send certified documents and their enrolment form to the CampusCenter within two weeks (29 May).
After sending the enrolment documents and certified copies of your certificates, the accepted applicants are enrolled and for sure a student of the Universität Hamburg. Congratulations. The CampusCenter does not send any acknowledgment for receiving your documents. If you need one/like one, you need to request it via CampusCenter contact form. Anyhow, your place for the Master International Adaptive Systems is secured until the semester starts even though you might not have received any preliminary semester documents.
Until '''30 September''' the CampusCenter sends an email with your new student STiNE login, preliminary semester documents, demand for payment of your semester contribution. After you have paid you will receive your full semester documents (at that point you will have arrived in Germany and Universität Hamburg, probably have started studying). Sending the preliminary documents so late is an administrative decision of the central administration (CampusCenter) at the Universität Hamburg. Sorry. Sometimes they are really late in September with sending this one email. Do not worry and if you need an acknowledgment of preliminary enrolment for assurance/visa/bank account please request it, [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter Contact Form] .

'''Arriving in Hamburg:'''
'''1 October''' The first two weeks in October are welcome/orientation weeks, please attend.

=I have received a letter of acceptance ("Zulassungsbescheid")=
For information on the enrollment '''form''', see the [[FAQ:Matriculation Form | matriculation form page]].

==Am I required to send all documents as certified copies again?==
Yes, you have to sent originals or certified/attested copies for admission (to the Campus Center Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung (TBZ)").

==I do not have German health insurance! What do I have to do?==
You can '''only''' get German health insurance once you have a valid address in Germany. The Campus Center Team for Application and Admission is aware of this problem and you can provide the confirmation once you are in Germany and have accommodation. Please attach a note to your enrolment/matriculation form, saying that you are an international student from outside Europe.

Please check the official information here: [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/krankenversicherung Info of Universität Hamburg ] and [https://www.hamburg.com/welcome/career-profession/study/11872998/health-insurance/ Info of the city of Hamburg].

Travel health insurance does ''not'' provide sufficient coverage for the duration of studies in Germany.

Please see the FAQ section on [[FAQ:Main|health insurance]].

== Where do I have to send the admission (enrollment) documents? ==
The address is given on the top-right hand side of the first page of the letter of acceptance.

==How to waive your place after enrolment==
In case you are one of the 20 lucky students who received a letter of acceptance mid of May, enrolled yourself, then decide you do not want to start studying please fill in this form as early as possible:
Please be a fair player, otherwise, nobody will be contacted on the waiting list. (Nobody will be contacted when the semester has started.)

* [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/verzicht.html Free your accepted place for somebody on the waiting list]

=I have received a rejection notification and have been put on the waiting list ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[FAQ:Translation:WaitingListLetter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You have fulfilled the application requirements and your application was ranked by the selection committee. Unfortunately your rank was outside the range of available spaces and you have been put on the waiting list for this year. The Team for Application and Admission will send out offers until the available spaces have been filled. If people first accept the offer and later retract their admission, it can happen that you even receive an offer letter shortly before the start of the semester (in which case we usually can find special arrangements to allow for enough time). Since we have many people each year that do not accept our offers, the first wave of letters already includes a considerable amount of overbooking to shorten the time until all spaces could be filled.

==How does the waiting list work?==
At the beginning of the admission process, a number of applicants receive a letter of acceptance. This number is calculated by the number of available spaces (so far 20 each year) plus a percentage for overbooking. Many students who receive an offer reject it because they have already taken another offer. If less students reply than there are available spaces, offer letters are sent out to the next applicants of the waiting list until all spaces are filled. This means that if you are high up on the waiting list, you may receive a letter of acceptance a few weeks after the official publication date of the results. Please check your online account on a regular basis for a new letter in "Documents"!

==Is the waiting list carried over to next year?==
No, the waiting list is not carried over to the next application period. Once the admission process has finished (i.e. all spaces are successfully filled), the waiting list is reset. If you would like to reapply please ask the selection committee for advice and please check the requirements close to the application period (February-March).

=I have received a rejection notification on formal grounds ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[Translation:Rejection Letter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You receive this letter if the selection committee has decided that you don't fulfill one or more of the requirements. This usually is due to missing credits from the field of computer science, insufficient language proficiency, or incomplete applications due to missing documents. Your application has therefore not been ranked and had to be rejected on formal grounds.

===My application was rejected due to missing credits from computer science but I surely have enough?===
As mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements|formal requirements]] the selection committee carefully checks all submitted evidence for credits in computer science. Check the formal requirement page's specifics on which courses will be and will not be counted as computer science core courses. Since there are many more applications than available spaces, the selection committee is very strict with this requirement. The relatedness of your degree to the standard BSc Informatik here in Hamburg is part of the selection criteria, so even a degree close to the boundary of 60 ECTS will receive a less favorable ranking since the 60 ECTS are the minimum.

===My application was rejected due to language proficiency?===
People who have handed in a certificate which is below the required mark will be rejected. People who tried to fulfill the requirement through alternative means will often be rejected on these grounds if the selection committee does not see enough evidence for language proficiency on the required level. Please consult the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] page on language proficiency for detailed information.

===My application was rejected due to missing documents===
As mentioned on the [[Application:Required documents|required documents]] page, you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31st of March. Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. The IAS admission board does not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline (via postal mail) and/or if your online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. You can not submit missing documents after the expiration of the application deadline, there will be no reconsideration.

===What can I do if I think the given reason has to be wrong?===
The admission board carefully reviews each application. Applications close to the required mark in the language certificate or close to 60 ECTS have been triple checked by the admission board by the time you received the rejection.
This is also true for rejections on the ground of missing documents - there is really nothing the admission board or anybody can do for you.
You can ask the IAS Team/Admission Board for explanation and/or look in your case again and/or for statistics - please do so friendly - stating your full name, the application number, and your question: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Please be patient, it is not the IAS Teams main task answering emails of rejected students, but you will get an answer eventually). Please do not get your hopes up - usually, the decision has been made. You may reapply next year (Please ask the admission board whether they would advise that.)

Short statistics:
Usually, there are more than 400 applications and only 20 open spaces to be filled therefore the requirements for applying are strict with no exception.

Admission Process

2020-03-11T13:18:31Z

Felix: /* My application was rejected due to missing credits from computer science but I surely have enough? */

On this page, you can read about the general application/admission process and receive information about the type of response you have received acceptance, rejection, rejection with waiting list option.

'''The admission process'''

For the application process and later admission process, it is important that applicants understand that there are two completely different points of contact at the Universität Hamburg which you have to interact with at different stages of your application/enrolment/studies.

To avoid confusion we like to point out that there are two distinct points of contact of the Universität Hamburg you have to deal with for application and admission:
* '''The IAS Team''': The IAS Team is part of the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg. The IAS Team is responsible for the application process, selection process, program coordination, curriculum, questions about the IAS program, and counseling of students and applicants regarding study plans, and exams amongst others. The IAS Team runs the IAS program and also contains the selection committee (a group of professors, post-doctoral researchers, lecturers, academic advisors) who select the candidates. All questions regarding the content of the program, your curriculum, application, website, wiki, and difficulties while studying should be asked to the IAS Team. The IAS program has a special appointed academic advisor, who can be reached via ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de and should be contacted regarding the above. IAS Team is managed by the academic advisor.

* '''CampusCenter Team:''' central administration of the entire university. The Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung TBZ") is located at the Campus Center - Main Campus and part of the central administration (Do not confuse this with the IAS Team and Selection Committee). They are running the online application system STiNE, are centrally responsible for all admissions at the University, are processing admissions and all legal issues. The CampusCenter provides central student documents (student ID card, confirmation documents) and has full control over all formal issues leading to your enrolment. Once you are fully enrolled (paid semester contribution), responsibility is partly handed back to the academic office at the department and to your academic advisor who is the contact for all study issues (ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de). The CampusCenter is responsible for sending your letter of acceptance/rejection. You send your enrolment documents to the CampusCenter. Please contact the Campus Center for all questions regarding the official enrolment or confirmation of enrolment for visa. Contact them via the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter]

* '''The academic office at the department of informatics''': There is also an academic coordinator who you should contact when you have questions regarding e.g. module and exam registrations, recognition of credit points, recognition of german lectures or other lectures, transcript, etc.). They are not involved before you actually start studying [https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/studies/orga/stb.html Contact academic office]

=Description of application/admission/enrolment/study process. What happens after I send my application?=
'''31 March:''' You have sent your application to the IAS Team at the Department of Informatics before the 31 of March. The IAS Team evaluates (only complete) applications.

'''1 May''', the IAS Team sends a list of ranking of all eligible applicants to the CampusCenter Team (the central administration of Universität Hamburg).
Once the ranking is done, the admission process is happening at the CampusCenter until you are fully enrolled. This also means that we at the department of informatics have no access to the admission process in detail and only receive the final list of enrolled students shortly before the start of the semester! Please tell the IAS Team as soon as you have enrolled yourself that you did (end of May) in order for you to receive all informational emails regarding the start of your study. The IAS Team stays in contact with the accepted students after application to ease the transition into your new study program in October. In general, you should always contact the IAS Team and your academic advisor first or in cc: IAS Team's contact: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de

'''Admission:'''
'''15 May:''' The CampusCenter Team decides how many of the top-ranked students receive a letter of acceptance (around 20) and instruction on how to enroll. Usually, this happens around 15 of May.

'''Enrolment:'''
'''29 May:''' For enrolment, the accepted applicants have to send certified documents and their enrolment form to the CampusCenter within two weeks (29 May).
After sending the enrolment documents and certified copies of your certificates, the accepted applicants are enrolled and for sure a student of the Universität Hamburg. Congratulations. The CampusCenter does not send any acknowledgment for receiving your documents. If you need one/like one, you need to request it via CampusCenter contact form. Anyhow, your place for the Master International Adaptive Systems is secured until the semester starts even though you might not have received any preliminary semester documents.
Until '''30 September''' the CampusCenter sends an email with your new student STiNE login, preliminary semester documents, demand for payment of your semester contribution. After you have paid you will receive your full semester documents (at that point you will have arrived in Germany and Universität Hamburg, probably have started studying). Sending the preliminary documents so late is an administrative decision of the central administration (CampusCenter) at the Universität Hamburg. Sorry. Sometimes they are really late in September with sending this one email. Do not worry and if you need an acknowledgment of preliminary enrolment for assurance/visa/bank account please request it, [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter Contact Form] .

'''Arriving in Hamburg:'''
'''1 October''' The first two weeks in October are welcome/orientation weeks, please attend.

=I have received a letter of acceptance ("Zulassungsbescheid")=
For information on the enrollment '''form''', see the [[FAQ:Matriculation Form | matriculation form page]].

==Am I required to send all documents as certified copies again?==
Yes, you have to sent originals or certified/attested copies for admission (to the Campus Center Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung (TBZ)").

==I do not have German health insurance! What do I have to do?==
You can '''only''' get German health insurance once you have a valid address in Germany. The Campus Center Team for Application and Admission is aware of this problem and you can provide the confirmation once you are in Germany and have accommodation. Please attach a note to your enrolment/matriculation form, saying that you are an international student from outside Europe.

Please check the official information here: [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/krankenversicherung Info of Universität Hamburg ] and [https://www.hamburg.com/welcome/career-profession/study/11872998/health-insurance/ Info of the city of Hamburg].

Travel health insurance does ''not'' provide sufficient coverage for the duration of studies in Germany.

Please see the FAQ section on [[FAQ:Main|health insurance]].

== Where do I have to send the admission (enrollment) documents? ==
The address is given on the top-right hand side of the first page of the letter of acceptance.

==How to waive your place after enrolment==
In case you are one of the 20 lucky students who received a letter of acceptance mid of May, enrolled yourself, then decide you do not want to start studying please fill in this form as early as possible:
Please be a fair player, otherwise, nobody will be contacted on the waiting list. (Nobody will be contacted when the semester has started.)

* [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/verzicht.html Free your accepted place for somebody on the waiting list]

=I have received a rejection notification and have been put on the waiting list ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[FAQ:Translation:WaitingListLetter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You have fulfilled the application requirements and your application was ranked by the selection committee. Unfortunately your rank was outside the range of available spaces and you have been put on the waiting list for this year. The Team for Application and Admission will send out offers until the available spaces have been filled. If people first accept the offer and later retract their admission, it can happen that you even receive an offer letter shortly before the start of the semester (in which case we usually can find special arrangements to allow for enough time). Since we have many people each year that do not accept our offers, the first wave of letters already includes a considerable amount of overbooking to shorten the time until all spaces could be filled.

==How does the waiting list work?==
At the beginning of the admission process, a number of applicants receive a letter of acceptance. This number is calculated by the number of available spaces (so far 20 each year) plus a percentage for overbooking. Many students who receive an offer reject it because they have already taken another offer. If less students reply than there are available spaces, offer letters are sent out to the next applicants of the waiting list until all spaces are filled. This means that if you are high up on the waiting list, you may receive a letter of acceptance a few weeks after the official publication date of the results. Please check your online account on a regular basis for a new letter in "Documents"!

==Is the waiting list carried over to next year?==
No, the waiting list is not carried over to the next application period. Once the admission process has finished (i.e. all spaces are successfully filled), the waiting list is reset. If you would like to reapply please ask the selection committee for advice and please check the requirements close to the application period (February-March).

=I have received a rejection notification on formal grounds ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[Translation:Rejection Letter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You receive this letter if the selection committee has decided that you don't fulfill one or more of the requirements. This usually is due to missing credits from the field of computer science, insufficient language proficiency, or incomplete applications due to missing documents. Your application has therefore not been ranked and had to be rejected on formal grounds.

===My application was rejected due to missing credits from computer science but I surely have enough?===
As mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements|formal requirements]] the selection committee carefully checks all submitted evidence for credits in computer science. Check the formal requirement page's specifics on which courses will be and will not be counted as computer science core courses. Since there are many more applications than available spaces, the selection committee is very strict with this requirement. The relatedness of your degree to the standard BSc Informatik here in Hamburg is part of the selection criteria, so even a degree close to the boundary of 60 ECTS will receive a less favorable ranking since the 60 ECTS are the minimum.

===My application was rejected due to language proficiency?===
People who have handed in a certificate which is below the required mark will be rejected. People who tried to fulfill the requirement through alternative means will often be rejected on these grounds if the admission board does not see enough evidence for language proficiency on the required level. Please consult the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] page on language proficiency for detailed information.

===My application was rejected due to missing documents===
As mentioned on the [[Application:Required documents|required documents]] page, you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31st of March. Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. The IAS admission board does not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline (via postal mail) and/or if your online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. You can not submit missing documents after the expiration of the application deadline, there will be no reconsideration.

===What can I do if I think the given reason has to be wrong?===
The admission board carefully reviews each application. Applications close to the required mark in the language certificate or close to 60 ECTS have been triple checked by the admission board by the time you received the rejection.
This is also true for rejections on the ground of missing documents - there is really nothing the admission board or anybody can do for you.
You can ask the IAS Team/Admission Board for explanation and/or look in your case again and/or for statistics - please do so friendly - stating your full name, the application number, and your question: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Please be patient, it is not the IAS Teams main task answering emails of rejected students, but you will get an answer eventually). Please do not get your hopes up - usually, the decision has been made. You may reapply next year (Please ask the admission board whether they would advise that.)

Short statistics:
Usually, there are more than 400 applications and only 20 open spaces to be filled therefore the requirements for applying are strict with no exception.

Admission Process

2020-03-11T13:18:04Z

Felix: /* My application was rejected due to missing credits from computer science but I surely have enough? */

On this page, you can read about the general application/admission process and receive information about the type of response you have received acceptance, rejection, rejection with waiting list option.

'''The admission process'''

For the application process and later admission process, it is important that applicants understand that there are two completely different points of contact at the Universität Hamburg which you have to interact with at different stages of your application/enrolment/studies.

To avoid confusion we like to point out that there are two distinct points of contact of the Universität Hamburg you have to deal with for application and admission:
* '''The IAS Team''': The IAS Team is part of the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg. The IAS Team is responsible for the application process, selection process, program coordination, curriculum, questions about the IAS program, and counseling of students and applicants regarding study plans, and exams amongst others. The IAS Team runs the IAS program and also contains the selection committee (a group of professors, post-doctoral researchers, lecturers, academic advisors) who select the candidates. All questions regarding the content of the program, your curriculum, application, website, wiki, and difficulties while studying should be asked to the IAS Team. The IAS program has a special appointed academic advisor, who can be reached via ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de and should be contacted regarding the above. IAS Team is managed by the academic advisor.

* '''CampusCenter Team:''' central administration of the entire university. The Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung TBZ") is located at the Campus Center - Main Campus and part of the central administration (Do not confuse this with the IAS Team and Selection Committee). They are running the online application system STiNE, are centrally responsible for all admissions at the University, are processing admissions and all legal issues. The CampusCenter provides central student documents (student ID card, confirmation documents) and has full control over all formal issues leading to your enrolment. Once you are fully enrolled (paid semester contribution), responsibility is partly handed back to the academic office at the department and to your academic advisor who is the contact for all study issues (ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de). The CampusCenter is responsible for sending your letter of acceptance/rejection. You send your enrolment documents to the CampusCenter. Please contact the Campus Center for all questions regarding the official enrolment or confirmation of enrolment for visa. Contact them via the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter]

* '''The academic office at the department of informatics''': There is also an academic coordinator who you should contact when you have questions regarding e.g. module and exam registrations, recognition of credit points, recognition of german lectures or other lectures, transcript, etc.). They are not involved before you actually start studying [https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/studies/orga/stb.html Contact academic office]

=Description of application/admission/enrolment/study process. What happens after I send my application?=
'''31 March:''' You have sent your application to the IAS Team at the Department of Informatics before the 31 of March. The IAS Team evaluates (only complete) applications.

'''1 May''', the IAS Team sends a list of ranking of all eligible applicants to the CampusCenter Team (the central administration of Universität Hamburg).
Once the ranking is done, the admission process is happening at the CampusCenter until you are fully enrolled. This also means that we at the department of informatics have no access to the admission process in detail and only receive the final list of enrolled students shortly before the start of the semester! Please tell the IAS Team as soon as you have enrolled yourself that you did (end of May) in order for you to receive all informational emails regarding the start of your study. The IAS Team stays in contact with the accepted students after application to ease the transition into your new study program in October. In general, you should always contact the IAS Team and your academic advisor first or in cc: IAS Team's contact: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de

'''Admission:'''
'''15 May:''' The CampusCenter Team decides how many of the top-ranked students receive a letter of acceptance (around 20) and instruction on how to enroll. Usually, this happens around 15 of May.

'''Enrolment:'''
'''29 May:''' For enrolment, the accepted applicants have to send certified documents and their enrolment form to the CampusCenter within two weeks (29 May).
After sending the enrolment documents and certified copies of your certificates, the accepted applicants are enrolled and for sure a student of the Universität Hamburg. Congratulations. The CampusCenter does not send any acknowledgment for receiving your documents. If you need one/like one, you need to request it via CampusCenter contact form. Anyhow, your place for the Master International Adaptive Systems is secured until the semester starts even though you might not have received any preliminary semester documents.
Until '''30 September''' the CampusCenter sends an email with your new student STiNE login, preliminary semester documents, demand for payment of your semester contribution. After you have paid you will receive your full semester documents (at that point you will have arrived in Germany and Universität Hamburg, probably have started studying). Sending the preliminary documents so late is an administrative decision of the central administration (CampusCenter) at the Universität Hamburg. Sorry. Sometimes they are really late in September with sending this one email. Do not worry and if you need an acknowledgment of preliminary enrolment for assurance/visa/bank account please request it, [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter Contact Form] .

'''Arriving in Hamburg:'''
'''1 October''' The first two weeks in October are welcome/orientation weeks, please attend.

=I have received a letter of acceptance ("Zulassungsbescheid")=
For information on the enrollment '''form''', see the [[FAQ:Matriculation Form | matriculation form page]].

==Am I required to send all documents as certified copies again?==
Yes, you have to sent originals or certified/attested copies for admission (to the Campus Center Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung (TBZ)").

==I do not have German health insurance! What do I have to do?==
You can '''only''' get German health insurance once you have a valid address in Germany. The Campus Center Team for Application and Admission is aware of this problem and you can provide the confirmation once you are in Germany and have accommodation. Please attach a note to your enrolment/matriculation form, saying that you are an international student from outside Europe.

Please check the official information here: [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/krankenversicherung Info of Universität Hamburg ] and [https://www.hamburg.com/welcome/career-profession/study/11872998/health-insurance/ Info of the city of Hamburg].

Travel health insurance does ''not'' provide sufficient coverage for the duration of studies in Germany.

Please see the FAQ section on [[FAQ:Main|health insurance]].

== Where do I have to send the admission (enrollment) documents? ==
The address is given on the top-right hand side of the first page of the letter of acceptance.

==How to waive your place after enrolment==
In case you are one of the 20 lucky students who received a letter of acceptance mid of May, enrolled yourself, then decide you do not want to start studying please fill in this form as early as possible:
Please be a fair player, otherwise, nobody will be contacted on the waiting list. (Nobody will be contacted when the semester has started.)

