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Applications for higher subject-related semesters

You can download application forms for higher subject-related semesters here (German only).

Important note: When applying for Medicine (pre-clinical phase), Pharmacy, Psychology and Dentistry, it is essential that you include the attachment.

  • Special consultation session for dentistry: Professor Dr Hugger is offering consultation session appointments for the recognition of credits for applications for higher subject-related semesters (see news).
  • Note for those wishing to switch universities for dentistry: HHU Düsseldorf has offered a so-called model course of study in Medicine since the winter semester 2013/14. This means that many credits for individual subjects in the pre-clinical phase are not acquired in just one semester, but rather over several semesters (topic blocks). Students of dentistry who wish to submit change of location applications for Düsseldorf should therefore be aware that the credits for the subjects chemistry, physics, microanatomy, macroanatomy, biochemistry and physiology in the pre-clinical phase of the Dentistry study programme cannot be acquired in just one semester. Instead, (regular) attendance and the successful completion of multiple topic blocks (in part over multiple semesters) is necessary.

All other applicants (e.g. prospective students from abroad, transfer students) must get their courses, etc. completed to date recognised by the following bodies:

  • Bachelor’s study programmes: Examining boards for each subject (German only)
  • Psychology bachelor’s programme: You can find information here (German only)
  • Psychology master’s programme: You can find information here (German only)
  • Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry: The responsible State Examination Office for Medicine, Psychotherapy and Pharmacy (Landesprüfungsamt für Medizin, Psychotherapie und Pharmazie – LPA). If you are enrolled in Medicine in NRW or were born in NRW, Brandenburg, Bremen or outside the Federal Republic of Germany, the State Examination Office in Düsseldorf is responsible for you (see information sheet – German only).
    Postfach 300865, 40408 Düsseldorf, Germany, tel.: +49 211 475 5150.
  • For applicants born outside Germany or who are not studying in NRW, recognition of courses, etc. completed for Pharmacy is realised by the State Health Office (HLPUG) in Hesse (Hessisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Pflege), Heinrich-Hertz-Straße 5, 64295 Darmstadt, Germany, tel.: +49 611-3259 1000 (www.hlpug.de – German only))
  • Law: The Dean’s Office at the Faculty of Law, building 24.91. Opening times: Mondays and Thursdays from 9 – 11 a.m., Mondays and Wednesdays from 1 – 3 p.m.

From January 2025, you can apply directly to Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf for the summer semester 2025 for the following subjects with admission restrictions (in higher subject-related semesters):

Bachelor’s study programmes
Business Administration
Biochemistry
Financial and Actuarial Mathematics
Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences
Media and Culture Studies
Medical Physics
Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Psychology
Quantitative Biology
Social Sciences – Media, Politics, Society
Economics

Bachelor’s combined study programme
Major subject:
Japanese Studies

Bachelor’s combined study programme
Minor subjects:
Communication and Media Studies
Japanese Studies
Political Science
Sociology

Master’s study programmes
Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
Economics
Molecular Biomedicine
Psychology
Translational Neuroscience

State Examinations
Medicine (from 16 January 2025 via the application and enrolment portal
Information on applications for the clinical internship year
Pharmacy (from 16 January 2025 via the application and enrolment portal
FAQ on applications (German only)
Law
Dentistry

The application period for the summer semester ends on 15 March and the application period for the winter semester ends on 15 September. Notifications of admission are usually sent out at the end of March or at the end of September. If you have not received a notification of admission one month after the end of the application period, your application has been rejected. Rejection notices will not be sent out.

Please send your application together with all required documents to:

Heinrich Heine University
Registrar’s Office
Universitätsstr. 1
40225 Düsseldorf, Germany

It is not possible to forecast the prospects of success for your application in advance.
When awarding study places in the Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy study programmes, the proficiency level of applicants is taken into account.

Applications from individuals who belong to a national-level Olympic, perspective, supplementary, youth 1 or youth 2 squad or a state squad of a national association of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (“elite athletes”) will be prioritised within the respective ranking groups.

If one of these points applies to you, please submit corresponding proof with your application.

Before submitting such an application aimed at proving that it is necessary for you to start your studies immediately, you should review your prospects of success with a critical eye and apply strict standards. The hardship case guidelines, which you can find on the hochschulstart website (German only), provide helpful information. You can also find examples of justified and unjustified applications on this website. All proof and statements must be submitted together with your application before the deadline. Applications will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.