Applying for a Study Place with Foreign Educational Qualifications

Do you meet all the entry requirements for a degree course at the University of Greifswald? Check out this page to learn about the various application procedures and deadlines for applicants with foreign educational qualifications.

Please note that your application documents and eligibility will be verified as part of the respective application process. The University of Greifswald does not offer individual preliminary reviews of your application.

Different application channels, deadlines and procedures apply depending on the subject you would like to study and your nationality,

Application channels

What do you wish to do?

Subjects without admission restrictions do not have a limited number of available study places.

Click here to find out which subjects currently have no admission restrictions.

Application procedure: Uni-Assist standard procedure

For subjects with local admission restrictions, the University of Greifswald has capped the number of available places. Places are allocated by means of selection procedures.

Click here to find out which subjects currently have local admission restrictions.

Application procedure:

  • Uni-Assist standard procedure
    The selection procedure is coordinated by the University of Greifswald's International Office.

    or
     
  • Uni-Assist DoSV procedure
    The Uni-Assist-DoSV procedure applies to EU/EEA applications for the first subject semester of the bachelor’s degree courses in Biology, Human Biology, Landscape Ecology, and Psychology.
    Register on the Hochschulstart application portal of the dialogue-oriented service procedure (DoSV) to receive your Applicant Identification Number (BID) and your Applicant Authentication Number (BAN) from the Stiftung für Hochschulzulassung. Enter your BID and BAN into your uni-assist account.
    The selection procedures are coordinated by the Stiftung für Hochschulzulassung (Hochschulstart).

National admission restrictions apply to the degree courses in Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy. The number of study places is limited throughout Germany. Study places are allocated by means of selection procedures.

Application procedure: Uni-Assist standard procedure

Please take note of any possible additional application documents.

The selection procedure is coordinated by the University of Greifswald's International Office. Details of the selection procedure for non-EU citizens without a German "Abitur" and what factors are taken into account are outlined in the university regulations “Satzung der Universität Greifswald für das Auswahlverfahren ausländischer und staatenloser Studienanfänger in Studiengängen mit festgesetzten Zulassungszahlen” (only available in German).

Application procedures for 1st subject semester:

Please be aware of the different application windows.

These selection procedures are coordinated by the Stiftung für Hochschulzulassung (Hochschulstart).

Application procedure: Uni-Assist standard procedure

You may only apply for our preparatory German language course if you are applying for a degree course.

Exception: dual study programme ‘B.Sc. Clinical Nursing Science‘
It is not possible to apply for the preparatory German language course for this degree course.

Application procedure: Uni-Assist standard procedure

Coursework and examinations that have been completed at universities abroad can usually be recognised towards your studies at the University of Greifswald.

The procedures for recognising or transferring credits for academic achievements and examination results vary depending on the degree course.

Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy
For the degree courses in Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy, the State Examination Offices (‘Landesprüfungsämter’) are responsible for recognising coursework and examinations completed at universities abroad. Requests for recognition must be submitted to the relevant State Examination Office. Once your coursework and examinations have been recognised, you will receive a notification specifying the semesters that have been recognised. When applying, please upload this notification to Uni-Assist along with your other application documents.

The follwing ‘Landesprüfungsämter’ are responsible if you do not reside in Germany:

Medicine and Dentistry

Bezirksregierung Düsseldorf
Landesprüfungsamt für Medizin, Psychotherapie und Pharmazie
Postfach 300865
40408 Düsseldorf
Germany

brd.nrw.de

Pharmacy

Hessisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Pflege
Studien- und Prüfungsangelegenheiten,
Anerkennung von Auslandsleistungen & Auslands-PJ
Lurgiallee 10
60439 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

hlfgp.hessen.de

Bachelor’s and master’s degree courses
The University of Greifswald itself is responsible for recognising study achievements completed at a university abroad if you are applying for a higher semester in a bachelor's or master's degree course. When applying via Uni-Assist, please upload the completed and signed “Request Form for the Recognition of Coursework and Examinations / Placement in Higher Subject Semester” and detailed supporting documents (student records, list of subjects and grades for all years of study with official proof of the grading system used, module descriptions) along with your other application documents.

Application windows

The application window refers to the period of time within which you must have submitted your application with all the required documents, in full, via the relevant application portal.

