How to Apply

The following information applies to international student applicants and so-called Bildungsausländer.

If you have a foreign nationality but a German Abitur (either from a German school in Germany or from a German school abroad) you are treated as a Bildungsinländer.

For further information on the subjects Bildungsinländer and Bildungsausländer please see below.

For most degree programmes (all undergraduate programmes) the application within these deadlines:

1 May - 15 July for the winter semester
1 December - 15 January for the summer semester

Please note that application that are handed in after 15 July or 15 January cannot be accepted.

Most master programmes have earlier deadlines! The application must have been received by the deadline. The postmark date will not be taken into account!

The following documents must be enclosed: application form, financial declaration, copy of passport, diplomas etc.

(please also see our download section for all download forms).

Apply for the right form of visa, i.e.

• Student Visa (Studentenvisum) or
• Prospective Student Visa (Studienbewerbervisum) if you want to take the preparatory German-language course

Do not enter under any circumstance as a tourist!
Once you enter Germany, a tourist visa cannot be converted into a student visa.