Architecture [DIA] (M.A.)

for all questions concerning the application please contact dia@hs-anhalt.de

It is required for applicants from India, China and Vietnam to deliver an APS-certificate. Please make sure to apply for that as early as possible. We recommend applying for it even before you apply to the university, if possible. 

To learn about the country specific requirements, please visit this link:

www.uni-assist.de/en/tools/glossary-of-terms/description/details/akademische-pruefstelle-aps/

Dessau International Architecture Graduate School (DIA) is a post-graduate program and is proud to attract students from all over the world to come and study in the famous Bauhaus City Dessau. In order to apply to the DIA you have to have completed an undergraduate degree in architecture. We accept both Bachelor and Diploma degrees with a minimum 3 year of regular curriculum. Either has to amount to 180 credits in order to be eligible. It is preferable that during your study you have completed a minimum of two semesters of architecture history. Qualified professional work experience of at least 12 months after the completion of the ba-degree, is required to study at the program. The professional experience should be mentioned in the CV.

English language requirements: IELTS (6.5 or higher) or equivalent: TOEFL iBT (88 or higher)
TOEFL ITP Level 1 (605 or higher). Proof that your university education was conducted in English, waives the necessity to submit a language certificate.

The TOEFL Code for the university is 4233.

Documents (all need to be uploaded to the uni-assist portal):

Degree Certificate and Transcripts

• A copy of your complete transcript of records issued by your university in the original
  language, including all courses and results
• A translation of your transcript of records, including all courses and results
  (made by a sworn translator)

Proof of English Proficiency (see above)

CV

Portfolio

Passport

Motivation Letter

Please prepare a PDF.-portfolio with 3 recent projects. If possible, include academic as well as professional projects. The projects should be presented in a way that your skills and the way you work become visible. The number of pages and layout is not defined, but should be reasonable. The format (landscape or portrait) is not defined. The number of pages is not limited. The file must be a .pdf not larger than 10MB.

https://www.hs-anhalt.de/en/international.html

The school is now using uni-assist for all international applications. An additional application directly to the university is not possible. Please do not send any material to the university. Please read the information offered by uni-assist carefully. As of now, all documents have be be uploaded onto the uni-assist portal. It is not necessary to send hard-copies at this point. However, make sure to have certified copies of your documents with you upon arrival.

Our school is listed under: Bernburg/Dessau/Köthen, Hochschule Anhalt

The results will be published by the end of July. Please be patient and allow the selection commission enough time to review all the applications.

Every student is expected to pay 850,- EUR / admin fee for DIA Master Program plus 96,- EUR / admin fee for general registration and student union of Anhalt University per semester plus 208,80 semester ticket: in total 1.154,80 per semester (amounts as of fall 2025).

The DIA welcomes new students every winter semester, which starts in the first week of October. The application for Winter Semester opens on December 15th and closes May 31st.

Admitted applicants choosing to enroll they must submit their semester fees by September 15 and arrive in Dessau latest by October 1st. We advise new students to arrive two weeks in advance to prepare their stay here.

Application - Master: 
Holders of a Bachelor degree from a German university (or holders of a Statement of Comparability for Foreign Higher Education Qualifications from a German institute, eg. ZAB) that meet the corresponding language qualification for the degree program, can apply via SSC-Portal. In all other cases you have to apply via uni-assist.
 
You can find all information about the application process on our web page:

Please find all information about the application process via uni-assist as well as the required documents here:
 
Important! All documents required for application through uni-assist will be shared automatically with Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. Therefore, you do not have to send any documents (hard copies) via postal service to Anhalt University!
 
Application via uni-assist (youtube):