M.Sc. IT Management and Consulting

The following admission requirements apply to the Master's program in IT Management and Consulting at the University of Hamburg. Please note that there are several different ways to meet these requirements.

You hold a Bachelor's degree in one of the following courses

1. - Computer Science

2. - Business Information Systems

3. - Software Systems Development

4. - Human-Computer Interaction

5. - Computing in Science at the Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences at the University of Hamburg .

You hold a bachelor's degree in another bachelor's program in which you have completed at least 60 credit points in computer science that are comparable to the curriculum of the consecutive bachelor's program in computer science at the Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences at the University of Hamburg.

1. Even if you have not yet completed your studies (see next section), you must provide evidence of these 60 credit points, i.e., you must have already completed them at the time of application.

2. If you have not yet completed a bachelor's degree program that meets the requirements listed under 1. or 2., admission is possible subject to conditions . In your application, you should provide evidence that

-you have earned at least 150 ECTS credits and

-you have started (officially registered) your bachelor's thesis. If you are unable to provide this evidence , please describe in your letter of motivation, including a timetable , how you intend to complete the coursework and examinations required for your bachelor's degree by the end of the first semester of your master's degree program and still successfully begin your master's degree program in the first semester.

Selection process

There is no minimum grade required for admission. In the application process, you will compete with other applicants:

1. If the number of applications that meet the special admission requirements exceeds the number of places available for the Master's program in IT Management and Consulting, the selection will be made as follows:

2. a) the result of the first vocational qualification,

3. b) the conformity of the completed degree programme with the consecutive Bachelor’s degree programme in Computer Science at the Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences of the University of Hamburg,

4. c) the professional experience and stays abroad relevant to the Master's program

5. d) a written justification for the study programme, particularly with regard to the interest in further professional training, including the possibility of a telephone interview.

6. Criteria a) to d) are evaluated on a scale of 1-5. Criterion a) is weighted at 30%, criteria b) and c) at 25% each, and criterion d) at 20%.

7. If fewer than one place remains after the selection process, other applicants who may still be available may be admitted according to this process (substitutions).

8. The selection decision is made by a selection committee consisting of the head of the program, a professor from the university and a research assistant.