Admission and application

Requirements for admission
The admission requirements for studying at the International University of Cooperative Education are:

a secondary school leaving certificate, or equivalent qualification or
tradesmen or administrative staff with a minimum of 4 years of professional experience* as well as
a contract with a training company and
an entrance examination

Application process
Students can apply for a training position at one of the listed partner companies or directly at one of the places of study. The application can refer to one of the partner companies or be made without preference. Applications can be mailed to the respective location of the International University of Cooperative Education at any time of the year. Online applications through the online application form are also possible.

After a review of the documents, in a second stage of the application process, the University of Cooperative Education invites suitable applicants for an entrance examination. The evaluation of the entrance exam serves to complete the application documents and will be sent on to the company which the student has applied to.

However, it is also possible that applicants address companies that are not yet listed with the University of Cooperative Education as training companies. In this case the University of Cooperative Education will check the company’s suitability. As a rule it is an advantage for students to have already completed the entrance examination at the University of Cooperative Education.

The application process ends with the conclusion of a contract (between the student and the company) and the conclusion of a study contract (between the student and the University of Cooperative Education).

§ 63 Higher Education Act of the State of Hesse (pdf in german)
Regulation Concerning the Access of Vocationally Qualified Persons to Colleges of Higher Education in the State of Hesse (pdf in german)

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*§ 63 Para. 2 Cl.1 No. 4 of the Higher Education Act of the State of Hesse applies to the following applicants, provided that professional experience for a minimum of 4 years can be demonstrated:

officially-recognised engineers
officially-recognised business economists
business economists as well as equivalent degrees in the area of the Chamber of Trades and Crafts or the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
qualified office staff, certified accountants, controllers, commercial assistants pharmaceutical agents examined by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
specialist office staff
accountants
tax accountants
officially-recognised educators
officially-recognised remedial teachers
officially-recognised care assistants for handicapped/disabled
officially-recognised specialists in social services and
officially-recognised designers

Reference is made to the following paragraph ( §63 Para.2 Cl. 1 No. 4) from the Higher Education Act of the State of Hesse :
The suitability for an academic education that leads to an occupationally qualifying degree can be demonstrated by:

A general qualification for university entrance,
A specific secondary school-leaving certificate,
An upper secondary school-leaving certificate granting access to a college of higher education
master craftsman certificate from the Chamber of Trades and Crafts

Proof of nºs. 1 or 4 authorises a person to study at all universities, proof of nº. 2 to study the respective branch of study, proof of nº. 3 to study at a Higher Education institution or to study a programmed degree course at a university. Other educational certificates may qualify for admission to academic studies provided that they can be considered equivalent. The decision on certificates attained in Germany is made by the Ministry of Education, hereinafter referred to as the Ministry; decisions on the matter may be transferred to the universities. Particulars are determined by Administrative Regulations.

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