* [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/verzicht.html Free your accepted place for somebody on the waiting list]

=I have received a rejection notification and have been put on the waiting list ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[FAQ:Translation:WaitingListLetter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You have fulfilled the application requirements and your application was ranked by the selection committee. Unfortunately your rank was outside the range of available spaces and you have been put on the waiting list for this year. The Team for Application and Admission will send out offers until the available spaces have been filled. If people first accept the offer and later retract their admission, it can happen that you even receive an offer letter shortly before the start of the semester (in which case we usually can find special arrangements to allow for enough time). Since we have many people each year that do not accept our offers, the first wave of letters already includes a considerable amount of overbooking to shorten the time until all spaces could be filled.

==How does the waiting list work?==
At the beginning of the admission process, a number of applicants receive a letter of acceptance. This number is calculated by the number of available spaces (so far 20 each year) plus a percentage for overbooking. Many students who receive an offer reject it because they have already taken another offer. If less students reply than there are available spaces, offer letters are sent out to the next applicants of the waiting list until all spaces are filled. This means that if you are high up on the waiting list, you may receive a letter of acceptance a few weeks after the official publication date of the results. Please check your online account on a regular basis for a new letter in "Documents"!

==Is the waiting list carried over to next year?==
No, the waiting list is not carried over to the next application period. Once the admission process has finished (i.e. all spaces are successfully filled), the waiting list is reset. If you would like to reapply please ask the selection committee for advice and please check the requirements close to the application period (February-March).

=I have received a rejection notification on formal grounds ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[Translation:Rejection Letter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You receive this letter if the selection committee has decided that you don't fulfill one or more of the requirements. This usually is due to missing credits from the field of computer science, insufficient language proficiency, or incomplete applications due to missing documents. Your application has therefore not been ranked and had to be rejected on formal grounds.

===My application was rejected due to missing credits from computer science but I surely have enough?===
As mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements|formal requirements]] the selection committee carefully checks all submitted evidence for credits in computer science. Check the formal requirement page's specifics on which courses will be and will not be counted as computer science core courses. Since there are many more applications than available spaces, the admission board is very strict with this requirement. The relatedness of your degree to the standard BSc Informatik here in Hamburg is part of the selection criteria, so even a degree close to the boundary of 60 ECTS will receive a less favorable ranking since the 60 ECTS are the minimum.

===My application was rejected due to language proficiency?===
People who have handed in a certificate which is below the required mark will be rejected. People who tried to fulfill the requirement through alternative means will often be rejected on these grounds if the admission board does not see enough evidence for language proficiency on the required level. Please consult the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] page on language proficiency for detailed information.

===My application was rejected due to missing documents===
As mentioned on the [[Application:Required documents|required documents]] page, you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31st of March. Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. The IAS admission board does not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline (via postal mail) and/or if your online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. You can not submit missing documents after the expiration of the application deadline, there will be no reconsideration.

===What can I do if I think the given reason has to be wrong?===
The admission board carefully reviews each application. Applications close to the required mark in the language certificate or close to 60 ECTS have been triple checked by the admission board by the time you received the rejection.
This is also true for rejections on the ground of missing documents - there is really nothing the admission board or anybody can do for you.
You can ask the IAS Team/Admission Board for explanation and/or look in your case again and/or for statistics - please do so friendly - stating your full name, the application number, and your question: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Please be patient, it is not the IAS Teams main task answering emails of rejected students, but you will get an answer eventually). Please do not get your hopes up - usually, the decision has been made. You may reapply next year (Please ask the admission board whether they would advise that.)

Short statistics:
Usually, there are more than 400 applications and only 20 open spaces to be filled therefore the requirements for applying are strict with no exception.

Admission Process

2020-03-11T13:17:44Z

Felix: /* What does this letter mean? */

On this page, you can read about the general application/admission process and receive information about the type of response you have received acceptance, rejection, rejection with waiting list option.

'''The admission process'''

For the application process and later admission process, it is important that applicants understand that there are two completely different points of contact at the Universität Hamburg which you have to interact with at different stages of your application/enrolment/studies.

To avoid confusion we like to point out that there are two distinct points of contact of the Universität Hamburg you have to deal with for application and admission:
* '''The IAS Team''': The IAS Team is part of the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg. The IAS Team is responsible for the application process, selection process, program coordination, curriculum, questions about the IAS program, and counseling of students and applicants regarding study plans, and exams amongst others. The IAS Team runs the IAS program and also contains the selection committee (a group of professors, post-doctoral researchers, lecturers, academic advisors) who select the candidates. All questions regarding the content of the program, your curriculum, application, website, wiki, and difficulties while studying should be asked to the IAS Team. The IAS program has a special appointed academic advisor, who can be reached via ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de and should be contacted regarding the above. IAS Team is managed by the academic advisor.

* '''CampusCenter Team:''' central administration of the entire university. The Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung TBZ") is located at the Campus Center - Main Campus and part of the central administration (Do not confuse this with the IAS Team and Selection Committee). They are running the online application system STiNE, are centrally responsible for all admissions at the University, are processing admissions and all legal issues. The CampusCenter provides central student documents (student ID card, confirmation documents) and has full control over all formal issues leading to your enrolment. Once you are fully enrolled (paid semester contribution), responsibility is partly handed back to the academic office at the department and to your academic advisor who is the contact for all study issues (ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de). The CampusCenter is responsible for sending your letter of acceptance/rejection. You send your enrolment documents to the CampusCenter. Please contact the Campus Center for all questions regarding the official enrolment or confirmation of enrolment for visa. Contact them via the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter]

* '''The academic office at the department of informatics''': There is also an academic coordinator who you should contact when you have questions regarding e.g. module and exam registrations, recognition of credit points, recognition of german lectures or other lectures, transcript, etc.). They are not involved before you actually start studying [https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/studies/orga/stb.html Contact academic office]

=Description of application/admission/enrolment/study process. What happens after I send my application?=
'''31 March:''' You have sent your application to the IAS Team at the Department of Informatics before the 31 of March. The IAS Team evaluates (only complete) applications.

'''1 May''', the IAS Team sends a list of ranking of all eligible applicants to the CampusCenter Team (the central administration of Universität Hamburg).
Once the ranking is done, the admission process is happening at the CampusCenter until you are fully enrolled. This also means that we at the department of informatics have no access to the admission process in detail and only receive the final list of enrolled students shortly before the start of the semester! Please tell the IAS Team as soon as you have enrolled yourself that you did (end of May) in order for you to receive all informational emails regarding the start of your study. The IAS Team stays in contact with the accepted students after application to ease the transition into your new study program in October. In general, you should always contact the IAS Team and your academic advisor first or in cc: IAS Team's contact: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de

'''Admission:'''
'''15 May:''' The CampusCenter Team decides how many of the top-ranked students receive a letter of acceptance (around 20) and instruction on how to enroll. Usually, this happens around 15 of May.

'''Enrolment:'''
'''29 May:''' For enrolment, the accepted applicants have to send certified documents and their enrolment form to the CampusCenter within two weeks (29 May).
After sending the enrolment documents and certified copies of your certificates, the accepted applicants are enrolled and for sure a student of the Universität Hamburg. Congratulations. The CampusCenter does not send any acknowledgment for receiving your documents. If you need one/like one, you need to request it via CampusCenter contact form. Anyhow, your place for the Master International Adaptive Systems is secured until the semester starts even though you might not have received any preliminary semester documents.
Until '''30 September''' the CampusCenter sends an email with your new student STiNE login, preliminary semester documents, demand for payment of your semester contribution. After you have paid you will receive your full semester documents (at that point you will have arrived in Germany and Universität Hamburg, probably have started studying). Sending the preliminary documents so late is an administrative decision of the central administration (CampusCenter) at the Universität Hamburg. Sorry. Sometimes they are really late in September with sending this one email. Do not worry and if you need an acknowledgment of preliminary enrolment for assurance/visa/bank account please request it, [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter Contact Form] .

'''Arriving in Hamburg:'''
'''1 October''' The first two weeks in October are welcome/orientation weeks, please attend.

=I have received a letter of acceptance ("Zulassungsbescheid")=
For information on the enrollment '''form''', see the [[FAQ:Matriculation Form | matriculation form page]].

==Am I required to send all documents as certified copies again?==
Yes, you have to sent originals or certified/attested copies for admission (to the Campus Center Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung (TBZ)").

==I do not have German health insurance! What do I have to do?==
You can '''only''' get German health insurance once you have a valid address in Germany. The Campus Center Team for Application and Admission is aware of this problem and you can provide the confirmation once you are in Germany and have accommodation. Please attach a note to your enrolment/matriculation form, saying that you are an international student from outside Europe.

Please check the official information here: [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/krankenversicherung Info of Universität Hamburg ] and [https://www.hamburg.com/welcome/career-profession/study/11872998/health-insurance/ Info of the city of Hamburg].

Travel health insurance does ''not'' provide sufficient coverage for the duration of studies in Germany.

Please see the FAQ section on [[FAQ:Main|health insurance]].

== Where do I have to send the admission (enrollment) documents? ==
The address is given on the top-right hand side of the first page of the letter of acceptance.

==How to waive your place after enrolment==
In case you are one of the 20 lucky students who received a letter of acceptance mid of May, enrolled yourself, then decide you do not want to start studying please fill in this form as early as possible:
Please be a fair player, otherwise, nobody will be contacted on the waiting list. (Nobody will be contacted when the semester has started.)

* [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/verzicht.html Free your accepted place for somebody on the waiting list]

=I have received a rejection notification and have been put on the waiting list ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[FAQ:Translation:WaitingListLetter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You have fulfilled the application requirements and your application was ranked by the selection committee. Unfortunately your rank was outside the range of available spaces and you have been put on the waiting list for this year. The Team for Application and Admission will send out offers until the available spaces have been filled. If people first accept the offer and later retract their admission, it can happen that you even receive an offer letter shortly before the start of the semester (in which case we usually can find special arrangements to allow for enough time). Since we have many people each year that do not accept our offers, the first wave of letters already includes a considerable amount of overbooking to shorten the time until all spaces could be filled.

==How does the waiting list work?==
At the beginning of the admission process, a number of applicants receive a letter of acceptance. This number is calculated by the number of available spaces (so far 20 each year) plus a percentage for overbooking. Many students who receive an offer reject it because they have already taken another offer. If less students reply than there are available spaces, offer letters are sent out to the next applicants of the waiting list until all spaces are filled. This means that if you are high up on the waiting list, you may receive a letter of acceptance a few weeks after the official publication date of the results. Please check your online account on a regular basis for a new letter in "Documents"!

==Is the waiting list carried over to next year?==
No, the waiting list is not carried over to the next application period. Once the admission process has finished (i.e. all spaces are successfully filled), the waiting list is reset. If you would like to reapply please ask the selection committee for advice and please check the requirements close to the application period (February-March).

=I have received a rejection notification on formal grounds ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[Translation:Rejection Letter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You receive this letter if the selection committee has decided that you don't fulfill one or more of the requirements. This usually is due to missing credits from the field of computer science, insufficient language proficiency, or incomplete applications due to missing documents. Your application has therefore not been ranked and had to be rejected on formal grounds.

===My application was rejected due to missing credits from computer science but I surely have enough?===
As mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements|formal requirements]] the admission board carefully checks all submitted evidence for credits in computer science. Check the formal requirement page's specifics on which courses will be and will not be counted as computer science core courses. Since there are many more applications than available spaces, the admission board is very strict with this requirement. The relatedness of your degree to the standard BSc Informatik here in Hamburg is part of the selection criteria, so even a degree close to the boundary of 60 ECTS will receive a less favorable ranking since the 60 ECTS are the minimum.

===My application was rejected due to language proficiency?===
People who have handed in a certificate which is below the required mark will be rejected. People who tried to fulfill the requirement through alternative means will often be rejected on these grounds if the admission board does not see enough evidence for language proficiency on the required level. Please consult the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] page on language proficiency for detailed information.

===My application was rejected due to missing documents===
As mentioned on the [[Application:Required documents|required documents]] page, you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31st of March. Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. The IAS admission board does not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline (via postal mail) and/or if your online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. You can not submit missing documents after the expiration of the application deadline, there will be no reconsideration.

===What can I do if I think the given reason has to be wrong?===
The admission board carefully reviews each application. Applications close to the required mark in the language certificate or close to 60 ECTS have been triple checked by the admission board by the time you received the rejection.
This is also true for rejections on the ground of missing documents - there is really nothing the admission board or anybody can do for you.
You can ask the IAS Team/Admission Board for explanation and/or look in your case again and/or for statistics - please do so friendly - stating your full name, the application number, and your question: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Please be patient, it is not the IAS Teams main task answering emails of rejected students, but you will get an answer eventually). Please do not get your hopes up - usually, the decision has been made. You may reapply next year (Please ask the admission board whether they would advise that.)

Short statistics:
Usually, there are more than 400 applications and only 20 open spaces to be filled therefore the requirements for applying are strict with no exception.

Admission Process

2020-03-11T13:17:17Z

Felix:

On this page, you can read about the general application/admission process and receive information about the type of response you have received acceptance, rejection, rejection with waiting list option.

'''The admission process'''

For the application process and later admission process, it is important that applicants understand that there are two completely different points of contact at the Universität Hamburg which you have to interact with at different stages of your application/enrolment/studies.

To avoid confusion we like to point out that there are two distinct points of contact of the Universität Hamburg you have to deal with for application and admission:
* '''The IAS Team''': The IAS Team is part of the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg. The IAS Team is responsible for the application process, selection process, program coordination, curriculum, questions about the IAS program, and counseling of students and applicants regarding study plans, and exams amongst others. The IAS Team runs the IAS program and also contains the selection committee (a group of professors, post-doctoral researchers, lecturers, academic advisors) who select the candidates. All questions regarding the content of the program, your curriculum, application, website, wiki, and difficulties while studying should be asked to the IAS Team. The IAS program has a special appointed academic advisor, who can be reached via ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de and should be contacted regarding the above. IAS Team is managed by the academic advisor.

* '''CampusCenter Team:''' central administration of the entire university. The Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung TBZ") is located at the Campus Center - Main Campus and part of the central administration (Do not confuse this with the IAS Team and Selection Committee). They are running the online application system STiNE, are centrally responsible for all admissions at the University, are processing admissions and all legal issues. The CampusCenter provides central student documents (student ID card, confirmation documents) and has full control over all formal issues leading to your enrolment. Once you are fully enrolled (paid semester contribution), responsibility is partly handed back to the academic office at the department and to your academic advisor who is the contact for all study issues (ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de). The CampusCenter is responsible for sending your letter of acceptance/rejection. You send your enrolment documents to the CampusCenter. Please contact the Campus Center for all questions regarding the official enrolment or confirmation of enrolment for visa. Contact them via the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter]

* '''The academic office at the department of informatics''': There is also an academic coordinator who you should contact when you have questions regarding e.g. module and exam registrations, recognition of credit points, recognition of german lectures or other lectures, transcript, etc.). They are not involved before you actually start studying [https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/studies/orga/stb.html Contact academic office]

=Description of application/admission/enrolment/study process. What happens after I send my application?=
'''31 March:''' You have sent your application to the IAS Team at the Department of Informatics before the 31 of March. The IAS Team evaluates (only complete) applications.

'''1 May''', the IAS Team sends a list of ranking of all eligible applicants to the CampusCenter Team (the central administration of Universität Hamburg).
Once the ranking is done, the admission process is happening at the CampusCenter until you are fully enrolled. This also means that we at the department of informatics have no access to the admission process in detail and only receive the final list of enrolled students shortly before the start of the semester! Please tell the IAS Team as soon as you have enrolled yourself that you did (end of May) in order for you to receive all informational emails regarding the start of your study. The IAS Team stays in contact with the accepted students after application to ease the transition into your new study program in October. In general, you should always contact the IAS Team and your academic advisor first or in cc: IAS Team's contact: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de

'''Admission:'''
'''15 May:''' The CampusCenter Team decides how many of the top-ranked students receive a letter of acceptance (around 20) and instruction on how to enroll. Usually, this happens around 15 of May.

'''Enrolment:'''
'''29 May:''' For enrolment, the accepted applicants have to send certified documents and their enrolment form to the CampusCenter within two weeks (29 May).
After sending the enrolment documents and certified copies of your certificates, the accepted applicants are enrolled and for sure a student of the Universität Hamburg. Congratulations. The CampusCenter does not send any acknowledgment for receiving your documents. If you need one/like one, you need to request it via CampusCenter contact form. Anyhow, your place for the Master International Adaptive Systems is secured until the semester starts even though you might not have received any preliminary semester documents.
Until '''30 September''' the CampusCenter sends an email with your new student STiNE login, preliminary semester documents, demand for payment of your semester contribution. After you have paid you will receive your full semester documents (at that point you will have arrived in Germany and Universität Hamburg, probably have started studying). Sending the preliminary documents so late is an administrative decision of the central administration (CampusCenter) at the Universität Hamburg. Sorry. Sometimes they are really late in September with sending this one email. Do not worry and if you need an acknowledgment of preliminary enrolment for assurance/visa/bank account please request it, [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter Contact Form] .

'''Arriving in Hamburg:'''
'''1 October''' The first two weeks in October are welcome/orientation weeks, please attend.

=I have received a letter of acceptance ("Zulassungsbescheid")=
For information on the enrollment '''form''', see the [[FAQ:Matriculation Form | matriculation form page]].

==Am I required to send all documents as certified copies again?==
Yes, you have to sent originals or certified/attested copies for admission (to the Campus Center Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung (TBZ)").

==I do not have German health insurance! What do I have to do?==
You can '''only''' get German health insurance once you have a valid address in Germany. The Campus Center Team for Application and Admission is aware of this problem and you can provide the confirmation once you are in Germany and have accommodation. Please attach a note to your enrolment/matriculation form, saying that you are an international student from outside Europe.

Please check the official information here: [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/krankenversicherung Info of Universität Hamburg ] and [https://www.hamburg.com/welcome/career-profession/study/11872998/health-insurance/ Info of the city of Hamburg].

Travel health insurance does ''not'' provide sufficient coverage for the duration of studies in Germany.

Please see the FAQ section on [[FAQ:Main|health insurance]].

== Where do I have to send the admission (enrollment) documents? ==
The address is given on the top-right hand side of the first page of the letter of acceptance.

==How to waive your place after enrolment==
In case you are one of the 20 lucky students who received a letter of acceptance mid of May, enrolled yourself, then decide you do not want to start studying please fill in this form as early as possible:
Please be a fair player, otherwise, nobody will be contacted on the waiting list. (Nobody will be contacted when the semester has started.)

* [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/verzicht.html Free your accepted place for somebody on the waiting list]

=I have received a rejection notification and have been put on the waiting list ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[FAQ:Translation:WaitingListLetter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You have fulfilled the application requirements and your application was ranked by the selection committee. Unfortunately your rank was outside the range of available spaces and you have been put on the waiting list for this year. The Team for Application and Admission will send out offers until the available spaces have been filled. If people first accept the offer and later retract their admission, it can happen that you even receive an offer letter shortly before the start of the semester (in which case we usually can find special arrangements to allow for enough time). Since we have many people each year that do not accept our offers, the first wave of letters already includes a considerable amount of overbooking to shorten the time until all spaces could be filled.

==How does the waiting list work?==
At the beginning of the admission process, a number of applicants receive a letter of acceptance. This number is calculated by the number of available spaces (so far 20 each year) plus a percentage for overbooking. Many students who receive an offer reject it because they have already taken another offer. If less students reply than there are available spaces, offer letters are sent out to the next applicants of the waiting list until all spaces are filled. This means that if you are high up on the waiting list, you may receive a letter of acceptance a few weeks after the official publication date of the results. Please check your online account on a regular basis for a new letter in "Documents"!

==Is the waiting list carried over to next year?==
No, the waiting list is not carried over to the next application period. Once the admission process has finished (i.e. all spaces are successfully filled), the waiting list is reset. If you would like to reapply please ask the selection committee for advice and please check the requirements close to the application period (February-March).

=I have received a rejection notification on formal grounds ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[Translation:Rejection Letter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You receive this letter if the admission board has decided that you don't fulfill one or more of the requirements. This usually is due to missing credits from the field of computer science, insufficient language proficiency, or incomplete applications due to missing documents. Your application has therefore not been ranked and had to be rejected on formal grounds.

===My application was rejected due to missing credits from computer science but I surely have enough?===
As mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements|formal requirements]] the admission board carefully checks all submitted evidence for credits in computer science. Check the formal requirement page's specifics on which courses will be and will not be counted as computer science core courses. Since there are many more applications than available spaces, the admission board is very strict with this requirement. The relatedness of your degree to the standard BSc Informatik here in Hamburg is part of the selection criteria, so even a degree close to the boundary of 60 ECTS will receive a less favorable ranking since the 60 ECTS are the minimum.

===My application was rejected due to language proficiency?===
People who have handed in a certificate which is below the required mark will be rejected. People who tried to fulfill the requirement through alternative means will often be rejected on these grounds if the admission board does not see enough evidence for language proficiency on the required level. Please consult the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] page on language proficiency for detailed information.

===My application was rejected due to missing documents===
As mentioned on the [[Application:Required documents|required documents]] page, you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31st of March. Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. The IAS admission board does not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline (via postal mail) and/or if your online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. You can not submit missing documents after the expiration of the application deadline, there will be no reconsideration.

===What can I do if I think the given reason has to be wrong?===
The admission board carefully reviews each application. Applications close to the required mark in the language certificate or close to 60 ECTS have been triple checked by the admission board by the time you received the rejection.
This is also true for rejections on the ground of missing documents - there is really nothing the admission board or anybody can do for you.
You can ask the IAS Team/Admission Board for explanation and/or look in your case again and/or for statistics - please do so friendly - stating your full name, the application number, and your question: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Please be patient, it is not the IAS Teams main task answering emails of rejected students, but you will get an answer eventually). Please do not get your hopes up - usually, the decision has been made. You may reapply next year (Please ask the admission board whether they would advise that.)

