Applicants from non-EU/EEC countries
If you are from a non-EU/EEA country and would like to pursue an undergraduate degree program (bachelor’s degree | State Examination | Church Degree) at the University of Bonn, you will need to meet a few formal requirements, which are explained in more detail below. You will therefore need to read this information carefully before submitting an application so as not to affect your chances of getting a place.
Master's degree programs
The admission procedures in the Master's programs at the University of Bonn are organized decentrally and are in the responsibility of the faculties/departments.
Application steps
Pick a degree program
Once you have chosen an undergraduate degree program (bachelor’s degree | State Examination | Church Degree), please read the information on the requisite German language proficiency and the preparatory course for the DSH first of all. Please note the exceptions we apply to German-French and German-Italian Studies as well as to Archaeologies, Geography, Economics and Computer Science, Economics Major and Minor, Media Studies, Molecular Biomedicine and Musicology/Sound Studies.
Register and apply
Register on our application portal and complete the online application. Complete your application by uploading the required documents.
Please do not send us any documents by post!
If any documents are missing or the admission requirements are not met, you will be notified about this via the portal. Please log in to the application portal regularly to check your status.
Your complete application documents must be uploaded no later than July 15 for the winter semester and January 15 for the summer semester.
Application documents
Documents that are not issued in German, English, or French have to be uploaded with a translation.
- Copy of your passport
- Curriculum vitae in table form, complete up to your application date
- If relevant, proof of your recognized refugee/asylum status
- If relevant, proof of a scholarship from a German institution for the support of gifted students
- Evidence of your German language proficiency
- Evidence of your English language proficiency: With application for Archeologies, Economics and Computer Science, Economics Major and Minor, Geography, Media Studies, Molecular Biomedicine and Musicology/Sound Studies
- University entrance qualification: You can find information on the equivalence of foreign qualifications on the website of the Central Office for Foreign Education or on the DAAD´s Database on admission requirements
- Secondary-school graduation certificate, including overview of grades and transcript and German or English translation
- If applicable, proof that you passed your university entrance examination in your home country for the degree program you are applying for, including an overview of subjects studied and grades obtained + German or English translation
- If applicable, proof of successful studies, i.e. an overview of subjects studied and grades obtained in each individual semester in your home country + German or English translation
- If applicable, Certificate of the passed "Feststellungsprüfung" and your pre-education documents + German or English translation
- If applicable, your university degree + German or English translation
China, India and Vietnam
In addition to the qualification documents, an application is only possible with an APS certificate from an Academic Evaluation Center. We do not accept group APS within the framework of so-called partnership procedures.
Georgia
Evidence of educational background must be submitted together with an apostille.
Turkey
Proof that you passed the university entrance examination must be submitted in the form of an official certificate of results from the examination authority that issued it.
U.S.
The University of Bonn’s code for submitting AP examinations is: 9149
IB-Diploma
The "International Baccalaureate Diploma/ Diplôme du Baccalauréat International" is recognized as a university entrance qualification if it has been obtained after attending at least twelve consecutive years in a full-time school and if it meets the conditions of the Agreement on the Recognition of the "International Baccalaureate Diploma/ Diplôme du Baccalauréat International" (Resolution of the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of 10 March 1986, as amended on 24 March 2022).
Please upload the following documents:
- IB Diploma or the official "Transcript of Grades" from the IBO
- Overview of subjects and grades of the two-year IB program
- Leaving certificate of the 10th school year
Einfache Kopie
If you are admitted and proceed with enrolment, the University reserves the right to request certified copies of your documents by post during the first semester. We therefore recommend that you obtain certified copies in advance. If you are unable to provide the required documents upon request, your enrolment may be revoked.
We accept the following kinds of certifications:
- Certification by a notary
- Certification by an embassy or consulate
- Certification by the education or foreign ministry in your home country
- Official certification: In Germany, copies can be officially certified at any local or town council office, among other places.
Certifications not issued in German, English or French will need to be translated.
Translations
Qualifications and other documents (including all stamps, seals and annotations on them) that were not issued in German, English or French will need to be translated by a certified translator or interpreter.
Important note
Application Period:
For Summer Semester: beginning of December - 15. January
For Winter Semester: beginning of June - 15. July
Please note: Your application can only be considered if all necessary application documents have been submited within the specified deadlines.
Start your application
The following degree programs have specific selection procedures. Please contact the degree program coordinators directly for more information:
For the above mention Bachelor's programs English language skills on the level of B2 (CEFR) are required in addition to the required German language skills. The corresponding English language certificate must already be submitted by the application deadline. An exemption from the proof of the English language certificate is only possible if the language of instruction in secondary school or in a completed Bachelor`s degree program was English. Official confirmation from the school/university is required.
Recognized English language certificates and their minimum requirements:
TEST OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (TOEFL)
- Internet-based test (iBT): with a minimum score of 72. Test Date Score applies, not MyBest Score.
Please note: TOEFL ITP is not accepted.
Please tell ETS the code number D393 so that your TOEFL score report will be sent directly to the University of Bonn.
INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM (IELTS)
- IELTS Academic with a minimum score of 5.5 (Overall band score)
CAMBRIDGE MAIN SUITE OF ENGLISH EXAMINATIONS
- Cambridge English: B2 First
TELC ENGLISH
- CERTIFICATE B2
PEARSONS
- PTE Academic: 59
UNICERT
- II (Vantage)
If you are admitted to the Molecular Biomedicine degree program, you must complete the online self-test for study orientation and upload the result in the online enrollment. To avoid time pressure, we recommend that you complete the self-test early. You can find further information here.
Contact Information
International Students team
Contact
Last name A - G +49 228 73-3915
Last name H - O +49 228 73-7655
Last name P - Z +49 228 73-7275
Address
2nd floor, Rooms 1.007 – 1.010
Poppelsdorfer Allee 49
53115 Bonn, Germany