Bachelor’s · Computer Science & Software Engineering
Bilinguale Informatik / Bilingual Computer Science B.Sc.
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg · Magdeburg · Official programme page
16 facts from 8 official pages · last checked 14 November 2026
Reviewed by Dennis Maaß, admission and immigration expert
Published 8 November 2026 · Last reviewed 8 November 2026
Key facts
Length, deadlines and costs
- Language
- English and German
Source
“Language German/English”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Bilinguale+Informatik+_+Bilingual+Computer+Science-p-138664.html · checked 7 November 2026
Two tracks. English track: computer science and mathematics in English from the start while taking German courses, switching to German-taught computer science once German B2 is reached, at the latest in the third year. German track: the mirror image, starting in German.
- Study mode
- Not stated by the university
3 pages checked, 7 Nov 2026
- www.ovgu.de/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English.html
- www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/International/Incoming+_+Ways+to+the+University/International+Students/Full_Time+Studies/General+Requirements.html
- www.ovgu.de/en/International/Incoming+_+Ways+to+the+University/International+Students.html
No OVGU page states the teaching mode. Only the Studien- und Prüfungsordnung of each programme would, and the 'Examination regulations' links on the English pages are partly wrong (the Visual Computing page links to the Computervisualistik regulations), so nothing is recorded rather than an assumption of on-campus teaching.
- Length
- 7 semesters
Source
“Duration 7 Semesters Enrollment Wintersemester Admission restriction No restricted admission”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Bilinguale+Informatik+_+Bilingual+Computer+Science-p-138664.html · checked 7 November 2026
A semester longer than OVGU's other bachelor's programmes, because of the language track.
- Credits
- Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 7 Nov 2026
- www.ovgu.de/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English.html
- www.verwaltungshandbuch.ovgu.de/H%C3%B6B+Teil+I/1_06+Pr%C3%BCfungsordnungen-media_id-1394-p-48.html
The datasheets and the English-programmes overview give only the standard period of study in semesters. Credit totals appear solely in each programme's Studien- und Prüfungsordnung in the German Verwaltungshandbuch, which is reached through a multi-level index and whose links from the English pages are partly stale, so no figure is recorded.
- Intakes
- Winter
Source
“Duration 7 Semesters Enrollment Wintersemester Admission restriction No restricted admission”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Bilinguale+Informatik+_+Bilingual+Computer+Science-p-138664.html · checked 7 November 2026
- Non-EU deadline
- 15 Jul 2027 (winter 2027)uni-assist window opens 15 April. The page asks international applicants to apply as early as possible inside it because a visa can only be applied for after admission, and to allow about two months for the decision.
Source
“Applications with a non-German qualification über uni-assist between April 15 and July 15”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Bilinguale+Informatik+_+Bilingual+Computer+Science-p-138664.html · checked 7 November 2026
A standing annual deadline; no page prints the literal date 15 July 2027. Applicants with a German Abitur have until 15 September.
- Non-EU tuition
- None
Source
“There are no tuition fees and the semester fee already includes the Deutschland-Ticket.”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Organization+of+the+Stay/Finance-p-48630.html · checked 14 November 2026
Saxony-Anhalt charges no general tuition and OVGU charges none by nationality. Fees apply only for a second degree (500 EUR per semester), for guest students and for students over 60.
- Application fee
- €75 one-off uni-assist handling fee for the first chosen course of study in a semester€30 one-off each additional chosen course of study in the same semester
Source
“Cost for the first chosen course of study: EUR 75.00 For each additional chosen course of study: EUR 30.00”
www.uni-assist.de/en/how-to-apply/apply-online/pay-submit/ · checked 7 November 2026
OVGU itself charges no application fee; applicants with a foreign qualification pay uni-assist's handling fee.
- Places
- Selection procedure
Source
“Admission restriction No restricted admission … Candidates fulfilling these requirements are further subject to a process of eligibility assessment, conducted according to the regulations. … an individual assessment will be made to decide on admission”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Bilinguale+Informatik+_+Bilingual+Computer+Science-p-138664.html · checked 7 November 2026
The datasheet's own field says 'No restricted admission' (zulassungsfrei, no fixed number of places), but meeting the requirements is not enough: an eligibility assessment decides each case, which is why this is recorded as a selection procedure rather than unrestricted. No nonEuQuota exists, as there is no quota to divide.
Admission
What you need to apply
- School certificate
- German "Abitur" or equivalent
Source
“German "Abitur" or equivalent.”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Bilinguale+Informatik+_+Bilingual+Computer+Science-p-138664.html · checked 7 November 2026
Equivalency options are explained on the faculty page www.inf.ovgu.de/en/BiBa; applicants with a foreign certificate are pre-checked by uni-assist.
