Admission to German Universities
If you wish to study at a German University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule) you need to have the necessary entrance qualification for German universities.
The Studienkolleg will validate your application documents according to the guidelines of the ZAB (Central office on foreign education systems).
Due to differences in international educational systems not all entrance qualifications of all countries can be validated.
Validation of your certificates puts you in one of the following categories :
- Category I
Applicants eligible for direct admission to university (>>Direktzulassung<<), - Category II
Applicants eligible for admission after passing the ASK Assessment Exam (Festtellungsprüfung),
- not eligible for admission to university.
The Studienkolleg Konstanz does not allocate study places.
The Studienkolleg validates your papers. Once your certificates have been validated you may either apply to the University of Applied Sciences of your choice in Baden-Würtemberg, or apply to the Studienkolleg for the preparatory course leading to the Assessment Exam.
Validation of your records
Category I
Applicants eligible for direct admission to university (Direktzulassung)
Requirements:
The applicant has a certificate attesting to
- regularly attending 13 years of school,
- attending 12 years of school in a EU country or
- university studies and
a Proof of German language skills
The applicant can apply to university.
Exception: Applicants for English study programmes don't need any German language proof.
Category II
Gaining admission through the ASK Assessment Exam (Feststellungsprüfung)
Requirements:
The applicant's school-leaving records makes him/her eligible for admission to a University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule) after passing theStudienkolleg Assessment Exam (Feststellungsprüfung).
Preparation for the Studienkolleg Assessment Exam (Feststellungsprüfung) at the Studienkolleg takes two terms. To be admitted to a Studienkolleg you need to pass the Studienkolleg Entrance Exam (Aufnahmetest).
After passing the Studienkolleg Assessment Exam (Feststellungsprüfung) the applicant can directly apply to a University of Applied Sciences.
