Prerequisites for DSE Applications

The Admissions Commitee reviews all applications for the international master's program in Distributed Systems Engineering. All applications are verified against the minimum prerequisites (see below). Applications that do not match these requirements will not be accepted. The minimum prerequisites for the international master's program in Distributed Systems Engineering are as follows:

• A three-years bachelor's degree in computer science or a comparable first vocational qualifying university degree recognized in Germany. You must have finished 80% of your bachelor's program at the time you apply.

• Certificate of English Language Proficiency of at least CEFR C1 (for non-native speakers only). Since the language of instruction in the master's program is English, students whose first language is not English must prove proficiency in English language. We recognize many different tests, for instance, TOEFL iBT (institutional code1) or IELTS will be accepted.

• Transcripts of records indicating "very good" (based on scored marks and/or grades) achievements in the following computer science related areas: Operating Systems, Networks and Distributed Systems, Database Systems, Software Engineering, and at least "good" (based on scored marks and/or grades) achievements in subjects like Algorithms and Data Structures, Foundations of Programming, Computer Architecture as well as Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science. Your transcript must show a strong emphasis on these areas, i.e., you must have taken the majority of the corresponding courses during you bachelor's.

• Additionally, you are expected to have some programming skill. Therefore, we count labs or assessments during you studies, internships, work experience as well as (open-source) projects and contributions to such or software which you have verifiably developed or contributed to.

Program applicants need to provide this information as part of the aptitude assessment process. However, there is no further test or exam, which you have to pass. Please use our online portal to create the respectve form sheet and attach all above mentioned certificates as well as as few addtional documents in your application.