M.Sc. Biotechnology

Applying for the first semester

1. Fill in the Online Application

You apply online. After completing, please verifiy your data and the uploaded documents before submitting.

2. Submit your Online Application

The uploaded documents are considered for the application process. You don’t have to send any documents by post.

This pre-selection is based on the following criteria:

The final grade of the Bachelor’s degree or the grade point average of the examinations completed thus far.

Subject-specific coursework may be credited, if the respective modules award a minimum of 6 ECTS credits. The modules need to be from the following fields: physics, mathematics, physical chemistry, food chemistry, microbiology, engineering, process, and automatization technology.

Relevant vocational training, such as laboratory technician (natural sciences, medicine); technical assistant (natural sciences, medicine);

Completed vocational training in the food industry, chemical industry, pharmaceutical industry, or biotechnological industry;

Relevant work experience, such as a professional internship with a minimum duration of 3 months, or

A stay abroad at a university within the EU, Switzerland, USA, or Japan with a minimum duration of 3 months.

In a second step, the remaining 55 applicants are invited to take part in a written aptitude test (or a Skype interview, see below). The aptitude test is designed to provide an additional individual assessment of each applicant’s suitability for the program in Food Biotechnology.

Literature recommendations for preparation for the aptitude test

The aptitude test for admission for the winter semester 2024/25 will take place on June, 14. Further information will be provided via e-mail during the application process.

Test procedure

The written test consists of questions at the Bachelor's level chosen from the fields of biochemistry, microbiology, molecular biology, and biotechnology, which are regarded as fundamental to this Master’s program. Each aptitude test comprises three questions from the four fields named above and lasts 60 minutes. Those sitting the aptitude test must provide valid personal identification to take part in the test.

If applicants have to travel a distance greater than 400km to attend the test, they may choose to do a 30 minute interview using Skype instead. This interview is the oral equivalent of the written test and thus consists of questions as describe above. Only applicants chosen during the pre-selection qualify for an interview.

All applicants scoring a minimum of 33% in the test remain within the selection procedure. All others are excluded from the continuing selection procedure.

Step three

In a third step, the selection committee creates a ranking of all remaining applicants on the basis of the documents submitted and the results of the aptitude test.

The following criteria are taken into consideration:

Final grade of the Bachelor’s degree or the grade point average of the examinations completed thus far (Weighting: 50%)

The results of the aptitude test (Weighting: 30%)

Subject-specific coursework may be credited, if the respective modules award a minimum of 6 ECTS credits. The modules need to be from the following fields: biotechnology, biochemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, food chemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, microbiology, process technology. (Weighting: 15%)

Relevant vocational training, such as laboratory technician (natural sciences, medicine); technical assistant (natural sciences, medicine);

Completed vocational training in the food industry, chemical industry, pharmaceutical industry, or biotechnological industry;

Relevant work experience, such as a professional internship with a minimum duration of 3 months;

A stay abroad at a university within the EU, Switzerland, USA, or Japan with a minimum duration of 3 months.