{"id":6146,"date":"2026-03-01T14:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T14:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edu-link.de\/?p=6146"},"modified":"2026-03-16T09:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:34:13","slug":"leuphana-university-admission-process-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edu-link.de\/de\/leuphana-university-admission-process-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Leuphana University admission process 2026: A complete step-by-step guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-f7064d056962050ca83b505df866b2a3\" style=\"border-radius:40px;background-color:#2e5077\">Leuphana University admission process<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:14px\">If you&#8217;ve landed on this page, you&#8217;re probably trying to make sense of an admissions process that looks quite different from most German universities or from what you&#8217;d find in other countries. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leuphana.de\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leuphana University<\/a> doesn&#8217;t just look at your grades. During the Leuphana University admission process, your cognitive abilities will be evaluated, your extracurricular track record will be included, and in some cases, how well you present yourself in person will be examined. Here&#8217;s exactly how it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/edu-link.de\/de\/leuphana-university-admission-process-2026\/#Step_1_Apply_online_May_to_July\" >Step 1: Apply online (May to July)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/edu-link.de\/de\/leuphana-university-admission-process-2026\/#Step_2_Quota_distribution\" >Step 2: Quota distribution<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/edu-link.de\/de\/leuphana-university-admission-process-2026\/#Step_3_The_points_system\" >Step 3: The points system<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/edu-link.de\/de\/leuphana-university-admission-process-2026\/#Step_4_Selection_days\" >Step 4: Selection days<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-981d00a82bee07adbecd24b9feeab591\" style=\"border-radius:40px;background-color:#2e5077\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_1_Apply_online_May_to_July\"><\/span>Step 1: Apply online (May to July)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:14px\">The application period opens in mid-May and closes in mid-July. You can apply directly through Leuphana, not via a central portal like Hochschulstart.de. In your application, you choose your Major and Minor from over 100 possible combinations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:14px\">Note: bachelor&#8217;s programmes only start in the winter semester, so there is one application window per year. You can find all deadlines and the application portal on the official Leuphana application <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leuphana.de\/en\/college\/application.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-11d1be69d10dacd30cbcdc1df570eb51\" style=\"border-radius:40px;background-color:#2e5077\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_2_Quota_distribution\"><\/span>Step 2: Quota distribution<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:14px\">Applicants with the strongest Abitur grades (25 %) receive a direct admission offer (the &#8218;best quota&#8216;). Most of the remaining places go to the main quota, where the study skills test matters. There are also special quotas (hardship cases, international applicants) and a 10% waiting-time quota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-41faca9cd43246cc9742dcaee4094b50\" style=\"border-radius:40px;background-color:#2e5077\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_3_The_points_system\"><\/span>Step 3: The points system<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:14px\">Leuphana awards up to 59 points in total in the main quota. Your final score determines your place in the ranking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:14px\">\u2192 University entrance qualification grade (Abitur) &#8211; up to 30 points<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:14px\">\u2192 Extracurricular achievements &#8211; up to 5 points<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:14px\">\u2192 Study Skills test (and interview, where applicable) &#8211; up to 24 points<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>Real example: An applicant with an Abitur grade of 2.2 (18 points), a gap year abroad (2 points), and a strong test result (16 points) reaches 36 points \u2014 enough for many programmes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-9df27b74c8cd6b668d16d99266e12fd9\" style=\"border-radius:40px;background-color:#2e5077\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_4_Selection_days\"><\/span>Step 4: Selection days<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:14px\">For those who are allocated to the main quota, you will be invited to the selection days, where you sit the study skills test in person on campus in L\u00fcneburg. Alternatively, you can take the test online as the ITB-ASET (subject to a fee). The test lasts just under two hours and assesses cognitive abilities across three areas. Sample questions for both versions of the test are available on the official Leuphana admission days <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leuphana.de\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/college\/bewerben\/bachelor\/Sample_Questions_Study_Skills_Exam.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leuphana University admission process explained: learn how to apply, quotas, points system, and selection days for bachelor\u2019s programmes in Germany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-post-right-sidebar","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[262,95,578,94,93],"tags":[83,574,575,570,571,573,572,62],"class_list":["post-6146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-articles","category-entrance-exams-admissions","category-leuphana-admission-guide","category-smart-test-preparation","category-study-in-germany-austria-switzerland","tag-international-students-germany-tips","tag-leuphana-selection-process","tag-leuphana-study-skills-test","tag-leuphana-university-admission-process","tag-leuphana-university-application-2026","tag-leuphana-university-requirements","tag-study-at-leuphana-university","tag-study-in-germany"],"featured_image_url":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/edu-link.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/worldinmyeyes-daniel-libeskind-4753523_1920-150x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/edu-link.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/worldinmyeyes-daniel-libeskind-4753523_1920-300x209.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/edu-link.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/worldinmyeyes-daniel-libeskind-4753523_1920-768x534.jpg","large":"https:\/\/edu-link.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/worldinmyeyes-daniel-libeskind-4753523_1920-1024x712.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/edu-link.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/worldinmyeyes-daniel-libeskind-4753523_1920-1536x1068.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/edu-link.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/worldinmyeyes-daniel-libeskind-4753523_1920.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/edu-link.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/worldinmyeyes-daniel-libeskind-4753523_1920-18x12.jpg"},"post_author":"Sofia Neumann","assigned_categories":"Articles in English, Entrance Exams &amp; 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