Master’s · Education & Teaching
International Technical and Vocational Education and Training M.Sc.
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg · Magdeburg · Official programme page
19 facts from 7 official pages · last checked 7 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/International+Technical+and+Vocational+Education+and+Training.html · checked 7 November 2026
Two parallel profiles with different language requirements: a German profile (TestDaF) and an English profile (B2). The minimum cohort is 15 students in the German profile and 11 in the English profile, so an intake can fail to run.
- Study mode
- On campus
Source
“Phase(s) of attendance in Germany (applies to the entire programme) Yes, compulsory”
www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4488/ · checked 7 November 2026
From the university's own DAAD International Programmes entry, which also calls the programme part-time; no OVGU page states the mode.
- Attendance
- Part-time
Source
“Full-time / part-time part-time”
www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4488/ · checked 7 November 2026
Explains the six-semester standard period; no OVGU page says part-time.
- Length
- 6 semesters
Source
“Duration 6 Semesters Enrollment Winter and summer semester Admission restriction No restricted admission”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/International+Technical+and+Vocational+Education+and+Training.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, Summer
Source
“Duration 6 Semesters Enrollment Winter and summer semester Admission restriction No restricted admission”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/International+Technical+and+Vocational+Education+and+Training.html · checked 7 November 2026
- Non-EU deadline
- 15 Jan 2027 (summer 2027)15 Jul 2027 (winter 2027)
Source
“Applicants with International Bachelor Degree über uni-assist Winter Semester: July 15 … Applicants with International Bachelor Degree über uni-assist Summer Semester: January 15”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/International+Technical+and+Vocational+Education+and+Training.html · checked 7 November 2026
Applicants with a German bachelor's degree have until 15 September and 15 March.
- Non-EU tuition
- €2,300 per semester Stated for applicants from all countries
Source
“The following tuition fees apply for applicants from: all countries 2,300 EUR”
www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4488/ · checked 7 November 2026
The only source for this fee is the university's own DAAD International Programmes entry; OVGU's programme datasheet, the Fees & Charges page and the Finance page do not mention any fee for this programme, and the Finance page says 'There are no tuition fees'. Confirm with the faculty before publishing. Over six semesters the fee would total 13,800 EUR.
- 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/International+Technical+and+Vocational+Education+and+Training.html · checked 7 November 2026
Admission
What you need to apply
- 3-year bachelor’s
- Accepted
Source
“consist of a minimum of 180 credit points”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/International+Technical+and+Vocational+Education+and+Training.html · checked 7 November 2026
- Subject background
- Bachelor's degree, higher education diploma or equivalent of at least 180 credit points in education, economics, cultural studies, social sciences, technical or natural sciences, plus at least six months of work experience
Source
“Bachelor degree, higher education diploma or an equivalent degree. The study degree should be from the field of education, economics, cultural studies, social sciences, technical or natural sciences and consist of a minimum of 180 credit points.”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/International+Technical+and+Vocational+Education+and+Training.html · checked 7 November 2026
- Minimum grade
- Not stated by the university
- 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
“English profile: B2-level.”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/International+Technical+and+Vocational+Education+and+Training.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
- When applying: None in the English profile; the German profile requires TestDaF level 3. By graduation: German profile only: TestDaF level 4 when the master's thesis is registered
Source
“German profile: At least TestDaF Level 3 at the time of application and TestDaf Level 4 at the time of registration of the Master Thesis.”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/International+Technical+and+Vocational+Education+and+Training.html · checked 7 November 2026
'TestDaf' is spelled that way in the source. The English profile sets no German requirement.
- GRE / GMAT / GATE
- Not stated by the university
- Selection
- Proof of at least six months of previous work experience
Source
“Proof of previous work experience of at least 6 months.”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/International+Technical+and+Vocational+Education+and+Training.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
- 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.