Short statistics:
Usually, there are more than 400 applications and only 20 open spaces to be filled therefore the requirements for applying are strict with no exception.

Admission Process

2020-03-11T13:16:22Z

Felix: /* Is the waiting list carried over to next year? */

On this page, you can read about the general application/admission process and receive information about the type of response you have received acceptance, rejection, rejection with waiting list option.

'''The admission process'''

For the application process and later admission process, it is important that applicants understand that there are two completely different points of contact at the Universität Hamburg which you have to interact with at different stages of your application/enrolment/studies.

To avoid confusion we like to point out that there are two distinct points of contact of the Universität Hamburg you have to deal with for application and admission:
* '''The IAS Team''': The IAS Team is part of the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg. The IAS Team is responsible for the application process, selection process, program coordination, curriculum, questions about the IAS program, and counseling of students and applicants regarding study plans, and exams amongst others. The IAS Team runs the IAS program and also contains the selection committee (a group of professors, post-doctoral researchers, lecturers, academic advisors) who select the candidates. All questions regarding the content of the program, your curriculum, application, website, wiki, and difficulties while studying should be asked to the IAS Team. The IAS program has a special appointed academic advisor, who can be reached via ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de and should be contacted regarding the above. IAS Team is managed by the academic advisor.

* '''CampusCenter Team:''' central administration of the entire university. The Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung TBZ") is located at the Campus Center - Main Campus and part of the central administration (Do not confuse this with the IAS Team and Admission Board). They are running the online application system STiNE, are centrally responsible for all admissions at the University, are processing admissions and all legal issues. The CampusCenter provides central student documents (student ID card, confirmation documents) and has full control over all formal issues leading to your enrolment. Once you are fully enrolled (paid semester contribution), responsibility is partly handed back to the academic office at the department and to your academic advisor who is the contact for all study issues (ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de). The CampusCenter is responsible for sending your letter of acceptance/rejection. You send your enrolment documents to the CampusCenter. Please contact the Campus Center for all questions regarding the official enrolment or confirmation of enrolment for visa. Contact them via the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter]

* '''The academic office at the department of informatics''': There is also an academic coordinator who you should contact when you have questions regarding e.g. module and exam registrations, recognition of credit points, recognition of german lectures or other lectures, transcript, etc.). They are not involved before you actually start studying [https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/studies/orga/stb.html Contact academic office]

=Description of application/admission/enrolment/study process. What happens after I send my application?=
'''31 March:''' You have sent your application to the IAS Team at the Department of Informatics before the 31 of March. The IAS Team evaluates (only complete) applications.

'''1 May''', the IAS Team sends a list of ranking of all eligible applicants to the CampusCenter Team (the central administration of Universität Hamburg).
Once the ranking is done, the admission process is happening at the CampusCenter until you are fully enrolled. This also means that we at the department of informatics have no access to the admission process in detail and only receive the final list of enrolled students shortly before the start of the semester! Please tell the IAS Team as soon as you have enrolled yourself that you did (end of May) in order for you to receive all informational emails regarding the start of your study. The IAS Team stays in contact with the accepted students after application to ease the transition into your new study program in October. In general, you should always contact the IAS Team and your academic advisor first or in cc: IAS Team's contact: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de

'''Admission:'''
'''15 May:''' The CampusCenter Team decides how many of the top-ranked students receive a letter of acceptance (around 20) and instruction on how to enroll. Usually, this happens around 15 of May.

'''Enrolment:'''
'''29 May:''' For enrolment, the accepted applicants have to send certified documents and their enrolment form to the CampusCenter within two weeks (29 May).
After sending the enrolment documents and certified copies of your certificates, the accepted applicants are enrolled and for sure a student of the Universität Hamburg. Congratulations. The CampusCenter does not send any acknowledgment for receiving your documents. If you need one/like one, you need to request it via CampusCenter contact form. Anyhow, your place for the Master International Adaptive Systems is secured until the semester starts even though you might not have received any preliminary semester documents.
Until '''30 September''' the CampusCenter sends an email with your new student STiNE login, preliminary semester documents, demand for payment of your semester contribution. After you have paid you will receive your full semester documents (at that point you will have arrived in Germany and Universität Hamburg, probably have started studying). Sending the preliminary documents so late is an administrative decision of the central administration (CampusCenter) at the Universität Hamburg. Sorry. Sometimes they are really late in September with sending this one email. Do not worry and if you need an acknowledgment of preliminary enrolment for assurance/visa/bank account please request it, [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter Contact Form] .

'''Arriving in Hamburg:'''
'''1 October''' The first two weeks in October are welcome/orientation weeks, please attend.

=I have received a letter of acceptance ("Zulassungsbescheid")=
For information on the enrollment '''form''', see the [[FAQ:Matriculation Form | matriculation form page]].

==Am I required to send all documents as certified copies again?==
Yes, you have to sent originals or certified/attested copies for admission (to the Campus Center Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung (TBZ)").

==I do not have German health insurance! What do I have to do?==
You can '''only''' get German health insurance once you have a valid address in Germany. The Campus Center Team for Application and Admission is aware of this problem and you can provide the confirmation once you are in Germany and have accommodation. Please attach a note to your enrolment/matriculation form, saying that you are an international student from outside Europe.

Please check the official information here: [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/krankenversicherung Info of Universität Hamburg ] and [https://www.hamburg.com/welcome/career-profession/study/11872998/health-insurance/ Info of the city of Hamburg].

Travel health insurance does ''not'' provide sufficient coverage for the duration of studies in Germany.

Please see the FAQ section on [[FAQ:Main|health insurance]].

== Where do I have to send the admission (enrollment) documents? ==
The address is given on the top-right hand side of the first page of the letter of acceptance.

==How to waive your place after enrolment==
In case you are one of the 20 lucky students who received a letter of acceptance mid of May, enrolled yourself, then decide you do not want to start studying please fill in this form as early as possible:
Please be a fair player, otherwise, nobody will be contacted on the waiting list. (Nobody will be contacted when the semester has started.)

* [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/verzicht.html Free your accepted place for somebody on the waiting list]

=I have received a rejection notification and have been put on the waiting list ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[FAQ:Translation:WaitingListLetter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You have fulfilled the application requirements and your application was ranked by the selection committee. Unfortunately your rank was outside the range of available spaces and you have been put on the waiting list for this year. The Team for Application and Admission will send out offers until the available spaces have been filled. If people first accept the offer and later retract their admission, it can happen that you even receive an offer letter shortly before the start of the semester (in which case we usually can find special arrangements to allow for enough time). Since we have many people each year that do not accept our offers, the first wave of letters already includes a considerable amount of overbooking to shorten the time until all spaces could be filled.

==How does the waiting list work?==
At the beginning of the admission process, a number of applicants receive a letter of acceptance. This number is calculated by the number of available spaces (so far 20 each year) plus a percentage for overbooking. Many students who receive an offer reject it because they have already taken another offer. If less students reply than there are available spaces, offer letters are sent out to the next applicants of the waiting list until all spaces are filled. This means that if you are high up on the waiting list, you may receive a letter of acceptance a few weeks after the official publication date of the results. Please check your online account on a regular basis for a new letter in "Documents"!

==Is the waiting list carried over to next year?==
No, the waiting list is not carried over to the next application period. Once the admission process has finished (i.e. all spaces are successfully filled), the waiting list is reset. If you would like to reapply please ask the selection committee for advice and please check the requirements close to the application period (February-March).

=I have received a rejection notification on formal grounds ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[Translation:Rejection Letter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You receive this letter if the admission board has decided that you don't fulfill one or more of the requirements. This usually is due to missing credits from the field of computer science, insufficient language proficiency, or incomplete applications due to missing documents. Your application has therefore not been ranked and had to be rejected on formal grounds.

===My application was rejected due to missing credits from computer science but I surely have enough?===
As mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements|formal requirements]] the admission board carefully checks all submitted evidence for credits in computer science. Check the formal requirement page's specifics on which courses will be and will not be counted as computer science core courses. Since there are many more applications than available spaces, the admission board is very strict with this requirement. The relatedness of your degree to the standard BSc Informatik here in Hamburg is part of the selection criteria, so even a degree close to the boundary of 60 ECTS will receive a less favorable ranking since the 60 ECTS are the minimum.

===My application was rejected due to language proficiency?===
People who have handed in a certificate which is below the required mark will be rejected. People who tried to fulfill the requirement through alternative means will often be rejected on these grounds if the admission board does not see enough evidence for language proficiency on the required level. Please consult the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] page on language proficiency for detailed information.

===My application was rejected due to missing documents===
As mentioned on the [[Application:Required documents|required documents]] page, you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31st of March. Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. The IAS admission board does not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline (via postal mail) and/or if your online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. You can not submit missing documents after the expiration of the application deadline, there will be no reconsideration.

===What can I do if I think the given reason has to be wrong?===
The admission board carefully reviews each application. Applications close to the required mark in the language certificate or close to 60 ECTS have been triple checked by the admission board by the time you received the rejection.
This is also true for rejections on the ground of missing documents - there is really nothing the admission board or anybody can do for you.
You can ask the IAS Team/Admission Board for explanation and/or look in your case again and/or for statistics - please do so friendly - stating your full name, the application number, and your question: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Please be patient, it is not the IAS Teams main task answering emails of rejected students, but you will get an answer eventually). Please do not get your hopes up - usually, the decision has been made. You may reapply next year (Please ask the admission board whether they would advise that.)

Short statistics:
Usually, there are more than 400 applications and only 20 open spaces to be filled therefore the requirements for applying are strict with no exception.

Admission Process

2020-03-11T13:16:02Z

Felix: /* What does this letter mean? */

On this page, you can read about the general application/admission process and receive information about the type of response you have received acceptance, rejection, rejection with waiting list option.

'''The admission process'''

For the application process and later admission process, it is important that applicants understand that there are two completely different points of contact at the Universität Hamburg which you have to interact with at different stages of your application/enrolment/studies.

To avoid confusion we like to point out that there are two distinct points of contact of the Universität Hamburg you have to deal with for application and admission:
* '''The IAS Team''': The IAS Team is part of the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg. The IAS Team is responsible for the application process, selection process, program coordination, curriculum, questions about the IAS program, and counseling of students and applicants regarding study plans, and exams amongst others. The IAS Team runs the IAS program and also contains the selection committee (a group of professors, post-doctoral researchers, lecturers, academic advisors) who select the candidates. All questions regarding the content of the program, your curriculum, application, website, wiki, and difficulties while studying should be asked to the IAS Team. The IAS program has a special appointed academic advisor, who can be reached via ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de and should be contacted regarding the above. IAS Team is managed by the academic advisor.

* '''CampusCenter Team:''' central administration of the entire university. The Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung TBZ") is located at the Campus Center - Main Campus and part of the central administration (Do not confuse this with the IAS Team and Admission Board). They are running the online application system STiNE, are centrally responsible for all admissions at the University, are processing admissions and all legal issues. The CampusCenter provides central student documents (student ID card, confirmation documents) and has full control over all formal issues leading to your enrolment. Once you are fully enrolled (paid semester contribution), responsibility is partly handed back to the academic office at the department and to your academic advisor who is the contact for all study issues (ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de). The CampusCenter is responsible for sending your letter of acceptance/rejection. You send your enrolment documents to the CampusCenter. Please contact the Campus Center for all questions regarding the official enrolment or confirmation of enrolment for visa. Contact them via the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter]

* '''The academic office at the department of informatics''': There is also an academic coordinator who you should contact when you have questions regarding e.g. module and exam registrations, recognition of credit points, recognition of german lectures or other lectures, transcript, etc.). They are not involved before you actually start studying [https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/studies/orga/stb.html Contact academic office]

=Description of application/admission/enrolment/study process. What happens after I send my application?=
'''31 March:''' You have sent your application to the IAS Team at the Department of Informatics before the 31 of March. The IAS Team evaluates (only complete) applications.

'''1 May''', the IAS Team sends a list of ranking of all eligible applicants to the CampusCenter Team (the central administration of Universität Hamburg).
Once the ranking is done, the admission process is happening at the CampusCenter until you are fully enrolled. This also means that we at the department of informatics have no access to the admission process in detail and only receive the final list of enrolled students shortly before the start of the semester! Please tell the IAS Team as soon as you have enrolled yourself that you did (end of May) in order for you to receive all informational emails regarding the start of your study. The IAS Team stays in contact with the accepted students after application to ease the transition into your new study program in October. In general, you should always contact the IAS Team and your academic advisor first or in cc: IAS Team's contact: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de

'''Admission:'''
'''15 May:''' The CampusCenter Team decides how many of the top-ranked students receive a letter of acceptance (around 20) and instruction on how to enroll. Usually, this happens around 15 of May.

'''Enrolment:'''
'''29 May:''' For enrolment, the accepted applicants have to send certified documents and their enrolment form to the CampusCenter within two weeks (29 May).
After sending the enrolment documents and certified copies of your certificates, the accepted applicants are enrolled and for sure a student of the Universität Hamburg. Congratulations. The CampusCenter does not send any acknowledgment for receiving your documents. If you need one/like one, you need to request it via CampusCenter contact form. Anyhow, your place for the Master International Adaptive Systems is secured until the semester starts even though you might not have received any preliminary semester documents.
Until '''30 September''' the CampusCenter sends an email with your new student STiNE login, preliminary semester documents, demand for payment of your semester contribution. After you have paid you will receive your full semester documents (at that point you will have arrived in Germany and Universität Hamburg, probably have started studying). Sending the preliminary documents so late is an administrative decision of the central administration (CampusCenter) at the Universität Hamburg. Sorry. Sometimes they are really late in September with sending this one email. Do not worry and if you need an acknowledgment of preliminary enrolment for assurance/visa/bank account please request it, [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter Contact Form] .

'''Arriving in Hamburg:'''
'''1 October''' The first two weeks in October are welcome/orientation weeks, please attend.

=I have received a letter of acceptance ("Zulassungsbescheid")=
For information on the enrollment '''form''', see the [[FAQ:Matriculation Form | matriculation form page]].

==Am I required to send all documents as certified copies again?==
Yes, you have to sent originals or certified/attested copies for admission (to the Campus Center Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung (TBZ)").

==I do not have German health insurance! What do I have to do?==
You can '''only''' get German health insurance once you have a valid address in Germany. The Campus Center Team for Application and Admission is aware of this problem and you can provide the confirmation once you are in Germany and have accommodation. Please attach a note to your enrolment/matriculation form, saying that you are an international student from outside Europe.

Please check the official information here: [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/krankenversicherung Info of Universität Hamburg ] and [https://www.hamburg.com/welcome/career-profession/study/11872998/health-insurance/ Info of the city of Hamburg].

Travel health insurance does ''not'' provide sufficient coverage for the duration of studies in Germany.

Please see the FAQ section on [[FAQ:Main|health insurance]].

== Where do I have to send the admission (enrollment) documents? ==
The address is given on the top-right hand side of the first page of the letter of acceptance.

==How to waive your place after enrolment==
In case you are one of the 20 lucky students who received a letter of acceptance mid of May, enrolled yourself, then decide you do not want to start studying please fill in this form as early as possible:
Please be a fair player, otherwise, nobody will be contacted on the waiting list. (Nobody will be contacted when the semester has started.)

* [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/verzicht.html Free your accepted place for somebody on the waiting list]

=I have received a rejection notification and have been put on the waiting list ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[FAQ:Translation:WaitingListLetter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You have fulfilled the application requirements and your application was ranked by the selection committee. Unfortunately your rank was outside the range of available spaces and you have been put on the waiting list for this year. The Team for Application and Admission will send out offers until the available spaces have been filled. If people first accept the offer and later retract their admission, it can happen that you even receive an offer letter shortly before the start of the semester (in which case we usually can find special arrangements to allow for enough time). Since we have many people each year that do not accept our offers, the first wave of letters already includes a considerable amount of overbooking to shorten the time until all spaces could be filled.

==How does the waiting list work?==
At the beginning of the admission process, a number of applicants receive a letter of acceptance. This number is calculated by the number of available spaces (so far 20 each year) plus a percentage for overbooking. Many students who receive an offer reject it because they have already taken another offer. If less students reply than there are available spaces, offer letters are sent out to the next applicants of the waiting list until all spaces are filled. This means that if you are high up on the waiting list, you may receive a letter of acceptance a few weeks after the official publication date of the results. Please check your online account on a regular basis for a new letter in "Documents"!

==Is the waiting list carried over to next year?==
No, the waiting list is not carried over to the next application period. Once the admission process has finished (i.e. all spaces are successfully filled), the waiting list is reset. If you would like to reapply please ask the admission board for advice and please check the requirements close to the application period (February-March).

=I have received a rejection notification on formal grounds ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[Translation:Rejection Letter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You receive this letter if the admission board has decided that you don't fulfill one or more of the requirements. This usually is due to missing credits from the field of computer science, insufficient language proficiency, or incomplete applications due to missing documents. Your application has therefore not been ranked and had to be rejected on formal grounds.

===My application was rejected due to missing credits from computer science but I surely have enough?===
As mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements|formal requirements]] the admission board carefully checks all submitted evidence for credits in computer science. Check the formal requirement page's specifics on which courses will be and will not be counted as computer science core courses. Since there are many more applications than available spaces, the admission board is very strict with this requirement. The relatedness of your degree to the standard BSc Informatik here in Hamburg is part of the selection criteria, so even a degree close to the boundary of 60 ECTS will receive a less favorable ranking since the 60 ECTS are the minimum.

===My application was rejected due to language proficiency?===
People who have handed in a certificate which is below the required mark will be rejected. People who tried to fulfill the requirement through alternative means will often be rejected on these grounds if the admission board does not see enough evidence for language proficiency on the required level. Please consult the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] page on language proficiency for detailed information.

===My application was rejected due to missing documents===
As mentioned on the [[Application:Required documents|required documents]] page, you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31st of March. Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. The IAS admission board does not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline (via postal mail) and/or if your online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. You can not submit missing documents after the expiration of the application deadline, there will be no reconsideration.

===What can I do if I think the given reason has to be wrong?===
The admission board carefully reviews each application. Applications close to the required mark in the language certificate or close to 60 ECTS have been triple checked by the admission board by the time you received the rejection.
This is also true for rejections on the ground of missing documents - there is really nothing the admission board or anybody can do for you.
You can ask the IAS Team/Admission Board for explanation and/or look in your case again and/or for statistics - please do so friendly - stating your full name, the application number, and your question: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Please be patient, it is not the IAS Teams main task answering emails of rejected students, but you will get an answer eventually). Please do not get your hopes up - usually, the decision has been made. You may reapply next year (Please ask the admission board whether they would advise that.)

Short statistics:
Usually, there are more than 400 applications and only 20 open spaces to be filled therefore the requirements for applying are strict with no exception.

Admission Process

2020-03-11T13:15:25Z

Felix:

On this page, you can read about the general application/admission process and receive information about the type of response you have received acceptance, rejection, rejection with waiting list option.

'''The admission process'''

For the application process and later admission process, it is important that applicants understand that there are two completely different points of contact at the Universität Hamburg which you have to interact with at different stages of your application/enrolment/studies.

To avoid confusion we like to point out that there are two distinct points of contact of the Universität Hamburg you have to deal with for application and admission:
* '''The IAS Team''': The IAS Team is part of the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg. The IAS Team is responsible for the application process, selection process, program coordination, curriculum, questions about the IAS program, and counseling of students and applicants regarding study plans, and exams amongst others. The IAS Team runs the IAS program and also contains the selection committee (a group of professors, post-doctoral researchers, lecturers, academic advisors) who select the candidates. All questions regarding the content of the program, your curriculum, application, website, wiki, and difficulties while studying should be asked to the IAS Team. The IAS program has a special appointed academic advisor, who can be reached via ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de and should be contacted regarding the above. IAS Team is managed by the academic advisor.

* '''CampusCenter Team:''' central administration of the entire university. The Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung TBZ") is located at the Campus Center - Main Campus and part of the central administration (Do not confuse this with the IAS Team and Admission Board). They are running the online application system STiNE, are centrally responsible for all admissions at the University, are processing admissions and all legal issues. The CampusCenter provides central student documents (student ID card, confirmation documents) and has full control over all formal issues leading to your enrolment. Once you are fully enrolled (paid semester contribution), responsibility is partly handed back to the academic office at the department and to your academic advisor who is the contact for all study issues (ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de). The CampusCenter is responsible for sending your letter of acceptance/rejection. You send your enrolment documents to the CampusCenter. Please contact the Campus Center for all questions regarding the official enrolment or confirmation of enrolment for visa. Contact them via the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter]

* '''The academic office at the department of informatics''': There is also an academic coordinator who you should contact when you have questions regarding e.g. module and exam registrations, recognition of credit points, recognition of german lectures or other lectures, transcript, etc.). They are not involved before you actually start studying [https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/studies/orga/stb.html Contact academic office]

=Description of application/admission/enrolment/study process. What happens after I send my application?=
'''31 March:''' You have sent your application to the IAS Team at the Department of Informatics before the 31 of March. The IAS Team evaluates (only complete) applications.