Semester 1 April - 30 Sept 2027
Teaching period 5 April - 17 July 2027
Application window Uni-Assist
all degree courses starting in the summer semester
and preparatory German language course 		1 Nov 2026 - 15 Jan 2027
Special application windows

EU-/EEA nationals:
"Hochschulstart": Pharmacy, 1st subject semester


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Aptitude test Church Music
Semester 1 Oct 2027 - 31 March 2028
Teaching period 11 Oct 2027 – 29 Jan 2028
Application window Uni-Assist
all degree courses starting in the winter semester
and preparatory German language course 		1 May - 15 July 2027
Special application windows

EU-/EEA nationals:
"Hochschulstart": Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy (1st subject semester)

Non-EU/EEA nationals:
Uni-Assist: M.Sc. Landscape Ecology


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1 Oct 2026 - 1 March 2027
Aptitude tests Church Music
Art degree courses

Application procedures via Uni-Assist

Uni-Assist is a fee-based online study application portal.

Stage 1: Verification of higher education entrance qualification and formal entry requirements by Uni-Assist

Uni-Assist checks, on behalf of the University of Greifswald, whether you hold a higher education entrance qualification and meet the formal entry requirements for your chosen degree course.

Upload all your certificates to Uni-Assist in the original language and also with acertified translation (into English or German).

Please be also aware of any country-specific application requirements.

  • Online application form
  • CV
  • Passport
  • Proof(s) of higher education entrance qualification:
    • Secondary school leaving certificate
    • if applicable: certificate of ‘Feststellungsprüfung’ issued by a ‘Studienkolleg’
    • if applicable: proof of academic achievements (with list of subjects and grades and official confirmation of the grading system)
  • Proof(s) of language proficiency
    • German (not required for degree courses taught exclusively in English)
    • English (if required)

Additional application documents are required for:

for 1st subject semester:

  • Certificate TestAS
    paper-based or digital, in German or English
    (core test at least 50 % / core module score at least 100)

Proof of higher education degree:

  • Degree certificate
  • List of subjects and grades
  • Module descriptions
  • Official confirmation of the grading system

additionally required forM.Sc. Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation

  • Cover letter
  • Certificate of passed aptitude test

Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy:

  • Notification issued by the competent State Examination Office ('Landesprüfungsamt')

Bachelor's and master's degree courses:

  • Request Form for the Recognition of Coursework and Examinations / Placement in Higher Subject Semester
  1. Questions regarding German and English language proficiency are standardised questions on the Uni-Assist portal and do not indicate the actual language requirements for a specific subject.
     
  2. A VPD is not required.
     
  3. The subject module of the TestAS certificate is not taken into account.
     
  4. ‘TMS’ is not required and not taken into account.

Uni-Assist will inform you about the result of their verification of your study application.

If you hold a higher education entrance qualification and meet the formal entry requirements for your chosen degree course, Uni-Assist will automatically forward your application documents in electronic form to the University of Greifswald for final assessment.

Stage 2: Assessment of the subject-specific and language entry requirements by the University of Greifswald

At this stage, the University of Greifswald assesses whether you meet the academic and language entry requirements for your chosen degree course. This assessment usually takes approx. 1 to 2 weeks. However, for master’s degree courses without admission restrictions, this assessment is more extensive and may take several weeks.

The University of Greifswald will inform you about the assessment result.

Please take note of the following special information:

The admission to degree courses with admission restrictions is subject to a selection procedure. You will not receive a notification of admission or rejection until the selection procedure has finished.

Time frame for selection procedures

  • degree courses starting in a winter semester: from mid- to late August
  • degree courses starting in a summer semester: from mid- to late February
  • M.Sc. Landscape Ecology (only non-EU/EEA nationals) starting in a winter semester: from early/mid-April

If you pass the assessment of your academic qualifications for your chosen degree course, you will receive two documents:

  1. Letter of invitation to the admission and placement test for the preparatory German language course
    This in-person test is free of charge and must be taken at the University of Greifswald.
    If you pass this test, you will receive a notice of admission to the preparatory German language course.
     
  2. Notification that you fulfil the academic requirements for your chosen degree course
    This document does not constitute a notice of admission and does not guarantee any place on the degree course.

In the preparatory German course, you will be informed about the next steps in your final application for your degree course.

Study applicants with foreign educational qualifications
International Office
Domstraße 8
17489 Greifswald
Germany
Tel.: +49 3834 420 1116
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