Ludwigsburg University of Public Administration and Finance is a public university of public administration and finance located in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg. Ludwigsburg University of Public Administration and Finance trains civil-service professionals in public management, digital administration, public finance, taxation and pension insurance with a closely integrated academic and practical phase. Its institutional development includes The university's predecessor traditions were created Public-service training institutions. Administration and finance education was developed in separate specialist academies. Currently, the academic profile of the faculty is constituted by public management, digital administration, public financial management, tax administration, pension insurance, European administration, public law, finance, personnel and government organization. The location is of particular significance, as Ludwigsburg is situated in the Stuttgart region and thereby the university is linked to state ministries, municipalities, tax offices, pension authorities, authorities for public property, digital-government units and public enterprises. The course portfolio in this master file lists 5 undergraduate and 2 postgraduate entries with subject combinations grouped under their parent degrees where appropriate. Undergraduate programs: Public Management, Digital Public Administration, Public Financial Management, Tax Administration, Pension Insurance Later entries: Public Financial Management, Tax Administration, Pension Insurance. Postgraduate study ranges from European Public Administration, Public Management to European Public Administration, Public Management. Each course is still a parent qualification and specialisations are listed in the course entry and not misrepresented as separate degrees. Specialisations in the civil service, such as property, personnel, finance, taxation and pension systems, are included in their legally defined parent degrees, while joint and continuing qualifications are listed separately. Admission is based on the program. Depending on the program, the application process varies: some candidates apply directly to HVF, while tax, pension, and public-finance candidates apply to the responsible training authority, which registers successful civil-servant trainees at the university. Applicants should verify language of teaching, entry semester, subject prerequisites, selection procedure and document route before submission. International School or University Qualifications External evaluation, certified translations, APS documentation where applicable or other proof of academic equivalence may be required. Master’s committees may require module descriptions, portfolios, writing samples, professional experience or interviews. Entry to doctoral study is a different process to entry to bachelor or masters study and normally requires a feasible research proposal, suitable supervision and formal acceptance from the appropriate faculty. All bachelor students are civil servant-trainees and receive trainee-salaries, so no regular tuition is charged in the traditional form. Student-services contributions apply. There is a separate fee for the career-integrated Public Management master’s; European Public Administration has no tuition. These institutional fees do not cover rent, health insurance, food, learning materials, residence formalities, project costs or personal travel. If provided for by the relevant law or program regulation, special tuition may be provided for continuing-education, distance-learning, joint, second-degree, or long-term study formats. Funding (e.g. BAföG for eligible students, Deutschlandstipendium, DAAD and Erasmus+ mobility support, foundations, research employment or university-specific awards) is available, but each funding application is evaluated separately from admission. The subject mix of the university is career preparation, but not a guarantyd placement scheme. The mandatory practice and employment routes are provided by the state and municipal authorities, finance offices, pension insurance, public property organisations, ministries, European bodies and digital-transformation teams. Students are given the opportunity to improve their professional readiness through internships, applied projects, research assistantships, employer events, language development, entrepreneurship services, international mobility and an externally partnered thesis. The HVF Ludwigsburg offers a specialised option for applicants eligible for German public service training and for experienced administrators pursuing advanced public management.