• Proof of payment of the semester fees
  • Current electronic health insurance certificate
  • Certificate of higher education entrance qualification or notification of professional qualification
  • ID card or passport (ID number and access number - to the right of the expiry date - should be made unrecognisable)
  • Proof of the expectation check (mandatory in degrees/subjects from economics, mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology)
  • Proof of an Aptitude test taken or recognised at Paderborn University (certain degree programmes/subject areas in the fields of art, music and sport)
  • DSH certificate or equivalent proof (if the admission requirements were not acquired at a German-speaking institution in German)
  • Proof of foreign language skills (for certain teacher training programmes and Bachelor's degree programmes in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities)
  • Certificate of enrolment from the primary university (for secondary membership students, they are exempt from submitting proof of health insurance and from paying semester fees)
  • Declaration of consent from the legal representative (minors)
  • Certificate of exmatriculation from the last university attended (if it is not Paderborn University)
  • University degree certificate (for applicants who have already completed a degree programme at a university other than Paderborn University)
  • Certificate of placement (for enrolment in higher semesters) - exception: "returnees", i.e. applicants who were already enrolled at Paderborn University in the chosen degree programme/subjects do not usually require a certificate of placement.
  • Certificate of non-objection (for applicants who have definitively failed in a degree programme/subject area in their previous studies) - for more information, please contact the Central Examination Office
  • Proof of subject-specific qualifications (possibly for Master's applicants) - You will receive relevant information by email after your application.