If you wish to study a Bachelor course, you will need a University entrance qualification, called a “Hochschulzugangsberechtigung”. These are educational certificates which prove that you are qualified to study at a German university - especially your school leaving certificate. Depending on your country of origin, several semesters of university studies in that country may additionally be required.
Are you unsure if you have a University entrance qualification?
Find out quickly and simply if you are qualified to study in Germany using your Educational certificates here: https://www.uni-assist.de/en/tools/check-university-admission/
In order to apply for a Master’s course in Germany, you need to have completed Undergraduate studies in a related subject.
Your degree must be equivalent to a German Bachelor degree. This involves the following criteria, among others: The initial degree must be attained at a university which is recognised (accredited) according to the laws of the country in question. Some countries also require the course of study itself to be accredited.
You can check the recognition of your university using the information portal "anabin" of the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB).
Please inform yourself about the admission requirements first. Then apply via uni-assist for our university.
We recommend an early application to enable uni-assist to demand and check missing documents in due time.
Please note that uni-assist will not check your application until you have completed your online application and uni-assist has received both your application documents by post and the handling fees.
Unfortunately, not. Harz University does not run its own Studienkolleg.
Applicants who have to complete a preparatory course at a so called Studienkolleg first or need to acquire a recognised language certificate contact our Landesstudienkolleg, please. It is located in Köthen at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. On behalf of the universities of the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt it prepares international applicants for their studies in terms of language and/or subject.
However, you are free to apply to one of the other German Studienkollegs in order to obtain a recognised language certificate or the so called Feststellungsprüfung (assessment test):
http://studienkollegs.de/home.html
In almost all study programmes at Harz University language of instruction is GERMAN. The only programme taught in English is Technology and Innovation Management (M.Eng.).
Unfortunately, not. Language courses aiming at a recognised certificate are offered by the Studienkollegs in Germany.
There also is a wide range of German courses at language schools and language institutes. As these institutions usually do not offer one of the recognised language certificates, you should find out in detail which language certificates are accepted by our university.
Worldwide both the Goethe-Institutes and the TestDaF-Institutes offer the opportunity to acquire certified proofs of German language skills. It is also possible to get a certified language certificate at a Studienkolleg in Germany.
If German is not your mother tongue, one of the following language certificates has to be submitted:
Proof of German language proficiency is not required if you have successfully completed a German-language Bachelor's programme in Germany.
There are no tuition fees to be paid for studying at Harz University. There is only charged a semester contribution each semester. This covers administrative costs as well as a semester ticket for free use of buses at our two study locations Wernigerode and Halberstadt and their surroundings.
However, you should be aware that the living expenses in Germany can be much higher than in your home country.
Unfortunately, we cannot verify your academic performance and language proficiency directly.
Since uni-assist checks the eligibility requirements for a Harz University programme on behalf of our university we kindly ask you to apply via uni-assist.
Before applying to uni-assist, you may want to check on their website if you meet the basic admission criteria.
You can also verify if your foreign qualification complies with the general requirements to study at a German higher education institution by using the anabin database to independently check whether your certificates entitle you to study in Germany:
https://anabin.kmk.org/anabin.html
Yes, that’s possible, but only after your matriculation. In advance, however, it is not possible to check a possible recognition or to give a forecast as to the extent to which examination achievements can be recognised when enrolling in the first semester.
We strongly recommend international applicants to apply for the 1st semester.
Often the application for a higher semester aims at shortening your studies.
Before applying for a study placement in a higher semester, you should consider the following points:
Students can generally work up to 20 hours a week during the semester. However, depending on the country of origin, certain regulations apply.
Students from the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland
do not need a work permit to work while studying.
Students from non-EU countries
are allowed to work a maximum of 120 days (max. 8 hours/day) or 240 half days (max. 4 hours/day) per year without a work permit.
Citizens from China and Vietnam
Uni-assist can only evaluate your application documents with a valid, original APS certificate within the deadline.
Citizens from India
Since a specific regulation regarding the APS certificate applies to applications for the upcoming winter semester 2023/24, please proceed as follows (depending on the status of your APS):
Please note that you will need to send your original APS certificate. A certified copy is not sufficient.
APS India is replacing paper printed certificates by digital certificates.
These digital APS certificates will be issued in a secure PDF file format and are validated by a digital signature. The digital certificate will be delivered to you via your registered email address upon completion of the APS verification.
The digital certificate has the same validity as the paper-printed certificate and can be used for submitting documents at Uni-Assist for the admission process.
Regular updates can be found on the APS India website.
No, you can't. Applications with foreign educational certificates must be submitted to uni-assist exclusively.
You want to apply for a study programme at Harz University - great!
You first need to register in the uni-assist online portal. Then choose the study programme you want to apply for and/or our institution: "Wernigerode, Hochschule Harz".
Please note that - depending on whether you want to apply for a restricted or non-restricted study programme - registration is not possible from mid-June/mid-July to October and mid-December/mid-January to April. During these periods Harz University is not visible in the uni-assist portal as it needs to be updated with all relevant information for the next application period.
In the meantime, you can check your documents for completeness. A full list of required documents as well as the application deadlines can be found here for Bachelor programmes and here for Master programmes.
Information on the documents to be submitted via uni-assist can be found here.
Please note that additional documents are required, especially for Master programmes. You can find out about the additionally required documents in the admission regulations of the respective degree programme.
Never submit original certificates, but only officially certified copies. Your application documents will be stored at uni-assist for documentation purposes for a limited period of time and will not be returned.
Yes, you do. Regarding the certification of documents refer to the information provided by uni-assist e.V., please.
This depends on the educational qualification you have passed.
If you have foreign educational certificates, please check our homepage first to find out whether you have to submit your application via the portal of Harz University of Applied Sciences or via uni-assist. The information listed there applies to applications for full-time studies in the Bachelor and Master programmes at Harz University, regardless of your citizenship.
After you sent your documents by regular mail to uni-assist and paid the handling fee, they will process your application. This may take 4 to 6 weeks.
They only evaluate if all necessary documents are included in the right form during the processing procedure. You may submit missing documents up until the Application deadline. Uni-assist will inform you by email as soon as the evaluation result is available in your My assist account under “My Inbox.”
You can check the status of your application using your My assist account - via the application overview in the menu. The status will only change once uni-assist has processed your application in its entirety and will inform you in detail about your evaluation result.
Your application is successful if they have received your complete application within the deadline and all criteria set by our university are met.
As soon as uni-assist has forwarded your application digitally, our Admission office is responsible for handling your application. Harz University will then decide if you will be placed in a course and will inform you of all further steps.
This will only take place once the application deadline has passed and – if you have applied for a Master programme - the admission board has decided on the basis of academic performance, language proficiency and professional experience, presumably end of July (winter semester)/ January (summer semester).
Since uni-assist is the examining institution, you should first try to clarify your question regarding your application with uni-assist. If uni-assist refers you to us, we need your application number in order to clarify your request.