Admission

ADMISSIONS for the winter term 2011/2012 will be possible from
March 15th, 2011 through June, 2011.

Applications for winter term 2010/2011 are no longer possible!

M.Sc. Plant Sciences Admission Requirements:

Bachelor of Science degree preferably in life sciences such as Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Agricultural Biology and Biotechnology. Applicants with a B.Sc. in Chemistry, Physics or Geo sciences will also be considered.
Grade Point Average (GPA) for the B.Sc. study should be at least 70% of the maximum scale.
Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

All students must demonstrate English language proficiency through an official TOEFL (Test of English as Foreign Language) or IELTS (International English Language Testing System) certificate. The minimum pass scores are 550 points for the written TOEFL, 213 points for the computer-based TOEFL, 80 points for the internet-based TOEFL and 6.0 for IELTS.

The following graduate applicants do not need to take an English proficiency test:

1. Graduate applicants whose native language is English
2. Students which have a Baccalauréate degree from an institution of higher education in which English is the language of instruction

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3. European students, who have learned English in eight consecutive years of upper secondary school English classes

How to Apply?

Application will be online only !

Be aware that filling the online application is a two step process. In the first step you have to provide personal in formation and information about your education and scientific experience. In the second step you need to provide your documents as PDF files and a letter of interest as text. So you should have prepared the documents/information listed below before starting the application.

When submitting your application you must include the following documents as Portable Document Format (PDF*) files:

1. Bachelor of Science degree certificate.

If the certificate is scheduled to be obtained after the application deadline include an updated study transcript and indicate date of expected graduation in the comments section.

Certificates not written in English or German need to be translated.

2. Upper secondary school certificate – such as Abitur, High School, Baccalauréat and GCE-O/A levels or equivalent.

Certificates not written in English or German need to be translated.

3.   TOEFL or IELTS certificate if not exempt from English proficiency test (see above).
4.   Curriculum vitae.
5.   Photograph

*Cumulative file size of all documents must be below 5 MB. A free software to great PDF documents might be found here and there.
However, for the content of internet sites, other than this side, the authors of the respective sides are responsible.

When submitting your application you must also include :

6. Two names and addresses of potential referees.

7. A short letter of interest (not longer than 300 words) describing your motivation to participate in the M.Sc. Plant Sciences program at Bonn University. Unlike the documents listed above, this statement must not be provided as PDF file but has to be typed in or pasted from a text editor. The text should be in English with no use of special characters.

All applications are reviewed and evaluated by a search committee.

Decisions will be made beginning of July .

Apply for the M.Sc. Plant Sciences program at Bonn University here.

Admission

ADMISSIONS for the winter term 2011/2012 will be possible from March 15th, 2011 through June, 2011.

M. S c. P l a n t S c i e n c e s

ADMISSIONS for the winter term 2011/2012 will be possible from
March 15th, 2011 through June, 2011.