This is an explanatory video on how to apply (unfortunately in German).

Filling in the Self Report

The catalogue of modules that an applicant passed in the undergraduate studies has to be uploaded in the application process. This catalogue is needed for two reasons.

• An applicant will be admitted to the selection process only if he or she has completed sufficient credits in modules that are closely related to the fields of computer science, information science, or data science.
• The selection process considers, among other things, the applicant’s degree of aptitude based on the match between the undergraduate study profile and the intended specialization in the master’s program.

For details on the applocation process please see https://www.th-koeln.de/en/academics/digital-sciences-masters-program–how-to-apply_84162.php.

If an applicant has passed more than one university program he or she should consider the one which fits best with the intended specialization. The modules of this study should be entered in the Microsoft Excel template.

This is a video explaining how to fill in the Excel template. The following data must be entered in the template:

• Personal data
• The name of the program, the corresponding university (country) and the total of credits.
• The catalogue of all modules. For each module the name and the number of credits have to be listed. In case of generic module names like “Project I” or “Seminar B”, please specifiy the topic or specialization of the module next to the module name.

If the transcript of the program does not cover credit points, but use another measure of student’s effort instead, this measure can be used in place of credit points. Check that the sum of the credits for all modules matches the total number of credits mentioned for the program.

After filling in the needed data, please save the worksheet in CSV format. Please use the following filename schema: XYZ-Lastname-Firstname.csv. Substitute XYZ by the abbreviation of the specialization for which you apply: BIS, DIS, ITM, or SAR. An example of the filename could look like this: DIS-Einstein-Albert.csv.

The CSV file has to be uploaded into our Sciebo portal at https://th-koeln.sciebo.de/s/liTF9ZFtecmzTdZ. Unfortunately, Sciebo only gives a message when the upload fails. A successful upload is not confirmed by a feedback message. If we notice in the application process that an upload of a CSV file has not worked, we will contact you. If you upload the CSV file more than once, we will use the last upload.

Please note: If you apply via uni-assist, you also need to upload the CSV self-report in the Sciebo portal.