Application procedure

First of all find a university where you want to study and then apply to the foreign student office. The necessary forms will be provided by the office, by the diplomatic or consular missions or by the DAAD’s offices abroad. You will receive all information about the application form for admission.

Outline your own qualification like certificates of secondary school leaving, languages that you know, etc. so that the university is able to terms and condition which you can fulfill for admission procedure. It is advisable that you need to do an initial inquiry for a year before the commencement of your studies. You must not take decision without obtaining any information of the universities from the German embassy.

If you want to commence your studies in the winters, you need to submit the documents to the university before 15th July and for summer semester the deadline is 15th January.

Normally German universities do not ask for entrance examination. The only requirement is that you need to provide adequate educational background.

In several subjects the number of available study places is not sufficient as compared to number of applicants. Therefore the selection process includes the grade point average of the secondary school leaving certificate which plays a decisive role.

In German universities a specific percentage of seats are reserved for the applicants from abroad. In medicine around 6% is reserved and in other degree courses 8% is reserved for foreign applicants.

Foreigners from European countries are treated as German applicants and so they have to take part in an entry test for a study place in medical course. This test is held once a year in November.