Entrance exam
If you fulfil all requirements (step 1) and you have successfully submitted your online application with documents (step 2), and if you do not qualify for direct acceptance, we will invite you to an exam (step 3).
The entrance exam for the master’s program starting in autumn 2024 will in principle take place online and is expected to be scheduled in the first half of April 2024. Applicants will receive detailed information about the entrance exam (modalities, exact date, potential fees for proctoring) with the invitation.
As far as the content of the exam is concerned: The 90 minutes examination will be given in English. It will consist of multiple-choice questions in the area of Evolution, Ecology and Systematics. Further details about the required contents and text books are listed on the following webpage: Expected knowledge for the EES Master’s program
After you have taken the entrance exam, a combined score is assigned according to your exam grade (70%) and your grade point average from your bachelor’s degree (30%). You will be invited to an interview (step 4) if your combined score is is higher than 2.3 or less than 3.1 (according to the German grading system with 1 being the best and 4 being the minimum pass grade).