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Master’s · Sport Science

Performance Analysis of Sport (IMPAS) M.Sc.

Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg · Magdeburg · Official programme page

20 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

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 Restricted admission”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Performance+Analysis+of+Sport+%28IMPAS%29.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 Restricted admission”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Performance+Analysis+of+Sport+%28IMPAS%29.html · checked 7 November 2026

Non-EU deadline
15 May 2027 (winter 2027)A one-month window, 15 April to 15 May, the same for German and international applicants.
Source
“Application period for International Applicants über uni-assist 15 April until 15 May”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Performance+Analysis+of+Sport+%28IMPAS%29.html · checked 7 November 2026

The uni-assist page gives 'April 15 to June 15 for the winter semester' for this programme — a month longer than the programme page's 15 May. The earlier date is recorded; applicants should treat 15 May as binding.

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
“Application Details Limited number of places (5 up to 7 per year)”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Performance+Analysis+of+Sport+%28IMPAS%29.html · checked 7 November 2026

The only programme in this record that publishes its number of places. Admission and selection are governed by the statute of 06.05.2026.

Places for non-EU applicants
Separate quota · 15 per cent of the available places, but at least one place · Ranked on points for the examination result and the type of the first professional degree; ties decided by lot. Applicants not admitted inside the quota can still be admitted in the main quota
Source
“Die Vorabquote für Bewerbende, welche ausländische Staatsangehörige oder Staatenlose sind, die nicht Deutschen gleichgestellt sind, beträgt 15 Prozent der zur Verfügung stehenden Studienplätze, jedoch mindestens ein Studienplatz. … Maßgebliche Kriterien, die bepunktet werden, sind das Prüfungsergebnis des für die Zulassung maßgeblichen ersten berufsqualifizierenden Hochschulabschluss”

www.bekanntmachungen.ovgu.de/media/Amtliche+Bekanntmachungen/1_12+Satzungen+zu+Hochschul+_+Auswahlverfahren/Performance+Analysis+of+Sport_+M_Sc_/35_2026+_+Satzung+zur+Durchf%C3%BChrung+des+hochschulinternen+Auswahlverfahrens+im+Masterstudiengang+Performance+Analysis+of+Sport+der+Fakult%C3%A4t+f%C3%BCr+Humanwissenschaften+vom+06_+Mai+2026-p-26851.pdf · checked 7 November 2026

German quote: the statute has no English version. With 5 to 7 places a year, 15 per cent means the guaranteed minimum of one place. A separate 5 per cent hardship quota exists as well.

Admission

What you need to apply

3-year bachelor’s
Case by case
Source
“Bachelor in Sports Science, Sports and Engineering or Physiotherapy or a technical discipline.”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Performance+Analysis+of+Sport+%28IMPAS%29.html · checked 7 November 2026

The page sets no credit or duration minimum for the first degree, so equivalence of a three-year bachelor's is decided in the selection procedure.

Subject background
Bachelor's degree in sports science, sports and engineering, physiotherapy or a technical discipline
Source
“Bachelor in Sports Science, Sports and Engineering or Physiotherapy or a technical discipline.”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Performance+Analysis+of+Sport+%28IMPAS%29.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: 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 language skills (B2-level).”

www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/Performance+Analysis+of+Sport+%28IMPAS%29.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.

Selection
Points for the result and the type of the first professional degree, under the faculty's selection statute
Source
“Maßgebliche Kriterien, die bepunktet werden, sind das Prüfungsergebnis des für die Zulassung maßgeblichen ersten berufsqualifizierenden Hochschulabschluss”

www.bekanntmachungen.ovgu.de/media/Amtliche+Bekanntmachungen/1_12+Satzungen+zu+Hochschul+_+Auswahlverfahren/Performance+Analysis+of+Sport_+M_Sc_/35_2026+_+Satzung+zur+Durchf%C3%BChrung+des+hochschulinternen+Auswahlverfahrens+im+Masterstudiengang+Performance+Analysis+of+Sport+der+Fakult%C3%A4t+f%C3%BCr+Humanwissenschaften+vom+06_+Mai+2026-p-26851.pdf · checked 7 November 2026

German quote: the statute has no English version.

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

No direct myOVGU route, even for applicants who already studied at OVGU. The 'Applying Directly to OVGU' page calls it 'Performance Analysis of Sport (Joint Degree)'.

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

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.