How to apply

You need a recognised undergraduate degree in Economics or Social Scienses or in a similar subject with at least 180 credit points. The selection committee decides whether a Bachelor's degree is suitable.

If you have not yet completed your Bachelor studies at the application deadline (July 15th respectively), you can still apply to the Master program. However, you need to have completed at least 80% of the necessary credits of your Bachelor program at the time of your application. In this case, please make sure your application includes

- an official and current transcript of records showing all your completed courses, including grades
- the total number of Credits of your Bachelor program
- the percentage of Credits / courses you have completed at the time of your application
- your current, preliminary average grade. This grade will be used for evaluating your application during the selection process, no matter if your final grade later differs from the preliminary grade.

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.

English B2 language proficiency:

If English is not your mother tongue, your study competence has to be proven by one of the following language tests:

• 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:

• 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
• If you have studied at a German university: A certificate or other proof from your university clearly stating your English proficiency according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
• Applicants from Hochschule Osnabrück: Your successful attendance of the course English 4, shown on your transcript of records, is sufficient.

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

For international students, a basic proficiency in German is necessary for mastering daily life on and off campus more easily. This will also contribute positively to your overall study success and is therefore also part of our admission criteria. 

If German is not your mother tongue, your German language proficiency needs to meet the level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). A proof of basic German proficiency (min. A1 level CEFR) is mandatory and needs to be submitted within your application documents.

We do accept official test certificates from various institutions and universities. If you do not hold a certificate at the time the application period ends, i.e. 15.7., but are currently taking a German language course, you can still apply. In such a case, please make sure to submit a proof that you are currently enrolled in a relevant course and please indicate when the certificate will be available. We will then be able to consider your application in the process.

If the number of applicants exceeds the number of available places, admission is granted based on the results of the university’s internal selection procedure:

For ranking purposes, the final grade of the Bachelor degree is assessed in combination with:

• voluntary work / involvement in non-profit organizations
• professional experience with relevance to the study program
• internships,
• vocational education and training
• performance-related and subject-related scholarships
• experience abroad with relevance to the study program.

Please submit the relevant supporting documents! If no proof is provided, internships or periods abroad, for example, will not be included in the points scheme for the preliminary ranking:

Points are awarded for each criterion for the preliminary ranking. This point scheme is defined in Section 4 of the Entrance and Admission Regulations for the Master program in Management in Non-Profit Organizations. You can find these Regulations here.

Applications are uploaded online directly in the application portal of Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences.

The following application documents need to be submitted. For your online application, please upload all documents in one single PDF file (not a zip file). Please save this file as follows: “last name_first name”. The file size should not exceed 50 MB.

• Regulations Governing Admission to the Master program in Management in Nonprofit-Organisations
• Study Regulations for the Master program in Management in Nonprofit-Organisations
• Program-Specific Examination Regulations for the Master program in Management in Nonprofit-Organisations