University Pathway

Would you like to study at a German university? But don´t know how to go about it? The University Pathway Program will guide you through every step!

Students, who cannot apply directly to study at German Institutes of Higher Education because they don’t have an accepted school leaving certificate, have to take an exam (Feststellungsprüfung) before they study (equivalent to the German „ Abitur”).

In order to pass this entrance exam successfully, universities offer potential applicants 12-month preparation courses (Studienkollegs). The course ends with the exam and the permission to study.

Entry to the  Studienkollegs is also restricted. As there are more applicants than free places, foreign applicants have to take an entrance exam for the Studienkolleg. You can take the entrance exam at various Studienkolleges; individual Studienkollegs may have different entrance exams and demands.

The Preparation course prepares you completely for the demands of this exam (whichever Studienkolleg you have applied for). It practises the areas focused on in the exam: German and mathematics.

With practice tests and relevant material, courses prepare you for the following requirements:

Entrance exam: German.
Recommended material: Uni-Deutsch 1, Wissenschaftsdeutsch, Booksbaum Verlag.

• Introduction to analysing academic structures and texts
• Introduction to describing and interpreting graphic material
• Revision of core points of German syntax and morphology
• Transformation exercises  and fill-in the gap exercises with past papers
• Writing practice with individual correction

Entrance exam: mathematics.
Recommended material: Dudenverlag: Abiturwissen-Box.

• Functions and graphs
• Equations and  square root calculations
• Logarithmena, differential and integral calculus
• Geometry
• Business mathematics
• Percentages and statistics