Higher Education Entrance Qualification

International students who wish to apply for admission to a university in Germany need to provide evidence that they possess the necessary qualification for higher education entrance just like German applicants. If you possess a secondary school leaving certificate from your native country that is regarded as equivalent to the German Abitur, you can receive admission to the university directly. If you have already studied for two or more semesters in your native country, you can generally also be admitted directly to a degree program at the University of Freiburg. The decision as to whether foreign-earned higher education entrance qualification is fully equivalent or only partially equivalent to the German Abitur is made on the basis of recommendations from the ministers of education and cultural affairs of the German states (Central Office for Foreign Education Systems). You can check for yourself whether your higher education entrance qualification is equivalent to the German qualification on the database of the Conference of the State Ministers of Education at www.anabin.de [de].