Application process for the Studienkolleg

The Lower Saxony Studienkolleg at Leibniz University Hannover prepares foreign applicants whose educational certificates do not allow direct access to higher education in preparatory courses for study at a university.

If you have to attend Studienkolleg in advance, please note the following application process:

After checking your application documents via uni-assist, you will receive information about the notification of the admission procedure for the Studienkolleg from the student administration at Hochschule Hannover.

You will receive all further information directly from Studienkolleg.

Important information about the admission procedure:

The Studienkolleg will ask you to send your current language certificate, which will be used for the selection for the entrance test.

Recognized German certificates of at least level B 1 can be submitted

i.a. Onset, TestDaF, DSH, DSD I and II, telc, telc Hochschule, Goethe certificates, ÖSD certificates,

Unicert, IB- German, certificates from the TU Clausthal, certificates from the TU Braunschweig. Certificates from other test providers will not be accepted.

Based on the certificates Studienkolleg will make a preselection and send out the invitations to the entrance test. If you have very good language skills (more than B 1), you have the best chance of receiving an invitation.

Please note that invitations to the entrance test are only sent by Studienkolleg. The Hochschule Hannover has no influence on sending of the invitation to the entrance test.

You can find more information about this procedure on the homepage Studienkolleg  https://www.stk.uni-hannover.de/en/course-participation/entrance-test

Unfortunately, due to the changes, the Hochschule Hannover can no longer issue certificates for visa application.