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• English / American Studies
• Civil Engineering
• Biology
• Vocational education in electrical engineering and metal technology
• Electrical engineering
• German studies / German
• History
• Computer science
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mathematics
• Mechatronics
• Nanostructural Sciences
• Physics
• Political science
• Environmental engineering
• Economics
• Business Law
• Industrial Engineering

For other courses of study, the department offering the course decides on a case-by-case basis whether a student can be admitted to the early study program.

Students who wish to participate in the Early Study Program require a written recommendation from the school principal attesting to a special talent and granting permission to attend courses at Kassel University even during school hours. Participation in the early study program and registration are free of charge.

Early study can be started in the summer semester (April) or in the winter semester (October).

Students attend courses that are selected after individual consultation with a subject representative. Contact persons for the respective subjects are available during the semester to answer subject-related or organizational questions.

Admission is initially for one semester only. If you wish to continue the early study program, you arrange the courses for the next semester with your contact person in the department, have this confirmed by your school and register again.

Certificates of achievement are only issued in the departments if a corresponding achievement has been made for it - attending a lecture is not sufficient for this. You can take part in written exams or examinations, give presentations or prepare assignments and have them evaluated. Please arrange with your contact person in the department before the start of the courses what you can use to obtain credit.

Credits from the early studies can be credited for later studies in the same field of study at the University of Kassel. The examination board for the respective study program decides whether you can be placed in a higher semester and thus shorten your studies on the basis of the credits you have acquired. Your contact person in the department can advise you on this.

Please first contact the Department of Studies and Teaching at the University of Kassel. There you will receive information about the study program, all necessary forms as well as the contact address of the contact person:inside for the subject in which the early study program is to be taken up.

You will discuss your study wishes and interests with the subject representative in the relevant department and agree on which courses you will attend. You will receive written confirmation on the registration form that the department will accept you for early study and which courses you can take.

Thomas Haubrich

University of Kassel
Department of Studies and Teaching
Moritzstraße 18 (Campus Center)
Level 3, Room 3106
34109 Kassel (postal address)

Phone: +49 561 804-3598
E-mail: haubrich[at]uni-kassel[dot]de