Before you can be admitted to a course of study at a German institution of higher education you will asbe required to take the Assessment Test. This requirement will apply as a rule. Admission to the assessment test is only possible for applicants who can prove that they hold a secondary school leaving certificate awarded for 12 years of schooling. Applicants who provide proof of successful participation in the entrance examination for the Indian Institutes of Technology can be admitted direct to higher education study.
International students can try out the following options if:
you hold a secondary school leaving certificate or a higher education entrance qualification and now want to take up a course of academic study in Germany in order, for example, to gain a Bachelor's degree or a German degree, such as a Diploma, Magister or Staatsexamen:
you already hold a first academic degree awarded in your home country, such as a Bachelor's degree, and now want to continue your studies in Germany in order, for example, to gain a Master's degree or to attend a postgraduate degree course or perhaps you would like to attend a Master Class or gain a Konzertexamen degree
Generally, for studies in Germany, students are required to be proficient in German to be able to study or research effectively in Germany. But
Before you can embark on your studies at a German institution of higher education you will have to take the DSH - the German language proficiency test. The institutions set and hold these examinations themselves and also arrange the dates. "International degree courses" and some postgraduate courses are an exception to this rule.
You can be exempted from the DSH if you hold a higher education entrance qualification (Abitur) from a recognized school (in Germany or abroad) at which German was the language of instruction.
German language proficiency certificate as required for your studies in Germany can also be obtained in your home country in the form of the so-called Test DaF This language test is held twice a year (in spring and autumn/fall) at certain towns or universities in many countries around the globe.
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