Germany: Language and intakes

Language requirements and intakes

Language requirement

DAAD: most programmes require German at at least B2 (CEFR) level; international and English-taught postgraduate programmes need English proof instead. Typical thresholds seen on university pages: DSH-2 or TestDaF level 4 in all sections for German-taught programmes (TUM, Heidelberg; TUM accepts DSH-1/TestDaF 3 only for Aerospace and Information Engineering bachelors; Heidelberg DSH-3 for some programmes such as Psychology bachelor and Medicine); English-taught: IELTS Academic 6.5 / TOEFL iBT 88 (TUM), IELTS 6.5 / TOEFL iBT 90 (Heidelberg Scientific Computing), IELTS 7.0 / TOEFL iBT 95 (LMU Management and Digital Technologies, C1), C1 for FU Berlin Data Science and Economic Systems, B2 at LMU Statistics and Data Science and KIT Mechanical Engineering, B1 at FU Computational Sciences.Show more

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Intakes and deadlines

Winter semester starts September/October: applications generally open early May and close 15 July; acceptance letters August/September. Summer semester starts March/April: applications early December to 15 January; acceptance letters February/March (DAAD). Many English-taught master's programmes have earlier windows (e.g. TUM Informatics 1 Feb-31 May, TU Berlin English-language restricted master's 1 Apr-15 May, Heidelberg Molecular Biosciences 1 Feb-15 Mar, LMU Economics 1-30 April). Private universities may set other deadlines.Show more

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