Study and research in Germany

Road map to admission

The admissions process also depends on what country you come from  and whether any admissions restrictions apply to your chosen degree programme. The following explain the key steps. Please also make sure that you contact the relevant Admissions Office (Zulassungsstelle) for information on the process.

1. Submit an Application for Admission to Studies:

Depending on the degree programme and your country of origin, you will have to send your application to one of various admissions offices:

For unrestricted subjects and subjects with local admissions restrictions:

Send your application direct to your chosen university or to uni-assist

For subjects with central (nationwide) admissions restrictions:

• Applicants from the European Economic Area (= EU member states plus Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway) and Bildungsinlaender send their applications to the Stiftung für Hochschulzulassung, Sonnenstraße 171, D-44128 Dortmund, Telephone +49 (0)231 1081-0, Fax: +49 (0)231 1081-227, http://www.hochschulstart.de
• Applicants from non-EU/EEA countries send their applications direct to their chosen university or to uni-assist

All DAAD scholarship holders:

Unless otherwise stated in the programme description, your application will generally be processed via the DAAD.

2. The admissions office checks whether you meet all the requirements and conditions for admission to the requested degree programme:

• Have you paid the admissions fees, where applicable?
• Are your application papers complete and formally correct (have copies been officially certified)?
• Do you meet the required conditions for admission to the requested degree programme (for example, your higher education entrance qualification, proof of aptitude, pre-study internships)?
• Are your language skills adequate?

3. The admissions office will advise you in writing of the result of your application (by letter of rejection or letter of admission):

The letter of admission contains:

• information on the study place awarded,
• possibly, information on any achievements, credits or examinations that you still need to produce,
• details on by when you must register (matriculate) at the university;
• a letter of acceptance which you must send back to the Admissions Office by return post;
• possibly, a date for the German language test that you still have to take;
• if you are admitted to a Preparatory Course (Studienkolleg)  with pre-registration for a degree programme, the date of the Studienkolleg entrance exam.

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