M.Sc. Molecular Biosciences and Productive Biosystems

Required documents

a) General documents

Except for the Master's Degree in International Relations, the following general documents must be submitted by everyone:

• your online application - filled in and signed
• Copy of the higher education entrance qualification (usually Abitur certificate); if available, certificate of the higher education entrance examination (copy of the original and the translation in either German or English)
• Copy of the original and officially certified translation (German or English) of the degree certificate of the required first university degree including official transcript of records. If the first university degree is not yet available: Confirmation from the first university that at least 80% of the work required for the current university degree programme has been completed, as well as information on the current average grade for degree programmes with entry restrictions (form on the Admissions Office website)
• the last certificate of enrollment stating the degree program and semester wherever enrollment into a more advanced semester is requested
• If you are not yet enrolled at TU Dresden, a certificate of your academic achievements from your previous university stating all courses of study including semesters
• Copy of passport (for international applicants)
• Original certificate of the Academic Evaluation Centre of the German Embassy (APS) for Chinese, Indian and Vietnamese applicants

b) Special degree-specific documents

• A formal application to determine suitability for the consecutive Master’s program in Molecular Biosciences and Productive Biosystems in English
• Module descriptions of relevant modules as well as copies of additional certificates and proof documenting any special suitability, such as proof of degree program-specific vocational training, voluntary internships, or similar activities related to the planned degree program
• Proof of English language skills at the advanced level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Proof should be provided using a relevant certificate or language certificate. This can take the form of:

a) A certificate of a general or subject-specific university entrance qualification with an advanced course completed in English

b) A certificate for a university entrance qualification completed entirely in English or a diploma for a university degree completed entirely in English, as well as the

c) Following examples of English certificates: TOEFL (79 internet-based), IELTS (6.5), UNIcert II

• Descriptions (or comparable content summaries) of completed coursework that may constitute the prerequisites for participation in the modules ‘Physiological Concepts of Microbe Cultivation,’ ‘Microbial Expression Hosts and Protein Production,’ and ‘Microbial Ecology of Fungi and Protists’
• A tabular resumé in English with an educational and a career history
• An informal cover letter in English that convincingly explains the desire to study and the individual’s particular aptitude
• At least one personalized signed letter of recommendation that justifies the special aptitude of the applicant for the master’s degree in Molecular Biosciences and Productive Biosystems

urrently valid semester fee for the 2024 winter semester

1. For students in attendance studies (direct studies),

i.e. all attendance, doctoral or graduate students as well as all students in further education attendance studies, including in extra-occupational form, pay:

NEW! 288,10 EUR (IHI_Studies: 102,30 EUR)

(breakdown: = 97,50 EUR Student Union fee + 190,60 EUR student body fee: of which 9,20 EUR for student council/student representation and 181,40 EUR for the semester ticket)