Second Degree
The study places for all admission-restricted degree programs at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam are allocated in the selection procedure via fixed quotas. If you have already completed a degree in another degree programme at a German university and are applying for a further undergraduate degree programme, you can only be admitted via the quota for second degree applicants.
Selection procedure for a second degree
According to the Brandenburg University Admission Ordinance, three percent of the study places in undergraduate degree programmes with restricted admission are held ready for applicants who apply for a second degree in the 1st semester. In general, you have to apply like everyone else and additionally submit the documents. You will be asked whether you are a second degree student during the application process via the MyCampus university portal.
Only those who have already completed a course of study at a German university and wish to apply for an admission-restricted undergraduate course of study in the 1st semester count as second degree applicants. A course of study is completed when the prescribed state final examination (Staatsexamen) or academic final examination (e.g. Diplom, Magister, Bachelor or Master examination) has been successfully passed and can be documented by a certificate.
For the ranking, a measurement number is determined from the "final grade of the first degree" and the "degree of importance of the reasons for the second degree". The measurement number is the sum of the scores awarded for both criteria and determines the ranking on the secondary study application ranking list.