Studienkolleg

Application for Admission to the Studienkolleg

Thank you for your interest in participating in the Studienkolleg preparatory programs.

To apply for one of our programs, please send us the following documents by mail:
- Application for certificate recognition
- Curriculum vitae
- Copy of your passport (no certification required)
- Certified Copies Of Your Certificates*
- Translations of the certificates, if they are not in English or French
- Proof of your German language proficiency

* The educational diplomas / certificates you need to send us depends on the country in which you obtained them. You can find an overview of possible certificates on page 2 of our application form. Please read our country-specific instructions before sending us the documents.

Please send your application to the following address:

Konstanz University of Applied Sciences
Studienkolleg
Alfred-Wachtel-Str. 8
78462 Constance
Germany

Deadlines

• Winter semester 2023/2024: May 1, 2023
• Summer semester 2024: November 1, 2023

Next entrance test:

• Winter semester 2023/2024: June 30, 2023
• Summer semester 2023: to be announced

Admission Process

If you would like to attend the Studienkolleg, you must first take our entrance test. The entrance test takes place twice a year: At the end of January for the summer semester and at the beginning of July for the winter semester. We conduct two different entrance tests:

    T-course: preparation for technical and engineering degree programs,
    Exam subjects German, mathematics, physics.
    W-course: Preparation for degree programs in business and social sciences.
    Examination subjects German, mathematics, economics.

Selection: We select 25 students per program based on the results of the entrance test. You can enter the second semester of the Studienkolleg directly if you achieve high grades in all three subjects. There are currently more applicants for the T-course than the W-course. The chances of getting accepted for the W-course are therefore higher. If you do not pass the entrance test, you are allowed to repeat it once.

How to prepare for the Admission Test

Vorbereitung

What’s the best way to prepare for the entrance test? We offer tips here according to the different test subjects:

German
German language skills: If you want to attend the Studienkolleg, you need good German skills. In addition to your German classes, we recommend that you also work on our German outside of classes: Listen to the news in German, read the newspaper, write short texts that you revise, and take every opportunity to speak German with others.
Structure of the exam: The exam consists of three parts: There are two writing tasks and one cloze task (60 gaps).

In the cloze task, the second half of every second word is missing (from the second sentence onwards).
The writing tasks are in the following formats: an interview, a text on statistical information or a report/opinion.

Assessment of exams: The examiners read the texts and look to see whether you have mastered the intermediate grammar (sentence order, sentence structure with subordinate clauses, active-passive, use of modal verbs, etc.). They also look to see if you can describe numbers, characteristics and developments, give reasons, consequences, advantages and disadvantages or make recommendations.
Sample tasks German.

Test your German: Are you ready? Your result should be in the blue zone.

Mathematics
The entrance test checks whether you have the mathmatical background to successfully attend the Studienkolleg.
GUnderstand the basics of mathematics. You should be able to perform calculations with fractions, powers, roots and logarithms. You should be able to solve equations and inequalities.
The material tested in the entrance test is based on the material plan of the video-based interactive pre-course VIAMINT. To use the site, you need to register at the following site by going to "Create new account" and entering your email address + any password: viamint.haw-hamburg.de You should definitely use this free site!
In the entrance test, the following modules from the Mathematics section are required:

- Fractions
- Toolbox
- Powers and roots
- Logarithms
- Equations and inequalities
- Linear systems of equations

You can use the formulary during the examination.  You will receive this formulary during the examination. You do not need to print it out yourself:

Sample Mathematics Exercises

Formulary

Physics

The material tested in the entrance test is based on the material plan of the video-based interactive pre-course VIAMINT. To use the site, you need to register at the following site by going to "Create new account" and entering your email address + any password: viamint.haw-hamburg.de You should definitely use this free site!
In the entrance test, the following modules from the Physics section are required:

• Physical quantities and units of measurement
  Diagrams and scales
  Motion and force
  Work, energy, power
  Thermodynamics
  Experiencing electricity

Sample exercises and further information

Business Studies
Sample exercises and further information

German language skills

In order to take part in the entrance test, you must send us a current language certificate showing basic knowledge of German proficiency. The language certificate must at least be equivalent to:

The syllabus of the upper basic level of the Goethe-Institute.
Level B1 (of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).

You can submit the language certificate up to three weeks before the entrance test at the latest.

Regulations

The following contains specific information for certain countries:

• Morocco: The prerequisite for admission to the entrance test for the Studienkolleg is a Baccalauréat with an overall grade of "très bien", "bien" or "assez bien". The grade of "passable" is not sufficient.
• Indonesia: students who wish to apply to the Studienkolleg need to have achieved an average grade of 8.0 or 80 or better in the state secondary school leaving examination (Surat Keterangan Hasil Ujian Nasional).
• Nepal: applicants to the Studienkolleg, need a secondary school leaving certificate with a passing grade in mathematics for grades 11 or 12 and a grade point average of at least 60% in order to be admitted to the entrance test.