Admission limits (NC) in restricted-admission degree programmes

To view the admission limits of past semesters, click the links provided in the following table:

You can check the admission limits for degree programmes in Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry on this website Stiftung für Hochschulzulassung.

How to read the study-place allocation tables (example):

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By means of the university-wide selection procedure (AdH), applicants who did not perform military or civil service and who received an "procedural grade" (VN) of 2.1 were granted admission. The allocation grade is based on the Abitur grade improved by 0.1 for each waiting semester. Because lots were used in this case, not all applicants with an allocation grade of 2.1 who did not perform military/civil service were granted admission. 

Please note: Waiting time is recognised as all semesters (half years) you have not been enrolled at a German university since receiving your Abitur (university entrance qualification).

Information about teaching degrees:

• To enrol in a Primary School Education bachelor's programme (BA G), applicants must obtain a letter of admission for the subjects Learning Area I, Learning Area II, Educational Studies and one additional subject.
• To enrol in a Secondary School Education bachelor's programme (BA HRSGe), applicants must obtain a letter of admission to study a combination of two mandatory subjects, or one mandatory and one optional subject. In both cases, an admission letter for Educational Studies is required.
• To enrol in a Vocational College Education bachelor's programme (BA BK), applicants must obtain a letter of admission to study a combination of one General Education subject (University of Münster), one professional qualification subject (FH Münster) and the non-restricted Educational Studies subject.
• To enrol in a two-subject bachelor's programme (for secondary-school level Gymnasium/Gesamtschule or vocational college), applicants must obtain a letter of admission to study a combination of two subjects (majors).
• To enrol in a Bachelor for Teaching Special Education, applicants must obtain a letter of admission to study a combination of five subjects.

Teaching degree programmes only start in winter semesters. To check the admission limits of past semesters, click the links provided in the following table:

How to read the study-place allocation tables (example):

Key:

By means of the university-wide selection procedure (AdH), applicants who did not perform military or civil service and who received an "procedural grade" (VN) of 2.1 were granted admission. The allocation grade is based on the Abitur grade improved by 0.1 for each waiting semester. Because lots were used in this case, not all applicants with an allocation grade of 2.1 who did not perform military/civil service were granted admission.

Please note: Waiting time is recognised as all semesters (half years) you have not been enrolled at a German university since receiving your Abitur (university entrance qualification).

A legally mandated proportion of study places in restricted-admission bachelor's programmes and state examination degree programmes are reserved for applicants from non-EU countries. Study places are allocated primarily on the basis of the average grade of the applicant's university entrance qualification (see admission limits). Because the number of non-EU applications varies in every application round, we cannot offer you a reliable prognosis of what your average grade will have to be in order to gain admission to any specific restricted subject. As a rule of thumb, the more popular the subject is, the higher your average grade will have to be in order to secure a study place.

For example, Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy are extremely popular subjects. Past experience shows that candidates usually require an excellent average grade in order to even have a chance of receiving a study place. Other popular subjects include Business Administration, Psychology and Communication Science.

Summer Semester 2025: In the Master of Education für das Lehramt an Gymnasien/Gesamtschulen and Grundschule, there was an admission limit in one subject. In all other Master of Education degrees and subjects all applicants were admitted.

Winter Semester 2021/22: In the Master of Education für das Lehramt an Gymnasien/Gesamtschulen, there were admission limits in two subjects. In all other Master of Education degrees and subjects all applicants were admitted.

How to read the study-place allocation tables:

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Example:

Applicants with a procedural grade of 1.8 could be admitted to Pädagogik via the "university selection procedure" quota (the procedural grade is calculated from the provisional average grade, improved by 0.1 per semester of waiting).  As the decision was made by lot, this means that not all applicants with a procedural grade of 1.8 and no service could be admitted.

Note: All semesters in which you were not enrolled at a German university after obtaining your bachelor's degree in teaching are recognised as waiting time.

The admission limits for master's degree programmes at the University of Münster are determined by the selection committees of the respective master's degree programme in the faculty. The contact details of the study programme coordination in the faculty, which can provide you with information on this, can be found in the Study Guide. After selecting your master's degree programme, please scroll down to the section "Fachstudienberatung".