Application / Admission / Enrollment

Applicants from certain countries can apply directly to a German university because their university entrance qualification fulfills the required standards (e.g. graduates from most European countries, applicants with an IB diploma (International Baccalaureat), applicants with a certain GCE recognition, applicants who have completed one year of studies in a related subject in their home country). Please use the previously mentioned DAAD database in order to pre-check if you have direct access.

However, students with direct access still have to send their school certificates from their home country to the „Studienkolleg Konstanz “ which is in charge of the validation of previous education when applying at universities of applied sciences in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. Students from APS countries (India, China, Vietnam) can apply with their positive APS-result (check detailed information below).

Our university needs the official confirmation (recognition of certificates) from the “Studienkolleg” in order to process your application. Please make sure to hand in all your certificates to „Studienkolleg Konstanz“ or the Academic Evaluation Center (APS) as soon as possible, since it might take several weeks in order to get the official confirmation.

Students without direct access to a German university usually have to take one of the preparation courses offered by the „Studienkolleg Konstanz“ and / or they are asked to pass the DSH-German-language-exam (alternatively you can pass the Test-DaF-exam at Aalen University of Applied Sciences).

If you have to take the preparation courses offered by “Studienkolleg Konstanz” it usually takes two semesters (1 year) and the courses have to be finished with the so-called “Feststellungsprüfung”. Both, the courses and the “Feststellungsprüfung” are only offered in German language and require a German level of B2. For further information please check the official homepage of the “Studienkolleg”.

Once you have had your foreign credentials examined by the “Studienkolleg” and have successfully passed the German-language examination and (if needed) the “Feststellungsprüfung”, you will receive respective certificates for your application to one of our degree programs. These certificates have to be part of your application documents.

Applicants from China, India and Vietnam can apply directly with a positive APS-result in combination with a TestAS or SAT certificate.

The APS (Academic Evaluation Center) is a joint institution of the German Embassy and the DAAD. The APS checks the authenticity of educational backgrounds and certificates and then verifies if the person has a university entrance qualification for Germany. Students have to hand in the positive APS-Certificate confirming direct access as well as the required TestAS or SAT result. Please make sure to take care of the APS process very quickly after you have received your school certificates, since it might take several weeks to receive the certificate.

• Regarding the TestAS results, the core test and subject-specific engineering module have to be passed. In both parts a score of at least 100 is required. We accept paper-based and digital tests. Further information is available on the homepage of Test AS .
• If you decide to pass the SAT, a minimum of 1050 points in the cholastic assessment test SAT must be achieved. Further information is available on the homepage of SAT.

Applicants who are interested in one of our bachelor programs and have already completed one year of studies in their home country in a related subject area have high chances to be granted direct access to the application process. However, the certificates still have to be handed in at “Studienkolleg” or in the case of India, China, Vietnam at the Academic Evaluation Center (APS). The valid certificates are required to complete the application process to our programs.

Please hand in your certificates at Studienkolleg Konstanz in order to receive an official confirmation regarding the recognition of your previous education (school and successfully completed university degree of three or four years of duration). The process on how to receive the confirmation is described in detail on the official homepage of Studienkolleg Konstanz. Therefore your first step is to apply for the Studienkolleg confirmation (takes up to 6 weeks) and then to  hand in the confirmation letter together with the other required documents at Aalen University of Applied Sciences.

Important information for APS-countries (India, China, Vietnam): You will have to hand in a certificate from the Academic Evaluation Center (APS) together with your education documents to Studienkolleg Konstanz. So your first step is to apply for the APS-certificate (takes up to 8 weeks), afterwards for the Studienkolleg confirmation letter (takes up to 6 weeks) and then for one of your master programs (see application deadlines below).

Please apply for a pre-evaluation certificate (VPD) from uni-assist.

Note that you will not apply for the admission to one of our degree programs via uni-assist but for a VPD-certificate that you will have to hand in together with your other application documents via our online-portal (see STEP 3).

Please make sure to apply for a Master VPD. You can only apply for one of our master degree programs with a master VPD.

You will have to select VPD for "Hochschule Aalen". We can only accept VPDs that are issued for our institution. VPDs from other universities cannot be accepted. Also a VPD is only valid for two years.

The review at uni-assist takes at least 4-6 weeks and costs 75 EUR. 

Important information for APS-countries (India, China, Vietnam): You will have to hand in a certificate from the Academic Evaluation Center (APS) together with your education documents to uni-assist. So your first step is to apply for the APS-certificate (takes up to 8 weeks), afterwards for the VPD via uni-assist (takes at least 4-6 weeks) and then for one of your master programs.

If you have taken care of all documents you can fill in the online application at our institution (see STEP 3).