Application Check List of the International Office
Important!
Starting in the winter semester 2026/27, an application fee of 60� will be charged for persons with citizenship outside the EU/EEA.
A digital upload of your documents is sufficient for the application. However, officially certified copies of the documents are required for enrolment!
Online Application
All prospective students with foreign citizenship and a university entrance qualification (certificates) from abroad must apply via the application portal:
? Step 1: Registration in the application portal ? Step 2: Online application in the application portal
The following documents must be uploaded to the application portal:
Resumé (complete, until the time of your application)
Passport or identity card (only the data including name & date of birth) → Translation of identity card required if the data including name & date of birth is not in German or English
If you have studied at a German university before: complete evidence of study at all previously attended universities, e.g. study course certificates from all previously attended universities, certificate(s) of pre- or intermediate examinations or termination of enrolment certificates
APS Certificate if your certificates come from one of the following countries: 1. China (APS Peking), 2. India (APS New Delhi), 3. Vietnam (APS Hanoi) → Additionally: proof of your TestAS certificate if your APS certificate states that you took part in TestAS. If: - you have an APS certificate with ‘subject restriction: subject-specific choice of subjects’ (Fachbindung: fachorientierte F?cherwahl) and - you want apply for a subject which is different from your previous studies and - you finished your Bachelor’s degree after receiving your APS certificate, Then: - a new APS certificate is required, which includes an evaluation of your Bachelor’s degree: subsequent certification (Nachzertifizierung).
Only if you already requested and received one: Certificate Recognition Evaluation (Zeugnisanerkennungsbescheid) from a Certificate Recognition Authority (Zeugnisanerkennungsstelle), e.g. from the Certificate Recognition Authority of the Bavarian State Office for Schools (Zeugnisanerkennungsstelle des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Schule)
When a third party (someone other than you) would like to receive information about the status of your application → required for data protection purposes; example of a power of authority(5.1 KB, 1 page).
If you are or were already enrolled at the University of Bamberg: Certificate of enrolment
The following documents must be uploaded to the application portal as (foreign) original document & translation (translation not necessary if the document was issued in English):
School leaving certificate & list of school leaving grades (transcript of records)
If you have already studied abroad:
University entrance examination (if applicable)
Lists of grades for all semesters (transcript of records)
If you have already completed a course of study abroad: :
University degree certificate (e.g. Bachelor’s certificate)
Please see the overwiew which German language certificates are accepted.
Important: If you have received your certificates in German language proficiency in Iran, please note that only the following certificates are accepted: from the Goethe-Institut (DSIT) and the ?sterreichisches Kulturforum (?KF)!
If you have passed the pre-university examination (Feststellungsprüfung - FSP) from a Studienkolleg: Certificate of passing the pre-university examination, including the individual grades (transcript of records) → Important: An FSP certificate is not considered a German but a foreign university entrance qualification!
If you have changed your name: proof of change-of-name (e.g. if your name changed when you married, your marriage certificate is adequate proof)
Translations
Documents in English do not have to be translated.
Documents in other languages must be translated into German, and the translations must be officially certified. The translation must be prepared from the original document. If you have the translation done in Germany: List of officially authorised translators in Germany.
International Office Application Deadlines
Benjamin Herges/Universit?t Bamberg
The following application deadlines apply:
15 January (summer semester), resp. 15 July (winter semester)
Special case: For persons with EU/EEA citizenship, an application for a non-restricted (zulassungsfrei) undergraduate course of study (bachelor's, teacher training) is possible until the end of the enrolment period.
The completed application must have been submitted in the application portal by the above mentioned deadlines.
The earliest submission date for applications for the winter semester is mid-May of that year. The earliest submission date for the summer semester is mid-November of the previous year. Applications prior to these dates will not be accepted or reviewed.
For information on individual degrees and courses, please contact the Student Advisory Service (Zentrale Studienberatung) and/or the Subject-Specific Advisory Service (Fachstudienberatung).
The ‘UnivIS’ information database offers an overview of all courses for all semesters and a list of contact persons with telephone numbers and e-mail addresses for the entire University of Bamberg.
Admissions Restrictions "Numerus Clausus" (NC) and the Allocation of Admissions
The number of study places for some courses is restricted. To find out whether a course is restricted, please refer to the homepage of the degree programme.
Grades from abroad are converted into a German average grade. Study places are granted to applicants who have the highest average grades.
