Mainz University of Applied Sciences for International Students

Mainz University of Applied Sciences charges no tuition fees for its regular full-time degree programmes. Fees apply only to part-time continuing-education Master's programmes, such as the English-taught International Business Management M.Sc. (21,000 EUR in total, part-time with a semester in London), which are generally not suitable for a student visa.

Every student pays the semester contribution of 352 EUR for winter 2026/27. It includes the Deutschland-Semesterticket and the MVGMeinRad bike-hire scheme.

For your visa you also need proof of funds of 11,904 EUR for the year (2026), usually in a blocked account.

Applicants with a foreign school-leaving qualification or degree apply through uni-assist, whatever their citizenship. Some programmes set earlier dates for applicants with foreign qualifications, so check the programme page before applying. Restricted programmes also require registration on hochschulstart.de.

Two Master's programmes are taught fully in English:

• International Business (M.A., full-time, winter start)
• International Business Management (M.Sc., part-time, fee-based, with a semester at Bayes Business School in London; generally not suitable for a student visa)

Several other international programmes are taught partly in English: International Business (B.Sc., English and partly German), International Civil Engineering (B.Eng.), and the double-degree Masters International Management Franco-Allemand and International Management – Latin America.

Mainz University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule Mainz) is a public university in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It has been independent since 1996, with roots going back to an academy of painting founded in 1757, and has 5,498 students (winter 2023/24). Its three schools cover technology (architecture, civil engineering, geoinformatics), business, and design.