Questions that students generally ask about Studienkolleg

2. QUESTIONS THAT STUDENTS GENERALLY ASK ABOUT STUDIENKOLLEG

3. Is it recommended to do a Foundation year or Studienkolleg at a public university or private university in Germany? Studienkolleg is a foundation course for international students who wish to pursue their bachelor from Germany . Germany follows 13yrs of education system and to compensate that one year, students are required to join the relevant studienkolleg. There are two bodies that runs the Studienkolleg one is under state public funded universities and the other is Private universities. For pursing a Studienkolleg at public university one should be fluent in German at least till B2 level and apart from this one should take an entrance test ,known as Aufnahmeprofung. Each Studienkolleg demands different requirements. In public Studienkolleg, one doesn't need to pay any tuition fee while on the other hand Studienkolleg at private universities comes with tuition fee.

4. What is the difference between 6 months of Studienkolleg and 12 months of Studienkolleg? Here your question is a bit vague as you haven't mentioned which type of Studienkolleg are you talking about. A studienkolleg from a private university is for 6 months and from a public university if is for 12 months. At most universities studienkolleg lasts for 2 semesters. Sometimes you can get admission to an assessment exam after the first semester of a university preparatory course. This depends on your grades in the first semester. I would suggest that you should only go for public universities. Few of the university’s ------complete foundation course within an year for example Wildau university (https://en.th-wildau.de/). I would suggest that if this is the case then you can go for it, but this is only possible when you do not have German language skills.

5. How difficult is Studienkollg? Studienkolleg is a foundation course for international students who wish to pursue their bachelor from Germany. Germany follows 13yrs of education system and to compensate that one year, students are required to join the relevant studienkolleg. If we talk about difficulty level of Studienkolleg, it depends on student to student as some students are good at German and the medium of instruction at Studienkolleg is German. Frankly speaking this course is not difficult but sometimes it becomes challenging for students who lacks German language skills. To make sure your have already achieved this skill, the Studienkollegs require you to pass the DSH exam. Typically, Universities provide 5 types of Studienkolleg 1.M-STK: For students wishing to study in Medical, Biological or Pharmaceutical degree program. 2.T-STK: For students who wish to study Mathematics, Science (except biology) or Engineering programs. 3.W-STK: For students who want to study Economics, Business Studies or Social Science oriented programs. 4. G-STK: For students who want to study Arts and Humanities, Sociology, Culture or German Studies. 5. S-STK: For students who wants to study languages (other than German) in Germany.

6. What does studying at a Studienkolleg consist of? Here your question is a bit vague as you haven't mentioned which type of Studienkolleg are you talking about. Studienkolleg is a foundation course for international students who wish to pursue their bachelor from Germany. Germany follows 13yrs of education system and to compensate that one year, students are required to join the relevant studienkolleg. Typically, Universities provide 5 types of Studienkolleg and each Studienkolleg demands different requirements. At most universities studienkolleg lasts for 2 semesters. Students at Studienkolleg have to pass two major exams, one is entrance test and the other one is final assessment. Sometimes you can get admission to an assessment exam after the first semester of a university preparatory course. This depends on your grades in the first semester. I would suggest that you should only go for public universities.

7. Are Studienkolleg independent for each University? There are two bodies that runs the Studienkolleg one is under state public funded universities and the other is Private universities. For pursing a Studienkolleg at public university one should be fluent in German atleast till B2 level and apart from this one should take an entrance test, known as Aufnahmeprofung. Each Studienkolleg demands different requirements. Yes, the Studienkollegs are independent for each university, only there are a few universities that combine the Studienkollege. For example, the Nordhausen University (https://www.hs-nordhausen.de/en/) combines 2-3 Studienkollege. Usually Studienkollegen are conducted independently and it would depend on the course you are opting for in the university.

8. At what universities one can study without Studienkolleg? Studienkolleg plays a very important role in Bachelor from Germany. Germany offers both English and German taught programmes for masters but in the case of Bachelor programmes most of the universities provide Bachelor programmes only in German. Whether you attend studienkolleg or not, in any case you have to take the final assessment that is known as FSP. Germany follows 13yrs of education system and to bridge that one-year gap, students are required to join the relevant studienkolleg with their streams. You can only skip the studienkolleg in case you have already studied in Indian university for a year with required German language skills.

9. How can one skip the Studienkolleg to enroll in a German University? Studienkolleg is a foundation course for international students who wish to pursue their bachelor from Germany. Germany follows 13yrs of education system and to bridge that one year gap, students are required to join the relevant studienkolleg. If you don’t want to do a Studienkolleg then there are two option with you. Either you can get an extra year of education while doing your bachelors or you can complete German language till c1 level.

10. What are the requirements of particular Studienkolleg? There are different kind of Studeinkolleg in Germany. The M-Stk is for courses including medicine and it requires core subjects like Biology, Physics and Chemistry. After successfully completing TUM, one can study courses such Applied Biomedical sciences, Biophysics, Biochemistry, Pharmacy, Molecular biology, Medicine technology, science of nutrition and many more similar courses. After completing studienkollege which is also called as M-studienkollege for aspiring students for medical studies, they need to appear for FSP exam. The result of FSP exam is a cumulative score of 12th Marks and your performance in FSP exam which is evaluated in German grading system.

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