Kiel University is a public research university in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. Kiel University is Schleswig-Holstein's oldest and largest university, with eight faculties covering theology, law, medicine, humanities, agriculture, nutrition, mathematics, natural sciences, economics, social sciences, and engineering. Its institutional development includes 1665 — Duke Christian Albrecht founded the university in Kiel. The university opened with theology, law, medicine, and philosophy. Today, its academic profile is shaped by theology, law, human medicine, dentistry, humanities, languages, history, philosophy, psychology, education, agriculture, nutrition, mathematics, computer science, data science, physics, chemistry, biology, geoscience, ocean science, economics, business, political science, sociology, electrical engineering, and materials science. The location is important because The campus near the Bay of Kiel, university hospital, marine facilities, and regional research institutes connect students with ocean and climate science, maritime industries, health, agriculture, food, economics, energy, materials, public administration, and Baltic and Nordic networks. The course portfolio represented in this master file contains 19 undergraduate entries and 16 postgraduate entries, with subject combinations consolidated under their parent degrees where appropriate. Undergraduate examples include Agricultural Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Business Administration, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, while later entries cover Psychology, Teacher Education, Theology. Postgraduate study ranges from Agricultural Genomics, Applied Ecology, Biological Oceanography, Climate Physics, Computer Science, Data Science to Quantitative Economics, Sustainability, Society and the Environment, Tropical Marine Ecosystems. Each course remains a parent qualification, and specializations are recorded within the course entry instead of being misrepresented as separate degrees. This row records major parent qualifications and keeps concentrations, subject combinations, teaching tracks, and elective pathways within the appropriate degree instead of counting them as separate programs. Admission is controlled at program level. Applicants use the Kiel application portal, uni-assist, Hochschulstart, or a departmental route according to citizenship, qualification, level, and course. Medicine, dentistry, international master's programs, restricted subjects, subject combinations, and doctoral faculty acceptance use different requirements and deadlines. Applicants must verify the teaching language, entry semester, subject prerequisites, selection procedure, and document route before submission. International school or university qualifications may require external evaluation, certified translations, APS documentation for applicable countries, or additional evidence of academic equivalence. Master's committees can request module descriptions, portfolios, writing samples, professional experience, or interviews. Doctoral entry is separate from bachelor's or master's admission and normally requires a viable research proposal, eligible supervision, and formal acceptance by the responsible faculty. Regular degree study has no general tuition. The winter semester 2026/27 semester fee is €403 and includes student-services, student-body, administration, and transport components; a one-time enrollment fee may also apply to newly enrolled students. These institutional charges do not include rent, health insurance, food, learning materials, residence formalities, project costs, or personal travel. Special tuition can apply to continuing-education, distance-learning, joint, second-degree, or long-term study formats when the relevant law or program regulation provides for it. Funding may include BAföG for eligible students, the Deutschlandstipendium, DAAD and Erasmus+ mobility support, foundations, research employment, or university-specific awards, but every funding application is assessed independently from admission. Career preparation reflects the university's subject mix and does not constitute a guaranteed placement scheme. Students can improve professional readiness through internships, applied projects, research assistantships, employer events, language development, entrepreneurship services, international mobility, and an externally partnered thesis.