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Prior to Applying: Prerequisites

The information on this page only applies when applying for:

  • undergraduate courses (Bachelor’s, teacher training)
  • German Semester Course for Study Purposes
  • short-term non-degree study programme (Kurzzeitstudium ohne Abschlussm?glichkeit)
  • Studienkolleg

University Entry Qualifications (Approval)

German Language Proficiency Requirements

When you apply, the International Office checks whether you have the necessary qualifications:

  • Type of university entry qualification (HZB: Hochschulzugangsberechtigung)
  • German language proficiency

University Entry Qualifications (Approval)

Your correctly completed application must be sent in due form and time. An evaluation of your documents is not possible if certificates or requests are sent via e-mail.

Evaluation of Higher Education Certificates

The International Office evaluates higher education certificates from foreign countries.

Evaluations of higher education certificates are based on the database anabin of the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB: Zentralstelle für ausl?ndisches Bildungswesen). Possible evaluations of higher education certificates:

  • Direct entry (direkter Zugang) (for all subjects or subject-restricted)
  • Pre-university examination/Studienkolleg: for all specialised courses or subject-restricted
    (Feststellungsprüfung/Studienkolleg: für alle Schwerpunktkurse oder fachorientiert)

In the event that the evaluation of higher education certificates is subject-restricted:

  • For applications to Bachelor degree studies consisting of two or more subjects, the subject restriction concerns the major subject only. The minor subjects, resp. the other major can be chosen without restriction.
  • An application for the teacher training programme Lehramt an Gymnasien and Realschulen is not possible.

Should the evaluation of your certificates be considered a case of doubt (‘Zweifelsfall’), the Certificate Recognition Authority of the Bavarian State Office for Schools (Zeugnisanerkennungsstelle des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Schule) must be involved.

Additional links:

Direct University Entry Qualification

If the evaluation of your certificates results in a direct university entry, you would be allowed to study an undergraduate programme at the University of Bamberg. For detailed information on the application and the required German German knowledge, please refer to the section 'German Language Proficiency Requirements'.

Pre-University Examination/Studienkolleg

dates and deadlines of the Studienkolleg München.

For general information on the Studienkolleg and on the pre-university examination, please go to the following websites:

No University Entry Qualification

If the requirements for the evaluation of higher education certificates are not fulfilled, you cannot gain access to higher education.

Summary of Possible Evaluations of Higher Education Certificates

  • Direct university entry (with or without subject restriction)
  • Access to the pre-university examination at a Studienkolleg (with or without subject restriction)
  • No access to study (neither direct university entry, nor access to take the pre-university examination at a Studienkolleg)

German Language Proficiency Requirements

All study programmes (Bachelor's/Teacher Training Programmes) require proof of German language knowledge. If you have no German language knowledge or only level A1 or A2, your application to study these programmes cannot be considered.

Please see the information below on the type and level of German language proficiency required in the various cases.

Goethe Institute: 'Goethe-Zertifikat B1'
  • certificate 'Zertifikat Deutsch / Ms Christine Drakew-Naperkowski.

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    APPLICATIONS FOR COURSES OF STUDY WITH ADMISSIONS RESTRICTIONS AFTER THE GERMAN SEMESTER COURSE FOR STUDY PURPOSES

    Important: When applying for courses of study with admissions restrictions at the University of Bamberg, the required proof of German knowledge, i.e. DSH or an equivalent German language proficiency examination, must be submitted before the application deadline. At the University of Bamberg, the DSH possibly takes place after the application deadline.

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    APPLICATION INFORMATION

    • Direct university entry required (direkter Zugang). If the evaluation of your certificates is subject-restricted, you may only participate in theGerman semester course for study purposes if your field of study is taught at the University of Bamberg.
    • In your application you must select the ‘German Semester Course for Study Purposes’.

