You would like to study at Bergische Universität Wuppertal and obtain a bachelor's degree.
If you have acquired your eligibility (e.g. Lise Diplomasi, Baccalaureat, Attestat) to study at Bergische Universität abroad, i.e. if you do not have a German university entrance qualification (German Abitur, German university degree, etc.), apply to study/take a German language course at Bergische Universität via the working and service point for international student applications "uni-assist" (detailed application information can be found in the Download Centre).
- Certificates must be uploaded via the uni-assist application portal along with all required documents as officially certified copies (amtlich beglaubigte Kopien). Documents that are not in German or English must be uploaded in addition to the original as a certified translation (English or German).
Documents to be uploaded to uni-assist -
The University reserves the right to spot-check documents submitted in digital form on a random basis and, in the event of doubts about the authenticity of the digitally submitted document or for other reasons, to have the original document presented or verified.
IMPORTANT: This does not apply to the cases listed in the paragraph "Exceptions to the uni-assist application procedure".
Application Deadlines
For the summer semester: 15.11.-15.01.
For the winter semester: 15.05.-15.07.
=> Please note that there might be additional steps for some degree programmes! Please check all the admission requirements early on our information websites for study programmes.
Detailed application information and the application for admission to the degree programme can be found in the "Download Centre".
Application Deadlines
- Winter semester standard deadline 15.05. – 15.07.
- Summer semester standard deadline: 15.11. – 15.01.
Exceptions to the uni-assist application procedure
Please note: The title of the degree programme and the degree must be identical!
- Please send the application form for admission (from the download centre on the right) with all the required documents listed on the application form via email to the Student admission and registration for international students by 15.1 (if applying for the summer semester) and by 15.7 (if applying for the winter semester)
- International applicants who have already completed a Bachelor's degree in Germany and are interested in a Master's degree programme should apply directly to the relevant Master's examination board (please note the application deadlines of the respective Master's examination board) and then to the Student Admission and Registration for International Students.
- The application deadline at the Student Admission and Registration for International Students is 15.4 for the summer semester and 15.10 for the winter semester. You can find the application for admission to the degree programme in the Download Center on the right.
Irrespective of the date of your prior enrolment, this applies in the case of:
- a previous enrolment in a degree programme
- a previous enrolment in the preparatory German course
- a previous enrolment as an Erasmus or exchange student
Here, the application form exception uni-assist (from the download centre on the right), with all the required documents listed on the application form, must be sent via email to the Student admission and registration for International Students by 15.1 (for an application for the summer semester) and by 15.7 (for an application for the winter semester).
Information on the German language certificate
Prospective students with foreign university entrance qualification and who would like to enrol in a German-language degree programme have to provide proof of sufficient German language skills before enrolling into the respective degree programme.
The enrolment into a degree programme requires the German Language Test for University Admission (DSH) at least at level DSH-2. If a student took the DSH examination at another university, DSH certificate will be accepted if the respective university’s DSH examination regulations are registered at the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK). (http://www.hrk.de/mitglieder/arbeitsmaterialien/ registrierung- von-dsh-pruefungsordnungen (in German available only).
Admission to the respective degree programme and proof of German language skills at least at level C1 of the “Common European Framework of Reference for Languages” (CFL) is a prerequisite for admission to the DSH examination at the University of Wuppertal.
The DSH examination is offered twice a year in March and September. Applicants are required to pay a fee of €150 for taking the DSH. For detailed information, please visit: https://www.sli.uni-wuppertal.de/en/deutsch-als-fremdsprache/dsh/.
You are exempt from providing proof of the DSH if you passed one of the following examinations: DSDS II German Language Diploma of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs, the Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung (C2), the Goethe-Zertifikat C2: Großes Deutsches Sprachdiplom (GDS) or the Kleines Deutsches Sprachdiplom (KDS) offered by the Goethe-Institut, TestDaF level 4 in all parts of the examination, the German language examination for university studies “telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule”, a school-leaving certificate from a German school corresponding to a German higher education entrance qualification or the German examination as part of the aptitude test.
For all necessary information on the TestDaF examination, please visit www.testdaf.de (in German available only) or the website of the Language Learning institute: www.sli.uni-wuppertal.de/en.
If you have already registered for or taken part in a DSH, telc Deutsch C1-Hochschule or a TestDaF examination but have not received the certificate by the end of extension period, you can upload or submit the certificate of registration or attendance by the end of the late extension period (31 January or 31 July) at the latest. You will then be given the opportunity to submit the certificate until the enrolment deadline. This deadline does not apply to the Bachelor degree programmes Psychology and Architecture.
In the following cases, you can be exempted from the DSH test by our Language Learning Institute (SLI) if you had your language skills assessed in an interview by the SLI:
- German as a mother tongue
- German nationality
- Not yet completed secondary school education at a German-speaking school
- General certificate of secondary education (Realschulabschluss) from a German secondary school or completion of 9th grade at a German school abroad
- Apprenticeship in Germany
- Completed German-language degree programme at a foreign university
- Completed German degree course
- At least one year of study at a German university in a German taught degree programme and with successfully completed credits
The following language certificates entitle you to be admitted to the DSH 2 examination at the University of Wuppertal. After passing the DSH 2 examination you can start your degree programme.
- DSH 1 or proof of failed DSH
- TestDaF with the result 2x3 and 2x4
- C1 certificate
The University of Wuppertal offers preparatory German courses to foreign prospective students applying for a degree programme who have a higher education entrance qualification, but cannot provide proof of sufficient German knowledge. Participants are required to pay a fee of €500. The International Center will cover these costs under certain conditions if the applicant is a “registered asylum-seeker”. If the requirements have not been met by the end of the German course; the applicant must pay the fee to the International Center.
Participants of the preparatory German course can be enrolled at the University of Wuppertal for a maximum of three semesters. As “students” in the German course, they require private health insurance. In addition to the German course fee, participants are required to pay the regular semester fee of currently approx. 340.00 euros, which includes the Deutschland-Semesterticket (Deutschland-Ticket for students).
The University of Wuppertal offers German courses at levels A2 to C1. Participants can acquire German language skills at level A1 by taking an online self-study course. Assignment to a course level is based on the result of a placement test. German courses take place all year round and consist of 38 teaching weeks and around 18 lessons per week. During school holiday of North Rhine-Westphalia, no courses take place. The German course concludes with the final examination of the C1 course, which is a prerequisite for taking the DSH examination in Wuppertal.
