Bachelor’s · Biology & Life Sciences
Biomedical Sciences B.Sc.
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg · Magdeburg · Official programme page
17 facts from 9 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
Source
“Language English”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/biomedical_sciences_bachelor-path-46492,48816,48822.html · checked 7 November 2026
- 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
- 6 semesters
Source
“Duration 6 Semesters Enrollment Wintersemester Admission restriction Restricted admission”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/biomedical_sciences_bachelor-path-46492,48816,48822.html · checked 7 November 2026
- 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 6 Semesters Enrollment Wintersemester Admission restriction Restricted admission”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/biomedical_sciences_bachelor-path-46492,48816,48822.html · checked 7 November 2026
- Non-EU deadline
- 15 Jul 2027 (winter 2027)uni-assist window opens 15 April.
Source
“Applicants with international secondary school leaving certificate über uni-assist 15 April - 15 July”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/biomedical_sciences_bachelor-path-46492,48816,48822.html · checked 7 November 2026
A standing annual deadline; applicants with a German Abitur apply to OVGU between 15 May and 15 July.
- 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
- Restricted (limited places)
Source
“Admission restriction Restricted admission”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/biomedical_sciences_bachelor-path-46492,48816,48822.html · checked 7 November 2026
Locally restricted (örtliche Zulassungsbeschränkung) with an internal selection procedure; the statute of 03.04.2025 governs it. The number of places for a given year is set in the annual Zulassungszahlen and is not published on the programme page.
- Places for non-EU applicants
- Separate quota · 40 % of the admission numbers set for the programme (the standard pre-allocation quota of 8 % is raised to 40 %) · Applicants are invited to a selection interview in descending order of their foreign higher education entrance qualification, then ranked on interview points (logical reasoning 40, subject knowledge 40, competence and expression in English 20 of 100; at least 50 of 100 required), ties broken by the entrance qualification and then by lot
Source
“Die gemäß § 28 Abs. 1 Nr. 1 Studienplatzvergabeverordnung bestimmte Vorabquote (8 %) wird für ausländische Staatsangehörigen oder Staatenlose, die nicht nach § 1 Abs. 2 Satz 2 Studienplatzvergabeverordnung Deutschen gleichgestellt sind, auf 40 % der für den Studiengang festgesetzten Zulassungszahlen erhöht”
German quote: the statute has no English version. The quota covers foreign nationals and stateless applicants who are not treated as Germans under the Studienplatzvergabeverordnung, i.e. non-EU applicants without a German school-leaving certificate. The selection interview is held online, in person or, exceptionally, by telephone.
Admission
What you need to apply
- School certificate
- General or subject-restricted higher education entrance qualification, or a comparable foreign qualification, plus a letter of motivation in English
Source
“General higher education entrance qualification, subject-restricted higher education entrance qualification or a comparable foreign qualification + letter of motivation (in English)”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/biomedical_sciences_bachelor-path-46492,48816,48822.html · checked 7 November 2026
Further documents are listed in the Satzung zur Durchführung des hochschulinternen Auswahlverfahrens for the programme.
- 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: A German university entrance qualification also counts as proof. 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
“Knowledge of the English language is obligatory and must be proven either by presenting a German university entrance qualification or a language certificate at level B2.”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/biomedical_sciences_bachelor-path-46492,48816,48822.html · checked 7 November 2026
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
- Not needed when applying. During studies: Examinations in the first two semesters are also offered in German
Source
“Examinations are also offered in German in the first two semesters”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/biomedical_sciences_bachelor-path-46492,48816,48822.html · checked 7 November 2026
An option, not a requirement; no German certificate is asked for at application or for graduation.
- GRE / GMAT / GATE
- Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 7 Nov 2026
- www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/biomedical_sciences_bachelor-path-46492,48816,48822.html
- www.bekanntmachungen.ovgu.de/media/Amtliche+Bekanntmachungen/1_12+Satzungen+zu+Hochschul+_+Auswahlverfahren/Biomedical+Sciences_+B_Sc_/23_2025+_+Satzung+betreffend+die+Vorabquote+und+die+Auswahl+internationaler+Studierender+im+zulassungsbeschr%C3%A4nkten+grundst%C3%A4ndigen+Bachelorstudiengang+Biomedical+Sciences+vom+03_+April+2025-p-22292.pdf
- Selection
- Letter of motivation in English, then a selection interview scored on logical reasoning, subject knowledge and English (at least 50 of 100 points)
Source
“Die gemäß § 28 Abs. 1 Nr. 1 Studienplatzvergabeverordnung bestimmte Vorabquote (8 %) wird für ausländische Staatsangehörigen oder Staatenlose, die nicht nach § 1 Abs. 2 Satz 2 Studienplatzvergabeverordnung Deutschen gleichgestellt sind, auf 40 % der für den Studiengang festgesetzten Zulassungszahlen erhöht”
The interview and its weighting are set out in § 3 of the same statute; the quote is the passage that establishes the procedure applies to international applicants.
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 Biology & Life Sciences at other universities
- Bachelor’s programmes in Health Sciences, Nursing & Public Health 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.