'''1 May''', the IAS Team sends a list of ranking of all eligible applicants to the CampusCenter Team (the central administration of Universität Hamburg).
Once the ranking is done, the admission process is happening at the CampusCenter until you are fully enrolled. This also means that we at the department of informatics have no access to the admission process in detail and only receive the final list of enrolled students shortly before the start of the semester! Please tell the IAS Team as soon as you have enrolled yourself that you did (end of May) in order for you to receive all informational emails regarding the start of your study. The IAS Team stays in contact with the accepted students after application to ease the transition into your new study program in October. In general, you should always contact the IAS Team and your academic advisor first or in cc: IAS Team's contact: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de

'''Admission:'''
'''15 May:''' The CampusCenter Team decides how many of the top-ranked students receive a letter of acceptance (around 20) and instruction on how to enroll. Usually, this happens around 15 of May.

'''Enrolment:'''
'''29 May:''' For enrolment, the accepted applicants have to send certified documents and their enrolment form to the CampusCenter within two weeks (29 May).
After sending the enrolment documents and certified copies of your certificates, the accepted applicants are enrolled and for sure a student of the Universität Hamburg. Congratulations. The CampusCenter does not send any acknowledgment for receiving your documents. If you need one/like one, you need to request it via CampusCenter contact form. Anyhow, your place for the Master International Adaptive Systems is secured until the semester starts even though you might not have received any preliminary semester documents.
Until '''30 September''' the CampusCenter sends an email with your new student STiNE login, preliminary semester documents, demand for payment of your semester contribution. After you have paid you will receive your full semester documents (at that point you will have arrived in Germany and Universität Hamburg, probably have started studying). Sending the preliminary documents so late is an administrative decision of the central administration (CampusCenter) at the Universität Hamburg. Sorry. Sometimes they are really late in September with sending this one email. Do not worry and if you need an acknowledgment of preliminary enrolment for assurance/visa/bank account please request it, [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter Contact Form] .

'''Arriving in Hamburg:'''
'''1 October''' The first two weeks in October are welcome/orientation weeks, please attend.

=I have received a letter of acceptance ("Zulassungsbescheid")=
For information on the enrollment '''form''', see the [[FAQ:Matriculation Form | matriculation form page]].

==Am I required to send all documents as certified copies again?==
Yes, you have to sent originals or certified/attested copies for admission (to the Campus Center Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung (TBZ)").

==I do not have German health insurance! What do I have to do?==
You can '''only''' get German health insurance once you have a valid address in Germany. The Campus Center Team for Application and Admission is aware of this problem and you can provide the confirmation once you are in Germany and have accommodation. Please attach a note to your enrolment/matriculation form, saying that you are an international student from outside Europe.

Please check the official information here: [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/krankenversicherung Info of Universität Hamburg ] and [https://www.hamburg.com/welcome/career-profession/study/11872998/health-insurance/ Info of the city of Hamburg].

Travel health insurance does ''not'' provide sufficient coverage for the duration of studies in Germany.

Please see the FAQ section on [[FAQ:Main|health insurance]].

== Where do I have to send the admission (enrollment) documents? ==
The address is given on the top-right hand side of the first page of the letter of acceptance.

==How to waive your place after enrolment==
In case you are one of the 20 lucky students who received a letter of acceptance mid of May, enrolled yourself, then decide you do not want to start studying please fill in this form as early as possible:
Please be a fair player, otherwise, nobody will be contacted on the waiting list. (Nobody will be contacted when the semester has started.)

* [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/verzicht.html Free your accepted place for somebody on the waiting list]

=I have received a rejection notification and have been put on the waiting list ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[FAQ:Translation:WaitingListLetter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You have fulfilled the application requirements and your application was ranked by the admission board. Unfortunately your rank was outside the range of available spaces and you have been put on the waiting list for this year. The Team for Application and Admission will send out offers until the available spaces have been filled. If people first accept the offer and later retract their admission, it can happen that you even receive an offer letter shortly before the start of the semester (in which case we usually can find special arrangements to allow for enough time). Since we have many people each year that do not accept our offers, the first wave of letters already includes a considerable amount of overbooking to shorten the time until all spaces could be filled.

==How does the waiting list work?==
At the beginning of the admission process, a number of applicants receive a letter of acceptance. This number is calculated by the number of available spaces (so far 20 each year) plus a percentage for overbooking. Many students who receive an offer reject it because they have already taken another offer. If less students reply than there are available spaces, offer letters are sent out to the next applicants of the waiting list until all spaces are filled. This means that if you are high up on the waiting list, you may receive a letter of acceptance a few weeks after the official publication date of the results. Please check your online account on a regular basis for a new letter in "Documents"!

==Is the waiting list carried over to next year?==
No, the waiting list is not carried over to the next application period. Once the admission process has finished (i.e. all spaces are successfully filled), the waiting list is reset. If you would like to reapply please ask the admission board for advice and please check the requirements close to the application period (February-March).

=I have received a rejection notification on formal grounds ("Ablehnungsbescheid")=

If you have received a German-only letter, you can find a translation [[Translation:Rejection Letter|here]].

==What does this letter mean?==
You receive this letter if the admission board has decided that you don't fulfill one or more of the requirements. This usually is due to missing credits from the field of computer science, insufficient language proficiency, or incomplete applications due to missing documents. Your application has therefore not been ranked and had to be rejected on formal grounds.

===My application was rejected due to missing credits from computer science but I surely have enough?===
As mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements|formal requirements]] the admission board carefully checks all submitted evidence for credits in computer science. Check the formal requirement page's specifics on which courses will be and will not be counted as computer science core courses. Since there are many more applications than available spaces, the admission board is very strict with this requirement. The relatedness of your degree to the standard BSc Informatik here in Hamburg is part of the selection criteria, so even a degree close to the boundary of 60 ECTS will receive a less favorable ranking since the 60 ECTS are the minimum.

===My application was rejected due to language proficiency?===
People who have handed in a certificate which is below the required mark will be rejected. People who tried to fulfill the requirement through alternative means will often be rejected on these grounds if the admission board does not see enough evidence for language proficiency on the required level. Please consult the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]] page on language proficiency for detailed information.

===My application was rejected due to missing documents===
As mentioned on the [[Application:Required documents|required documents]] page, you have sent all required documents in due time. The deadline is the 31st of March. Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. The IAS admission board does not inform you of missing documents or late applications. Your application is considered incomplete if one or more of the required documents are not received before the deadline (via postal mail) and/or if your online application form is not submitted online. As a result, your application will not take part in the selection process. You can not submit missing documents after the expiration of the application deadline, there will be no reconsideration.

===What can I do if I think the given reason has to be wrong?===
The admission board carefully reviews each application. Applications close to the required mark in the language certificate or close to 60 ECTS have been triple checked by the admission board by the time you received the rejection.
This is also true for rejections on the ground of missing documents - there is really nothing the admission board or anybody can do for you.
You can ask the IAS Team/Admission Board for explanation and/or look in your case again and/or for statistics - please do so friendly - stating your full name, the application number, and your question: ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Please be patient, it is not the IAS Teams main task answering emails of rejected students, but you will get an answer eventually). Please do not get your hopes up - usually, the decision has been made. You may reapply next year (Please ask the admission board whether they would advise that.)

Short statistics:
Usually, there are more than 400 applications and only 20 open spaces to be filled therefore the requirements for applying are strict with no exception.

FAQ: Q&A

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Felix: /* I have sent the application, what happens next? */

On this page we have listed a few of the frequently asked questions. See the box below for an overview.

=FAQ about the application=

==Can I send my application documents by e-mail?==
No, everything has to be send in paper copy by postal mail. Please be aware that your application will only be considered complete once all of the [[Application:Required documents| required documents]] have arrived. Therefore you should plan for enough time for the mail to arrive before the application deadline! If you send separate documents make sure to add your applicant number (Ger: ''Bewerbernummer'' (e.g. BW-1812345), to be found at the top of your online application form) somewhere so that the IAS selection committee knows who's document it is.

==Do I need German translations of all documents?==
No. We accept documents in '''English''' and German. If your original documents are in another language, you have to provide certified translations of those documents in either German or English.

==Do all the documents have to be sent as certified/attested copies?==
No, not for the application at the Department of Informatics - IAS. You can send the required application documents as simple copies. But please be aware that once you have been sent an ''letter of acceptance'' by the CampusCenter (central administration), you have to send certified/attested copies of your language certificate, your university entrance qualification (e.g. high school certificate), and your bachelor's degree certificate to prove the authenticity of those documents together with the [[FAQ:Matriculation Form | matriculation form]] '''within 14 days''' to the "Team for Application and Admission" (Ger: ''Team Bewerbung und Zulassung'') at the CampusCenter of the Universität Hamburg. Therefore, we highly recommend preparing certified/attested copies of all the relevant documents upfront.
The central adminstration team (CampusCenter Team for your enrolment, located at the city center) and the IAS Team (for your application and later your studies, located at the Department of Informatics, Hamburg Stellingen) are two very distinct teams and have nothing to do with the task of the other.

==I have already sent certified/attested copies for application, do I have to send them again for matriculation?==
Officially yes. You have to understand that the "IAS admission team" at the Department of Informatics is the place where you sent your application to. The University’s "Team for Application and Admission (Ger: ''Team Bewerbung und Zulassung'') is the place where you sent your matriculation to. They are two different institutions spread across Hamburg.

In case you are experiencing any problems sending attested/original documents in the given period of time (2 weeks), then please contact both teams together in one email.

==How much is the tuition fee?==
The City of Hamburg is subsidizing tuition fees for all students in Hamburg which means you do not have to pay tuition fees for the Master’s program „Intelligent Adaptive Systems“. You only have to pay the students semester fee which all students at the University of Hamburg have to pay. Every semester it is calculated and you will be informed about the amount and the deadline to when it has to be transferred in your offer letter and later in your STiNE account.

==What is the semester fee?==
Each student at the University of Hamburg has to pay a semester fee for each semester he or she is enrolled at. You have to pay this fee to get your student card which already includes a free public transport pass for the Hamburg area. More information on how this fee is calculated and the current amount can be found '''[https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/studienorganisation/studienverlauf/beitraege-gebuehren/semesterbeitrag.html here]'''.

==I have sent the application, what happens next?==
After the deadline has passed, the IAS selection committee will meet and rank all applicants that fulfil the requirements based on the selection criteria. The available spaces are then filled according to this ranking and all selected applicants will receive a letter of acceptance. Those applicants have to accept the offer within 14 days. This is done by sending in a matriculation form together with all required documents as certified/attested copies to the University of Hamburg.

All applicants that fulfill the requirements but were not selected for one of the available spaces will be informed and put on a waiting list. They may still receive an offer if one of the previously selected applicants does not answer to the letter of acceptance within the deadline or declines the offer.
If the IAS selection committee decided that you do not fulfill the requirements, you will receive a letter explaining the reason. There will be no reconsideration of applications.

More detailed information'''[[Admission Process | here]]'''.

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FAQ: Q&A

2020-03-11T13:13:52Z

Felix: /* I have sent the application, what happens next? */

On this page we have listed a few of the frequently asked questions. See the box below for an overview.

=FAQ about the application=

==Can I send my application documents by e-mail?==
No, everything has to be send in paper copy by postal mail. Please be aware that your application will only be considered complete once all of the [[Application:Required documents| required documents]] have arrived. Therefore you should plan for enough time for the mail to arrive before the application deadline! If you send separate documents make sure to add your applicant number (Ger: ''Bewerbernummer'' (e.g. BW-1812345), to be found at the top of your online application form) somewhere so that the IAS selection committee knows who's document it is.

==Do I need German translations of all documents?==
No. We accept documents in '''English''' and German. If your original documents are in another language, you have to provide certified translations of those documents in either German or English.

==Do all the documents have to be sent as certified/attested copies?==
No, not for the application at the Department of Informatics - IAS. You can send the required application documents as simple copies. But please be aware that once you have been sent an ''letter of acceptance'' by the CampusCenter (central administration), you have to send certified/attested copies of your language certificate, your university entrance qualification (e.g. high school certificate), and your bachelor's degree certificate to prove the authenticity of those documents together with the [[FAQ:Matriculation Form | matriculation form]] '''within 14 days''' to the "Team for Application and Admission" (Ger: ''Team Bewerbung und Zulassung'') at the CampusCenter of the Universität Hamburg. Therefore, we highly recommend preparing certified/attested copies of all the relevant documents upfront.
The central adminstration team (CampusCenter Team for your enrolment, located at the city center) and the IAS Team (for your application and later your studies, located at the Department of Informatics, Hamburg Stellingen) are two very distinct teams and have nothing to do with the task of the other.

==I have already sent certified/attested copies for application, do I have to send them again for matriculation?==
Officially yes. You have to understand that the "IAS admission team" at the Department of Informatics is the place where you sent your application to. The University’s "Team for Application and Admission (Ger: ''Team Bewerbung und Zulassung'') is the place where you sent your matriculation to. They are two different institutions spread across Hamburg.

In case you are experiencing any problems sending attested/original documents in the given period of time (2 weeks), then please contact both teams together in one email.

==How much is the tuition fee?==
The City of Hamburg is subsidizing tuition fees for all students in Hamburg which means you do not have to pay tuition fees for the Master’s program „Intelligent Adaptive Systems“. You only have to pay the students semester fee which all students at the University of Hamburg have to pay. Every semester it is calculated and you will be informed about the amount and the deadline to when it has to be transferred in your offer letter and later in your STiNE account.

==What is the semester fee?==
Each student at the University of Hamburg has to pay a semester fee for each semester he or she is enrolled at. You have to pay this fee to get your student card which already includes a free public transport pass for the Hamburg area. More information on how this fee is calculated and the current amount can be found '''[https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/studienorganisation/studienverlauf/beitraege-gebuehren/semesterbeitrag.html here]'''.

==I have sent the application, what happens next?==
After the deadline has passed, the IAS selection committee will meet and rank all applicants that fulfil the requirements based on the selection criteria. The available spaces are then filled according to this ranking and all selected applicants will receive a letter of acceptance. Those applicants have to accept the offer within 14 days. This is done by sending in a matriculation form together with all required documents as certified/attested copies to the University of Hamburg.

All applicants that fulfill the requirements but were not selected for one of the available spaces will be informed and put on a waiting list. They may still receive an offer if one of the previously selected applicants does not answer to the letter of acceptance within the deadline or declines the offer.
If the IAS admission board decided that you do not fulfill the requirements, you will receive a letter explaining the reason. There will be no reconsideration of applications.

More detailed information'''[[Admission Process | here]]'''.

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FAQ: Q&A

2020-03-11T13:13:26Z

Felix: /* Can I send my application documents by e-mail? */

On this page we have listed a few of the frequently asked questions. See the box below for an overview.

=FAQ about the application=

==Can I send my application documents by e-mail?==
No, everything has to be send in paper copy by postal mail. Please be aware that your application will only be considered complete once all of the [[Application:Required documents| required documents]] have arrived. Therefore you should plan for enough time for the mail to arrive before the application deadline! If you send separate documents make sure to add your applicant number (Ger: ''Bewerbernummer'' (e.g. BW-1812345), to be found at the top of your online application form) somewhere so that the IAS selection committee knows who's document it is.

==Do I need German translations of all documents?==
No. We accept documents in '''English''' and German. If your original documents are in another language, you have to provide certified translations of those documents in either German or English.

==Do all the documents have to be sent as certified/attested copies?==
No, not for the application at the Department of Informatics - IAS. You can send the required application documents as simple copies. But please be aware that once you have been sent an ''letter of acceptance'' by the CampusCenter (central administration), you have to send certified/attested copies of your language certificate, your university entrance qualification (e.g. high school certificate), and your bachelor's degree certificate to prove the authenticity of those documents together with the [[FAQ:Matriculation Form | matriculation form]] '''within 14 days''' to the "Team for Application and Admission" (Ger: ''Team Bewerbung und Zulassung'') at the CampusCenter of the Universität Hamburg. Therefore, we highly recommend preparing certified/attested copies of all the relevant documents upfront.
The central adminstration team (CampusCenter Team for your enrolment, located at the city center) and the IAS Team (for your application and later your studies, located at the Department of Informatics, Hamburg Stellingen) are two very distinct teams and have nothing to do with the task of the other.

==I have already sent certified/attested copies for application, do I have to send them again for matriculation?==
Officially yes. You have to understand that the "IAS admission team" at the Department of Informatics is the place where you sent your application to. The University’s "Team for Application and Admission (Ger: ''Team Bewerbung und Zulassung'') is the place where you sent your matriculation to. They are two different institutions spread across Hamburg.

In case you are experiencing any problems sending attested/original documents in the given period of time (2 weeks), then please contact both teams together in one email.

==How much is the tuition fee?==
The City of Hamburg is subsidizing tuition fees for all students in Hamburg which means you do not have to pay tuition fees for the Master’s program „Intelligent Adaptive Systems“. You only have to pay the students semester fee which all students at the University of Hamburg have to pay. Every semester it is calculated and you will be informed about the amount and the deadline to when it has to be transferred in your offer letter and later in your STiNE account.

==What is the semester fee?==
Each student at the University of Hamburg has to pay a semester fee for each semester he or she is enrolled at. You have to pay this fee to get your student card which already includes a free public transport pass for the Hamburg area. More information on how this fee is calculated and the current amount can be found '''[https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/studienorganisation/studienverlauf/beitraege-gebuehren/semesterbeitrag.html here]'''.

==I have sent the application, what happens next?==
After the deadline has passed, the IAS admission board will meet and rank all applicants that fulfil the requirements based on the selection criteria. The available spaces are then filled according to this ranking and all selected applicants will receive a letter of acceptance. Those applicants have to accept the offer within 14 days. This is done by sending in a matriculation form together with all required documents as certified/attested copies to the University of Hamburg.

All applicants that fulfill the requirements but were not selected for one of the available spaces will be informed and put on a waiting list. They may still receive an offer if one of the previously selected applicants does not answer to the letter of acceptance within the deadline or declines the offer.
If the IAS admission board decided that you do not fulfill the requirements, you will receive a letter explaining the reason. There will be no reconsideration of applications.

More detailed information'''[[Admission Process | here]]'''.

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Application:Minimum requirements

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Applicants should have a strong background in computer science or a related field of study since programming and mathematical knowledge is assumed. Moreover, applicants must have a very good command over the English language to follow lectures and exams. You have to meet the following formal requirements in order to apply to the Master's program Intelligent Adaptive Systems.

* A Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, with 60 ECTS credit points acquired in the core field of computer science. These 60 ECTS must be listed in your transcript of records or attested by your university.

* Proof of English language proficiency by (or comparable to)
CEFR/TELC: At least Level B2 in all testing categories (listening, reading, speaking, writing) better C1
IELTS: 6.5 + B2
TOEFL: IBT 90, PBT 575, CBT 230
Cambridge: CAE or CPE

='''Formal Requirement: 60 ECTS credits or comparable from computer science'''=

The formal requirement for the MSc IAS is a completed degree (at least a Bachelor’s degree) with at least 60 credit points (ECTS) in core Computer Science (cs) courses/modules. Only completed ''university'' courses obtained in a single bachelor in cs or master in cs or a related field of study count towards the formal requirement of 60 ECTS credits in cs.
Applicants who can only provide proof of 60 ECTS counting courses from 2 or more degrees will be subject to a case by case decision and may be rejected on the grounds of not passing the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in one degree. Please contact us before you apply.

==How should I evidence and display my 60 ECTS? ==

'''Evidence = Transcript + Table'''

Please send your '''official transcript of records''' issued by your university or other evidence attested by your university containing the credit points/hours per module/course, the total amount of credit points/hours along with the standard length in years of your program and the length you have needed to complete your study if these details aren't listed in your transcript of records.

====Self-made structured table====

To display the 60 ECTS in computer science, please provide a self-made structured table of all core computer science courses you have completed. This will help the IAS selection committee to identify which of the courses listed in your transcript of records can be counted as core computer science courses for the required 60 ECTS. All of the information you mention, have to be found in your transcript of records. The given information should be short and precise (e.g. name and number of course as exactly given in your transcript). If they aren't listed in your transcript, please provide another source of evidence attested by your university, e.g. letter of recommendation.

Please read the detailed section about the structured self-made table here including examples:

'''[[Required Documents: Example structure table| Self-made table]]'''

Please do '''not''' send full module handbooks as descriptions of course content. The selection team will not read them. Providing proof is the applicant's task - use a highlighter to point to the important information in any document you provide.

==The ECTS credit system is not used in my country, how can I estimate my credits?==
ECTS stands for European Credit Transfer System and it is a measure for the estimated workload per module of a student. At Universität Hamburg a BSc in Informatics/Computer Science has a regular length of 3 years and requires 180 ECTS credits. One ECTS credit corresponds to about 30 hours of work and the number of credits per module is set by the lecturer. Each regular semester of a full-time student contains 30 ECTS credits. 60 ECTS credits equal one year of full-time study of only core computer science courses. Thus you can use the estimation of 60 ECTS AND the estimation of the ratio of at least 33% of a 3 year-BSc as a ''rough'' estimate to the amount of workload your completed cs courses have to fulfill. Please note, it is the applicant's task to provide proof of at least 60 ECTS and information on the degree the applicant is applying with. Please, provide the information the table template is asking for if your transcript does not show ECTS.

==What modules will be counted towards the 60 ECTS?==
Here are some examples of module names which will likely be counted as CS content: digital signal processing, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, software engineering, programming in ..., human-robot interaction, neural networks, introduction to computer science, data mining, image processing, algorithms, and data structures, data bases...

Modules that will '''not''' be counted include: math, engineering, mechatronics, electrical engineering, economics or soft skill subjects unless they specifically focus on cs centred content.

