Many of you would love to study in Germany directly in university with 12 years of education without going to studienkolleg. You may have known that Germany education system is quiet different when it comes to study in universities. One needs 13 years schooling for doing so as schooling in Germany before university education is of 13 years duration. Most of the students face this problems from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Afghanistan etc as their initial schooling system before university education is of 12 years. Generally, with 12 years of education, you must learn German level with B1 by providing a certificate to study in Studienkolleg for a year of foundation year (you can read here more information about studying in Studienkolleg).
So here we go! How to skip studienkolleg and foundation year and learning German language and how to directly get admission in German universities directly? According to recent new regulations, it is up to 90% possible if you do one of the following things:
How to complete 13 years education for direct admission?
The first and foremost way is that having 12 years education (known as plus 2, intermediate schooling, intermediate school certificate etc.) extending into 13 years by completing a year of a degree program in a university in your country of origin. This will help you to get 2 semesters passed and getting a result transcript and having the required level of 13 years of education to get direct university admission in Germany.
Direct admission through 12 years education
This is also possible but this is not a law or rule. Some universities may admit you on the basis of just 12 years of education if you have more that 70% of marks in intermediate exams. Most probably this would be possible for those who has this certificate in science subjects. The main German higher education comparability website states is as under: ‘applicants often do not submit the official secondary school certificates, but only provisional certificates or summary of subjects and subjects (Result Card, Marks Certificate, Mark Sheet, etc.). These can be recognized as proof of higher education entrance qualification if they clearly indicate that secondary education has been acquired’.
This is the proof from official German higher education website.
Direct admission in University by passing an Entry Test
For Indian students, through this procedure, you can apply for direct university admission by passing an entry test by Indian Institute of Technology. This entry test requires no minimum score in plus 2 examination. So with 12 years of education, you will have to provide proof of the passing of both parts (Main and Advanced) of the entrance examination “Joint Entrance Examination” to the Indian Institutes of Technology. You may also apply directly to a German university if you have studied your intermediate schooling in IT or Science.
This is the proof from official German higher education website.
This all procedures can be followed to apply for direct admission in German universities.
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