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Applying To The Studienkolleg

For graduates from PASCH schools, the Studienkolleg Mittelhessen has a special application process that allows applicants to start preparing for their university studies at the Studienkolleg immediately after high school graduation. In this way applicants from PASCH schools can pass the admission examination in their home countries and apply directly to the Studienkolleg.

  • Admission Examination

    Taking the admission examination is mandatory in order to be granted admission to the Studienkolleg Mittelhessen. For applicants from PASCH schools, this examination is held twice a year (in late March for the winter semester and early October for the summer semester) in their home countries. The coordination of the examination process is undertaken by the ZfA (German Zentralstelle für das Auslandsschulwesen English Central Office for Schools Abroad) or Goethe Institutes. PASCH students who are in their last year of high school and would like to take the admission examination for the Studienkolleg should contact either their school’s academic adviser (in the case of German Schools Abroad), or their German teacher (in the case of DSD schools), or their respective Goethe Institute (in the case of FIT schools). Graduates from PASCH schools who wish to, or are required to, take the admission examination in Germany are requested to contact Ms. Heibrock.

    For all applicants, regardless of for which modules, the admission examination entails taking one German test. Those who can show proof of having passed the DSD2-test are exempt from having to take this test. Applicants for the “T,” “M,” and “W” modules are also required to take a mathematics test. Applicants for the “G” module will take a reading comprehension test.

    Here you can find out which specialization modules of the Studienkolleg Mittelhessen correspond to which study programs at the three universities (Philipps University of Marburg, University of Applied Science of Central Hesse, Justus Liebig University Giessen).

    Applicants who have NOT attended a PASCH school can find information about the admission examination here.

  • Application documents and forms

    Graduates from PASCH schools should NOT apply via uni-assist, but directly to the Studienkolleg.

    If applicants take the admission examination in their home countries (normal case), no documents are to be submitted to the Studienkolleg prior to the test. The applicant’s personal data are to be transferred by the school’s academic adviser (in the case of DSD-schools), Student Advisory Service (in the case of DAS-schools), or the respective Goethe Institute (in the case of FIT schools).

    Graduates from PASCH schools who wish to, or are required to, take the admission examination in Germany are requested to contact Ms. Heibrock.

    1. Acceptance form and photocopy of passport:

    Applicants who have been accepted will receive an admission notice by e-mail and are required to submit their acceptance of admission by completing and signing the form provided (last page of the admission notice) and sending it by e-mail with an attached copy of their passport to Ms. Heibrock before the deadline specified in the admission notice.

    2. School Certificates:

    Applicants who have received an admission notice from the Studienkolleg must submit certified photocopies of the following certificates to the Studienkolleg (address: Studienkolleg Mittelhessen, Bunsenstraße 3, 35032 Marburg, Germany):

    - High school diploma or school-leaving certificate (Latin America: title and grades)
    - German translation of the high school diploma or school-leaving certificate
    - If available: Deutsches Sprachdiplom 2 (DSD2)

    Applicants from Colombia will also need their ICFES certificate. Applicants from China and Vietnam will also need their Deutsches Sprachdiplom 1 (DSD1), Gaokao certificate, and certificate of identity from the relevant ZfA-Fachberatung (academic advisory office).

    The certificates must be received by the Studienkolleg no later than July 31 (for the winter semester) or January 31 (for the summer semester). In countries where applicants do not receive their certificates until a later time, the examiners and the Studienkolleg will arrange a later deadline.

The main information for graduates from PASCH schools concerning the specialization modules, the admission examination and the application formalities are also provided in leaflet form in several languages (German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic).