Admission and Education
Since the winter semester of 2008/2009, the University of Karlsruhe completed the change from the Diplom system to a bachelor and master based system. Students working towards a diplom degree can finish their studies while new students are only allowed to apply for a bachelor or master degree.
The admission policies are based on the different departments. While students are chosen by the quality of their school degree and their extracurricular activities for some courses like business engineering (27% admission in 2008), other departments do not preselect for their courses, for example in physics, informatics or meteorology. The philosophy of a non preselective procedure is a natural selection during course time. All courses require a minimum amount of passed exams, called "Orientierungsprüfung" (English: orientational assessment), in the first three semesters to allow continuing the course to its end. There is a substantial drop-out rate for some engineering courses due to the immense study requirement in order to pass the pre-requisites.
In the first semesters of a course, education tends to be theoretically-oriented at the University of Karlsruhe, requiring a high concentration of mathematical courses for engineering and natural science courses. It is possible to specialize in more practical or theoretical topics in later semesters.
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