Master of Science Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) Departments - Electrical Engineering & Information Technologies (IE) - Giessen Information Technology, Electrical Engineering & Mechatronics (IEM).- Friedberg http://ice.iem.thm.de/ APPLICATION DOCUMENTS - 2016 1. Documents needed for a complete paper application Documents Authentication (your application will be processed if the documents are authenticated/legalized as indicated below) Application form (To be downloaded from our website) CV-Resume (your CV should make it possible for us to understand we need to be able to understand your various steps from High School to your current situation chronologically) For at least the last 7 years, please write a section with exact dates (MM/JJ) and activities Personal motivation letter Please answer the following questions in a personal way: Why do you want to study in Germany / at our University / in our program) and what are your career aims. If for some reason, you want to transfer from another study program, we need to understand your motivation for this transfer. What do you expect will be different and why do you think you will be successful after transferring. Questionnaire for Engineering Prerequisites (Download from our website) University Bachelor’s Degree or German “Diplom” With qualifications equivalent to a score of at least 210 points according to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Information and Communications Engineering, Information Technology or in other related subject areas, with a grade no lower than B (good; German grading scheme: at least 2.5). We require the final (convocation) degree certificate. A provisional certificate is not sufficient. Complete Official Transcripts of your Bachelor’s Degree If you are in the process of completing your Bachelor’s degree, please send us your transcripts to date and also submit an outline of the courses and projects which are still pending and indicate when you will be able to send us your final documents. Compulsory Authentication (original stamp) by a German Consulate or by a German Authority (e.g. Bürgerbüro, Ortsgericht) For the application, the legalization can be done with the original stamp of the issuing university If you have started or completed other university degrees, please also send all related degree certificates and transcripts for each study programme If you have completed another university level course of studies, please include all transcripts and final degree certificate from this course If you are / have been enrolled in another university level course of studies (incomplete or not yet completed), please include all information about this course, your transcripts to date, the list of subjects pending (if any) and the expected date of completion A university document / a URL in English/German explaining the institution's grading/assessment scheme (Maximum grade, minimum passing grade, rank if available) (for every study program in your resume) Secondary Education Certificate (s) (e.g. A-Levels, German Abitur, School leaving Certificate, etc.) English Language Certificate (e.g. TOEFL 215 CB, 80 iBT, IELTS at least 6.0 in every test category, Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking)) Document1 Compulsory Authentication (original stamp) by a German Consulate or by a German Authority (e.g. Bürgerbüro, Ortsgericht) For the application, the Page 1 / 3 Master of Science Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) Even if English has been the language of instruction during your studies, you still have to provide a language certificate for English. A letter from your university is not sufficient. It is also often required by German Consulates. Authenticated copy or you can have your TOEFL score sent directly to us (Institution code 8711) German Language Certificate (Examination) 12- 3- ( ) If you have completed an examination for level A1 (Goethe Institut or related language Institut), please add your certificate (…) If you have completed a course and examination from a language institute that is not Goethe or affiliated, please add to your application package, on a separate piece of paper, the following details about the course. We need to understand whether your course was suitable: Full name of language Institute: Full address of Institute/Website: Email address to verify the information: Start and end date of German course: Total number of course hours: Date of the examination for level A1: Contact details of teacher: Is this teacher a native speaker: Add a copy of the syllabus (book used, exact lessons covered) ( ) If you are in the process of learning German, give us all: Full address of Institute/Website: Email address to verify the information: Start and end date of German course: Total number of course hours: Date of the examination for level A1: Contact details of teacher: Is this teacher a native speaker: Add a copy of the syllabus (book used, exact lessons covered) A copy of your passport (all pages with personal information) For students who do not require a visa for Germany, please send a copy of your ID Card Compulsory Authentication of language certificate (original stamp) by a German Consulate or by a German Authority (e.g. Bürgerbüro, Ortsgericht) No authentication necessary Three passport photographs (with your full name on the back of each photograph / put them in an envelope with your full name on the envelope and on the pictures) OPTIONAL application documents (No authentication) - A summary of your Bachelor’s Project, if available – Quite helpful Please do not send recommendation letters. You may add a page to your application documents with the Name, Background and email address of two professors we can contact if we have further questions Additional Qualifications, e.g. a proof of a study-related work experience, if available, as well as information about important additional qualifications you may have - 2. VERY IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPLETION a. Authentication / Legalization of documents Authentications by local notaries are not valid. Do not waste time and money on this. University degrees/transcripts will be accepted bearing the stamp of the home university at the time of the application. For enrolment a copy bearing the stamp of a German authority will be necessary. Only documents which are properly authenticated (e.g. German Consulate / German authority or for the first review by your university) will be processed. If you have any questions, please email us ahead of time. German Consulate: If documents are stapled together for the authentication/legalization by a German authority, please make sure to respect the following sequence (this is really important): Document1 Page 2 / 3 Master of Science Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) Position 1 - (visible as first page) your Bachelor’s Degree Certificate Position 2 - your Transcripts of grades Position 3 - your Secondary Education Certificates Position 4 - your language certificate (English then German) Please do not attach any other documents b. Translation of documents Please submit all requested documents in German or English. If your documents need to be translated into German or English, make sure that the translation is carried out by an officially accredited translator and that the original stamp of the translator is in English or German and perfectly legible. Please staple/attach the copy of each translated document and its own translation together. Do not make a big “stack” containing all documents. Keep each (document + translation) separate and submit the documents as follows: - High school leaving certificate (s) (copy of original (s) + Official translation) Bachelor’s degree certificate (copy of original + Translation) Bachelor’s transcripts of grades ((copy of original + Translation) The original stamp of the official translator should cover the stapled/attached documents And in addition to this: Please also submit copies of the original documents bearing the stamp of a German Authority (such as for example a German Consulate or a Bürgerbüro or Ortsgericht). This means that you usually submit each of your academic documents twice (if they were not issued in English or in German and need to be officially translated): - One copy of your document issued in another language than English or German, attached to its translation “sealed” by the original stamp of a sworn translator and - One copy of your document issued in another language than English or German bearing the stamp of a German Authority. Application documents cannot be returned to the applicants, so please do not submit any original documents by post. We encourage you to send your application through a courier or registered mail service. Several applicants may use the same envelope. Our postal address: Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen Ms. Anton – Master ICE Wilhelm-Leuschner Str. 13 61169 Friedberg Germany -----------------------------Applicants from China: An application can only be accepted if it has passed an authentication process at APS. Therefore please have your application documents authenticated by: Akademische Pruefstelle (APS) Landmark Tower 2, Office No. 0311 8 North Dongsanhuan Road, Chaoyang District Bejing 10004, People's Republic of China Then send us your APS Certificate with your documents (originals and translations). Chinese applicants who hold a scholarship from DAAD or another recognized German scholarship organization will be exempted from this requirement. Document1 Page 3 / 3