Application: Admission requirements
Admission requirement
Applicants must hold a Bachelor’s degree with at least 180 ECTS points, obtained in one of the following scientific fields:
- Physical Activity and Health (Bewegung und Gesundheit, JLU Giessen)
- Biomedical engineering or medical engineering (including modules completed in human biology, human physiology as well as biomechanics)
- Sports and Technology
- Physical therapy
- Psychology
- Cognitive sciences
- Behavioral sciences
- Neuroscience
- Biology (including modules completed in human biology and human physiology) or
- Teacher training programmes in sports combined with mathematics, physics or computer science
The board of examiners can recognize degrees in addition to the above.
All applicants must go through a two-stage application process.
Stage 1: Check of formal requirements
- language requirements (see below for details)
- average grade in Bachelor’s programme
- applicants with an average grade of 0,7-2,5 (or 15,0-9,5 points) are considered for stage 2 without further documents.
- applicants with an average grade of 2,6-3,0 (or 9,3-8,0 points) must prove their eligibility by handing in additional documents such as practical experience or completed projects in biomechanics, orthopaedic technology, neuroscience of behavioural science.
Stage 2: Online interview
- personal motivation for the programme (max. 3 points)
- experience and knowledge of the fields of human movement, biomechanics, cognitive neuroscience,… (max. 3 points)
- presentation of Bachelor’s thesis (max. 9 points)
Applicants who reached at least 12 points in stage 2 can enrol into the HMA programme.