==Can I complete courses after application to make up for missing credit points in computer science?==
No, unfortunately not. The requirement of 60 ECTS needs to be fulfilled upon application unless you can specifically prove that the 60 ECTS will be finished at the end of the running semester. If you do not fulfill this requirement, your application will be rejected by the selection committee before entering the selection process.

==I don't have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, can I still apply?==
The requirement for the MSc IAS is one finished degree (at least a Bachelor’s degree) with at least 60 credit points (ETCS) from core Computer Science. Make sure to provide evidence of modules with computer science content (i.e. detailed transcript of records, module description in a nice and short table as mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]]) to help the selection committee to decide whether a module can be counted towards the requirement. Please note the selection committee will not search for info in an entire module handbook. All the courses you list and explain have to be found in your transcript of records. It is the applicant's task to provide acceptable proof of 60 ECTS. For evaluation please provide all the information asked for in the example of the table.

==I have not finished my degree and do not know my overall/final grade yet?==
Please make sure by the time you apply that you have 60 ECTS in core CS subjects displayed in your transcript. You need to have a finished degree by 15 May or a statement of your university that you finish within weeks in case you have been accepted to the program.
In general, this applies to all applicants:
You can apply if you have finished 5/6 semesters and can evidence 150 ECTS credits of 180 ECTS (or comparable) of your first degree = last semester is missing. This must be detectable in your official transcript of records showing the amount of already acquired credits and the number of minimum credits required for completion. The final transcript and graduation certificate have to be handed in for enrolment if you are admitted.

In regards to your overall average grade (preliminary) and/or final grade, please provide a document with a (preliminary) final grade calculated by your university and grading scale, even if only 5/6 semesters of the studies have been completed. It can be in GPA or the system used in your university, but it should be submitted in numbers. Make sure you send an official document attested by your university as the IAS selection committee does not accept self-calculated final grades nor does the IAS selection committee calculate final grades for you. If this information is listed in your transcript of records, then you don't need to provide this extra document.

For the translation of your final/average grade into the German grading system and comparison reasons. Please provide your degrees grading scale (minimum passing grade, maximum grade, e.g. in GPA: "1" is usually the minimum passing grade and "4" the maximum grade). Please provide an official document for your grading scale if it is not evident on your official transcript.

==I do not have "standard" Bachelor of Science but a comparable degree, what should I do?==
Please submit all documents that can together be counted as comparable to a BSc degree (e.g. in some countries, an associative + 2 years BSc degree).

='''Formal Requirement: English language proficiency'''=
The selection committee is looking for evidence of a language level that ensures that you can both follow a complex lecture as well as communicate well in oral and written form. Students that don't have the necessary level won't be able to follow lectures, complete homework and seminar papers, or pass oral exams and thus not be able to complete our program.

====Direct fulfillment of the requirement====

* Sending one of the language proficiency tests in the list displaying at least the minimum score:

CEFR/TELC Level >= at least B2 in all categories or C1
IELTS >= Overall band 6.5 + B2 (*with a minimum subscore of 6.0 for Listening, Comprehension, Speaking, Writing)
TOEFL: IBT >= 90 (*with a minimum subscore of 20 for Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing), PBT >= 575, CBT >= 230
Cambridge >= CAE or CPE

*of course, the overall minimum level has to be reached, too

Please, contact us if you have an internationally accepted test that does not appear on this list.

The following evidence may also be accepted - state your case in an extra letter:
* Native English speaker (evidenced by a copy of your ID or passport of a country with English as one of its official languages)
* Living/studying in an English-speaking country (AUS, NZ, GB, USA) for a long period (3 years or longer) (evidenced by confirmation e.g. letter of your company, university)

====Evidences that on their own ''do not'' fulfil the requirement====
* Medium of instruction
* English courses within your degree without an internationally accepted certificate
* Short exchanges or visits in English-speaking countries
* Essays or papers written in the English language
* Old English proficiency test score (older than 2 years)

====Direct rejection====
* Sending a language proficiency test with a score below the listed levels
* Applications without a language proficiency test and without an '''extra letter''' stating explicitly what you would like the selection committee to accept as English proficiency requirement

==I have a language certificate that is not listed on the website, can I send this as proof?==
Please understand that only internationally established certificates can be counted. Certificates from local language schools and universities cannot be easily verified and therefore have to be rejected. Only listed language certificates with sufficiently high scores will immediately lead to the fulfillment of the formal requirement language proficiency.

You may send a language certificate that is not listed, however, it will be the selection committee's decision whether or not it is comparable to the listed certificates. It is always a good idea to provide information about the certificate and why you send in a different language certificate than listed.

Recent application periods have shown that most applicants have been directly rejected without English proficiency tests due to a very high number of applicants and/or an unclear evidenced English proficiency. Therefore it is recommended to send in one of the internationally established language certificates as listed above.

==I am a native English speaker. Do I still have to send a certificate?==
If you were born and are living in a country with English as one of its official languages, you do not have to provide further evidence. In this case, please send in a copy of your ID or passport. This might also apply if you have been studying or working in such a country for a long time, in this case please send in a confirmation such as a letter from your company or university. It is still recommended to provide additional proof of language proficiency with one of the listed language certificates from above.

==My previous degree was taught fully in English, does that count as sufficient proof?==
No. However, if your degree was obtained in a country with English as one of its official languages (e.g. Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA ...) and your certificate/transcript explicitly states that English was the medium of instruction within your entire degree ('''3+ years''') and your university attests that all modules were taught and assessed in English, the selection committee may accept this as proof of proficiency, but this will be decided on a case to case basis depending on country, institution, English in your application. Please provide a document of your own stating the information and why you are not sending an English Proficiency Test. It is still recommended to provide additional proof of language proficiency with one of the listed language certificates.

== I have a TOEFL certificate but can't find the institution code of Universität Hamburg? ==
If you want to submit the TOEFL scores through ETS, the departmental is: Universität Hamburg - Department of Informatics
DI Code: B406. Since there usually is a considerable delay between test and the arrival of the score card, please '''ALWAYS''' add a copy of the scorecard or the results page to your documents and inform us via email: ias-info@informatik.uni-hamburg.de. If your documents do not arrive in time your application will be rejected. Some documents never reach us.

== More questions regarding the application ==
* [[FAQ: Q&A| Frequently Asked Questions about the application]]

=What does this mean for the documents I should prepare?=
See [[Application:Required documents| Required documents]] for detailed information.

Application:Minimum requirements

2020-03-11T13:12:24Z

Felix: /* I have a language certificate that is not listed on the website, can I send this as proof? */

Applicants should have a strong background in computer science or a related field of study since programming and mathematical knowledge is assumed. Moreover, applicants must have a very good command over the English language to follow lectures and exams. You have to meet the following formal requirements in order to apply to the Master's program Intelligent Adaptive Systems.

* A Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, with 60 ECTS credit points acquired in the core field of computer science. These 60 ECTS must be listed in your transcript of records or attested by your university.

* Proof of English language proficiency by (or comparable to)
CEFR/TELC: At least Level B2 in all testing categories (listening, reading, speaking, writing) better C1
IELTS: 6.5 + B2
TOEFL: IBT 90, PBT 575, CBT 230
Cambridge: CAE or CPE

='''Formal Requirement: 60 ECTS credits or comparable from computer science'''=

The formal requirement for the MSc IAS is a completed degree (at least a Bachelor’s degree) with at least 60 credit points (ECTS) in core Computer Science (cs) courses/modules. Only completed ''university'' courses obtained in a single bachelor in cs or master in cs or a related field of study count towards the formal requirement of 60 ECTS credits in cs.
Applicants who can only provide proof of 60 ECTS counting courses from 2 or more degrees will be subject to a case by case decision and may be rejected on the grounds of not passing the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in one degree. Please contact us before you apply.

==How should I evidence and display my 60 ECTS? ==

'''Evidence = Transcript + Table'''

Please send your '''official transcript of records''' issued by your university or other evidence attested by your university containing the credit points/hours per module/course, the total amount of credit points/hours along with the standard length in years of your program and the length you have needed to complete your study if these details aren't listed in your transcript of records.

====Self-made structured table====

To display the 60 ECTS in computer science, please provide a self-made structured table of all core computer science courses you have completed. This will help the IAS selection committee to identify which of the courses listed in your transcript of records can be counted as core computer science courses for the required 60 ECTS. All of the information you mention, have to be found in your transcript of records. The given information should be short and precise (e.g. name and number of course as exactly given in your transcript). If they aren't listed in your transcript, please provide another source of evidence attested by your university, e.g. letter of recommendation.

Please read the detailed section about the structured self-made table here including examples:

'''[[Required Documents: Example structure table| Self-made table]]'''

Please do '''not''' send full module handbooks as descriptions of course content. The selection team will not read them. Providing proof is the applicant's task - use a highlighter to point to the important information in any document you provide.

==The ECTS credit system is not used in my country, how can I estimate my credits?==
ECTS stands for European Credit Transfer System and it is a measure for the estimated workload per module of a student. At Universität Hamburg a BSc in Informatics/Computer Science has a regular length of 3 years and requires 180 ECTS credits. One ECTS credit corresponds to about 30 hours of work and the number of credits per module is set by the lecturer. Each regular semester of a full-time student contains 30 ECTS credits. 60 ECTS credits equal one year of full-time study of only core computer science courses. Thus you can use the estimation of 60 ECTS AND the estimation of the ratio of at least 33% of a 3 year-BSc as a ''rough'' estimate to the amount of workload your completed cs courses have to fulfill. Please note, it is the applicant's task to provide proof of at least 60 ECTS and information on the degree the applicant is applying with. Please, provide the information the table template is asking for if your transcript does not show ECTS.

==What modules will be counted towards the 60 ECTS?==
Here are some examples of module names which will likely be counted as CS content: digital signal processing, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, software engineering, programming in ..., human-robot interaction, neural networks, introduction to computer science, data mining, image processing, algorithms, and data structures, data bases...

Modules that will '''not''' be counted include: math, engineering, mechatronics, electrical engineering, economics or soft skill subjects unless they specifically focus on cs centred content.

==Can I complete courses after application to make up for missing credit points in computer science?==
No, unfortunately not. The requirement of 60 ECTS needs to be fulfilled upon application unless you can specifically prove that the 60 ECTS will be finished at the end of the running semester. If you do not fulfill this requirement, your application will be rejected by the selection committee before entering the selection process.

==I don't have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, can I still apply?==
The requirement for the MSc IAS is one finished degree (at least a Bachelor’s degree) with at least 60 credit points (ETCS) from core Computer Science. Make sure to provide evidence of modules with computer science content (i.e. detailed transcript of records, module description in a nice and short table as mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]]) to help the selection committee to decide whether a module can be counted towards the requirement. Please note the selection committee will not search for info in an entire module handbook. All the courses you list and explain have to be found in your transcript of records. It is the applicant's task to provide acceptable proof of 60 ECTS. For evaluation please provide all the information asked for in the example of the table.

==I have not finished my degree and do not know my overall/final grade yet?==
Please make sure by the time you apply that you have 60 ECTS in core CS subjects displayed in your transcript. You need to have a finished degree by 15 May or a statement of your university that you finish within weeks in case you have been accepted to the program.
In general, this applies to all applicants:
You can apply if you have finished 5/6 semesters and can evidence 150 ECTS credits of 180 ECTS (or comparable) of your first degree = last semester is missing. This must be detectable in your official transcript of records showing the amount of already acquired credits and the number of minimum credits required for completion. The final transcript and graduation certificate have to be handed in for enrolment if you are admitted.

In regards to your overall average grade (preliminary) and/or final grade, please provide a document with a (preliminary) final grade calculated by your university and grading scale, even if only 5/6 semesters of the studies have been completed. It can be in GPA or the system used in your university, but it should be submitted in numbers. Make sure you send an official document attested by your university as the IAS selection committee does not accept self-calculated final grades nor does the IAS selection committee calculate final grades for you. If this information is listed in your transcript of records, then you don't need to provide this extra document.

For the translation of your final/average grade into the German grading system and comparison reasons. Please provide your degrees grading scale (minimum passing grade, maximum grade, e.g. in GPA: "1" is usually the minimum passing grade and "4" the maximum grade). Please provide an official document for your grading scale if it is not evident on your official transcript.

==I do not have "standard" Bachelor of Science but a comparable degree, what should I do?==
Please submit all documents that can together be counted as comparable to a BSc degree (e.g. in some countries, an associative + 2 years BSc degree).

='''Formal Requirement: English language proficiency'''=
The selection committee is looking for evidence of a language level that ensures that you can both follow a complex lecture as well as communicate well in oral and written form. Students that don't have the necessary level won't be able to follow lectures, complete homework and seminar papers, or pass oral exams and thus not be able to complete our program.

====Direct fulfillment of the requirement====

* Sending one of the language proficiency tests in the list displaying at least the minimum score:

CEFR/TELC Level >= at least B2 in all categories or C1
IELTS >= Overall band 6.5 + B2 (*with a minimum subscore of 6.0 for Listening, Comprehension, Speaking, Writing)
TOEFL: IBT >= 90 (*with a minimum subscore of 20 for Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing), PBT >= 575, CBT >= 230
Cambridge >= CAE or CPE

*of course, the overall minimum level has to be reached, too

Please, contact us if you have an internationally accepted test that does not appear on this list.

The following evidence may also be accepted - state your case in an extra letter:
* Native English speaker (evidenced by a copy of your ID or passport of a country with English as one of its official languages)
* Living/studying in an English-speaking country (AUS, NZ, GB, USA) for a long period (3 years or longer) (evidenced by confirmation e.g. letter of your company, university)

====Evidences that on their own ''do not'' fulfil the requirement====
* Medium of instruction
* English courses within your degree without an internationally accepted certificate
* Short exchanges or visits in English-speaking countries
* Essays or papers written in the English language
* Old English proficiency test score (older than 2 years)

====Direct rejection====
* Sending a language proficiency test with a score below the listed levels
* Applications without a language proficiency test and without an '''extra letter''' stating explicitly what you would like the selection committee to accept as English proficiency requirement

==I have a language certificate that is not listed on the website, can I send this as proof?==
Please understand that only internationally established certificates can be counted. Certificates from local language schools and universities cannot be easily verified and therefore have to be rejected. Only listed language certificates with sufficiently high scores will immediately lead to the fulfillment of the formal requirement language proficiency.

You may send a language certificate that is not listed, however, it will be the selection committee's decision whether or not it is comparable to the listed certificates. It is always a good idea to provide information about the certificate and why you send in a different language certificate than listed.

Recent application periods have shown that most applicants have been directly rejected without English proficiency tests due to a very high number of applicants and/or an unclear evidenced English proficiency. Therefore it is recommended to send in one of the internationally established language certificates as listed above.

==I am a native English speaker. Do I still have to send a certificate?==
If you were born and are living in a country with English as one of its official languages, you do not have to provide further evidence. In this case, please send in a copy of your ID or passport. This might also apply if you have been studying or working in such a country for a long time, in this case please send in a confirmation such as a letter from your company or university. It is still recommended to provide additional proof of language proficiency with one of the listed language certificates from above.

==My previous degree was taught fully in English, does that count as sufficient proof?==
No. However, if your degree was obtained in a country with English as one of its official languages (e.g. Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA ...) and your certificate/transcript explicitly states that English was the medium of instruction within your entire degree ('''3+ years''') and your university attests that all modules were taught and assessed in English, the admission board may accept this as proof of proficiency, but this will be decided on a case to case basis depending on country, institution, English in your application. Please provide a document of your own stating the information and why you are not sending an English Proficiency Test. It is still recommended to provide additional proof of language proficiency with one of the listed language certificates.

== I have a TOEFL certificate but can't find the institution code of Universität Hamburg? ==
If you want to submit the TOEFL scores through ETS, the departmental is: Universität Hamburg - Department of Informatics
DI Code: B406. Since there usually is a considerable delay between test and the arrival of the score card, please '''ALWAYS''' add a copy of the scorecard or the results page to your documents and inform us via email: ias-info@informatik.uni-hamburg.de. If your documents do not arrive in time your application will be rejected. Some documents never reach us.

== More questions regarding the application ==
* [[FAQ: Q&A| Frequently Asked Questions about the application]]

=What does this mean for the documents I should prepare?=
See [[Application:Required documents| Required documents]] for detailed information.

Application:Minimum requirements

2020-03-11T13:11:57Z

Felix: /* Direct rejection */

Applicants should have a strong background in computer science or a related field of study since programming and mathematical knowledge is assumed. Moreover, applicants must have a very good command over the English language to follow lectures and exams. You have to meet the following formal requirements in order to apply to the Master's program Intelligent Adaptive Systems.

* A Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, with 60 ECTS credit points acquired in the core field of computer science. These 60 ECTS must be listed in your transcript of records or attested by your university.

* Proof of English language proficiency by (or comparable to)
CEFR/TELC: At least Level B2 in all testing categories (listening, reading, speaking, writing) better C1
IELTS: 6.5 + B2
TOEFL: IBT 90, PBT 575, CBT 230
Cambridge: CAE or CPE

='''Formal Requirement: 60 ECTS credits or comparable from computer science'''=

The formal requirement for the MSc IAS is a completed degree (at least a Bachelor’s degree) with at least 60 credit points (ECTS) in core Computer Science (cs) courses/modules. Only completed ''university'' courses obtained in a single bachelor in cs or master in cs or a related field of study count towards the formal requirement of 60 ECTS credits in cs.
Applicants who can only provide proof of 60 ECTS counting courses from 2 or more degrees will be subject to a case by case decision and may be rejected on the grounds of not passing the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in one degree. Please contact us before you apply.

==How should I evidence and display my 60 ECTS? ==

'''Evidence = Transcript + Table'''

Please send your '''official transcript of records''' issued by your university or other evidence attested by your university containing the credit points/hours per module/course, the total amount of credit points/hours along with the standard length in years of your program and the length you have needed to complete your study if these details aren't listed in your transcript of records.

====Self-made structured table====

To display the 60 ECTS in computer science, please provide a self-made structured table of all core computer science courses you have completed. This will help the IAS selection committee to identify which of the courses listed in your transcript of records can be counted as core computer science courses for the required 60 ECTS. All of the information you mention, have to be found in your transcript of records. The given information should be short and precise (e.g. name and number of course as exactly given in your transcript). If they aren't listed in your transcript, please provide another source of evidence attested by your university, e.g. letter of recommendation.

Please read the detailed section about the structured self-made table here including examples:

'''[[Required Documents: Example structure table| Self-made table]]'''

Please do '''not''' send full module handbooks as descriptions of course content. The selection team will not read them. Providing proof is the applicant's task - use a highlighter to point to the important information in any document you provide.

==The ECTS credit system is not used in my country, how can I estimate my credits?==
ECTS stands for European Credit Transfer System and it is a measure for the estimated workload per module of a student. At Universität Hamburg a BSc in Informatics/Computer Science has a regular length of 3 years and requires 180 ECTS credits. One ECTS credit corresponds to about 30 hours of work and the number of credits per module is set by the lecturer. Each regular semester of a full-time student contains 30 ECTS credits. 60 ECTS credits equal one year of full-time study of only core computer science courses. Thus you can use the estimation of 60 ECTS AND the estimation of the ratio of at least 33% of a 3 year-BSc as a ''rough'' estimate to the amount of workload your completed cs courses have to fulfill. Please note, it is the applicant's task to provide proof of at least 60 ECTS and information on the degree the applicant is applying with. Please, provide the information the table template is asking for if your transcript does not show ECTS.

==What modules will be counted towards the 60 ECTS?==
Here are some examples of module names which will likely be counted as CS content: digital signal processing, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, software engineering, programming in ..., human-robot interaction, neural networks, introduction to computer science, data mining, image processing, algorithms, and data structures, data bases...

Modules that will '''not''' be counted include: math, engineering, mechatronics, electrical engineering, economics or soft skill subjects unless they specifically focus on cs centred content.

==Can I complete courses after application to make up for missing credit points in computer science?==
No, unfortunately not. The requirement of 60 ECTS needs to be fulfilled upon application unless you can specifically prove that the 60 ECTS will be finished at the end of the running semester. If you do not fulfill this requirement, your application will be rejected by the selection committee before entering the selection process.

==I don't have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, can I still apply?==
The requirement for the MSc IAS is one finished degree (at least a Bachelor’s degree) with at least 60 credit points (ETCS) from core Computer Science. Make sure to provide evidence of modules with computer science content (i.e. detailed transcript of records, module description in a nice and short table as mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]]) to help the selection committee to decide whether a module can be counted towards the requirement. Please note the selection committee will not search for info in an entire module handbook. All the courses you list and explain have to be found in your transcript of records. It is the applicant's task to provide acceptable proof of 60 ECTS. For evaluation please provide all the information asked for in the example of the table.

==I have not finished my degree and do not know my overall/final grade yet?==
Please make sure by the time you apply that you have 60 ECTS in core CS subjects displayed in your transcript. You need to have a finished degree by 15 May or a statement of your university that you finish within weeks in case you have been accepted to the program.
In general, this applies to all applicants:
You can apply if you have finished 5/6 semesters and can evidence 150 ECTS credits of 180 ECTS (or comparable) of your first degree = last semester is missing. This must be detectable in your official transcript of records showing the amount of already acquired credits and the number of minimum credits required for completion. The final transcript and graduation certificate have to be handed in for enrolment if you are admitted.

