Application

Applicants are required to submit the following documents:

• completed application form;
• curriculum vitae;
• statement of purpose;
• one passport-size photograph;
• copy of your passport.

Please note that the following documents (both the copies of the certificates and the translations into German or English) need to be certified. The stamp of authority that certifies the documents must be in English or German. Please refrain from sending originals. Certified copies suffice. 

• academic degree(s) including transcripts;
• proof of at least one year’s work experience in the field of media after your degree.

If you are an applicant from China, Vietnam and Mongolia you need to submit

• original Certificate of APS.

If your first language is not English, you need to provide evidence of your English language skills by submitting one of the following:

• TOEFL  : paper-based: score 557 or computer- based: score 220 or internet- based: score 83. (Please have ETS sent your results to our institution number: 7977)
• IELTS : an overall band score of at least 6.0 or
• confirming letter from your previous university, if your first degree course was taught in English.

Please note that the above English language tests are valid for 2 years from date of issue.

If your first language is not German and you have not completed a German language degree course, we require one of the following German language proficiency tests for Higher Education:

• DSH level 1
• TestDaF level 3, 3, 3, 3 (www.testdaf.de) or
• Goethe Zertifikat level B2.
   

Please send your application by post to the following address:

    Deutsche Welle

    DW-AKADEMIE

    International Media Studies

    Prof. Dr. Christoph Schmidt

    53110 Bonn

    GERMANY

Of course you may send us a scanned copy of your documents per e-mail for verification in advance to the following address: ims@dw-world.de

Below please find the application form along with guidelines for admission and registration as well as information on the application process as PDF-Downloads.