Requirements To Study In Germany
In this article, we are going to talk about the requirements for the German universities and I'm going to give you some solid points on which you can orient yourself. Pretty much with the help of this article alone, you would be able to decide if a German master's program is a better choice for you, or an English taught one. We are also going to cover what are the requirements that you have to fulfill in order to get in either of these programs.
One point to remember in the starting is that in general public universities have stricter criteria than private universities. In private universities sometimes you can even get a pre-admission confirmation just within three hours. This is the reason we are going to rather discuss the public universities’ requirements and not the private ones because if you are fulfilling the public university requirements, private ones like you're going to fulfill anyway.
An important point is, no matter what your profile is you always have a chance of getting admitted to a German public university and the major reason is that most of the Germans do not do their masters. Because after the bachelor's they have very good job opportunities in Germany. This is the reason you have a lot of free spaces.
Let's start with the requirements of the English taught master's program, so for that, you need IELTS at 6.5, at least and I'm saying, at least because some universities, also can take you up at five IELTS or something. Some universities out there which even take you with 7 or 7.5. But 6.5 is the basic standard most of the universities are going to take you to an English taught master's program with IELTS 6.5, or even a medium of instruction certificate.
The acceptance of IELTS is, of course, way more in the universities, then your medium of instruction certificates. If you have IELTS with 6.5, you should be good for most of the German universities, as 95% of them.
The next requirement is GRE. An important point to remember is that GRE is just something that some universities ask for. Most of the universities still do not ask for any kind of GRE but if you want to apply to these premier Institute's then you need a GRE score. This is something you can just find directly on the university's website, not a lot of hassle.
Start as early as possible, Even if you're starting like at least one or two years before your end of the bachelor's or you know like whenever you want to go to Germany. It's not a bad thing. At all like the sooner, you start the more prepared you are and this is something that you should always remember.
The next requirement is German proficiency. so most of the German universities for the English dot masters program do not ask for any kind of German proficiency. Now some universities, for example, even the University of Applied Sciences FH Aachen, have put a requirement of b1 level German. Because they want you to be more integrated into the German job market. Once you're done with everything they really want you to actually utilize whatever you have studied in the industry. If you don't have good German proficiency you just miss out on a lot of opportunities. I actually like that universities are putting these kinds of German proficiency filters so that they only get more serious applicants. I think more universities are going to go towards that direction because it just helps them really filter out the students who are like just purely interested in Germany, and not for any other country. Most of the German universities at this time Do not ask for any kind of German proficiency. The some who do I just for a2 or b1 level not more than that. Regarding the scoring bachelor's for English or master's program, you should at least have 60%.
Now let's go to was a German taught master's program and this is rather the more interesting part. Many people have different kinds of ideas about German taught master's program. Most of the people think that hey it's a German taught program maybe it's going to be very tough or something. First of all, no matter what kind of masters you come for you are going to face difficulties and I'm like telling you already in advance.
Sometimes students take it nice and still are able to finish a Masters in two years, some students take longer sometimes like up to four years. So it really depends on how prepared you are. So for the German taught masters program the requirements are.
First, you don't need any ILTES, which means is no medium of instruction certificate absolutely nothing.
Second, you also do not need any kind of GRE for most of the German talk master's program.
Third, the German proficiency that you need is going to be at least at the level of C1, or C2.
The thing that lesser students know is that you can also apply to German universities with just a B2 level of German proficiency. But till the time of enrollment, you need C1, or C2 certificate to show, so that you can enroll in the university.
Another super interesting thing is that the German taught master's program does not have any kind of limitation on what kind of Bachelor score you have. So even if you have like 50% or something, you're totally fine to come to study in a German master's program. This is because most of the German students that do not go for masters after their bachelor's. They just do their bachelor's start working, get higher pay, according to their seniority.
