Application Procedure for the Preparatory College

Please apply via uni-assist for a degree programme at Hochschule Hannover. You can access uni-assist at:

www.uni-assist.de

Based on your educational qualifications from your home country, uni-assist will check whether

• direct access to higher education is possible, or
• attending a preparatory college is required first.

Information on the processing fees can be found here:

https://www.uni-assist.de/en/apply/payment-of-processing-fees/

Hochschule Hannover accepts a fully online application via uni-assist with simple copies of certificates. The online application, including the upload of documents, is sufficient.

An overview of the currently offered degree programmes at Hochschule Hannover can be found at:

https://www.hs-hannover.de/studium/studienangebot/bachelor-studiengaenge

After your application documents have been reviewed by uni-assist, you will receive information from the Student Administration of Hochschule Hannover regarding registration for the admission procedure of the Preparatory College of Lower Saxony at Leibniz University Hannover.

All further information will be provided directly by the preparatory college.

Please note that invitations to the entrance examination are issued exclusively by the Preparatory College of Lower Saxony at Leibniz University Hannover. Based on the submitted certificates, the preparatory college makes a pre-selection and then sends out invitations to the entrance examination. The invitation to the second part of the admission procedure depends on the level of language proficiency demonstrated. As many applicants already submit certificates at level C1 or B2, applicants with a B1 certificate currently have very limited chances of receiving an invitation.

Only prospective students who have received an invitation can participate in the on-site entrance examination.

Further information on the admission procedure can be found at:

https://www.stk.uni-hannover.de/en/

or

https://www.stk.uni-hannover.de/en/course-participation/entrance-test

Prospective students who feel confident taking the Assessment Examination (FSP) without prior course participation can apply for the external assessment examination via uni-assist.

For participation in the external assessment examination, only the following language certificates are accepted:

DSD II
DSH-2
Goethe Certificate C2
IB German Level A
ÖSD Certificate C1
telc Hochschule C1
TestDaF with at least 4x4
UNIcert III

After a successful application via uni-assist, Hochschule Hannover will register you with the Preparatory College of Lower Saxony.

The Preparatory College of Lower Saxony in Hannover will then send you all further information regarding registration for the external assessment examination by email.

Further information on the procedure can be found at:

https://www.stk.uni-hannover.de/en/feststellungspruefung/external-participants/

The level of difficulty of the assessment examination is often underestimated by external candidates.

The success rate for external examinations is approximately 20%, while it is between 85% and 90% after attending the preparatory college.

If the assessment examination is not passed, it can only be repeated once.

The G course (humanities) at the Preparatory College of Lower Saxony in Hannover is now only offered once a year for the winter semester.

Applications for the G course are therefore only possible for the winter semester.

Applications for the W course (economics) and the T course (technology) are still possible for both the summer and winter semesters.