If the impasse is for the Bachelor.

Only the bachelor, the master then? That does not work automatically. Many strictly from seven universities and take only the best students in the masters class. The first Ausgebremst oppose the procedure and argue with the Basic Law.

 

The excitement was great in Potsdam, as the university last summer in an authorization constraint for the new master's degree in biological sciences announced. A Bachelor's degree score of 2.6 or better should be candidates who are in the disciplines of ecology, cellular biology, biochemistry and bioinformatics enroll wanted. Many students were angry about the new regulations.

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Their fear: For Bachelors who fail at this hurdle, the consecutive study system to deadlock. Particularly in the sciences, where today a large proportion of students with the university until the Doctor leaves, the Bachelor may not be sufficient. Graduates who are only to create a first degree, could be from employers on an equal footing with graduates of training asked.

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"We have a lot of anxious students reported that we unfortunately can not calm down," says Florian Asta-Speaker Piepka. "The master must be kept free access, otherwise go here many professional perspectives forcibly bathe for reasons that students do not have to represent."

The University pacifies. We have a qualitative access restriction must find, said University Vice President Thomas Grünewald. For the winter semester 2008/2009 is also hardly a candidate because of the note was rejected. In biochemistry, for example, be it only in one case.

However, in Potsdam is also only a few previously bachelor graduates given. "The great wave of students who begin their studies may not continue, will only be on us," said student representative Florian Piepka. He assumes that the university is gradually restricted admission to almost all master will introduce. A new scheme in the Brandenburg Higher Education Act will open this gate and door.

Each state established its own hurdles

Potsdam is not an isolated case. That access to consecutive, ie one on the bachelor-degree-based Master of other criteria than a completed bachelor's degree depends, is the rule rather than the exception. The Education Ministers of the countries, the universities are already in their common structural guidelines from 2003 are invited to special hurdles for Master's candidates to create.

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In such a system with graded degrees of Bachelor was generally conclude that the majority of students in the professional start. "With the entry requirements for the Master must be the character of the Master's degree as a second academic degree should be stressed," it says in the structural requirements. "In the interest of the international reputation and acceptance of Master's degrees by the labor market is a high professional and scientific level (?) Guarantee. Therefore, the study in the Master's degree of access other special prerequisites."

In some Länder, the Ministries of Science also determine how the capacity of universities for bachelor's and master's degrees have to be distributed transition rates and what it should give to the master. In Berlin, a rate of 70 percent agreed. In Lower Saxony, 50 percent are planning a size for the universities. Critics see this hidden cost-saving measures. Associations like the Association of Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (Bitkom) fear that the level of education could fall.

CriteriaId maze at transfer to a Master's degree

In practice, the lines of a jungle of criteria: They range from a certain grade average in the Bachelor or a numerus clausus on work experience, language skills, to selection interviews, motivation and recommendation letters or entrance exams. The number of actually available Master courses vary from specialist to specialist and from university to university. Many universities have made no prior experience, how many students at a Master aspire.

It currently leads to the fact that in some courses even free places to stay. For the first year of the winter semester 2007/2008, launched Master's in Political Science at the University of Mannheim had about just five students. Reason: A large proportion of bachelor's graduates had opted abroad weiterzustudieren or equal to enter into the profession.

The "Junge Karriere", the largest business faculties of German universities asked which conditions students of business administration, economics and related subjects for the master's degree must meet (see table on page 72). The result: All the seven universities. Most will require a certain Bachelor's score - the limit is on average about 2.5 - requires.

Many universities also put on different selection. Particularly thorough, the LMU Munich. In addition to the letter of recommendation from a university invites a TOEFL (minimum 600 points) and a GMAT test. The GMAT is for MBA courses common, and also have at least 600 of 800 possible points are achieved. For comparison, the MBA students of a top business school Insead and reach an average of 700 points.

Also, the transition rates differ considerably. The University of Paderborn is ten percent, and only then could the faculty-student Master provide optimal conditions, provides the justification. In Mannheim, however, may not exceed 50 percent (BWL), or 60 percent (VWL) Bachelors of further study. The Baden-Württemberg's elite school for the young industry wants to master their flagship, and even abroad for the best student wastage.