Minimum requirement includes a Bachelor degree or equivalent qualification from a German or foreign university in informatics, computer science or a related field, or must provide proof of equivalent academic achievement with at least 180 CP.

Sufficient merit in the applicants previous academic track record and the appropriate curricular content of the Bachelor degree is required. Applicants should demonstrate a level of knowledge and competence that corresponds to that acquired in the Bachelor degree programme in computer science taught at Saarland University. Specifically, this requires applicants to show that they have the necessary level of expertise in the following areas: I. Mathematics (discrete mathematics, real analysis and multivariable calculus, linear algebra, numerical methods, stochastics), II. Theoretical informatics (formal methods, formal logic, computability, understanding of complexity – particularly the complexity classes P and NP), and III. Practical informatics (functional and object-oriented programming, data structures and algorithms, databases, software development methods, system architecture).