If you have already successfully completed a degree at a German higher education institution, you are considered a second-degree applicant. Admission to a second degree programme is restricted, and the number of places is capped at three per cent.

Special rules apply to admission to a second degree programme. You can find a summary here

If you wish to undertake a second degree in medicine for academic reasons, you will need a report from the university listed in first place on your initial application. The university will send the report directly to Hochschulstart.

The deadlines for applying for the assessment depend on when you completed your first degree. If you completed your first degree after 15 January of the relevant year, the application deadlines for ‘new A-level graduates’ apply; if you completed your degree before 16 January of the relevant year, the deadlines for ‘previous A-level graduates’ apply. As this is the deadline for submitting documents in Dortmund, please note that you must submit your application for the assessment report to the university well in advance.

In Oldenburg, you can only commence your degree programme in the respective winter semester. To ensure that the assessment reaches Hochschulstart in good time, please send us the documents six weeks before the deadline. Please send the documents to:

Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
School VI of Medicine and Health Sciences
Dean’s Office
Ammerländer Heerstraße 114–118
26129 Oldenburg

If you do not comply with this, we cannot guarantee that your application will be processed in time. If in doubt, please us in good time.