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Higher Education Entrance Qualification
You have to have passed a secondary school (high school, lyceum, Gymnasium etc.) in your
home country successfully. The diploma of this secondary school has to grant admission to
the universities of your home country. In some countries you additionally have to have
studied for one year or passed a university entry exam, for example. All necessary documentation,
i.e. the diploma of the secondary school and/or a certificate of enrollment and/or a certificate
of a passed university entry exam constitutes your Higher Education Entrance Qualification
(“Hochschulzugangsberechtigung”).
Where to apply?
With your Higher Education Entrance Qualification you can apply for a place at e.g. a Bavarian
university. In doing so you are considered an “applicant” (“Studienbewerber”). If your secondary
school diploma does not allow you to start studying at university right away, your university will
inform you that you have to take and pass a preparatory course at the Studienkolleg München before
being able to start your studies at the university.
How to get in the Studienkolleg?
After your application your university signs you up at the Studienkolleg and you have to take part
in the entry exam in German. The language of instruction at the Studienkolleg München is German.
The entry exam makes sure that your command of German is sufficient. Students of the T-Course
additionally have to take an entry exam in mathematics.
You can only take part in these entry exams, if your university has invited you to do so.
How much English do you have to know?
In order for your English classes to make sense and be rewarding, you should have some knowledge
of this language from your previous education:
For the W-Course you will need knowledge of English at the level of A2 of the “Common European
Framework of Reference for Languages”.
For the G-Course you will need knowledge of English at the level of B1 of the “Common European
Framework of Reference for Languages”. In the G-Course the requirements are higher than in the
W-Course because English or Latin are considered to be focus subjects for studies of languages
and are taught accordingly.
If the university subject of your choice necessitates knowledge of Latin, you will have to attend
Latin classes. You will not have any English classes then.
Latin or English in the G-Course?
If you apply for a subject of the humanities, for which your university expects you to acquire
knowledge of Latin, you will automatically join the Latin class at the Studienkolleg. It is then
also possible to receive a higher qualification in Latin (“Latinum”). Students of other subjects of
the G-Course will join the English class (focus on reading comprehension) after the entry exam.
Consequently, you have to get precise information on the subject you want to apply for at
university beforehand and find out whether it really meets your expectations and goals. Changing
your subject later on could mean that you have to catch up on the necessary knowledge of English
or Latin while you are already amidst your studies at the university.
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