EU/EEA CITIZENS AND INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS WITH A GERMAN UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE QUALIFICATION SUBJECTS WITH NATIONWIDE ADMISSION RESTRICTIONS

All applications for degree programmes with nationwide admission restrictions must be made at hochschulstart.de.
Please note that admission to degree programmes in Medicine, Pharmacy, and Dentistry at Heidelberg University will only be granted for the winter semester. For these programmes, the closing dates for applications at the Foundation for University Admission (Stiftung für Hochschulzulassung) are 15 July for applicants who obtained their university entrance qualification after 15 January of the same year (“school leavers”), or 31 May for applicants who obtained their university entrance qualification prior to or on 15 January of the same year. More information regarding the documents required may be obtained from the Foundation for University Admission (Stiftung für Hochschulzulassung). 

Since the following information on the application procedure may differ slightly for international applicants with a German university entrance qualification and for EU/EEA citizens, it will be presented separately for each case.

In Baden-Württemberg, 75 study places in human medicine will be awarded to applicants each year if they commit themselves to working as a rural doctor for a fixed period of time following their studies. With this measure - the so-called rural doctor quota ("Landarztquote") - the state government of Baden-Württemberg wants to improve the level of general practitioner care in rural areas.
Please note the special application deadlines for this quota!

The medical faculties in Heidelberg and Mannheim have established a telephone hotline to provide personalised counselling on the university selection procedure (“Auswahlverfahren der Hochschulen - AdH”) (for Medicine and Dentistry), on the Additional Aptitude Quota ("Zusätzliche Eignungsquote - ZEQ") (for Medicine and Dentistry) and on the test for medical degree programmes (only via the Faculty of Heidelberg).

To be admitted to any undergraduate programme at Heidelberg University (culminating in a Bachelor’s degree or state examination), applicants must hold a university entrance qualification and possess very good German language skills. Additional qualifications may be required for certain subjects. Further information on the requirements for the individual degree programmes may be found in the selection and admission regulations for that specific subject.