Supporting documents to submit when applying

When applying for a bachelor’s in teacher training program, you must upload proof that you took part in an anonymous self-assessment test. The test results have no impact on selection when university places are allocated at Universität Hamburg. We recommend taking the Career Counselling for Teachers (CCT) self-assessment test or, if you plan to apply to a teacher training program in primary education, completing the expectations checklist for primary education teacher training programs (Erwartungscheck Grundschullehramt) offered by the Faculty of Educational Science at Universität Hamburg (available as of mid-July).

To participate in the CCT self-assessment test, you must proceed as follows:

• Open the website (http://www.cct-germany.de) and click on Studieninteressierte (Prospective students).
• Go to Geführte Touren (Guided tours) in the menu bar at the top and select Tour 1: Soll ich ein Lehrerstudium beginnen? (Should I begin a teaching degree?). In addition to the code you selected, please also enter the group name here (“Hamburg”).
• After you completed the test, you can download a certificate of participation. Subsequently, you can upload it when you apply online.

If you are eligible to apply to a university after you have passed professional education exams,  you will need to submit proof that you have also received subject advising.

Subject advising is offered in the department that offers the subject in question or at  Central Academic Advising at Universität Hamburg.

If you have already studied the same degree program at a German university, you must provide an official record from your previous university demonstrating that you have not previously completed any coursework in this degree program, and that no coursework will have been completed or grades awarded by the beginning of the semester. Failure to submit this evidence will result in your application being formally rejected.

The application requirements for the master’s degree programs are set by the departments. Take note of the required documents listed in the application information (PDF) for your chosen degree program: www.uni-hamburg.de/liste-master

A few master’s degree programs accept paperless, online applications:

• Teacher training master’s programs / Master of Education
• Human Movement Science (MA)
• Biology (MSc)
• British and American Cultures (MA)
• English as a World Language (MA)
• Master of Arts in Media Studies (MA)
• Psychology (MSc)
• Industrial Engineering (MSc)

For these degree programs, selection is made on the basis of the information you provided online; paper documents are only required where previous courses of study are not clearly comparable, and where you have previously graduated abroad, in order to establish comparability. Further information will be provided as part of the online application process.