Master of Science

Information and Communications Engineering (ICE)

Departments - Electrical Engineering & Information Technologies (EI) - Giessen
Information Technology, Electrical Engineering & Mechatronics (IEM).- Friedberg
http://ice.iem.thm.de/

IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPLETION (Application documents)

a. Authentication / Certification / Legalization of copies of documents
Applicants outside of Germany: Copies of documents must be certified / authenticated by a German Authority
(German Consulate in your own country).
Applicants within Germany: Please get copies of your documents stamped by a local governmental German
Authority (e.g. Ortsgericht, Brgerbro)
Copies of documents correctly authenticated bear the original seal of a German Authority

University degrees/transcripts will be accepted bearing the stamp of the home university at the time of the
application. In case of admission, a copy bearing the stamp of a German authority will be required.

Only documents which are properly authenticated can be processed. If you have any questions, please email us
ahead of time.
If is preferable that each copy of document be stamped separately. If however, it cannot be avoided that copies of
documents are stapled together for the authentication/legalization by a German authority, please make sure to
respect the following sequence (this is really important):
- Position 1 - (visible as first page) your Bachelors Degree Certificate
- Position 2 - your Transcripts of grades
- Position 3 - your Secondary Education Certificates
- Position 4 - your language certificate (English then German)
Please do not attach any other documents.

b. Translation of documents
Please submit all requested documents in German or English. If your documents need to be translated into
German or English, make sure that the translation is carried out by an officially accredited translator and that
the original stamp of the translator is in English or German and perfectly legible.

Please staple/attach the copy of each translated document and its own translation together. Do not make a big
stack containing all documents. Keep each (copy of document + translation) separate and submit the
documents as follows:
- High school leaving certificate (s) (copy of the original (s) attached to its Official translation)
- Bachelors degree certificate (copy of original attached to its Official Translation)
- Bachelors transcripts of grades ((copy of original attached to its Translation)
The original stamp of the official translator should cover the stapled/attached documents

In addition to these translations: Please also submit copies of the original documents bearing the stamp of a
German Authority.
This means that you usually submit each of your academic documents twice (if they were not issued in English or
in German):
- One copy of your document issued in another language than English or German, attached to its translation
sealed by the original stamp of a sworn translator and
- One copy of your document issued in another language than English or German bearing the stamp of a German
Authority.

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c. German
We can only accept examination certificates from Goethe Institute or from language institutes associated with
Goethe Institute

If your examination certificate for level A1 in German (after at least 120-150 course hours) is not yet available
when you send your application documents, please provide the following information. Print this page (c. German)
and email it to us before sending your paper application documents. We will let you know if this is acceptable or
not:

Family Name:

First Name:

Full address of Institute/Website where you are currently learning German:

Email address to verify the information:

Start of German course:

End date of German course:

Total number of course hours:

Date of the examination for level A1:

Contact details of teacher:

Is this teacher a native speaker?

Add a copy of the syllabus (book used, exact lessons covered)

It is not possible to do the German course and examination after starting your studies in Germany. Therefore if
you cannot provide the details mentioned above when you send your application, we most likely will not be able to
process it because experience has showed that you need to plan and start the German course before the end of
May in order to have a realistic chance of completing level A1 before coming to Germany.

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Application check list Authentication

Application form (To be downloaded from our website)

CV-Resume
(Your CV should make it possible for us to understand your various activities / studies after High School).
Please include exact dates and the related activities

Personal motivation letter

Please answer the following questions: Why do you want to study in Germany / at our University / in our
programme)?

Questionnaire for Engineering Prerequisites

Available as download from our website Please fill in all information required

Final University Bachelors Degree or German Diplom Mandatory

With qualifications equivalent to a score of at least 210 points according to the European Credit Transfer authentication
System (ECTS) in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Information and Communications Engineering,
Information Technology or in other related subject areas, with a grade no lower than B (good; German
grading scheme: at least 2.5).
We require the final (convocation) degree certificate. A provisional certificate is not sufficient.

Complete Official Transcripts of your Bachelors Degree Mandatory

If you are in the process of completing your Bachelors degree, please send us your transcripts to date authentication of
and also submit an outline of the courses and projects which are still pending and indicate when you will final transcripts
be able to send us your final documents.

An explanation from your university regarding the grading / assessment scheme

(e.g. maximum grade, minimum passing grade, calculation of final grade)
either clearly stated in the transcripts, in a diploma supplement or other document of your university

Secondary Education Certificate (s) Mandatory

(e.g. A-Levels, German Abitur, School leaving Certificate, etc.) authentication

English Language Certificate Original score card

or authenticated
(e.g. TOEFL 215 CB, 80 iBT, IELTS at least 6.0 in every test category, Listening, Reading, Writing and copy
Speaking)
Institution code 8711 for TOEFL score cards

German Language Certificate for Level A1 (Examination) Authenticated

(Goethe Institut or Language Institut associated to Goethe Institut) copy of
The full Level A1 can usually be reached after at least 120-150 course hours examination
results

A copy of your passport No authentication

European citizens may send a copy of their ID card necessary

Two passport photographs (with your full name on the back of each photograph / put them in
an envelope with your full name on the envelope and on the pictures)

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Applicants from China:
Your authentication of your documents must be done by the Akademische Pruefstelle (APS). Please include an original APS
certificate.

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If you have completed another university level course of studies, please include all transcripts and the final
degree certificate from this study course.
If you are / have been enrolled in another university level course of studies (incomplete or not yet completed),
please include all information about this course, your transcripts to date, the list of subjects pending (if any) and
the expected date of completion.

OPTIONAL application documents (No authentication necessary):

A summary of your Bachelors Thesis

You may add a page to your application documents with the Name, Background and email address of two
professors we can contact if we have further questions. Please do not send recommendation letters.
Additional Qualifications (e.g. a proof of a study-related work experience

Verification of documents

Please note that we may contact issuing institutions for the verification of supporting documents submitted with
your application.

Application documents cannot be returned to the applicants, so please do not submit any original documents by
post.

We encourage you to send your application through a courier or registered mail service. Several applicants may
use the same envelope.

Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen

Our postal address: Ms. Anton Master ICE
Wilhelm-Leuschner Str. 13
61169 Friedberg
Germany

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