EU enrollment
Enrollment refers to being accepted as a student at an institution of higher education.
In order to be enrolled, you must first submit an application for a study program at Fachhochschule Dortmund - University of Applied Sciences and Arts in in due form and time.
Enrolling in a Bachelor’s study program with restricted admission
1. Accepting a study place and admission
You have registered with hochschulstart.de and created a user account in order to apply for a Bachelor’s study program with restricted admission.
Please check the hochschulstart.de portal from calendar week 30 onwards at regular intervals (at least once a week). This allows you to find out at an early stage whether you have received a study place.
Important:
Once you have accepted the admission offer from Fachhochschule Dortmund on the hochschulstart.de website, please return to the online portal of Fachhochschule Dortmund. You can access the letter of acceptance as a PDF document immediately after you have accepted the study place.
We will not send the letter via postal mail!
You can submit the documents listed in the letter until the end of the enrollment deadline specified in the letter of acceptance.
Please note:
Waiting to accept the study place may result in a disadvantage and delay the start of your studies.
Please keep this in mind during your arrangements.
2. How to enroll online:
- You can request to be enrolled after admission via the online portal of Fachhochschule Dortmund. Please enter the required data in the online form necessary for your enrollment at Fachhochschule Dortmund.
- You will receive the ready-to-print enrollment from after submitting the data.
- After you complete the form:
Please print the enrollment form and do not forget to sign it. - Send the signed enrollment form with the required documents via postal mail to the address provided in the form and in your letter of admission.
By submitting the required documents via postal mail (along with the voucher confirming the semester contribution payment), your online request will become a “real” enrollment and you will subsequently receive your temporary student ID as well as additional information regarding the start of your studies.
The acceptance deadlines stated in the letters of admission apply.
You can enroll online only until the end of the acceptance deadline.
If you fail to enroll in due time, you will lose the study place.
Please note that the date when we receive your documents via postal mail will determine whether you meet the acceptance deadline.
The postmark date stamped by Fachhochschule Dortmund counts as the day of receipt.
Enrolling in a Bachelor’s study program with open admission
If you have applied for a Bachelor’s study program with open admission, you will receive a letter of admission in electronic form as a PDF document via the study place portal of Fachhochschule Dortmund approx. 2-3 working days after we have received your application.
We will not send the letter via postal mail!
Please follow the instructions in this letter and submit the required documents listed until the end of the enrollment deadline specified in the letter of admission at the address provided there. You can enroll from calendar week 29 onwards.
Online admission:
- You can request to be enrolled after admission via the online portal of Fachhochschule Dortmund. Please enter the required data in the online form necessary for your enrollment at Fachhochschule Dortmund.
- You will receive the ready-to-print enrollment from after submitting the data.
- After you complete the form:
Please print the enrollment form and do not forget to sign it. - Send the signed enrollment form with the required documents via postal mail to the address provided in the form and in your letter of admission.
By submitting the required documents via postal mail (along with the voucher confirming the semester contribution payment), your online request will become a “real” enrollment and you will subsequently receive your temporary student ID as well as additional information regarding the start of your studies.
The acceptance deadlines stated in the letters of admission apply.
You can enroll online only until the end of the acceptance deadline.
If you fail to enroll in due time, you will lose the study place.
Please note that the date when we receive your documents via postal mail will determine whether you meet the acceptance deadline. The postmark date stamped by Fachhochschule Dortmund counts as the day of receipt.
Enrolling in a Master’s study program with restricted admission
If you receive a study place for your desired study program, you will find a letter of admission in the online portal of Fachhochschule Dortmund (approx. from calendar week 30 onwards). We will not send the letter via postal mail!
Please follow the instructions in this letter and submit the required documents listed until the end of the enrollment deadline specified in the letter of admission at the address provided there.
How to enroll online:
- You can request to be enrolled after admission via the online portal of Fachhochschule Dortmund.
Please enter the required data in the online form necessary for your enrollment at Fachhochschule Dortmund. - You will receive the ready-to-print enrollment from after submitting the data.
- After you complete the form:
Please print the enrollment form and do not forget to sign it. - Send the signed enrollment form with the required documents via postal mail to the address provided in the form and in your letter of admission.
By submitting the required documents via postal mail (along with the voucher confirming the semester contribution payment), your online request will become a “real” enrollment and you will subsequently receive your temporary student ID as well as additional information regarding the start of your studies.
The acceptance deadlines stated in the letters of admission apply. You can enroll online only until the end of the acceptance deadline. If you fail to enroll in due time, you will lose the study place.
Please note that the date when we receive your documents via postal mail will determine whether you meet the acceptance deadline. The postmark date stamped by Fachhochschule Dortmund counts as the day of receipt.
Enrolling in a Master’s study program with open admission
If you have applied for a Master’s study program with open admission, you will find a letter of admission as a PDF document in the study place portal of Fachhochschule Dortmund, if you meet the admission requirements in accordance with the submitted documents. We will not send the letter via postal mail!
Please follow the instructions in this letter and submit the required documents listed until the end of the enrollment deadline specified in the letter of admission at the address provided there. You can enroll from calendar week 29 onwards.
How to enroll online:
- You can request to be enrolled after admission via the online portal of Fachhochschule Dortmund. Please enter the required data in the online form necessary for your enrollment at Fachhochschule Dortmund.
- You will receive the ready-to-print enrollment from after submitting the data.
- After you complete the form:
Please print the enrollment form and do not forget to sign it. - Send the signed enrollment form with the required documents via postal mail to the address provided in the form and in your letter of admission.
By submitting the required documents via postal mail (along with the voucher confirming the semester contribution payment), your online request will become a “real” enrollment and you will subsequently receive your temporary student ID as well as additional information regarding the start of your studies.
The acceptance deadlines stated in the letters of admission apply. You can enroll online only until the end of the acceptance deadline. If you fail to enroll in due time, you will lose the study place.
Please note that the date when we receive your documents via postal mail will determine whether you meet the acceptance deadline. The postmark date stamped by Fachhochschule Dortmund counts as the day of receipt.
Succession procedure
If enrolled students do not fill all of the available study places in study programs with restricted admission, the university will start a so-called succession procedure.
You can register to participate in the succession procedure if you:
- have applied for a study place in a program with restricted admission through 15 January for the summer semester / 15 July for the winter semester,
- sare not already enrolled in another program with restricted admission
Please follow the instructions how to register for the succession procedure in your letter of rejection.