T-Kurs at Staatliches Studienkolleg Nordhausen
Preparation for technical, mathematical and scientific courses
Course facts
| Course | T-Kurs — engineering, IT, natural sciences |
|---|---|
| Duration | 2 semesters |
| Language | German, B1 on entry |
| Entrance exam | German B1 and mathematics |
| How the FSP is taken | At the college, by its own board |
| Application method | Via partner universities, for your future programme of study |
| Cost | free |
The "Staatliches Studienkolleg Nordhausen" is an educational facility assigned to University of Applied Sciences Nordhausen which prepares foreign degree course applicants for a degree course at a university.
Where it gives access
The FSP of the T-Kurs is accepted for technical and natural-science programmes. It does not give access to medicine, law or economics — other tracks lead there.
Exams
* Exam dates are approximate — based on the previous intake.
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Everyone who applies to a university in the Free State of Thuringia and has to attend a preparatory college first takes an entrance test. This is a German and / or a math test. If the admission test is passed, the students are admitted according to their performance and taking into account the available places.
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Everyone who applies to a university in the Free State of Thuringia and has to attend a preparatory college will have to take an assessment test or DSH at the end in order to gain access to university.
In writing
- German
- Mathematics
- Physics or Chemistry
Oral
- Physics or Chemistry
- IT
- English
The expected dates for the assessment test in the summer semester: 18.06 - 13.07, in the winter semester: 15.12-10.01
What it costs
| Tuition | €0 |
|---|---|
| StudyInFocus application service | €297 · optional |
Accommodation and health insurance are paid separately.
Study plan
- German
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Media studies
- English
How to apply
In order to study at a university in Germany / Free State of Thuringia, you have to apply for enrollment there. Please be sure to include the copy of your university entrance qualification certificate .
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Please enclose the language certificate ( at least level B1 )!
with your application documents that you send to a university in the Free State of Thuringia
Application deadlines depends on the respective university or college!
The university then decides whether you have to take an exam in German (DSH) or the assessment test at a preparatory college.
You will receive conditional admission to study from the university / college.
This admission already includes your invitation to the preparatory college in Nordhausen. An additional invitation from the preparatory college is usually not sent.
With this conditional admission, you go to the embassy in your home country and apply for a student visa.
What you need to apply
- ✓School-leaving certificate with transcript and a certified translation
- ✓Confirmation that the certificate does not give direct university access
- ✓German certificate, level B1
- ✓Passport; for the visa — proof of funds
How to apply
- 1Check that you need a StudienkollegYour certificate's status in the recognition database decides — direct admission may be possible after one or two years at a university at home.
- 2German B1Confirmed by a certificate at the time of application.
- 3Apply via a universityYou apply to a bachelor's programme of a linked university; the university admits you conditionally and sends you to the college.
- 4Entrance examGerman and the main subject of the course; places go to the best results.
The application goes to a partner university of the college, for the bachelor's programme you want to study later; the university sends it on to the college.
Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
- ✓We check the certificate and the translations
- ✓We fill in and submit the application
- ✓We keep track of the deadline and the invitation to the entrance exam
Each additional college: €197
To apply with us, order at least 2 weeks before the application deadline. What matters is the order itself — documents can follow later: these two weeks are exactly the time for checking and preparing them. The earlier you order, even if something is still missing, the calmer and more reliably we prepare everything together for the strongest application.
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