Admission requirements

General admission requirements and, if applicable, specific admission criteria apply to the various degree programmes. The chart below gives you an overview of the current general admission and language requirements for Bachelor's degree programmes. These also apply to Bachelor students in international mobility programmes.

GRAPH Admission requirements for studying at Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences (PDF)

(I) General national university admission

In order to take up studies at Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences, legally defined requirements must be met. According to the Thuringian Higher Education Act (§ 67), one of the following educational pathways must have been completed:

• General higher education entrance qualification (Abitur)
• Subject-related higher education entrance qualification
• Advanced technical college entrance qualification
• Master craftsman's examination
• State-certified technician, state-certified technician or state-certified business economist, state-certified business economist
• Recognition of further vocational training analogous to the master craftsman's examination

(II) Special national access to higher education

Studying without Abitur (without HZB)
Special university access for vocationally qualified persons - § 70 Para. 1 ThürHG

You would like to study at our university but do not have a university entrance qualification (Abitur, Fachhochschulreife, etc.) but have completed vocational training? Then under certain conditions, you can be admitted to the so-called "study on probation". You will be admitted to the probationary study programme if you have completed at least two years of vocational training and have at least three years of full-time employment. Both must be related to the degree programme you are aiming for. If you have achieved at least 30 credits in the period of your temporary enrolment of two semesters, the requirements for admission are fulfilled and you will be enrolled regularly.

(III) General international university admission

Are you interested in studying for a Bachelor's or Master's degree at Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences or would you like to spend one or two semesters at our university as an exchange student? The chart below gives you an overview of the current general admission requirements and language requirements for Bachelor's degree programmes.

GRAPH Admission requirements for studying at Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences (PDF)

If you would like to complete your entire Bachelor's or Master's programme at our university, you will find all the important information here:

complete Bachelor's or Master's programme at our university

Applicants with a higher education entrance qualification acquired abroad or internationally can check the DAAD database or the KMK (Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany) information portal anabin whether their foreign educational qualification is recognised in Germany.

Applicants with degrees from India, China and Vietnam need an additional APS certificate.

If you would like to spend one or two semesters at our university as an exchange student, you can find all the important information here:

spend one or two semesters at our university as an exchange student