Application deadline and application papers

Application process:

For the winter semester, you should apply between early June and 15th July (cut off date) of the year in question.

For the summer semester, you should apply between December of the previous year and 15th January (cut off date) of the year in question.

Applications need to be sent to the International Offices of individual universities, to uni-assist, or to the Central Universities Admission Service (ZVS).

Beware! Some universities have different application periods and deadlines. The introduction of Bachelor's and Master's programmes means that admission is now mostly only possible in the winter semester, often involving an earlier application period and cut-off date. Please contact the university of your choice as early as possible to find out what the exact dates are for application and when courses begin.

You can download all application papers here or via the home pages of the universities.

uni-assist

uni-assist is an association of more than 85 German higher education institutions. It helps international student applicants apply for a study place in Germany. At the same time, it works on behalf of its member universities to check whether foreign student applicants meet the defined formal minimum requirements.

A great advantage of this is that you can simultaneously apply to several universities via uni-assist. This saves you time and money, because all the papers and documents need only be translated and certified once. The pre-check service provided by uni-assist also accelerates the application process. This means that you will hear sooner whether your meet all the necessary admissions requirements.

You have to send your application to uni-assist if the university of your choice is a member of uni-assist. You can find a list of all the member universities at: www.uni-assist.de

Local NC

Besides nationwide admissions restrictions, there are also subjects with local admissions restrictions, i.e. where the admissions restriction only applies to individual higher education institutions and not to all institutions. These study places are awarded directly by the respective university. Please contact the International Office at your chosen institution to find out whether you need to send your application direct to the International Office, to the Student Registration Office (Studierendensekretariat), or to uni-assist.

Some universities have a selection process which not only considers the purely formal requirements (higher education entrance qualification, language skills), but also special academic subject-specific qualifications or letters of motivation.

 

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