Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln

International applicants need a recognised higher education entrance qualification. For bachelor's programmes, applicants must pass the university's sports aptitude test (Eignungstest); German language proficiency at C1 level is required (DSH-2, TestDaF TDN 4, telc C1 Hochschule, or DSD II). For English-taught master's programmes, TOEFL iBT ≥95, IELTS Academic ≥7.0, or Cambridge C1 is required. For German-taught master's programmes, C1 German proof not older than two years is required. A bachelor's degree certificate and full transcript with certified translations (if not in German or English) are mandatory for master's applications. APS certificate is required for applicants from India, China, and Vietnam as per standard German university admission rules - the university does not waive this. Applications are submitted exclusively via the mySpoho online portal; no paper applications are accepted.

Bachelor's and consecutive master's programmes (EU/EEA applicants): Winter Semester - 1 June to 15 July; Summer Semester - 1 December to 15 January. Master's programmes for non-EU applicants: 25 April to 31 May (earlier deadline). Language certificates for non-EU master's applicants must be submitted by 31 May; EU applicants by 31 August.

Not used - direct application. International applicants apply exactly like German ones through the university's own mySpoho portal; sport-science bachelor places are additionally allocated via the DoSV of hochschulstart.de (registration there + mySpoho). Foreign higher-education entrance qualifications are checked against ZAB/anabin rules, C1 German (DSH-2, TestDaF TDN4, telc C1 Hochschule) must already be proven at application time, the passed sport aptitude test is mandatory for bachelor programmes, and grade conversion into the German scale is performed by the DSHS itself ('Die Umrechnung ins deutsche Notensystem erfolgt an der DSHS'). Non-EU master applicants apply 25 April - 31 May, EU applicants 1 June - 15 July. uni-assist is not mentioned anywhere in the admission pages.

German and English. Four of eight consecutive master's programmes are taught fully in English (Sport Management, Human Technology in Sports and Medicine, Psychology in Sport and Exercise, International Sport Development and Politics). Bachelor's and German-taught master's programmes require C1 German.