Applications
You fulfil all of the requirements for studying in Greifswald? Then send us your application! Contact the International Office directly if you have any questions.
Application Procedure
Study applicants with foreign educational qualifications apply online via the portal https://my.uni-assist.de/.
Please upload all required documents (see below) via your My assist account. You can send us all documents via your My assist account (online as upload). We allow an online-only application with copies (scans) of all documents for the winter semester 2022/23. Please do not send as any documents per post.
The processing takes around three to four weeks and is subject to a charge. Please transfer the processing fees to uni-assist before the end of the deadline.
If all of the requirements have been met, the University of Greifswald will receive the documents and decide whether to grant admission.
Please take note of the following information:
- online application form for admission on online portal Uni Assist
- CV
- a copy of your passport
- your secondary school leaving certificate
- if applicable, academic records (with list of subjects and grades) and degree certificates (final certificate, with list of subjects and grades)
- proof of German language proficiency
- proof of English and/or other language skills (if required for the subject, see subject information in the application portal)
- TestAS certificate (test for foreign students/study ability test) – (only applicable to applicants for first semester of Medicine and Dentistry)
- copy of aptitude test (only applicable to applicants for Fine Arts, Music and Sacred Music)
- letter of motivation (only applicable to applicants for M.Sc. Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation, M. A. History and Culture of the Baltic Sea Region)
- applicants from China, India, Vietnam: APS certificate (check of the authenticity of educational biographies and certificates by the corresponding German embassy)
Please note that all certificates must be submitted as an officially certified translation (English or German). Find more information on legal attestation and translations here
Applicants from EU/EEA countries for the first subject semester in Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy must send their applications to the Stiftung für Hochschulzulassung. Further information on applications via the Stiftung für Hochschulzulassung and on the application process in Greifswald are available in German here [de]:
Medicine, Dentistry: https://adh.med.uni-greifswald.de/
Pharmacy: https://pharmazie.uni-greifswald.de/institut/information/zulassungsverfahren/
Application time: https://www.uni-greifswald.de/studium/vor-dem-studium/termine-und-fristen/#c385771
Applicants from EU/EEA countries for the first subject semester in the bachelor's degree courses Biochemistry, Biology, Geography Geology, Human Biology, Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation and Psychology must start by registering with the Stiftung für Hochschulzulassung. To register, you will be required to enter your personal details and will then be issued with an Applicant Identification Number (BID) and an Applicant Authentication Number (BAN). These are required for your application via uni-assist. Use the application portal for degree courses with local admission restrictions.
| semester | 01.04.2024–30.09.2024 |
| teaching period | 08.04.2024–20.07.2024 |
| APPLICATION DEADLINES | |
| applicants without EU/EEA citizenship | |
| degree courses starting in the summer semester | 01.11.2023-15.01.2024 |
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German Language Courses (DSH) only in combination with application for degree course | 01.11.2023-15.01.2024 |
| applicants with EU/EEA citizenship | |
| Pharmacy | further information |
| all other degree courses starting in the summer semester | 01.11.2023-15.01.2024 |
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German Language Courses (DSH) only in combination with application for degree course | 01.11.2023-15.01.2024 |
| APTITUDE TESTS | |
| Sacred Music, Music | further information |
| Art degrees | further information |
| semester | 01.10.2023-31.03.2024 |
| teaching period | 16.10.2023-03.02.2024 |
| APPLICATION DEADLINES | |
| applicants without EU/EEA citizenship | |
| M.Sc. Landscape Ecology | 01.11.2022-01.03.2022 |
| all other degree courses | 01.05.2023-15.07.2023 |
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German Language Courses (DSH) only in combination with application for degree course | 01.05.2023-15.07.2023 |
| Applicants with EU/EEA citizenship | |
| Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy | further information |
| all other degree courses with admission restrictions | 01.05.2023-15.07.2023 |
| degree courses without admission restrictions | 01.05.2023-15.07.2023 |
|
German Language Courses (DSH) only in combination with application for degree course | 01.05.2023-15.07.2023 |
| APTITUDE TESTS | |
| Sacred Music, Music | further information |
| Art degrees | further information |
Coursework and examinations that have been completed abroad can usually be recognised for continuing the degree course in Greifswald. This makes it possible to apply for admission to a more advanced subject semester and to continue the degree course you started elsewhere or to start a different degree course in a more advanced semester.
If you wish to apply for admission to a more advanced subject semester due to previous study achievements, please indicate this on your application form.
The persons responsible for the recognition or transfer of credits vary depending on the degree course.
Bachelor’s, Diplom and Master’s Degree Courses
The decision is made by the University of Greifswald’s examination boards. The application form must be complemented by a detailed list of previously gained credits (academic records, lists of subjects and marks for all study years) and passed examinations.
Human Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy
Requests for the recognition of study achievements at foreign universities must be sent to the following institutions:
Human Medicine and Dentistry
Bezirksregierung Düsseldorf
Landesprüfungsamt für Medizin, Psychotherapie und Pharmazie
Postfach 300865
40408 Düsseldorf
Germany
www.brd.nrw.de
Pharmacy
Hessisches Landesprüfungs- und Untersuchungsamt im Gesundsheitswesen
Lurgiallee 10
60439 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
www.rp-giessen.hessen.de
Information for Applicants
Study and Application Enquiries
Tel.: +49 3834 420 1116
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