- English
- Level B2. IELTS 6.5 · TOEFL iBT 85 · TOEFL band 4.5 · Home Edition accepted · PTE 70. Cambridge: Cambridge First Certificate in English + Grade B or C (FCE). Also accepted: TOEIC (Listening and Reading 865, Speaking 170, Writing 160 at B2; 945/180/180 at C1 — all three tests required), telc B2/C1, UNIcert II (B2) or III (C1). The IELTS online version is accepted. The Duolingo English Test does not appear anywhere in OVGU's list.. Exemption: No certificate is needed with a secondary school certificate from Australia, Canada (except Quebec and New Brunswick) or the USA, with British or international GCE A-Levels, an Irish Leaving Certificate, a New Zealand NCEA, a Scottish Qualifications Certificate, an IB Diploma (Language A or Language B HL) or a European Baccalaureate (L1 or L2); with a university degree from Australia, Canada (same exception), Ireland, Great Britain, New Zealand or the USA; with a qualification equivalent to a German degree from Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the British Overseas Territories, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Malta, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines or Trinidad and Tobago; or with the German Abitur.
Source
“b) English Track: English of at least Level B2. Highly recommended before you start your studies, although not obligatory for your application: German of at least Level A1.”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Bilinguale+Informatik+_+Bilingual+Computer+Science-p-138664.html · checked 7 November 2026
English B2 for the English track, English B2 and German B2 for the German track. Scores are read from the OVGU framework of reference (senate decision of 28.01.2026), which every programme datasheet links as 'OVGU Framework of reference'; the programme pages themselves state only the CEFR level. The framework prints both TOEFL iBT scales (0-120 and the 1-6 scale valid from 2026) and a footnote says the faculties may recognise further tests, references or levels.
- German
- When applying: None for the English track (German A1 only recommended); German B2 for the German track. During studies: English-track students take German courses until they reach B2 and then take computer science courses in German, at the latest in the third year
Source
“b) English Track: You begin by taking your computer science and math courses in English. At the same time, you take German courses until you have achieved the Level of B2 in German.”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Bilinguale+Informatik+_+Bilingual+Computer+Science-p-138664.html · checked 7 November 2026
German B2 is therefore needed to finish the degree even on the English track, which is unusual among OVGU's English-taught programmes.
- GRE / GMAT / GATE
- Not stated by the university
- Selection
- Eligibility assessment (Eignungsfeststellung) after the formal requirements are met; the faculty invites applicants to introduce themselves by e-mail
Source
“Candidates fulfilling these requirements are further subject to a process of eligibility assessment, conducted according to the regulations.”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Bilinguale+Informatik+_+Bilingual+Computer+Science-p-138664.html · checked 7 November 2026
India, Pakistan, Nigeria
Rules for applicants from India, Pakistan and Nigeria
- English test waiver
- No waiver stated for India, Nigeria or Pakistan: plan for an English test
Source
“Some applicants are exempt from showing an additional proof of their English proficiency. This is the case for the following … All other applicants must submit official language certificates with their application.”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/International/Incoming+_+Ways+to+the+University/International+Students/Full_Time+Studies/General+Requirements.html · checked 7 November 2026
The exemption list covers secondary school certificates from Australia, Canada (except Quebec and New Brunswick) and the USA, British and international GCE A-Levels, the Irish Leaving Certificate, the New Zealand NCEA, the Scottish Qualifications Certificate, the IB Diploma (Language A or B HL), the European Baccalaureate (L1 or L2), university degrees from Australia, Canada, Ireland, Great Britain, New Zealand and the USA, a qualification equivalent to a German degree from 14 Caribbean and Commonwealth states, and the German Abitur. India, Nigeria and Pakistan appear nowhere in it, and no OVGU page accepts a medium-of-instruction letter or an English-taught degree earned in those countries, so applicants from the three always submit a certificate. An applicant from one of them who happens to hold a listed qualification (most plausibly international GCE A-Levels) is exempt on that qualification, not on their country.
- Rules that name these countries
- India: Applicants from India must enclose a digital original APS certificate from the Academic Evaluation Centre in New Delhi with their application.
Source
“Applicants from India, the People's Republic of China and Vietnam must enclose a (digital) original certificate from the Academic Evaluation Centre (APS) in New Delhi, Beijing or Hanoi.”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/International/Incoming+_+Ways+to+the+University/International+Students/Full_Time+Studies/Applying+via+uni_assist+e_V_-p-107054.html · checked 7 November 2026
Listed among the documents the application itself must contain, so the certificate is needed at application, not at enrolment. China and Vietnam are named in the same sentence.
- India: Applicants from India must enclose a digital original APS certificate from the Academic Evaluation Centre in New Delhi with their application.
The rules for your country across all universities, and the visa rules on English tests, are on the India, Pakistan and Nigeria pages.
More on this programme
- All English-taught programmes at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
- Bachelor’s programmes in Computer Science & Software Engineering at other universities
- The university’s own page for this programme
Every value was read on an official page and is stored with a verbatim quote; open “Source” to see it. “Not stated by the university” means none of the pages we checked says, and lists those pages. Rules change: confirm with the university before you apply or pay.