University of Duisburg-Essen

Application route

uni-assist or direct, by programme

Source

“Applications for bachelor's programs (including Medicine ) are to be submitted through the uni-assist application portal … For all other master's programs applications are submitted through the UDE's application portal”

www.uni-due.de/international/international-admissions-en.php · checked 9 November 2026

Applicants with a non-EU citizenship and a foreign certificate obtained outside the EU/EEA apply to UDE's own Enrolment Services / International Admissions. Every bachelor's programme goes through uni-assist first. Most master's programmes are applied for in UDE's own portal; the admissions office names 15 master's programmes that go through uni-assist instead, among them "Computer Engineering, ISE", "Betriebswirtschaftslehre - Energy and Finance (NC)" and "Wirtschaftsinformatik". The International Office's own page (last modified 2025-09-19) still says that all master's programmes including the ISE ones use UDE's portal and names only two psychology master's for uni-assist; the admissions office page (last modified 2026-09-02) is newer and is the office that runs the procedure, so it is followed here.

APS certificate (India)

Needed at enrolment

Source

“APS certificate if you're from China, India or Vietnam”

www.uni-due.de/international/international-admissions-en.php · checked 9 November 2026

The APS certificate appears in the list of attachments for enrolment, which happens after admission and after arrival in Germany; no UDE page asks Indian applicants for it with the application. The Water Science programme page asks Chinese applicants (only) for the APS with the application documents. The German missions require the APS for the student visa in any case.

Studienkolleg

None

Source

“The University of Duisburg-Essen does not offer a Studienkolleg.”

www.uni-due.de/international/international-admissions-en.php · checked 9 November 2026

Applicants whose school certificate does not give direct access are sent to a Studienkolleg elsewhere in Germany. UDE also runs no German course for study preparation: "The University of Duisburg-Essen does not offer its own German language courses for study preparation."

International office

www.uni-due.de/international/application.php

Source

“Contact International Office Essen Campus Weststadttürme WST B 06.05 Berliner Platz 6-8 45127 Essen international@uni-due.de Duisburg Campus Geibelstraße 41 Building SG 027 47057 Duisburg international@uni-due.de”

www.uni-due.de/international/application.php · checked 9 November 2026

Two addresses, one per campus; applications and enrolment of non-EU applicants are handled by Enrolment Services - International Admissions (international@uni-due.de).

Tuition for non-EU students

No tuition fee at all, and none that depends on nationality: non-EU students pay only the social and student body contribution each semester. Fees are charged only for continuing-education courses (§ 90 HG) and for secondary/guest students.

Source

“The University of Duisburg-Essen does not charge tuition fees. However, all students must pay the student services and student body fees each semester.”

“Fees for participation in continuing education courses (§ 90 HG) cover the costs.” page

www.uni-due.de/international/international-admissions-en.php · checked 9 November 2026

North Rhine-Westphalia charges no general tuition fees at state universities. The only fee-charging degree programmes at UDE are continuing-education master's degrees (the five International Medical College dentistry master's, whose enrolment has closed).

Semester contribution

€367.80 per semester, includes a transport ticket

Source

“Der Sozial- und Studierendenschaftsbeitrag beträgt für das Sommersemester 2027 insgesamt 367,80 € und bleibt damit unverändert im direkten Vergleich zum Wintersemester 2026/27. Der Betrag setzt sich wie folgt zusammen: Mobilitätsbeitrag ( Deutschlandsemesterticket ): 226,80 € Sozialbeitrag für das Studierendenwerk: 125,00 € Studierendenschaftsbeitrag: 16,00 €”

“Students at the University of Duisburg-Essen will receive the so-called "Deutschlandsemesterticket"” page

www.uni-due.de/studierendensekretariat/sozial_studierendenschaftsbeitrag.shtml · checked 9 November 2026

Summer semester 2027 and winter semester 2026/27: 367.80 EUR. Of this, 226.80 EUR is the mobility contribution, which buys the Deutschlandsemesterticket, so nationwide local and regional public transport is included. The amount is set anew each semester (349.80 EUR in summer 2026). Students in financial hardship can ask the AStA to take over the mobility contribution.

Other compulsory fees

Not stated by the university

3 pages checked, 9 Nov 2026

• www.uni-due.de/international/international-admissions-en.php
• www.uni-due.de/en/studying/cost.php
• www.uni-due.de/international/application.php

No institution-wide extra fee for non-EU students is published, and no application fee for UDE's own portal. The uni-assist handling fee is recorded as the application fee on the programmes that use that route.

Tuition per programme is listed with each programme below.