In regards to your overall average grade (preliminary) and/or final grade, please provide a document with a (preliminary) final grade calculated by your university and grading scale, even if only 5/6 semesters of the studies have been completed. It can be in GPA or the system used in your university, but it should be submitted in numbers. Make sure you send an official document attested by your university as the IAS selection committee does not accept self-calculated final grades nor does the IAS selection committee calculate final grades for you. If this information is listed in your transcript of records, then you don't need to provide this extra document.

For the translation of your final/average grade into the German grading system and comparison reasons. Please provide your degrees grading scale (minimum passing grade, maximum grade, e.g. in GPA: "1" is usually the minimum passing grade and "4" the maximum grade). Please provide an official document for your grading scale if it is not evident on your official transcript.

==I do not have "standard" Bachelor of Science but a comparable degree, what should I do?==
Please submit all documents that can together be counted as comparable to a BSc degree (e.g. in some countries, an associative + 2 years BSc degree).

='''Formal Requirement: English language proficiency'''=
The selection committee is looking for evidence of a language level that ensures that you can both follow a complex lecture as well as communicate well in oral and written form. Students that don't have the necessary level won't be able to follow lectures, complete homework and seminar papers, or pass oral exams and thus not be able to complete our program.

====Direct fulfillment of the requirement====

* Sending one of the language proficiency tests in the list displaying at least the minimum score:

CEFR/TELC Level >= at least B2 in all categories or C1
IELTS >= Overall band 6.5 + B2 (*with a minimum subscore of 6.0 for Listening, Comprehension, Speaking, Writing)
TOEFL: IBT >= 90 (*with a minimum subscore of 20 for Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing), PBT >= 575, CBT >= 230
Cambridge >= CAE or CPE

*of course, the overall minimum level has to be reached, too

Please, contact us if you have an internationally accepted test that does not appear on this list.

The following evidence may also be accepted - state your case in an extra letter:
* Native English speaker (evidenced by a copy of your ID or passport of a country with English as one of its official languages)
* Living/studying in an English-speaking country (AUS, NZ, GB, USA) for a long period (3 years or longer) (evidenced by confirmation e.g. letter of your company, university)

====Evidences that on their own ''do not'' fulfil the requirement====
* Medium of instruction
* English courses within your degree without an internationally accepted certificate
* Short exchanges or visits in English-speaking countries
* Essays or papers written in the English language
* Old English proficiency test score (older than 2 years)

====Direct rejection====
* Sending a language proficiency test with a score below the listed levels
* Applications without a language proficiency test and without an '''extra letter''' stating explicitly what you would like the selection committee to accept as English proficiency requirement

==I have a language certificate that is not listed on the website, can I send this as proof?==
Please understand that only internationally established certificates can be counted. Certificates from local language schools and universities cannot be easily verified and therefore have to be rejected. Only listed language certificates with sufficiently high scores will immediately lead to the fulfillment of the formal requirement language proficiency.

You may send a language certificate that is not listed, however, it will be the admission board's decision whether or not it is comparable to the listed certificates. It is always a good idea to provide information about the certificate and why you send in a different language certificate than listed.

Recent application periods have shown that most applicants have been directly rejected without English proficiency tests due to a very high number of applicants and/or an unclear evidenced English proficiency. Therefore it is recommended to send in one of the internationally established language certificates as listed above.

==I am a native English speaker. Do I still have to send a certificate?==
If you were born and are living in a country with English as one of its official languages, you do not have to provide further evidence. In this case, please send in a copy of your ID or passport. This might also apply if you have been studying or working in such a country for a long time, in this case please send in a confirmation such as a letter from your company or university. It is still recommended to provide additional proof of language proficiency with one of the listed language certificates from above.

==My previous degree was taught fully in English, does that count as sufficient proof?==
No. However, if your degree was obtained in a country with English as one of its official languages (e.g. Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA ...) and your certificate/transcript explicitly states that English was the medium of instruction within your entire degree ('''3+ years''') and your university attests that all modules were taught and assessed in English, the admission board may accept this as proof of proficiency, but this will be decided on a case to case basis depending on country, institution, English in your application. Please provide a document of your own stating the information and why you are not sending an English Proficiency Test. It is still recommended to provide additional proof of language proficiency with one of the listed language certificates.

== I have a TOEFL certificate but can't find the institution code of Universität Hamburg? ==
If you want to submit the TOEFL scores through ETS, the departmental is: Universität Hamburg - Department of Informatics
DI Code: B406. Since there usually is a considerable delay between test and the arrival of the score card, please '''ALWAYS''' add a copy of the scorecard or the results page to your documents and inform us via email: ias-info@informatik.uni-hamburg.de. If your documents do not arrive in time your application will be rejected. Some documents never reach us.

== More questions regarding the application ==
* [[FAQ: Q&A| Frequently Asked Questions about the application]]

=What does this mean for the documents I should prepare?=
See [[Application:Required documents| Required documents]] for detailed information.

Application:Minimum requirements

2020-03-11T13:11:35Z

Felix: /* Formal Requirement: English language proficiency */

Applicants should have a strong background in computer science or a related field of study since programming and mathematical knowledge is assumed. Moreover, applicants must have a very good command over the English language to follow lectures and exams. You have to meet the following formal requirements in order to apply to the Master's program Intelligent Adaptive Systems.

* A Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, with 60 ECTS credit points acquired in the core field of computer science. These 60 ECTS must be listed in your transcript of records or attested by your university.

* Proof of English language proficiency by (or comparable to)
CEFR/TELC: At least Level B2 in all testing categories (listening, reading, speaking, writing) better C1
IELTS: 6.5 + B2
TOEFL: IBT 90, PBT 575, CBT 230
Cambridge: CAE or CPE

='''Formal Requirement: 60 ECTS credits or comparable from computer science'''=

The formal requirement for the MSc IAS is a completed degree (at least a Bachelor’s degree) with at least 60 credit points (ECTS) in core Computer Science (cs) courses/modules. Only completed ''university'' courses obtained in a single bachelor in cs or master in cs or a related field of study count towards the formal requirement of 60 ECTS credits in cs.
Applicants who can only provide proof of 60 ECTS counting courses from 2 or more degrees will be subject to a case by case decision and may be rejected on the grounds of not passing the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in one degree. Please contact us before you apply.

==How should I evidence and display my 60 ECTS? ==

'''Evidence = Transcript + Table'''

Please send your '''official transcript of records''' issued by your university or other evidence attested by your university containing the credit points/hours per module/course, the total amount of credit points/hours along with the standard length in years of your program and the length you have needed to complete your study if these details aren't listed in your transcript of records.

====Self-made structured table====

To display the 60 ECTS in computer science, please provide a self-made structured table of all core computer science courses you have completed. This will help the IAS selection committee to identify which of the courses listed in your transcript of records can be counted as core computer science courses for the required 60 ECTS. All of the information you mention, have to be found in your transcript of records. The given information should be short and precise (e.g. name and number of course as exactly given in your transcript). If they aren't listed in your transcript, please provide another source of evidence attested by your university, e.g. letter of recommendation.

Please read the detailed section about the structured self-made table here including examples:

'''[[Required Documents: Example structure table| Self-made table]]'''

Please do '''not''' send full module handbooks as descriptions of course content. The selection team will not read them. Providing proof is the applicant's task - use a highlighter to point to the important information in any document you provide.

==The ECTS credit system is not used in my country, how can I estimate my credits?==
ECTS stands for European Credit Transfer System and it is a measure for the estimated workload per module of a student. At Universität Hamburg a BSc in Informatics/Computer Science has a regular length of 3 years and requires 180 ECTS credits. One ECTS credit corresponds to about 30 hours of work and the number of credits per module is set by the lecturer. Each regular semester of a full-time student contains 30 ECTS credits. 60 ECTS credits equal one year of full-time study of only core computer science courses. Thus you can use the estimation of 60 ECTS AND the estimation of the ratio of at least 33% of a 3 year-BSc as a ''rough'' estimate to the amount of workload your completed cs courses have to fulfill. Please note, it is the applicant's task to provide proof of at least 60 ECTS and information on the degree the applicant is applying with. Please, provide the information the table template is asking for if your transcript does not show ECTS.

==What modules will be counted towards the 60 ECTS?==
Here are some examples of module names which will likely be counted as CS content: digital signal processing, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, software engineering, programming in ..., human-robot interaction, neural networks, introduction to computer science, data mining, image processing, algorithms, and data structures, data bases...

Modules that will '''not''' be counted include: math, engineering, mechatronics, electrical engineering, economics or soft skill subjects unless they specifically focus on cs centred content.

==Can I complete courses after application to make up for missing credit points in computer science?==
No, unfortunately not. The requirement of 60 ECTS needs to be fulfilled upon application unless you can specifically prove that the 60 ECTS will be finished at the end of the running semester. If you do not fulfill this requirement, your application will be rejected by the selection committee before entering the selection process.

==I don't have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, can I still apply?==
The requirement for the MSc IAS is one finished degree (at least a Bachelor’s degree) with at least 60 credit points (ETCS) from core Computer Science. Make sure to provide evidence of modules with computer science content (i.e. detailed transcript of records, module description in a nice and short table as mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]]) to help the selection committee to decide whether a module can be counted towards the requirement. Please note the selection committee will not search for info in an entire module handbook. All the courses you list and explain have to be found in your transcript of records. It is the applicant's task to provide acceptable proof of 60 ECTS. For evaluation please provide all the information asked for in the example of the table.

==I have not finished my degree and do not know my overall/final grade yet?==
Please make sure by the time you apply that you have 60 ECTS in core CS subjects displayed in your transcript. You need to have a finished degree by 15 May or a statement of your university that you finish within weeks in case you have been accepted to the program.
In general, this applies to all applicants:
You can apply if you have finished 5/6 semesters and can evidence 150 ECTS credits of 180 ECTS (or comparable) of your first degree = last semester is missing. This must be detectable in your official transcript of records showing the amount of already acquired credits and the number of minimum credits required for completion. The final transcript and graduation certificate have to be handed in for enrolment if you are admitted.

In regards to your overall average grade (preliminary) and/or final grade, please provide a document with a (preliminary) final grade calculated by your university and grading scale, even if only 5/6 semesters of the studies have been completed. It can be in GPA or the system used in your university, but it should be submitted in numbers. Make sure you send an official document attested by your university as the IAS selection committee does not accept self-calculated final grades nor does the IAS selection committee calculate final grades for you. If this information is listed in your transcript of records, then you don't need to provide this extra document.

For the translation of your final/average grade into the German grading system and comparison reasons. Please provide your degrees grading scale (minimum passing grade, maximum grade, e.g. in GPA: "1" is usually the minimum passing grade and "4" the maximum grade). Please provide an official document for your grading scale if it is not evident on your official transcript.

==I do not have "standard" Bachelor of Science but a comparable degree, what should I do?==
Please submit all documents that can together be counted as comparable to a BSc degree (e.g. in some countries, an associative + 2 years BSc degree).

='''Formal Requirement: English language proficiency'''=
The selection committee is looking for evidence of a language level that ensures that you can both follow a complex lecture as well as communicate well in oral and written form. Students that don't have the necessary level won't be able to follow lectures, complete homework and seminar papers, or pass oral exams and thus not be able to complete our program.

====Direct fulfillment of the requirement====

* Sending one of the language proficiency tests in the list displaying at least the minimum score:

CEFR/TELC Level >= at least B2 in all categories or C1
IELTS >= Overall band 6.5 + B2 (*with a minimum subscore of 6.0 for Listening, Comprehension, Speaking, Writing)
TOEFL: IBT >= 90 (*with a minimum subscore of 20 for Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing), PBT >= 575, CBT >= 230
Cambridge >= CAE or CPE

*of course, the overall minimum level has to be reached, too

Please, contact us if you have an internationally accepted test that does not appear on this list.

The following evidence may also be accepted - state your case in an extra letter:
* Native English speaker (evidenced by a copy of your ID or passport of a country with English as one of its official languages)
* Living/studying in an English-speaking country (AUS, NZ, GB, USA) for a long period (3 years or longer) (evidenced by confirmation e.g. letter of your company, university)

====Evidences that on their own ''do not'' fulfil the requirement====
* Medium of instruction
* English courses within your degree without an internationally accepted certificate
* Short exchanges or visits in English-speaking countries
* Essays or papers written in the English language
* Old English proficiency test score (older than 2 years)

====Direct rejection====
* Sending a language proficiency test with a score below the listed levels
* Applications without a language proficiency test and without an '''extra letter''' stating explicitly what you would like the admission board to accept as English proficiency requirement

==I have a language certificate that is not listed on the website, can I send this as proof?==
Please understand that only internationally established certificates can be counted. Certificates from local language schools and universities cannot be easily verified and therefore have to be rejected. Only listed language certificates with sufficiently high scores will immediately lead to the fulfillment of the formal requirement language proficiency.

You may send a language certificate that is not listed, however, it will be the admission board's decision whether or not it is comparable to the listed certificates. It is always a good idea to provide information about the certificate and why you send in a different language certificate than listed.

Recent application periods have shown that most applicants have been directly rejected without English proficiency tests due to a very high number of applicants and/or an unclear evidenced English proficiency. Therefore it is recommended to send in one of the internationally established language certificates as listed above.

==I am a native English speaker. Do I still have to send a certificate?==
If you were born and are living in a country with English as one of its official languages, you do not have to provide further evidence. In this case, please send in a copy of your ID or passport. This might also apply if you have been studying or working in such a country for a long time, in this case please send in a confirmation such as a letter from your company or university. It is still recommended to provide additional proof of language proficiency with one of the listed language certificates from above.

==My previous degree was taught fully in English, does that count as sufficient proof?==
No. However, if your degree was obtained in a country with English as one of its official languages (e.g. Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA ...) and your certificate/transcript explicitly states that English was the medium of instruction within your entire degree ('''3+ years''') and your university attests that all modules were taught and assessed in English, the admission board may accept this as proof of proficiency, but this will be decided on a case to case basis depending on country, institution, English in your application. Please provide a document of your own stating the information and why you are not sending an English Proficiency Test. It is still recommended to provide additional proof of language proficiency with one of the listed language certificates.

== I have a TOEFL certificate but can't find the institution code of Universität Hamburg? ==
If you want to submit the TOEFL scores through ETS, the departmental is: Universität Hamburg - Department of Informatics
DI Code: B406. Since there usually is a considerable delay between test and the arrival of the score card, please '''ALWAYS''' add a copy of the scorecard or the results page to your documents and inform us via email: ias-info@informatik.uni-hamburg.de. If your documents do not arrive in time your application will be rejected. Some documents never reach us.

== More questions regarding the application ==
* [[FAQ: Q&A| Frequently Asked Questions about the application]]

=What does this mean for the documents I should prepare?=
See [[Application:Required documents| Required documents]] for detailed information.

Application:Minimum requirements

2020-03-11T13:11:17Z

Felix: /* I have not finished my degree and do not know my overall/final grade yet? */

Applicants should have a strong background in computer science or a related field of study since programming and mathematical knowledge is assumed. Moreover, applicants must have a very good command over the English language to follow lectures and exams. You have to meet the following formal requirements in order to apply to the Master's program Intelligent Adaptive Systems.

* A Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, with 60 ECTS credit points acquired in the core field of computer science. These 60 ECTS must be listed in your transcript of records or attested by your university.

* Proof of English language proficiency by (or comparable to)
CEFR/TELC: At least Level B2 in all testing categories (listening, reading, speaking, writing) better C1
IELTS: 6.5 + B2
TOEFL: IBT 90, PBT 575, CBT 230
Cambridge: CAE or CPE

='''Formal Requirement: 60 ECTS credits or comparable from computer science'''=

The formal requirement for the MSc IAS is a completed degree (at least a Bachelor’s degree) with at least 60 credit points (ECTS) in core Computer Science (cs) courses/modules. Only completed ''university'' courses obtained in a single bachelor in cs or master in cs or a related field of study count towards the formal requirement of 60 ECTS credits in cs.
Applicants who can only provide proof of 60 ECTS counting courses from 2 or more degrees will be subject to a case by case decision and may be rejected on the grounds of not passing the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in one degree. Please contact us before you apply.

==How should I evidence and display my 60 ECTS? ==

'''Evidence = Transcript + Table'''

Please send your '''official transcript of records''' issued by your university or other evidence attested by your university containing the credit points/hours per module/course, the total amount of credit points/hours along with the standard length in years of your program and the length you have needed to complete your study if these details aren't listed in your transcript of records.

====Self-made structured table====

To display the 60 ECTS in computer science, please provide a self-made structured table of all core computer science courses you have completed. This will help the IAS selection committee to identify which of the courses listed in your transcript of records can be counted as core computer science courses for the required 60 ECTS. All of the information you mention, have to be found in your transcript of records. The given information should be short and precise (e.g. name and number of course as exactly given in your transcript). If they aren't listed in your transcript, please provide another source of evidence attested by your university, e.g. letter of recommendation.

Please read the detailed section about the structured self-made table here including examples:

'''[[Required Documents: Example structure table| Self-made table]]'''

Please do '''not''' send full module handbooks as descriptions of course content. The selection team will not read them. Providing proof is the applicant's task - use a highlighter to point to the important information in any document you provide.

==The ECTS credit system is not used in my country, how can I estimate my credits?==
ECTS stands for European Credit Transfer System and it is a measure for the estimated workload per module of a student. At Universität Hamburg a BSc in Informatics/Computer Science has a regular length of 3 years and requires 180 ECTS credits. One ECTS credit corresponds to about 30 hours of work and the number of credits per module is set by the lecturer. Each regular semester of a full-time student contains 30 ECTS credits. 60 ECTS credits equal one year of full-time study of only core computer science courses. Thus you can use the estimation of 60 ECTS AND the estimation of the ratio of at least 33% of a 3 year-BSc as a ''rough'' estimate to the amount of workload your completed cs courses have to fulfill. Please note, it is the applicant's task to provide proof of at least 60 ECTS and information on the degree the applicant is applying with. Please, provide the information the table template is asking for if your transcript does not show ECTS.

==What modules will be counted towards the 60 ECTS?==
Here are some examples of module names which will likely be counted as CS content: digital signal processing, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, software engineering, programming in ..., human-robot interaction, neural networks, introduction to computer science, data mining, image processing, algorithms, and data structures, data bases...

Modules that will '''not''' be counted include: math, engineering, mechatronics, electrical engineering, economics or soft skill subjects unless they specifically focus on cs centred content.

==Can I complete courses after application to make up for missing credit points in computer science?==
No, unfortunately not. The requirement of 60 ECTS needs to be fulfilled upon application unless you can specifically prove that the 60 ECTS will be finished at the end of the running semester. If you do not fulfill this requirement, your application will be rejected by the selection committee before entering the selection process.

==I don't have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, can I still apply?==
The requirement for the MSc IAS is one finished degree (at least a Bachelor’s degree) with at least 60 credit points (ETCS) from core Computer Science. Make sure to provide evidence of modules with computer science content (i.e. detailed transcript of records, module description in a nice and short table as mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]]) to help the selection committee to decide whether a module can be counted towards the requirement. Please note the selection committee will not search for info in an entire module handbook. All the courses you list and explain have to be found in your transcript of records. It is the applicant's task to provide acceptable proof of 60 ECTS. For evaluation please provide all the information asked for in the example of the table.

==I have not finished my degree and do not know my overall/final grade yet?==
Please make sure by the time you apply that you have 60 ECTS in core CS subjects displayed in your transcript. You need to have a finished degree by 15 May or a statement of your university that you finish within weeks in case you have been accepted to the program.
In general, this applies to all applicants:
You can apply if you have finished 5/6 semesters and can evidence 150 ECTS credits of 180 ECTS (or comparable) of your first degree = last semester is missing. This must be detectable in your official transcript of records showing the amount of already acquired credits and the number of minimum credits required for completion. The final transcript and graduation certificate have to be handed in for enrolment if you are admitted.

In regards to your overall average grade (preliminary) and/or final grade, please provide a document with a (preliminary) final grade calculated by your university and grading scale, even if only 5/6 semesters of the studies have been completed. It can be in GPA or the system used in your university, but it should be submitted in numbers. Make sure you send an official document attested by your university as the IAS selection committee does not accept self-calculated final grades nor does the IAS selection committee calculate final grades for you. If this information is listed in your transcript of records, then you don't need to provide this extra document.

For the translation of your final/average grade into the German grading system and comparison reasons. Please provide your degrees grading scale (minimum passing grade, maximum grade, e.g. in GPA: "1" is usually the minimum passing grade and "4" the maximum grade). Please provide an official document for your grading scale if it is not evident on your official transcript.

==I do not have "standard" Bachelor of Science but a comparable degree, what should I do?==
Please submit all documents that can together be counted as comparable to a BSc degree (e.g. in some countries, an associative + 2 years BSc degree).

='''Formal Requirement: English language proficiency'''=
The admission board is looking for evidence of a language level that ensures that you can both follow a complex lecture as well as communicate well in oral and written form. Students that don't have the necessary level won't be able to follow lectures, complete homework and seminar papers, or pass oral exams and thus not be able to complete our program.

====Direct fulfillment of the requirement====

* Sending one of the language proficiency tests in the list displaying at least the minimum score:

CEFR/TELC Level >= at least B2 in all categories or C1
IELTS >= Overall band 6.5 + B2 (*with a minimum subscore of 6.0 for Listening, Comprehension, Speaking, Writing)
TOEFL: IBT >= 90 (*with a minimum subscore of 20 for Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing), PBT >= 575, CBT >= 230
Cambridge >= CAE or CPE

*of course, the overall minimum level has to be reached, too

Please, contact us if you have an internationally accepted test that does not appear on this list.

