The Online Journalism study programme has restricted admission (NC). The entry requirements include, amongst others, the following school-leaving qualifications:

• general university entrance qualification
• subject-specific university entrance qualification
• University of Applied Sciences entrance qualification

The study programme and subsequent professional career require a high level of proficiency in German and at least one foreign language (first priority: English).

A six-week pre-study internship in a journalistic editorial office is compulsory and must be completed by the start of the third semester at the latest.

The pre-study internship comprises six weeks, which may be spread across a maximum of two placements and two time blocks, or at least six months’ freelance work for journalistic media of a relevant scope.

Only professional and editorial work environments in the field of journalism are eligible as placement locations. The following, for example, are not recognised: work for school newspapers, individual online activities or projects that are not professionally initiated and supervised (e.g. voluntary website creation). Work in the fields of PR, public relations and marketing is not recognised.