Study requirements
Prerequisites for the Tropical Forestry Master’s degree program are:
• Completed university degree program in the area of forest sciences or a similar subject (e.g. agriculture, horticulture, landscape architecture and regional planning, geography, water management, biology)
• Knowledge of English (TOEFL ibt 4.5 or IELTS 6.0)
• Proof of special suitability in accordance with the suitability assessment regulations
Registration for the aptitude assessment or the NC selection process as well as application for admission to a degree program
Please note: If you are required to apply via the uni-assist portal, you will receive all information regarding the application and the aptitude assessment process from uni-assist.
Registration for the aptitude assessment or selection procedure
Your degree program requires participation in an aptitude assessment or selection procedure conducted by your future faculty. You must have the documents listed in the next section ready for this purpose. Please pay attention to the information regarding the deadline and submission format (by mail or online) required for these documents.
Please note: If the faculty’s website also requests specific documents, that list takes precedence.
Please note: For some degree programs, the deadline to register for the aptitude assessment or selection procedure may fall before the application period of the degree program.
Application for the degree program
In addition, you must apply for the degree program by entering your application details into the TU Dresden online application portal. Please observe the application deadlines for the degree program. Upon applying, you will receive an application number; you may need this number to register for the aptitude assessment or selection procedure and for any subsequent inquiries.
- For degree programs without restricted admission: Once your aptitude has been confirmed, please send the notice of aptitude and all requested documents to the Admissions Office or the International Office.
- For degree programs with restricted admission: You will receive a separate request to submit the required documents (including the notice of aptitude, if an aptitude assessment procedure is a prerequisite) only upon receiving your letter of admission.
Degree-specific information and documents
Registration for the aptitude assessment procedure takes place via the faculty's online registration portal:
The following documents must be uploaded there:
• Copy of the original and officially certified translation (German or English) of the degree certificate of the required first university degree including official transcript of records. If the first university degree is not yet available: Confirmation from the first university that at least 80% of the work required for the current university degree programme has been completed, as well as information on the current average grade for degree programmes with entry restrictions (form on the Admission Office website
• Rationale for the application (motivation letter)
• Proposal of research topic for the M.Sc. thesis
• CV in tabular form
• 2 letters of recommendation
• passport photo
• Certificate of English language proficiency (TOEFL ibt 4.5 or IELTS 6.0)
Deadlines and address for submitting your documents
- Registration period for aptitude assessment procedures
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1st June – 31st July
- Application address
- The registration for the aptitude assessment must be performed online via the aptidude assesssment portal, where the relevant documents must be upload.
- Application period
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EU applicants:
1st April – 15th July
Non-EU applicants:
1st April – 31st May
- Application address
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TU Dresden
International Office
01062 Dresden
Further links and information
- Additional information
- • Notes for the application on the webpage of the discipline
- Link to the degree program
- Tropical Forestry