The following evidence may also be accepted - state your case in an extra letter:
* Native English speaker (evidenced by a copy of your ID or passport of a country with English as one of its official languages)
* Living/studying in an English-speaking country (AUS, NZ, GB, USA) for a long period (3 years or longer) (evidenced by confirmation e.g. letter of your company, university)

====Evidences that on their own ''do not'' fulfil the requirement====
* Medium of instruction
* English courses within your degree without an internationally accepted certificate
* Short exchanges or visits in English-speaking countries
* Essays or papers written in the English language
* Old English proficiency test score (older than 2 years)

====Direct rejection====
* Sending a language proficiency test with a score below the listed levels
* Applications without a language proficiency test and without an '''extra letter''' stating explicitly what you would like the admission board to accept as English proficiency requirement

==I have a language certificate that is not listed on the website, can I send this as proof?==
Please understand that only internationally established certificates can be counted. Certificates from local language schools and universities cannot be easily verified and therefore have to be rejected. Only listed language certificates with sufficiently high scores will immediately lead to the fulfillment of the formal requirement language proficiency.

You may send a language certificate that is not listed, however, it will be the admission board's decision whether or not it is comparable to the listed certificates. It is always a good idea to provide information about the certificate and why you send in a different language certificate than listed.

Recent application periods have shown that most applicants have been directly rejected without English proficiency tests due to a very high number of applicants and/or an unclear evidenced English proficiency. Therefore it is recommended to send in one of the internationally established language certificates as listed above.

==I am a native English speaker. Do I still have to send a certificate?==
If you were born and are living in a country with English as one of its official languages, you do not have to provide further evidence. In this case, please send in a copy of your ID or passport. This might also apply if you have been studying or working in such a country for a long time, in this case please send in a confirmation such as a letter from your company or university. It is still recommended to provide additional proof of language proficiency with one of the listed language certificates from above.

==My previous degree was taught fully in English, does that count as sufficient proof?==
No. However, if your degree was obtained in a country with English as one of its official languages (e.g. Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA ...) and your certificate/transcript explicitly states that English was the medium of instruction within your entire degree ('''3+ years''') and your university attests that all modules were taught and assessed in English, the admission board may accept this as proof of proficiency, but this will be decided on a case to case basis depending on country, institution, English in your application. Please provide a document of your own stating the information and why you are not sending an English Proficiency Test. It is still recommended to provide additional proof of language proficiency with one of the listed language certificates.

== I have a TOEFL certificate but can't find the institution code of Universität Hamburg? ==
If you want to submit the TOEFL scores through ETS, the departmental is: Universität Hamburg - Department of Informatics
DI Code: B406. Since there usually is a considerable delay between test and the arrival of the score card, please '''ALWAYS''' add a copy of the scorecard or the results page to your documents and inform us via email: ias-info@informatik.uni-hamburg.de. If your documents do not arrive in time your application will be rejected. Some documents never reach us.

== More questions regarding the application ==
* [[FAQ: Q&A| Frequently Asked Questions about the application]]

=What does this mean for the documents I should prepare?=
See [[Application:Required documents| Required documents]] for detailed information.

Application:Minimum requirements

2020-03-11T13:10:49Z

Felix: /* I have not finished my degree and do not know my overall/final grade yet? */

Applicants should have a strong background in computer science or a related field of study since programming and mathematical knowledge is assumed. Moreover, applicants must have a very good command over the English language to follow lectures and exams. You have to meet the following formal requirements in order to apply to the Master's program Intelligent Adaptive Systems.

* A Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, with 60 ECTS credit points acquired in the core field of computer science. These 60 ECTS must be listed in your transcript of records or attested by your university.

* Proof of English language proficiency by (or comparable to)
CEFR/TELC: At least Level B2 in all testing categories (listening, reading, speaking, writing) better C1
IELTS: 6.5 + B2
TOEFL: IBT 90, PBT 575, CBT 230
Cambridge: CAE or CPE

='''Formal Requirement: 60 ECTS credits or comparable from computer science'''=

The formal requirement for the MSc IAS is a completed degree (at least a Bachelor’s degree) with at least 60 credit points (ECTS) in core Computer Science (cs) courses/modules. Only completed ''university'' courses obtained in a single bachelor in cs or master in cs or a related field of study count towards the formal requirement of 60 ECTS credits in cs.
Applicants who can only provide proof of 60 ECTS counting courses from 2 or more degrees will be subject to a case by case decision and may be rejected on the grounds of not passing the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in one degree. Please contact us before you apply.

==How should I evidence and display my 60 ECTS? ==

'''Evidence = Transcript + Table'''

Please send your '''official transcript of records''' issued by your university or other evidence attested by your university containing the credit points/hours per module/course, the total amount of credit points/hours along with the standard length in years of your program and the length you have needed to complete your study if these details aren't listed in your transcript of records.

====Self-made structured table====

To display the 60 ECTS in computer science, please provide a self-made structured table of all core computer science courses you have completed. This will help the IAS selection committee to identify which of the courses listed in your transcript of records can be counted as core computer science courses for the required 60 ECTS. All of the information you mention, have to be found in your transcript of records. The given information should be short and precise (e.g. name and number of course as exactly given in your transcript). If they aren't listed in your transcript, please provide another source of evidence attested by your university, e.g. letter of recommendation.

Please read the detailed section about the structured self-made table here including examples:

'''[[Required Documents: Example structure table| Self-made table]]'''

Please do '''not''' send full module handbooks as descriptions of course content. The selection team will not read them. Providing proof is the applicant's task - use a highlighter to point to the important information in any document you provide.

==The ECTS credit system is not used in my country, how can I estimate my credits?==
ECTS stands for European Credit Transfer System and it is a measure for the estimated workload per module of a student. At Universität Hamburg a BSc in Informatics/Computer Science has a regular length of 3 years and requires 180 ECTS credits. One ECTS credit corresponds to about 30 hours of work and the number of credits per module is set by the lecturer. Each regular semester of a full-time student contains 30 ECTS credits. 60 ECTS credits equal one year of full-time study of only core computer science courses. Thus you can use the estimation of 60 ECTS AND the estimation of the ratio of at least 33% of a 3 year-BSc as a ''rough'' estimate to the amount of workload your completed cs courses have to fulfill. Please note, it is the applicant's task to provide proof of at least 60 ECTS and information on the degree the applicant is applying with. Please, provide the information the table template is asking for if your transcript does not show ECTS.

==What modules will be counted towards the 60 ECTS?==
Here are some examples of module names which will likely be counted as CS content: digital signal processing, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, software engineering, programming in ..., human-robot interaction, neural networks, introduction to computer science, data mining, image processing, algorithms, and data structures, data bases...

Modules that will '''not''' be counted include: math, engineering, mechatronics, electrical engineering, economics or soft skill subjects unless they specifically focus on cs centred content.

==Can I complete courses after application to make up for missing credit points in computer science?==
No, unfortunately not. The requirement of 60 ECTS needs to be fulfilled upon application unless you can specifically prove that the 60 ECTS will be finished at the end of the running semester. If you do not fulfill this requirement, your application will be rejected by the selection committee before entering the selection process.

==I don't have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, can I still apply?==
The requirement for the MSc IAS is one finished degree (at least a Bachelor’s degree) with at least 60 credit points (ETCS) from core Computer Science. Make sure to provide evidence of modules with computer science content (i.e. detailed transcript of records, module description in a nice and short table as mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]]) to help the selection committee to decide whether a module can be counted towards the requirement. Please note the selection committee will not search for info in an entire module handbook. All the courses you list and explain have to be found in your transcript of records. It is the applicant's task to provide acceptable proof of 60 ECTS. For evaluation please provide all the information asked for in the example of the table.

==I have not finished my degree and do not know my overall/final grade yet?==
Please make sure by the time you apply that you have 60 ECTS in core CS subjects displayed in your transcript. You need to have a finished degree by 15 May or a statement of your university that you finish within weeks in case you have been accepted to the program.
In general, this applies to all applicants:
You can apply if you have finished 5/6 semesters and can evidence 150 ECTS credits of 180 ECTS (or comparable) of your first degree = last semester is missing. This must be detectable in your official transcript of records showing the amount of already acquired credits and the number of minimum credits required for completion. The final transcript and graduation certificate have to be handed in for enrolment if you are admitted.

In regards to your overall average grade (preliminary) and/or final grade, please provide a document with a (preliminary) final grade calculated by your university and grading scale, even if only 5/6 semesters of the studies have been completed. It can be in GPA or the system used in your university, but it should be submitted in numbers. Make sure you send an official document attested by your university as the IAS selection committee does not accept self-calculated final grades nor does the IAS admission board calculate final grades for you. If this information is listed in your transcript of records, then you don't need to provide this extra document.

For the translation of your final/average grade into the German grading system and comparison reasons. Please provide your degrees grading scale (minimum passing grade, maximum grade, e.g. in GPA: "1" is usually the minimum passing grade and "4" the maximum grade). Please provide an official document for your grading scale if it is not evident on your official transcript.

==I do not have "standard" Bachelor of Science but a comparable degree, what should I do?==
Please submit all documents that can together be counted as comparable to a BSc degree (e.g. in some countries, an associative + 2 years BSc degree).

='''Formal Requirement: English language proficiency'''=
The admission board is looking for evidence of a language level that ensures that you can both follow a complex lecture as well as communicate well in oral and written form. Students that don't have the necessary level won't be able to follow lectures, complete homework and seminar papers, or pass oral exams and thus not be able to complete our program.

====Direct fulfillment of the requirement====

* Sending one of the language proficiency tests in the list displaying at least the minimum score:

CEFR/TELC Level >= at least B2 in all categories or C1
IELTS >= Overall band 6.5 + B2 (*with a minimum subscore of 6.0 for Listening, Comprehension, Speaking, Writing)
TOEFL: IBT >= 90 (*with a minimum subscore of 20 for Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing), PBT >= 575, CBT >= 230
Cambridge >= CAE or CPE

*of course, the overall minimum level has to be reached, too

Please, contact us if you have an internationally accepted test that does not appear on this list.

The following evidence may also be accepted - state your case in an extra letter:
* Native English speaker (evidenced by a copy of your ID or passport of a country with English as one of its official languages)
* Living/studying in an English-speaking country (AUS, NZ, GB, USA) for a long period (3 years or longer) (evidenced by confirmation e.g. letter of your company, university)

====Evidences that on their own ''do not'' fulfil the requirement====
* Medium of instruction
* English courses within your degree without an internationally accepted certificate
* Short exchanges or visits in English-speaking countries
* Essays or papers written in the English language
* Old English proficiency test score (older than 2 years)

====Direct rejection====
* Sending a language proficiency test with a score below the listed levels
* Applications without a language proficiency test and without an '''extra letter''' stating explicitly what you would like the admission board to accept as English proficiency requirement

==I have a language certificate that is not listed on the website, can I send this as proof?==
Please understand that only internationally established certificates can be counted. Certificates from local language schools and universities cannot be easily verified and therefore have to be rejected. Only listed language certificates with sufficiently high scores will immediately lead to the fulfillment of the formal requirement language proficiency.

You may send a language certificate that is not listed, however, it will be the admission board's decision whether or not it is comparable to the listed certificates. It is always a good idea to provide information about the certificate and why you send in a different language certificate than listed.

Recent application periods have shown that most applicants have been directly rejected without English proficiency tests due to a very high number of applicants and/or an unclear evidenced English proficiency. Therefore it is recommended to send in one of the internationally established language certificates as listed above.

==I am a native English speaker. Do I still have to send a certificate?==
If you were born and are living in a country with English as one of its official languages, you do not have to provide further evidence. In this case, please send in a copy of your ID or passport. This might also apply if you have been studying or working in such a country for a long time, in this case please send in a confirmation such as a letter from your company or university. It is still recommended to provide additional proof of language proficiency with one of the listed language certificates from above.

==My previous degree was taught fully in English, does that count as sufficient proof?==
No. However, if your degree was obtained in a country with English as one of its official languages (e.g. Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA ...) and your certificate/transcript explicitly states that English was the medium of instruction within your entire degree ('''3+ years''') and your university attests that all modules were taught and assessed in English, the admission board may accept this as proof of proficiency, but this will be decided on a case to case basis depending on country, institution, English in your application. Please provide a document of your own stating the information and why you are not sending an English Proficiency Test. It is still recommended to provide additional proof of language proficiency with one of the listed language certificates.

== I have a TOEFL certificate but can't find the institution code of Universität Hamburg? ==
If you want to submit the TOEFL scores through ETS, the departmental is: Universität Hamburg - Department of Informatics
DI Code: B406. Since there usually is a considerable delay between test and the arrival of the score card, please '''ALWAYS''' add a copy of the scorecard or the results page to your documents and inform us via email: ias-info@informatik.uni-hamburg.de. If your documents do not arrive in time your application will be rejected. Some documents never reach us.

== More questions regarding the application ==
* [[FAQ: Q&A| Frequently Asked Questions about the application]]

=What does this mean for the documents I should prepare?=
See [[Application:Required documents| Required documents]] for detailed information.

Application:Minimum requirements

2020-03-11T13:09:41Z

Felix: /* I don't have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, can I still apply? */

Applicants should have a strong background in computer science or a related field of study since programming and mathematical knowledge is assumed. Moreover, applicants must have a very good command over the English language to follow lectures and exams. You have to meet the following formal requirements in order to apply to the Master's program Intelligent Adaptive Systems.

* A Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, with 60 ECTS credit points acquired in the core field of computer science. These 60 ECTS must be listed in your transcript of records or attested by your university.

* Proof of English language proficiency by (or comparable to)
CEFR/TELC: At least Level B2 in all testing categories (listening, reading, speaking, writing) better C1
IELTS: 6.5 + B2
TOEFL: IBT 90, PBT 575, CBT 230
Cambridge: CAE or CPE

='''Formal Requirement: 60 ECTS credits or comparable from computer science'''=

The formal requirement for the MSc IAS is a completed degree (at least a Bachelor’s degree) with at least 60 credit points (ECTS) in core Computer Science (cs) courses/modules. Only completed ''university'' courses obtained in a single bachelor in cs or master in cs or a related field of study count towards the formal requirement of 60 ECTS credits in cs.
Applicants who can only provide proof of 60 ECTS counting courses from 2 or more degrees will be subject to a case by case decision and may be rejected on the grounds of not passing the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in one degree. Please contact us before you apply.

==How should I evidence and display my 60 ECTS? ==

'''Evidence = Transcript + Table'''

Please send your '''official transcript of records''' issued by your university or other evidence attested by your university containing the credit points/hours per module/course, the total amount of credit points/hours along with the standard length in years of your program and the length you have needed to complete your study if these details aren't listed in your transcript of records.

====Self-made structured table====

To display the 60 ECTS in computer science, please provide a self-made structured table of all core computer science courses you have completed. This will help the IAS selection committee to identify which of the courses listed in your transcript of records can be counted as core computer science courses for the required 60 ECTS. All of the information you mention, have to be found in your transcript of records. The given information should be short and precise (e.g. name and number of course as exactly given in your transcript). If they aren't listed in your transcript, please provide another source of evidence attested by your university, e.g. letter of recommendation.

Please read the detailed section about the structured self-made table here including examples:

'''[[Required Documents: Example structure table| Self-made table]]'''

Please do '''not''' send full module handbooks as descriptions of course content. The selection team will not read them. Providing proof is the applicant's task - use a highlighter to point to the important information in any document you provide.

==The ECTS credit system is not used in my country, how can I estimate my credits?==
ECTS stands for European Credit Transfer System and it is a measure for the estimated workload per module of a student. At Universität Hamburg a BSc in Informatics/Computer Science has a regular length of 3 years and requires 180 ECTS credits. One ECTS credit corresponds to about 30 hours of work and the number of credits per module is set by the lecturer. Each regular semester of a full-time student contains 30 ECTS credits. 60 ECTS credits equal one year of full-time study of only core computer science courses. Thus you can use the estimation of 60 ECTS AND the estimation of the ratio of at least 33% of a 3 year-BSc as a ''rough'' estimate to the amount of workload your completed cs courses have to fulfill. Please note, it is the applicant's task to provide proof of at least 60 ECTS and information on the degree the applicant is applying with. Please, provide the information the table template is asking for if your transcript does not show ECTS.

==What modules will be counted towards the 60 ECTS?==
Here are some examples of module names which will likely be counted as CS content: digital signal processing, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, software engineering, programming in ..., human-robot interaction, neural networks, introduction to computer science, data mining, image processing, algorithms, and data structures, data bases...

Modules that will '''not''' be counted include: math, engineering, mechatronics, electrical engineering, economics or soft skill subjects unless they specifically focus on cs centred content.

==Can I complete courses after application to make up for missing credit points in computer science?==
No, unfortunately not. The requirement of 60 ECTS needs to be fulfilled upon application unless you can specifically prove that the 60 ECTS will be finished at the end of the running semester. If you do not fulfill this requirement, your application will be rejected by the selection committee before entering the selection process.

==I don't have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, can I still apply?==
The requirement for the MSc IAS is one finished degree (at least a Bachelor’s degree) with at least 60 credit points (ETCS) from core Computer Science. Make sure to provide evidence of modules with computer science content (i.e. detailed transcript of records, module description in a nice and short table as mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]]) to help the selection committee to decide whether a module can be counted towards the requirement. Please note the selection committee will not search for info in an entire module handbook. All the courses you list and explain have to be found in your transcript of records. It is the applicant's task to provide acceptable proof of 60 ECTS. For evaluation please provide all the information asked for in the example of the table.

==I have not finished my degree and do not know my overall/final grade yet?==
Please make sure by the time you apply that you have 60 ECTS in core CS subjects displayed in your transcript. You need to have a finished degree by 15 May or a statement of your university that you finish within weeks in case you have been accepted to the program.
In general, this applies to all applicants:
You can apply if you have finished 5/6 semesters and can evidence 150 ECTS credits of 180 ECTS (or comparable) of your first degree = last semester is missing. This must be detectable in your official transcript of records showing the amount of already acquired credits and the number of minimum credits required for completion. The final transcript and graduation certificate have to be handed in for enrolment if you are admitted.

In regards to your overall average grade (preliminary) and/or final grade, please provide a document with a (preliminary) final grade calculated by your university and grading scale, even if only 5/6 semesters of the studies have been completed. It can be in GPA or the system used in your university, but it should be submitted in numbers. Make sure you send an official document attested by your university as the IAS admission board does not accept self-calculated final grades nor does the IAS admission board calculate final grades for you. If this information is listed in your transcript of records, then you don't need to provide this extra document.

For the translation of your final/average grade into the German grading system and comparison reasons. Please provide your degrees grading scale (minimum passing grade, maximum grade, e.g. in GPA: "1" is usually the minimum passing grade and "4" the maximum grade). Please provide an official document for your grading scale if it is not evident on your official transcript.

==I do not have "standard" Bachelor of Science but a comparable degree, what should I do?==
Please submit all documents that can together be counted as comparable to a BSc degree (e.g. in some countries, an associative + 2 years BSc degree).

='''Formal Requirement: English language proficiency'''=
The admission board is looking for evidence of a language level that ensures that you can both follow a complex lecture as well as communicate well in oral and written form. Students that don't have the necessary level won't be able to follow lectures, complete homework and seminar papers, or pass oral exams and thus not be able to complete our program.

====Direct fulfillment of the requirement====

* Sending one of the language proficiency tests in the list displaying at least the minimum score:

CEFR/TELC Level >= at least B2 in all categories or C1
IELTS >= Overall band 6.5 + B2 (*with a minimum subscore of 6.0 for Listening, Comprehension, Speaking, Writing)
TOEFL: IBT >= 90 (*with a minimum subscore of 20 for Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing), PBT >= 575, CBT >= 230
Cambridge >= CAE or CPE

*of course, the overall minimum level has to be reached, too

Please, contact us if you have an internationally accepted test that does not appear on this list.

The following evidence may also be accepted - state your case in an extra letter:
* Native English speaker (evidenced by a copy of your ID or passport of a country with English as one of its official languages)
* Living/studying in an English-speaking country (AUS, NZ, GB, USA) for a long period (3 years or longer) (evidenced by confirmation e.g. letter of your company, university)

====Evidences that on their own ''do not'' fulfil the requirement====
* Medium of instruction
* English courses within your degree without an internationally accepted certificate
* Short exchanges or visits in English-speaking countries
* Essays or papers written in the English language
* Old English proficiency test score (older than 2 years)

====Direct rejection====
* Sending a language proficiency test with a score below the listed levels
* Applications without a language proficiency test and without an '''extra letter''' stating explicitly what you would like the admission board to accept as English proficiency requirement

==I have a language certificate that is not listed on the website, can I send this as proof?==
Please understand that only internationally established certificates can be counted. Certificates from local language schools and universities cannot be easily verified and therefore have to be rejected. Only listed language certificates with sufficiently high scores will immediately lead to the fulfillment of the formal requirement language proficiency.

You may send a language certificate that is not listed, however, it will be the admission board's decision whether or not it is comparable to the listed certificates. It is always a good idea to provide information about the certificate and why you send in a different language certificate than listed.

Recent application periods have shown that most applicants have been directly rejected without English proficiency tests due to a very high number of applicants and/or an unclear evidenced English proficiency. Therefore it is recommended to send in one of the internationally established language certificates as listed above.

