Admission procedure

Please register and confirm your participation in the exam by sending an email to claudia.heberlespam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de with the headline “confirmation master exam” and include in the email text your full name (last name, first name) and your email address.This confirmation is required until Friday, 14 May 2021.

All confirmed participants will receive further information on the procedure and guidelines for the exam by email.

A written English examination in basic biochemistry will be held twice a year in Tübingen. Participation in the written exam is recommended but you can apply relying only on your bachelor grade & CV, which means you can score a maximum of 45 points out of 65. You can repeat the exam once; the best grade counts. Results can then be used for your application at any time. If you want to take part, please send an email with the subject text entrance exam and your full name and contact adress in the body to claudia.heberlespam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de no later then 1 week before the exam date. This will automatically register you for the exam. The test normaly takes place on the Friday closest to the deadline, if not anounced differently. Bring identification and a calculator.
See also the FAQs.

We will give up to 5 additional points for the following items based on your CV: stipends and prizes, peer-reviewed publications, international study or related work experience of at least 6 months. Please provide the necessary documents for us to verify these achievements.

• Bachelor certificate including your final or preliminary grade and your class rank (We cannot accept transcripts without an average grade or cGPA.)
  • Class rank means your final grade ranked X among Y students who graduated that year. For local applicants we have access to this information.
  • For documentation not in English or German, we require an official English translation along with a copy of the original document.
  • If you are in the last semester of your bachelor degree, you may apply with an English or German record of all the grades received up to that point including their average.
• An overview about your recent practical training/experience. Use this form, please.
• An English Curriculum vitae in table format and in reverse chronological order of max. 1 page. Please include your focus subject in high school, any higher eduction, awards/scholarships and relevant extracurricular activities. We provide a template, if you wish to use one.
• Evidence of very good written and spoken English. No documentation is required, if your mother tongue is English, if you studied in English, if you lived for an extended amount of time in an English-speaking country or if sufficient English skills are documented in your school leaving exam. Otherwise, you need to provide one of the common certificates. If you make the short list, we may verify your English skills by a short conversation.
• University entrance qualification (as for the bachelor certificate, an official translation may be required)

Please apply online by first registering with your basic information. Afterwards you can change your application and view your status online. Do not include additional paper material as it will not be taken into account.