    • Goethe Institute:'Goethe-Zertifikat B2' 
  • TestDaF with a minimum of level 3 in all four sections of the examination; all four sections of the examination must be passed in one sitting.
  • certificate 'Goethe Institute:

    • 'Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung' (ZOP)
    • 'Kleines Deutsches Sprachdiplom' (KDS)
    • 'Gro?es Deutsches Sprachdiplom' (GDS)
    • 'Goethe-Zertifikat C2: Gro?es Deutsches Sprachdiplom'

    ? On 01.01.2012, the 'Goethe-Zertifikat C2: Gro?es Deutsches Sprachdiplom' was introduced; it replaces the former ZOP, KDS and GDS.

  • TestDaF with a minimum of level 4 in all four sections of the examination; all four sections of the examination must be passed in one sitting.
  • certificate 'telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule'
  • certificate '?SD Zertifikat C2'

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    Further certificates and information is available at the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the L?nder in the Federal Republic of Germany:
    → Befreiende Zertifikate
    → Zugang von ausl?ndischen Studienbewerbern mit ausl?ndischem Bildungsnachweis zum Studium an deutschen Hochschulen: Nachweis der deutschen Sprachkenntnisse

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    The following students are exempt from taking the DSH examination:

    • Students who apply for a short-term non-degree study programme.
    • Students applying for study programmes with English as the language of instruction.
    • PhD students; only in cases when the entire PhD, meaning the dissertation and disputation, resp. rigorosum, are carried out in a language other than German; this requires adequate written confirmation by the PhD supervisor.
    • Students whose mother tongue is German.

    Please note that a degree in German Studies (or other studies in the German language) does not exempt you from fulfilling the DSH language requirement; this also applies for a completed (German Studies) degree programme.

    REQUIRED GERMAN LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE

    • Minimum required German language level at the time of applying: at least level B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) (exception: at least level C1 for the subjects German Studies/Germanistik and Psychology/球探足球比分)

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    INFORMATION ON THE SHORT-TERM NON-DEGREE STUDY PROGRAMME

    If you would like to study at the University of Bamberg for just one or two semesters, you can apply for a short-term non-degree study programme (Kurzzeitstudium ohne Abschlussm?glichkeit). This means:

    • Maximum duration of the short-term non-degree study programme: two semesters.
    • You can choose freely from a range of courses.
    • You are excluded from obtaining a degree (state examinations, Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD).
    • Participating in the German Semester Course for Study Purposes.

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    APPLICATION INFORMATION

    • Direct university entry required (direkter Zugang).
    • In your application you must select the short-term non-degree study programme.

    Goethe Institute: 'Goethe-Zertifikat B2'   
  • certificate 'telc Deutsch B2'
  • certificate '?SDZertifikat B2'
  • other German language certificates equivalent to level B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)

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    APPLICATION INFORMATION

    • Qualification for the Studienkolleg pre-university examination is required; evaluation result: ‘Pre-university examination/Studienkolleg’ (Feststellungsprüfung/Studienkolleg).
    • In your application you must select entry to the Studienkolleg.
    • You may not apply for a German semester course for study purposes as this requires direct university entry.
    • An application for the teacher training programme Lehramt an Gymnasien and Realschulen is not possible as this requires direct university entry for all subjects.

    Summary of German Language Proficiency Requirements


    Admission to the German Semester Course for Study Purposes

    • required German proficiency level: minimum level B1
    • required type of university entry: direct university entry (for all subjects or subject-restricted)

    Admission to the DSH and the intended degree programme

    • required German proficiency level: minimum level B2 for most degree programmes, minimum level C1 for some degree programmes
    • required type of university entry: direct university entry (for all subjects or subject-restricted)

     Admission to a short-term non-degree study programme

    • required German proficiency level: minimum level B2 for most subjects, minimum level C1 for some subjects
    • required type of university entry: direct university entry (for all subjects or subject-restricted)

    Admission to a Studienkolleg

    •  required German proficiency level: minimum level B2
    • required type of university entry: qualification for the pre-university examination at a Studienkolleg (for all specialised courses or subject-restricted)