==I am a native English speaker. Do I still have to send a certificate?==
If you were born and are living in a country with English as one of its official languages, you do not have to provide further evidence. In this case, please send in a copy of your ID or passport. This might also apply if you have been studying or working in such a country for a long time, in this case please send in a confirmation such as a letter from your company or university. It is still recommended to provide additional proof of language proficiency with one of the listed language certificates from above.

==My previous degree was taught fully in English, does that count as sufficient proof?==
No. However, if your degree was obtained in a country with English as one of its official languages (e.g. Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA ...) and your certificate/transcript explicitly states that English was the medium of instruction within your entire degree ('''3+ years''') and your university attests that all modules were taught and assessed in English, the admission board may accept this as proof of proficiency, but this will be decided on a case to case basis depending on country, institution, English in your application. Please provide a document of your own stating the information and why you are not sending an English Proficiency Test. It is still recommended to provide additional proof of language proficiency with one of the listed language certificates.

== I have a TOEFL certificate but can't find the institution code of Universität Hamburg? ==
If you want to submit the TOEFL scores through ETS, the departmental is: Universität Hamburg - Department of Informatics
DI Code: B406. Since there usually is a considerable delay between test and the arrival of the score card, please '''ALWAYS''' add a copy of the scorecard or the results page to your documents and inform us via email: ias-info@informatik.uni-hamburg.de. If your documents do not arrive in time your application will be rejected. Some documents never reach us.

== More questions regarding the application ==
* [[FAQ: Q&A| Frequently Asked Questions about the application]]

=What does this mean for the documents I should prepare?=
See [[Application:Required documents| Required documents]] for detailed information.

Application:Minimum requirements

2020-03-11T13:09:07Z

Felix: /* I don't have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, can I still apply? */

Applicants should have a strong background in computer science or a related field of study since programming and mathematical knowledge is assumed. Moreover, applicants must have a very good command over the English language to follow lectures and exams. You have to meet the following formal requirements in order to apply to the Master's program Intelligent Adaptive Systems.

* A Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, with 60 ECTS credit points acquired in the core field of computer science. These 60 ECTS must be listed in your transcript of records or attested by your university.

* Proof of English language proficiency by (or comparable to)
CEFR/TELC: At least Level B2 in all testing categories (listening, reading, speaking, writing) better C1
IELTS: 6.5 + B2
TOEFL: IBT 90, PBT 575, CBT 230
Cambridge: CAE or CPE

='''Formal Requirement: 60 ECTS credits or comparable from computer science'''=

The formal requirement for the MSc IAS is a completed degree (at least a Bachelor’s degree) with at least 60 credit points (ECTS) in core Computer Science (cs) courses/modules. Only completed ''university'' courses obtained in a single bachelor in cs or master in cs or a related field of study count towards the formal requirement of 60 ECTS credits in cs.
Applicants who can only provide proof of 60 ECTS counting courses from 2 or more degrees will be subject to a case by case decision and may be rejected on the grounds of not passing the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in one degree. Please contact us before you apply.

==How should I evidence and display my 60 ECTS? ==

'''Evidence = Transcript + Table'''

Please send your '''official transcript of records''' issued by your university or other evidence attested by your university containing the credit points/hours per module/course, the total amount of credit points/hours along with the standard length in years of your program and the length you have needed to complete your study if these details aren't listed in your transcript of records.

====Self-made structured table====

To display the 60 ECTS in computer science, please provide a self-made structured table of all core computer science courses you have completed. This will help the IAS selection committee to identify which of the courses listed in your transcript of records can be counted as core computer science courses for the required 60 ECTS. All of the information you mention, have to be found in your transcript of records. The given information should be short and precise (e.g. name and number of course as exactly given in your transcript). If they aren't listed in your transcript, please provide another source of evidence attested by your university, e.g. letter of recommendation.

Please read the detailed section about the structured self-made table here including examples:

'''[[Required Documents: Example structure table| Self-made table]]'''

Please do '''not''' send full module handbooks as descriptions of course content. The selection team will not read them. Providing proof is the applicant's task - use a highlighter to point to the important information in any document you provide.

==The ECTS credit system is not used in my country, how can I estimate my credits?==
ECTS stands for European Credit Transfer System and it is a measure for the estimated workload per module of a student. At Universität Hamburg a BSc in Informatics/Computer Science has a regular length of 3 years and requires 180 ECTS credits. One ECTS credit corresponds to about 30 hours of work and the number of credits per module is set by the lecturer. Each regular semester of a full-time student contains 30 ECTS credits. 60 ECTS credits equal one year of full-time study of only core computer science courses. Thus you can use the estimation of 60 ECTS AND the estimation of the ratio of at least 33% of a 3 year-BSc as a ''rough'' estimate to the amount of workload your completed cs courses have to fulfill. Please note, it is the applicant's task to provide proof of at least 60 ECTS and information on the degree the applicant is applying with. Please, provide the information the table template is asking for if your transcript does not show ECTS.

==What modules will be counted towards the 60 ECTS?==
Here are some examples of module names which will likely be counted as CS content: digital signal processing, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, software engineering, programming in ..., human-robot interaction, neural networks, introduction to computer science, data mining, image processing, algorithms, and data structures, data bases...

Modules that will '''not''' be counted include: math, engineering, mechatronics, electrical engineering, economics or soft skill subjects unless they specifically focus on cs centred content.

==Can I complete courses after application to make up for missing credit points in computer science?==
No, unfortunately not. The requirement of 60 ECTS needs to be fulfilled upon application unless you can specifically prove that the 60 ECTS will be finished at the end of the running semester. If you do not fulfill this requirement, your application will be rejected by the selection committee before entering the selection process.

==I don't have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, can I still apply?==
The requirement for the MSc IAS is one finished degree (at least a Bachelor’s degree) with at least 60 credit points (ETCS) from core Computer Science. Make sure to provide evidence of modules with computer science content (i.e. detailed transcript of records, module description in a nice and short table as mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]]) to help the admissions board to decide whether a module can be counted towards the requirement. Please note the selection committee will not search for info in an entire module handbook. All the courses you list and explain have to be found in your transcript of records. It is the applicant's task to provide acceptable proof of 60 ECTS. For evaluation please provide all the information asked for in the example of the table.

==I have not finished my degree and do not know my overall/final grade yet?==
Please make sure by the time you apply that you have 60 ECTS in core CS subjects displayed in your transcript. You need to have a finished degree by 15 May or a statement of your university that you finish within weeks in case you have been accepted to the program.
In general, this applies to all applicants:
You can apply if you have finished 5/6 semesters and can evidence 150 ECTS credits of 180 ECTS (or comparable) of your first degree = last semester is missing. This must be detectable in your official transcript of records showing the amount of already acquired credits and the number of minimum credits required for completion. The final transcript and graduation certificate have to be handed in for enrolment if you are admitted.

In regards to your overall average grade (preliminary) and/or final grade, please provide a document with a (preliminary) final grade calculated by your university and grading scale, even if only 5/6 semesters of the studies have been completed. It can be in GPA or the system used in your university, but it should be submitted in numbers. Make sure you send an official document attested by your university as the IAS admission board does not accept self-calculated final grades nor does the IAS admission board calculate final grades for you. If this information is listed in your transcript of records, then you don't need to provide this extra document.

For the translation of your final/average grade into the German grading system and comparison reasons. Please provide your degrees grading scale (minimum passing grade, maximum grade, e.g. in GPA: "1" is usually the minimum passing grade and "4" the maximum grade). Please provide an official document for your grading scale if it is not evident on your official transcript.

==I do not have "standard" Bachelor of Science but a comparable degree, what should I do?==
Please submit all documents that can together be counted as comparable to a BSc degree (e.g. in some countries, an associative + 2 years BSc degree).

='''Formal Requirement: English language proficiency'''=
The admission board is looking for evidence of a language level that ensures that you can both follow a complex lecture as well as communicate well in oral and written form. Students that don't have the necessary level won't be able to follow lectures, complete homework and seminar papers, or pass oral exams and thus not be able to complete our program.

====Direct fulfillment of the requirement====

* Sending one of the language proficiency tests in the list displaying at least the minimum score:

CEFR/TELC Level >= at least B2 in all categories or C1
IELTS >= Overall band 6.5 + B2 (*with a minimum subscore of 6.0 for Listening, Comprehension, Speaking, Writing)
TOEFL: IBT >= 90 (*with a minimum subscore of 20 for Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing), PBT >= 575, CBT >= 230
Cambridge >= CAE or CPE

*of course, the overall minimum level has to be reached, too

Please, contact us if you have an internationally accepted test that does not appear on this list.

The following evidence may also be accepted - state your case in an extra letter:
* Native English speaker (evidenced by a copy of your ID or passport of a country with English as one of its official languages)
* Living/studying in an English-speaking country (AUS, NZ, GB, USA) for a long period (3 years or longer) (evidenced by confirmation e.g. letter of your company, university)

====Evidences that on their own ''do not'' fulfil the requirement====
* Medium of instruction
* English courses within your degree without an internationally accepted certificate
* Short exchanges or visits in English-speaking countries
* Essays or papers written in the English language
* Old English proficiency test score (older than 2 years)

====Direct rejection====
* Sending a language proficiency test with a score below the listed levels
* Applications without a language proficiency test and without an '''extra letter''' stating explicitly what you would like the admission board to accept as English proficiency requirement

==I have a language certificate that is not listed on the website, can I send this as proof?==
Please understand that only internationally established certificates can be counted. Certificates from local language schools and universities cannot be easily verified and therefore have to be rejected. Only listed language certificates with sufficiently high scores will immediately lead to the fulfillment of the formal requirement language proficiency.

You may send a language certificate that is not listed, however, it will be the admission board's decision whether or not it is comparable to the listed certificates. It is always a good idea to provide information about the certificate and why you send in a different language certificate than listed.

Recent application periods have shown that most applicants have been directly rejected without English proficiency tests due to a very high number of applicants and/or an unclear evidenced English proficiency. Therefore it is recommended to send in one of the internationally established language certificates as listed above.

==I am a native English speaker. Do I still have to send a certificate?==
If you were born and are living in a country with English as one of its official languages, you do not have to provide further evidence. In this case, please send in a copy of your ID or passport. This might also apply if you have been studying or working in such a country for a long time, in this case please send in a confirmation such as a letter from your company or university. It is still recommended to provide additional proof of language proficiency with one of the listed language certificates from above.

==My previous degree was taught fully in English, does that count as sufficient proof?==
No. However, if your degree was obtained in a country with English as one of its official languages (e.g. Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA ...) and your certificate/transcript explicitly states that English was the medium of instruction within your entire degree ('''3+ years''') and your university attests that all modules were taught and assessed in English, the admission board may accept this as proof of proficiency, but this will be decided on a case to case basis depending on country, institution, English in your application. Please provide a document of your own stating the information and why you are not sending an English Proficiency Test. It is still recommended to provide additional proof of language proficiency with one of the listed language certificates.

== I have a TOEFL certificate but can't find the institution code of Universität Hamburg? ==
If you want to submit the TOEFL scores through ETS, the departmental is: Universität Hamburg - Department of Informatics
DI Code: B406. Since there usually is a considerable delay between test and the arrival of the score card, please '''ALWAYS''' add a copy of the scorecard or the results page to your documents and inform us via email: ias-info@informatik.uni-hamburg.de. If your documents do not arrive in time your application will be rejected. Some documents never reach us.

== More questions regarding the application ==
* [[FAQ: Q&A| Frequently Asked Questions about the application]]

=What does this mean for the documents I should prepare?=
See [[Application:Required documents| Required documents]] for detailed information.

Application:Minimum requirements

2020-03-11T13:08:23Z

Felix: /* Can I complete courses after application to make up for missing credit points in computer science? */

Applicants should have a strong background in computer science or a related field of study since programming and mathematical knowledge is assumed. Moreover, applicants must have a very good command over the English language to follow lectures and exams. You have to meet the following formal requirements in order to apply to the Master's program Intelligent Adaptive Systems.

* A Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, with 60 ECTS credit points acquired in the core field of computer science. These 60 ECTS must be listed in your transcript of records or attested by your university.

* Proof of English language proficiency by (or comparable to)
CEFR/TELC: At least Level B2 in all testing categories (listening, reading, speaking, writing) better C1
IELTS: 6.5 + B2
TOEFL: IBT 90, PBT 575, CBT 230
Cambridge: CAE or CPE

='''Formal Requirement: 60 ECTS credits or comparable from computer science'''=

The formal requirement for the MSc IAS is a completed degree (at least a Bachelor’s degree) with at least 60 credit points (ECTS) in core Computer Science (cs) courses/modules. Only completed ''university'' courses obtained in a single bachelor in cs or master in cs or a related field of study count towards the formal requirement of 60 ECTS credits in cs.
Applicants who can only provide proof of 60 ECTS counting courses from 2 or more degrees will be subject to a case by case decision and may be rejected on the grounds of not passing the formal requirement of 60 ECTS in one degree. Please contact us before you apply.

==How should I evidence and display my 60 ECTS? ==

'''Evidence = Transcript + Table'''

Please send your '''official transcript of records''' issued by your university or other evidence attested by your university containing the credit points/hours per module/course, the total amount of credit points/hours along with the standard length in years of your program and the length you have needed to complete your study if these details aren't listed in your transcript of records.

====Self-made structured table====

To display the 60 ECTS in computer science, please provide a self-made structured table of all core computer science courses you have completed. This will help the IAS selection committee to identify which of the courses listed in your transcript of records can be counted as core computer science courses for the required 60 ECTS. All of the information you mention, have to be found in your transcript of records. The given information should be short and precise (e.g. name and number of course as exactly given in your transcript). If they aren't listed in your transcript, please provide another source of evidence attested by your university, e.g. letter of recommendation.

Please read the detailed section about the structured self-made table here including examples:

'''[[Required Documents: Example structure table| Self-made table]]'''

Please do '''not''' send full module handbooks as descriptions of course content. The selection team will not read them. Providing proof is the applicant's task - use a highlighter to point to the important information in any document you provide.

==The ECTS credit system is not used in my country, how can I estimate my credits?==
ECTS stands for European Credit Transfer System and it is a measure for the estimated workload per module of a student. At Universität Hamburg a BSc in Informatics/Computer Science has a regular length of 3 years and requires 180 ECTS credits. One ECTS credit corresponds to about 30 hours of work and the number of credits per module is set by the lecturer. Each regular semester of a full-time student contains 30 ECTS credits. 60 ECTS credits equal one year of full-time study of only core computer science courses. Thus you can use the estimation of 60 ECTS AND the estimation of the ratio of at least 33% of a 3 year-BSc as a ''rough'' estimate to the amount of workload your completed cs courses have to fulfill. Please note, it is the applicant's task to provide proof of at least 60 ECTS and information on the degree the applicant is applying with. Please, provide the information the table template is asking for if your transcript does not show ECTS.

==What modules will be counted towards the 60 ECTS?==
Here are some examples of module names which will likely be counted as CS content: digital signal processing, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, software engineering, programming in ..., human-robot interaction, neural networks, introduction to computer science, data mining, image processing, algorithms, and data structures, data bases...

Modules that will '''not''' be counted include: math, engineering, mechatronics, electrical engineering, economics or soft skill subjects unless they specifically focus on cs centred content.

==Can I complete courses after application to make up for missing credit points in computer science?==
No, unfortunately not. The requirement of 60 ECTS needs to be fulfilled upon application unless you can specifically prove that the 60 ECTS will be finished at the end of the running semester. If you do not fulfill this requirement, your application will be rejected by the selection committee before entering the selection process.

==I don't have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, can I still apply?==
The requirement for the MSc IAS is one finished degree (at least a Bachelor’s degree) with at least 60 credit points (ETCS) from core Computer Science. Make sure to provide evidence of modules with computer science content (i.e. detailed transcript of records, module description in a nice and short table as mentioned in the [[Application:Formal requirements| formal requirements]]) to help the admissions board to decide whether a module can be counted towards the requirement. Please note the admission board will not search for info in an entire module handbook. All the courses you list and explain have to be found in your transcript of records. It is the applicant's task to provide acceptable proof of 60 ECTS. For evaluation please provide all the information asked for in the example of the table.

==I have not finished my degree and do not know my overall/final grade yet?==
Please make sure by the time you apply that you have 60 ECTS in core CS subjects displayed in your transcript. You need to have a finished degree by 15 May or a statement of your university that you finish within weeks in case you have been accepted to the program.
In general, this applies to all applicants:
You can apply if you have finished 5/6 semesters and can evidence 150 ECTS credits of 180 ECTS (or comparable) of your first degree = last semester is missing. This must be detectable in your official transcript of records showing the amount of already acquired credits and the number of minimum credits required for completion. The final transcript and graduation certificate have to be handed in for enrolment if you are admitted.

In regards to your overall average grade (preliminary) and/or final grade, please provide a document with a (preliminary) final grade calculated by your university and grading scale, even if only 5/6 semesters of the studies have been completed. It can be in GPA or the system used in your university, but it should be submitted in numbers. Make sure you send an official document attested by your university as the IAS admission board does not accept self-calculated final grades nor does the IAS admission board calculate final grades for you. If this information is listed in your transcript of records, then you don't need to provide this extra document.

For the translation of your final/average grade into the German grading system and comparison reasons. Please provide your degrees grading scale (minimum passing grade, maximum grade, e.g. in GPA: "1" is usually the minimum passing grade and "4" the maximum grade). Please provide an official document for your grading scale if it is not evident on your official transcript.

==I do not have "standard" Bachelor of Science but a comparable degree, what should I do?==
Please submit all documents that can together be counted as comparable to a BSc degree (e.g. in some countries, an associative + 2 years BSc degree).

='''Formal Requirement: English language proficiency'''=
The admission board is looking for evidence of a language level that ensures that you can both follow a complex lecture as well as communicate well in oral and written form. Students that don't have the necessary level won't be able to follow lectures, complete homework and seminar papers, or pass oral exams and thus not be able to complete our program.

====Direct fulfillment of the requirement====

* Sending one of the language proficiency tests in the list displaying at least the minimum score:

CEFR/TELC Level >= at least B2 in all categories or C1
IELTS >= Overall band 6.5 + B2 (*with a minimum subscore of 6.0 for Listening, Comprehension, Speaking, Writing)
TOEFL: IBT >= 90 (*with a minimum subscore of 20 for Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing), PBT >= 575, CBT >= 230
Cambridge >= CAE or CPE

*of course, the overall minimum level has to be reached, too

Please, contact us if you have an internationally accepted test that does not appear on this list.

The following evidence may also be accepted - state your case in an extra letter:
* Native English speaker (evidenced by a copy of your ID or passport of a country with English as one of its official languages)
* Living/studying in an English-speaking country (AUS, NZ, GB, USA) for a long period (3 years or longer) (evidenced by confirmation e.g. letter of your company, university)

====Evidences that on their own ''do not'' fulfil the requirement====
* Medium of instruction
* English courses within your degree without an internationally accepted certificate
* Short exchanges or visits in English-speaking countries
* Essays or papers written in the English language
* Old English proficiency test score (older than 2 years)

====Direct rejection====
* Sending a language proficiency test with a score below the listed levels
* Applications without a language proficiency test and without an '''extra letter''' stating explicitly what you would like the admission board to accept as English proficiency requirement

==I have a language certificate that is not listed on the website, can I send this as proof?==
Please understand that only internationally established certificates can be counted. Certificates from local language schools and universities cannot be easily verified and therefore have to be rejected. Only listed language certificates with sufficiently high scores will immediately lead to the fulfillment of the formal requirement language proficiency.

You may send a language certificate that is not listed, however, it will be the admission board's decision whether or not it is comparable to the listed certificates. It is always a good idea to provide information about the certificate and why you send in a different language certificate than listed.

Recent application periods have shown that most applicants have been directly rejected without English proficiency tests due to a very high number of applicants and/or an unclear evidenced English proficiency. Therefore it is recommended to send in one of the internationally established language certificates as listed above.

==I am a native English speaker. Do I still have to send a certificate?==
If you were born and are living in a country with English as one of its official languages, you do not have to provide further evidence. In this case, please send in a copy of your ID or passport. This might also apply if you have been studying or working in such a country for a long time, in this case please send in a confirmation such as a letter from your company or university. It is still recommended to provide additional proof of language proficiency with one of the listed language certificates from above.

==My previous degree was taught fully in English, does that count as sufficient proof?==
No. However, if your degree was obtained in a country with English as one of its official languages (e.g. Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA ...) and your certificate/transcript explicitly states that English was the medium of instruction within your entire degree ('''3+ years''') and your university attests that all modules were taught and assessed in English, the admission board may accept this as proof of proficiency, but this will be decided on a case to case basis depending on country, institution, English in your application. Please provide a document of your own stating the information and why you are not sending an English Proficiency Test. It is still recommended to provide additional proof of language proficiency with one of the listed language certificates.

== I have a TOEFL certificate but can't find the institution code of Universität Hamburg? ==
If you want to submit the TOEFL scores through ETS, the departmental is: Universität Hamburg - Department of Informatics
DI Code: B406. Since there usually is a considerable delay between test and the arrival of the score card, please '''ALWAYS''' add a copy of the scorecard or the results page to your documents and inform us via email: ias-info@informatik.uni-hamburg.de. If your documents do not arrive in time your application will be rejected. Some documents never reach us.

== More questions regarding the application ==
* [[FAQ: Q&A| Frequently Asked Questions about the application]]

=What does this mean for the documents I should prepare?=
See [[Application:Required documents| Required documents]] for detailed information.