Before admission

You need a study visa for traveling to Germany. Please apply for the visa as early as possible. If you can estimate approximately when you will receive your admission letter, you can also make an appointment to apply for the visa before you receive your admission.

Do not enter the country with a tourist visa. This is neither sufficient for enrolment nor can it be converted into a visa for study purposes. You can find more information at the German Embassy in your home country.

From some non-European countries you can enter without a visa and then apply for a residence permit here on site.

You can find an overview here

Countries with APS certificate

If you have obtained your higher education entrance qualification in China, India or Vietnam, you will need a certificate from the Akademische Prüfstelle (APS) to apply for the visa and to enrol at TU Braunschweig. Please apply for the APS certificate as early as possible. Processing times can be very long, especially in India. Therefore, it is important that you prepare the application well and that the required documents are submitted complete. Please use a valid e-mail address to contact the Academic Evaluation Centre and also check the spam folder of your e-mail. Keep in mind as well that requests to the APS will lead to a delay in the processing of all applications.

You must prove that you can finance your studies in Germany when applying for your visa in your home country. To do so, you must have a sum of €11,208 at your disposal. This amount is sufficient to finance your studies in Germany for one year. Detailed information on the proof of financial resources can be obtained from the German embassy or consulate in your home country.

Please take this matter seriously and calculate realistically. Students from non-EU countries are only permitted to work 120 days per year. The legal working conditions for international students are strict and failing to comply with them may subject you to expulsion from the country. Please also consider that student jobs are hard to find for foreign students in Germany. Financing your studies in Braunschweig fully or even partially through student jobs is not possible.

Each time you extend your residence permit, you will need to provide this proof of financial resources again. The immigration authorities will decide whether you need to open a blocked account for the amount.

By German standards, Braunschweig is not an expensive place to study. Nevertheless, you need a minimum of about €940 per month to be able to study here successfully.

Students in German taught degree programmes must have passed one of the following language examinations prior to enrolment:

• TestDaF with at least 4 points in each section of the test
• telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule
• DSH 2
• Sprachdiplom of the Kultusministerkonferenz (Stufe II)
• C2-Zertifikat of the Goethe Institute
• Feststellungsprüfung of the Studienkolleg

Enrolment is not possible without proof of sufficient German language skills.

If your German language skills are not yet sufficient for studying at university level, you can learn German at TU Braunschweig or take the TestDaF examination before you begin your studies.

The Language Centre offers intensive German courses at all levels that prepare you for the TestDaF.

More information about the German Intensiv Courses

In addition, the Language Centre offers TestDaF examination dates several times a year. Unfortunately, the number of places is limited. Prerequisite for the participation is the proof of a completed German course Mittelstufe II or B2.2.

More information about the TestDaF exam