Information for IMIB students

Application calendar

Mid-November 2025	EuMIGS webinar (online)
Mid-November 2025	Info session IMIB exchange opportunities
Mid-November 2025	Application deadline
January 2026	Selection process and notification of students
Early-Summer 2026	Official application to the second-year university
Fall 2026	Start of the second-year Master's studies as an EuMIGS Double Degree Student

Application documents

Online Application

Please read the details regarding the application here.

Application form

A signed PDF copy of the online application form
Motivation letter in English
Tabular curriculum vitae (CV)
Copy of the university entrance qualification, e.g. Abiturzeugnis (copy of the Hochschulzugangsberechtigung)
Copy of the Bachelor's degree certificate including transcript of records
Proof of academic achievements in the current degree program: officially issued by the examination office (not required for first-semester students)
Proof of language proficiency in the language of instruction (for both first and second choice programs, not older than 2 years, issued by the language center) (English minimum level B2), as well as other language certificates such as TOEFL, Cambridge, or proof of an English-language Bachelor's degree

Credit calculation for outgoing students

MA IMIB Examination Regulations as of 2022-2 (PDF, 100 kB)

EuMIGS Exchange Program

In addition to the Double Degree Program, the EuMIGS also gives you the opportunity to spend a semester at one of the EuMIGS network universities as an EuMIGS Exchange Student:

École Normale Supérieure de Lyon: Migration Studies
Université Côte d'Azur: Migration Studies
University of Copenhagen: Advanced Migration Studies
Erasmus University Rotterdam: Governance of Migration and Diversity (GMD)
Malmö University: Master in International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER)
Linköping Universitet: Master in Ethnic and Migration Studies
Universidade da Coruña: Master in Social Policies and Socio-Community Intervention (MOPS)
Paris Lodron University Salzburg: Master program Sociology with study extension program in Migration Studies
University of Liège: Master in Sociology with professional focus in Immigration Studies

If you are interested in a one-semester exchange at a partner university please apply via the international office. Different application rules and deadlines apply. For more information contact international@sozialwiss.uos.de.