Application process

Are you a student at one of our partner universities?

If you are enrolled at one of our partner universities and interested in our Heilbronn International Program, please contact your home university first. They have to nominate you for the program. You do not have to pay tuition fees.

Does your home university have no agreement with us?

Please contact us directly. You may be accepted as a free mover student. In this case you must pay tuition fees.

Nomination deadline for your home university: 1 April  
Application deadline for students: 15 May

After your nomination, you will receive an official email from us with all further information. The nominated students will need to fill in the application form and send the required documents. 

• Completed and signed application form for international students.
• Digital passport photo in the application form and attached in the mail. The IT department will contact you separately shortly before your arrival and ask you to upload the photo as a jpeg for your student ID card in a portal.
• Most recent official Transcript of Records (with grading scale) in English or German
• Proof of English language skills if English is not your native language  (more information below)
• Your resumé/curriculum vitae in English (for a semester in German, write this in German)
• Your course selection:
  • For non-EU students: download the DHBW Learning Agreement (for non-EU students)
  • For EU / Erasmus+ students: generate an Online Learning Agreement (OLA). Contact your Erasmus Coordinator at your home university or generate your OLA by using this link:www.learning-agreement.eu
  • Fill in the courses you would like to take according to your interests and requirements of your home university
  • All available courses with all information can be found here
• Scan of passport (for non-EU students) and passport or ID card (for EU students)
• Proof of Health Insurance: EU-students: please send a scan of your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) with your application. Non-EU-students and all students without EHIC are expected to join the Germany statutory health insurance.

Please provide the International Office with a valid email address, which you access regularly. Please also ensure that your scans are of high quality, as we cannot accept photographs of documents. To complete the application, please download the documents and fill them out by computer. You can open the document for editing by clicking the button next to the printer.

After processing your application, the International Office at DHBW Heilbronn will send you an official letter of acceptance with further instructions. The letter of acceptance can be used to apply for a student visa.

Students from Non-EU-contries: Please apply for your visa as soon as you received your letter of acceptance, as it may take some time before your visa is processed. 

To join the Heilbronn International Program, non-native English speakers require English language proficiency commensurate with the B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Language (CEFR). Please note that students who wish to enroll in courses outside of HIP will need to demonstrate German proficiency at the C1 level or above for courses instructed in German. If you have questions about appropriate documentation for proof of your language level, please contact us.