Getting your qualifications at a Studienkolleg

If your high school certificate is not sufficient to allow you to study in a German undergraduate programme, you have the possibility to take a one-year course at a Studienkolleg at the end of which you take an aptitude test [Feststellungsprüfung]. With this qualification you can apply for a place in an undergraduate degree programme. 

The Studienkolleg offers different courses and you should choose a course that prepares you for the degree programme you intend to study:

T-course: for the degree programmes Architecture, Construction, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Geology, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Mineralogy, Wood Science

W-course: for the degree programmes Economics and Business Administration, Law and Political Science, Sociology, Geography, Psychology

M-course: for the degree programmes Medicine, Pharmacy, Biology, Psychology, Sport, Forestry and Agricultural Sciences, Anthropology

G-course: for the degree programmes German, History, Art, Philosophy, Legal Studies, Education and Politics, Theology, Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology, Geography

Application deadlines:
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences does NOT have its own Studienkolleg. Please apply to the Studienkolleg at Hamburg University, if you want to go to a Studienkolleg in Hamburg.

There are two application deadlines:

30. September [lessons start 1. January of the following year]
31. März [lessons start 1. August]

We do however, accept certificates from all German Studienkollegs.