From 1^st March, 2026 prospective students with foreign higher education entrance qualification can apply for the winter semester 2026/27. 

• Fill out and submit the enrolment application on the My assist online applicant portal and there any further application documents

Please do not forget the transfer of the processing fee to UNI-ASSIST!

• If applicable - study programme supporting documents or evidence
• Copy of the higher education entrance qualification to be scanned in and uploaded on to My assist (If the original is not in German or English, then we need in addition a translation to German or English from a sworn translator.) Depending on the type of entrance qualification and country of origin, possible types of higher education entrance qualifications may include:
  - Secondary education completion certificate(s)
  - Results of the university entrance assessment test
  - Transcript of academic performances from 1-2 years of university studies
  - Other certificates relevant to the higher education entrance qualification
• Copy of passport/official personal identification
• Copy of a valid residence permit for Germany, if available
• Up-to-date curriculum vitae
• Underage applicants:
  Letter of consent to study from the parents
• Proof of German language skills - does not apply to applicants from countries where German is the first official language
• English language study programmes:
  Proof of English language skills – applicants with a higher education entrance qualification from Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Great Britain incl. Northern Ireland or the United States of America do not have to submit a separate proof of English language skills
• For changing universities within Germany: Certificate of removal from the register of students (submit at the latest upon enrolment) and certificate of non-objection (proof of right to take examinations)

Please note that a preliminary examination of your application documents is first carried out by UNI-ASSIST, which can take 3-4 weeks. After receiving the application documents at the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, you will gain access to myBTU. You will receive your user data by e-mail. In the myBTU portal you can do the following things:

• check the processing status of your application
• perform online enrolment
• view and change personal data
• change / reset password

In general, you have to expect at least another 3-4 weeks processing time. Therefore we recommend you to apply in time. For study programmes that participate in the Dialogue-Oriented Service Procedure of the Foundation for University Admissions (www.hochschulstart.de), places will be allocated at a later date.  

The creation of notices is carried out entirely by automatic devices. A notice made available for retrieval shall be deemed to have been notified on the third day after dispatch of the electronic notification that the data have been made available. For study programmes that participate in the Dialogue-Oriented Service Procedure of the Foundation for University Admissions (www.hochschulstart.de):
- The letter of admission can be retrieved from the myBTU portal.
- The letter of rejection, exclusion or deferral is made available or sent via the portal of the Foundation for University Admissions (www.hochschulstart.de).

To verify your notification, enter the verification number and press the button. If the number is valid, you will receive the notification as a download for comparison.

More Information about the enrolment can be found on the admission letter, At the end of the online enrolment please upload all the documents relevant for enrolment to the myBTU portal or submit it to the Welcome and Registration Point.