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Master's enrolment

Information on how to prepare your enrolment in a master's programme at University of Jena
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Congratulations on your admission to a master's degree programme! Your next step is to prepare your enrolment. You will find all necessary information about that on this page. If you have any questions, the Master Service Centre (MSZ) is there to assist and support you. Once your enrolment preparations are completed at the MSZ, your enrolment process will then be finalised at the International Office and/or the Student Service Centre.

Notice

 +++ Please note: Enrolment is not yet possible! Please do not apply for enrolment in the portal and do not send any enrolment documents yet. Thank you! +++

Steps

  1. Read the most important facts on your admission provided on this page and in your admission letter carefully! 
  2. Inform yourself about the required enrolment documents
  3. Inform yourself about the  enrolment procedure
  4. Send the enrolment documents in paper to the Master Service Centre

Important information about your admission

It is only possible to enrol in a master's programme, if you have successfully taken all courses and exams of your previous undergraduate's programme. If you are stuyding at a foreign university, you have to be able to provide your undergraduate's degree certificate when you submit your application.

  • Admissions are only valid for the particular semester you have applied for.
  • It is not possible to defer the start date or to use the admission letter to enrol for a later semester.
  • By the time you enrol, you not only have to be able to provide all your degree certificates and academic transcripts but also have to meet the language requirements, i.e. provide the required language proficiency certificates.
  • You can only enrol if you have submitted your complete and correct documents by the specified deadline. You will find the deadline in the Friedolin 2.0External link online application portal.

Prepare your enrolment documents

Please provide information on your citizenship and current student status to learn which documents you must submit to enrol in your programme.

Please choose from the following options

Enrolment process for international students

  • You're currently enrolled at the University of Jena (bachelor's or master's programme)
    1. Accept your admission offer in the portal by the shown deadline.
    2. Don't apply for enrolment in the portal.
    3. Prepare your enrolment documents. Please see the "Prepare your enrolment documents" section above.
    4. Submit your enrolment documents by post or via our postbox or in person during our office hours. Please note the deadline for submitting your enrolment documents as shown in the Friedolin 2.0External link online application portal.
    5. The status of your application changes to ‘Enrolment application in progress’ when your documents have been received.
    6. The Master Service Centre checks your documents.
    7. We forward your documents to the Student Service Centre.
    8. The Student Service Centre completes your enrolment process.
    9. Enrolment is complete when the status of your application is ‘Enrolled’.
  • You're currently enrolled at the University of Jena (DSH course)
    1. Accept your admission offer in the portal by the shown deadline.
    2. Don't apply for enrolment in the portal.
    3. Submit your admission letter and the filled and signed Application for Change of Programme form (page 1 only) by post or via our postbox or in person during our office hours. No further documents are required. Please note the deadline for submitting your enrolment documents as shown in the Friedolin 2.0External link online application portal.
    4. The status of your application changes to ‘Enrolment application in progress’ when your documents have been received.
    5. The Master Service Centre checks your documents.
    6. We forward your documents to the International Office.
    7. The International Office completes the enrolment process. Learn more about the last steps of the enrolment process on the page of the International Office.
    8. Enrolment is complete when the status of your application is ‘Enrolled’.
  • You're currently enrolled at the University of Jena (guest studies)
    1. Accept your admission offer in the portal by the shown deadline.
    2. Apply for enrolment in the portal.
    3. The status of your application changes to ‘Enrolment applied for’. 
    4. Prepare your enrolment documents. Please check the "Prepare your enrolment documents" section above.
    5. Submit your enrolment documents by post or via our postbox or in person during our office hours.  Please note the deadline for the submission of your enrolment documents as shown in the Friedolin 2.0External link online application portal.
    6. The status of your application changes to ‘Enrolment application in progress’ when your documents have been received.
    7. The Master Service Centre checks your documents.
    8. We forward your documents to the International Office.
    9. The International Office completes your enrolment process. Please contact the International Office for more information on the last steps of your enrolment process at incoming@uni-jena.de.
    10. Enrolment is complete when the status of your application is ‘Enrolled’.
  • You've never been enrolled OR have been enrolled in the past (but not currently) at the University of Jena
    1. Accept your admission offer in the portal by the shown deadline.
    2. Apply for enrolment in the portal.
    3. The status of your application changes to ‘Enrolment applied for’.
    4. Prepare your enrolment documents. Please check the "Prepare your enrolment documents" section above. Please note the deadline for applying for enrolment and for submitting your enrolment documents as shown in the Friedolin 2.0External link online application portal.
    5. Submit your enrolment documents by post or via our postbox or in person during our office hours.
    6. The status of your application changes to ‘Enrolment application in progress’ when your documents have been received.
    7. The Master Service Centre checks your documents.
    8. We forward your documents to the International Office.
    9. The International Office completes your enrolment process. Find more information about the last steps of the enrolment process on the page of the International Office.
    10. Enrolment is complete when the status of your application is ‘Enrolled’.

Enrolment process for German students

  • You're currently enrolled at the University of Jena
    1. Accept your admission offer in the portal by the shown deadline.
    2. Don't apply for enrolment in the portal.
    3. Prepare your enrolment documents. Please check the "Prepare your enrolment documents" section above.
    4. Submit your enrolment documents by post or via to our postbox or in person during our office hours.  Please note the deadline for submitting your enrolment documents as shown in the Friedolin 2.0External link online application portal.
    5. The status of your application changes to ‘Enrolment application in progress’ when your documents have been received.
    6. The Master Service Centre checks your documents.
    7. We forward your documents to the Student Service Centre.
    8. The Student Service Centre completes your enrolment process.
    9. Enrolment is complete when the status of your application shows ‘Enrolled’.
  • You've never been enrolled OR have been enrolled in the past (but not currently) at the University of Jena
    1. Accept your admission offer in the portal by the shown deadline.
    2. Apply for enrolment in the portal.
    3. The status of your application changes to ‘Enrolment applied for’.
    4. Prepare your enrolment documents. Please check the "Prepare your enrolment documents" section above.
    5. Submit your enrolment documents by post or via our postbox or in person during our office hours.  Please note the deadline for applying for enrolment and for submitting your enrolment documents as shown in the Friedolin 2.0External link online application portal.
    6. The status of your application changes to ‘Enrolment application in progress’ when your documents have been received.
    7. The Master Service Centre checks your documents.
    8. We forward your documents to the Student Service Centre.
    9. The Student Service Centre completes your enrolment process.
    10. Enrolment is complete when the status of your application shows ‘Enrolled’.

    Please note: Send a copy of your bachelor's degree diploma by 15.8. (in case of summer semester intake) or 15.2. (in case of winter semester intake) respectively to the Student Service Centre, in case you didn't have the diploma by the time you enrolled. For more information please check section "Prepare your enrolment documents" above.

Further information