This is an absolutely positive point here, if you are trying to, establish yourself or establish your skills in a new country like Germany, then masters are a great way to start. If you're coming from a German program, you are not only showing everybody that you have really good German proficiency but also that you're able to study your masters which is a complicated degree in a completely different language which is again something that everybody is going to appreciate you for.
One point to remember in the starting is that in general public universities have stricter criteria than private universities. In private universities sometimes you can even get a pre-admission confirmation just within three hours. This is the reason we are going to rather discuss the public universities’ requirements and not the private ones because if you are fulfilling the public university requirements, private ones like you're going to fulfill anyway.
An important point is, no matter what your profile is you always have a chance of getting admitted to a German public university and the major reason is that most of the Germans do not do their masters. Because after the bachelor's they have very good job opportunities in Germany. This is the reason you have a lot of free spaces.
Let's start with the requirements of the English taught master's program, so for that, you need IELTS at 6.5, at least and I'm saying, at least because some universities, also can take you up at five IELTS or something. Some universities out there which even take you with 7 or 7.5. But 6.5 is the basic standard most of the universities are going to take you to an English taught master's program with IELTS 6.5, or even a medium of instruction certificate.
The acceptance of IELTS is, of course, way more in the universities, then your medium of instruction certificates. If you have IELTS with 6.5, you should be good for most of the German universities, as 95% of them.
The next requirement is GRE. An important point to remember is that GRE is just something that some universities ask for. Most of the universities still do not ask for any kind of GRE but if you want to apply to these premier Institute's then you need a GRE score. This is something you can just find directly on the university's website, not a lot of hassle.
Start as early as possible, Even if you're starting like at least one or two years before your end of the bachelor's or you know like whenever you want to go to Germany. It's not a bad thing. At all like the sooner, you start the more prepared you are and this is something that you should always remember.
The next requirement is German proficiency. so most of the German universities for the English dot masters program do not ask for any kind of German proficiency. Now some universities, for example, even the University of Applied Sciences FH Aachen, have put a requirement of b1 level German. Because they want you to be more integrated into the German job market. Once you're done with everything they really want you to actually utilize whatever you have studied in the industry. If you don't have good German proficiency you just miss out on a lot of opportunities. I actually like that universities are putting these kinds of German proficiency filters so that they only get more serious applicants. I think more universities are going to go towards that direction because it just helps them really filter out the students who are like just purely interested in Germany, and not for any other country. Most of the German universities at this time Do not ask for any kind of German proficiency. The some who do I just for a2 or b1 level not more than that. Regarding the scoring bachelor's for English or master's program, you should at least have 60%.
Now let's go to was a German taught master's program and this is rather the more interesting part. Many people have different kinds of ideas about German taught master's program. Most of the people think that hey it's a German taught program maybe it's going to be very tough or something. First of all, no matter what kind of masters you come for you are going to face difficulties and I'm like telling you already in advance.
Sometimes students take it nice and still are able to finish a Masters in two years, some students take longer sometimes like up to four years. So it really depends on how prepared you are. So for the German taught masters program the requirements are.
First, you don't need any ILTES, which means is no medium of instruction certificate absolutely nothing.
Second, you also do not need any kind of GRE for most of the German talk master's program.
Third, the German proficiency that you need is going to be at least at the level of C1, or C2.
The thing that lesser students know is that you can also apply to German universities with just a B2 level of German proficiency. But till the time of enrollment, you need C1, or C2 certificate to show, so that you can enroll in the university.
Another super interesting thing is that the German taught master's program does not have any kind of limitation on what kind of Bachelor score you have. So even if you have like 50% or something, you're totally fine to come to study in a German master's program. This is because most of the German students that do not go for masters after their bachelor's. They just do their bachelor's start working, get higher pay, according to their seniority.
This is an absolutely positive point here, if you are trying to, establish yourself or establish your skills in a new country like Germany, then masters are a great way to start. If you're coming from a German program, you are not only showing everybody that you have really good German proficiency but also that you're able to study your masters which is a complicated degree in a completely different language which is again something that everybody is going to appreciate you for.
