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Master’s · Biology & Life Sciences

Integrative Neurosciences M.Sc.

Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg · Magdeburg · Official programme page

19 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
Source
“Language English”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Integrative+Neurosciences.html · checked 7 November 2026

The page adds that 'All courses are taught in English'.

Study mode
Not stated by the university
3 pages checked, 7 Nov 2026

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
4 semesters
Source
“Duration 4 Semesters Enrollment Wintersemester Admission restriction No restricted admission”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Integrative+Neurosciences.html · checked 7 November 2026

Credits
Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 7 Nov 2026

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 4 Semesters Enrollment Wintersemester Admission restriction No restricted admission”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Integrative+Neurosciences.html · checked 7 November 2026

Non-EU deadline
15 Mar 2027 (winter 2027)Window 1 January to 15 March, four months earlier than OVGU's standard deadline, and the same date for German and international applicants.
Source
“Same application period for German and international applicants über uni-assist 1 January until 15 March”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Integrative+Neurosciences.html · checked 7 November 2026

The uni-assist page gives the same window ('January 1 to March 15 for the winter semester'). The earliest deadline of any programme in this record.

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
Unrestricted
Source
“Admission restriction No restricted admission”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Integrative+Neurosciences.html · checked 7 November 2026

Admission

What you need to apply

3-year bachelor’s
Case by case
Source
“Students with other degrees and with a sufficient number of courses in biology, physics, inorganic and organic chemistry, and calculus may be considered on an individual basis.”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Integrative+Neurosciences.html · checked 7 November 2026

The page sets no credit or duration minimum for the first degree; suitability is judged case by case.

Subject background
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (physics, biology, medicine, mathematics and others) from an internationally recognised university; other degrees with enough courses in biology, physics, inorganic and organic chemistry and calculus may be considered individually
Source
“Bachelor degree in a relevant field (physics, biology, medicine, mathematics, and others) from an internationally recognized university.”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Integrative+Neurosciences.html · checked 7 November 2026

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: Native speakers need no 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
“Proof of English proficiency B2 (for non-native speakers only).”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Integrative+Neurosciences.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
Source
“International students can pursue a degree without learning German first. OVGU offers a wide range of bachelor and master degree courses of study that are taught in English completely.”

www.ovgu.de/en/International/Incoming+_+Ways+to+the+University/International+Students.html · checked 7 November 2026

No German certificate is asked for in this programme's admission requirements, and no page sets a German level for graduation.

How to apply
Through uni-assist
Source
“Please note that applications for the Master's degree programmes Integrative Neuroscience and Performance Analysis of Sport are always made via uni-assist.”

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

Unlike every other programme, there is no direct myOVGU route at all — even applicants who already studied at OVGU or hold a German bachelor's degree go through uni-assist.

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.”
“Proof of English proficiency B2 (for non-native speakers only).” page

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. This programme restricts the B2 proof to non-native speakers, but that carve-out turns on the individual, not on the country, and OVGU publishes no definition of a native speaker.

Rules that name these countries

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

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.