Hochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung und Finanzen Ludwigsburg

Bachelor programmes: applicants must be admitted through Baden-Württemberg civil service recruitment bodies (Einstellungsbehörden) - they apply directly to employing public authorities, not to the university. Entrance is therefore not open-market; candidates must pass a civil service selection process. German language proficiency B2 is required. APS certificate is not applicable since international students are not recruited through the standard civil service pathway. Master programmes (MPM, MEPA): aimed at practising civil servants or graduates with a public-law first degree. German B2 minimum; individual programme requirements apply. Exchange/incoming students (via Erasmus+ or bilateral agreements) may enrol for one to two semesters; German B2 required.

It depends on the programme. Bachelor Public Management (B.A.): application window 1 September to 15 July each year, with intakes on 1 March and 15 September. Civil-service-track law programmes (Public Financial Management LL.B., Rentenversicherung LL.B., Steuerverwaltung LL.B.) require application to the responsible training authority instead - for example Public Financial Management applications close on 31 March for a 1 September start of the same year. All classes are taught in German, so admission requires at least German level B2.

Not used - direct application; Bachelor tracks are restricted civil-service recruitment. The dual civil-service Bachelor programmes (LL.B Public Financial Management / Rentenversicherung / Steuerverwaltung) require application directly to an Ausbildungsstelle (training authority of the Land, tax or pension administration), which registers successful candidates with the Hochschule; the B.A. Public Management and Digitales Verwaltungsmanagement run through the shared Kehl/Ludwigsburg application portal and require 'Erfuellen der beamtenrechtlichen Voraussetzungen' including German citizenship or that of another EU/EEA member state. The fee-based Master programmes (Master Public Management M.A., Master Europaeisches Verwaltungsmanagement M.A.) accept applications exclusively through the Hochschule's own online application portal (campus.hs-ludwigsburg.de) with document upload and a selection interview - the Zulassungssatzung requires the application to be submitted directly to the Hochschule. No uni-assist or VPD step is documented on hs-ludwigsburg.de, and the university does not appear on the official uni-assist member list (the City of Ludwigsburg service page likewise directs international students to apply directly to the Hochschule).

All programmes taught in German. German B2 is the minimum language requirement for admission (B2 or above required for both bachelor and master programmes; English possible on request for some master content).