Admission to Open Access Studies

Start your studies at FernUniversität – it’s easy, fast, and digital. Here you’ll find everything you need to know about applying for admission to the Open Access Studies Program – short and to the point.

Open to everyone – no admission requirements: The Open Access Program is open to anyone. As you are not enrolling in a degree program, no proof of university entrance qualifications is required, and you will not earn a university degree. You can use the Academy Program to specifically prepare for a master’s degree, to explore an academic subject as a high school student—or for your personal education.

Step 1: Register

Click on ‘Register now!’ to create your personal user account on the application and enrolment portal. You can log in to the portal at any time using the username provided in the registration email and your chosen password. You can then easily complete your application online and track the current status of your application at any time.

Step 2: Complete and Submit your Application

After reviewing our programs and their respective admission requirements on our website, select your desired degree. If you select “Academy Program” as your degree, all other fields will be pre-filled here. Enter the required information on the following pages and upload the relevant documents. Please review your information before completing the “Application” section. For Academy Studies programs, the process is already complete at this point.

You can find out what documents we require from you here:

Costs

Studying at Germany’s only state-run distance-learning university is affordable. When comparing us to other universities, please remember that the fees are charged per semester, not per month. Because you choose your own modules, you determine the cost of each semester yourself.

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Course Registration

Academy students are not required to follow any specific curriculum and are generally free to choose their courses based on their individual needs. We recommend that you register for only as many modules as you can realistically handle. Once you have been admitted, you can register for courses independently in studyPORT.

As a guideline: Modules are worth 5, 10, or 15 ECTS credits – with 30 ECTS credits corresponding to a full-time workload of approximately 40 hours per week. In the part-time program, students take one to two modules per semester, depending on the module’s scope; in the full-time program, they take two to three modules per semester. For some modules, Academy students even have the opportunity to take the corresponding exam. You can find out which modules are open to Academy students here:

• Open Access Studies at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (KSW)
• Open Access Studies at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Sceince (M+I)
• Open Access Studies at the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics (WIWI)
• Open Access Studies at the Faculty of Law (REWI)

The modules for the Faculty of Psychology and the First State Examination in Law cannot be studied in the Open Access Studies program.