Transition from Bachelor's to Master's degree
If you want to switch from a Bachelor's to a Master's degree within the RPTU, you will find the relevant information and requirements here.
If you are interested in dual enrollment (parallel Bachelor's and Master's degrees), please seek advice before submitting your application.
General information on the procedure is available from the StudentServiceCenters.
You can obtain individual advice from your relevant examination office and the academic advisory service.
Please note that you must re-register as usual during the re-registration period.
If you are enrolled in a Bachelor's degree program at RPTU and would like to switch to a Master's degree program, you must apply to transfer to the Master's degree program via our application portal.
The documents you need to submit with your application depend on the degree program you wish to apply for. Please read the relevant Master's examination regulations or contact the student advisory service in the relevant department.
Students of RPTU can submit their application till 30th September for the winter term and 31th March for the summer term via our application portal.
In principle, a first professionally qualifying university degree (usually a Bachelor's degree) is required for admission to a Master's degree course. In addition, admission to a Master's degree course may be subject to further special admission requirements.
Detailed information on the admission requirements can be found in the respective Master's examination regulations or can be obtained from the student advisory service in the relevant department.
There are also Master's degree programs at RPTU with restricted admission. In these cases, a selection procedure is carried out after checking the subject-related aptitude if more applicants meet the admission requirements for the Master's program than there are places available. You can find out whether your desired degree program is an admission-free or admission-restricted Master's degree program in the overview of degree programs.
According to Section 19 (3) of the Higher Education Act and the provisions of the respective Master's examination regulations or the General Master's examination regulations, in exceptional cases the Master's degree program can already be started if only a certain number of ECTS have to be completed by the time the Bachelor's degree program is successfully completed. Whether, under what conditions and for how long a double enrollment is possible can be found in the respective Master's examination regulations or the General Master's Examination Regulations.
To submit an application for a double enrollment please use our application portal. The application deadline for the winter term is the 30th September; for the summer term it is the 31th March.
Please note:
It is essential to complete all the outstanding courses of the Bachelor's programme during the double enrollment and to ensure its final grade by the date stated on your Change of course document. Without completed Bachelor's degree in due time the re-enrollment in the Master's degree programme will be rejected or cancelled retroactively in accordance with sec. 68 para .1 no. 1 of Higher Education Act RLP.
The university does not offer all courses and examinations in every semester, nor does it offer them without overlapping with other compulsory courses. In accordance with the statutory provisions, de-registration from the Master's degree programme is also carried out ex officio in these cases.
If you receive benefits under the Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG), you should contact the BAföG and Scholarships Department for information on the effects of double enrollment on your BAföG entitlement.