Helmut Schmidt Program

You can get to the online application portal here. By registering in our online portal during the application period and submitting your documents, you are simultaneously applying for the DAAD scholarship ("Helmut-Schmidt-Programme") and for admission to the Master's degree programme Management in Nonprofit Organisations at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences.

If you want to apply for more than one Master’s programme within the framework of the “Helmut-Schmidt-Programme" (max. two universities) you can use the same DAAD application form, but are not allowed to adjust it by any means. Otherwise your whole application could be declared invalid.

In addition please keep in mind that your application is not eligible if you have been in Germany for more than 15 months continuously at the time of your application or if your last academic degree is older than six years.

All information about the required documents for application are available on the DAAD website.

Proof of your higher education - Information for the following countries:

• Applicants with a degree from P.R. China, Vietnam and India: APS certificate (authenticity check of the original will be done by our univeristy)
• Applicants with a degree from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, please note your university degree as follows:
  • 4-year BA programs are recognized
  • 3-year BA programs plus 1 - 2 year of consecutive master programs in home country or abroad are recognized
  • 2-year BA programs are not recognized in combination with a consecutive MA program

Language skills

The lectures of the Master program Management in Nonprofit Organisations at University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück are taught in English language. Your language proficiency in English is therefore a crucial factor to the success of your studies and one of our admission requirements.

For your application, you need proof of English B2 if English is not your native language. The language competence can be proven by a certificate of one of the following tests. Certificates of the Common European Framework are accepted:

• IELTS (International English Language Testing System) 5.5, 6.0, 6.5
• TOEFL iBT  (Test Of English as a Foreign Language - Internet-based Test) 72 - 94
• TOEFL ITP (Test Of English as a Foreign Language - Institutional Testing Program)  543 - 626
• Pearson PTE Academic (Pearson Test of English-PTE) 59 - 75 Punkte
• TOEIC  (Test of English for International Communication - TOEIC) Listening and Reading Test (785 - 944) + Speaking Test (160 - 179) + Writing Test (150 - 179)
• Cambridge English: Preliminary English Test plus Result Distinction (PET)
• Cambridge English: First Certificate in English plus Grade B or C (FCE)
• Cambridge English: Business Vantage (BEC Vantage)
• Cambridge English: Legal (ILEC)
• Cambridge English: Financial (ICFE)
• Cambridge IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education - IGCSE): IGCSE 1st Language mit Durchschnitt B2 (average), IGCSE 2nd Language mit Durchschnitt B2 (average)
• telc (The European Language Certificates - Telc): telc B2 Zertifikat
• UNIcert: UNIcert II

Please note:

- The test result submitted mustn't be older than three years at the time your Master studies begin.
- The above mentioned scores are minimum scores, i.e. we do not accept any scores below these.

Further evidence of the ability to study in English B2

In individual cases, other than the certificates mentioned above can be accepted as a proof of your study competence in English. A further language certificate is not necessary in this case:

• English as mother tongue
• Nationality from a country where the official language is English (e.g. Nigeria)
• Completion of an English-language undergraduate degree programme from a country that is not genuinely Anglophone (e.g. Syria), with "medium of instruction: English" stated on the Transcript of Record (ToR) or in the Diploma Supplement
• Completion of an English-language undergraduate degree programme from a country that is genuinely Anglophone (USA, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand)
• If your Bachelor program was instructed entirely in English, you do not need to submit further proof of your language proficiency. Please ensure that the application you submit provides us with sufficient proof from your home university that your Bachelor was lectured completely in English language.
• School leaving certificate with proven B2 level

Please contact us if you have doubts or questions regarding your proof of your English language proficiency.

German language proficiency:

With the mandatory DAAD-funded German language course, you will have the opportunity to build up/improve your German language skills in the four months prior to the start of lectures. This means that you can provide your German A1 proof within the framework of this language course. A German language certificate is not required for the application. If you already have German language skills, just add the proof (voluntarily) to your application.