The state adjustment subtrahend serves to ensure the approximate comparability of high school graduation average grades across the states.
The state adjustment factor is determined based on the three most recent analyses of Abitur grades across states published by the Secretariat of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany by the application deadlines.
The procedural grade in the university admission process may therefore differ from the Abitur grade.
The state adjustment factors established to compensate for the average Abitur grade can be found here.
Admission and rejection letters for bachelor’s degree programs starting in the winter semester are generally sent out in late July or early August. Admission letters issued through the main admission process typically include a three-week deadline by which students must complete their enrollment.
At the end of August/beginning of September, the study places that were not filled during the main admission round will be reallocated. Applicants who were rejected during the main admission round are automatically included in the waitlist process. Here, too, admitted applicants must enroll within a period of approximately 3 weeks.
If there is still available capacity by the end of September, the study places that were not filled during the first round of admissions will be allocated in a subsequent round.
If there are still open spots available after the second round of admissions, these will be awarded to applicants who submitted a second application by July 15 (the application deadline) for the respective program and whose initial application was definitively rejected.
Once all first- and second-choice applications have been processed and there are still open spots available, new applications may be submitted following the second round of admissions.
If the number of applications submitted at that time exceeds the number of available spots, a lottery will be held among the submitted applications.
You can find additional special requests to be considered in the college admissions process here.