In this post I will tell you step by step how to choose a course
and university and how to apply to that university.
Usually when applying to Germany there are
two simple ways.
(i)Applying
Directly to University
(ii)Applying
via Uni-assist Service
When you are applying directly to the university usually you don’t
have to spend any money in most cases and application is free of charge. But sometimes
university may ask you to transfer some fee for processing applications of
international students. For ex the masters “Research in Computer and Systems
engineering” course taught at University of Ilmenau charges a fee of 25 Euro
for processing your fee. But mostly the application remains free of charge. All
you have to do is download the application form, fill it up and send it to university
along with other application documents via post.
When you are applying via Uni-assist Service then there is an application processing fee charge. The first application fee for the first university
you are applying is 68 Euros and for the subsequent university it is 15 Euros.
So for example you are applying to three universities for winter semester 2013
then your application fee will be 68+15+15=98 Euros. But still it’s cheaper
than Canadian or USA universities where if you apply to three universities you
end up spending twice the fee as of Germany.
First Step: - Selecting Course and Selecting University
The following link gives you the possibility to select your course
based on whether it is bachelors, masters or based on city of your choice or
university of your choice or language in which it is taught (English or German).
Just change your options in the left panel and you can check courses related to
your field of interest. I wish other countries followed this procedure!!!
For example in the above link I have selected the Degree type as “Masters”
, field of study as “Engineering” and Course language as “English”. Simple and the whole list of English Taught International Engineering Courses list appears.
Now select the university and click on the course you are interested in.
After you click a series of tabs will appear "Overview", "Course
Details" etc etc till "More"
Note:-
Check application Deadline in Overview and if the deadline is at
least a month after you are applying then only you should apply else rejection
rate increases.
If you are not sure whether to apply or not, then in right hand
panel they provide “E-mail” and “Course Website”. Click the E-mail and ask them
whether they are still accepting and you can still apply the application or
not. If yes then proceed.
Now click the Course Website and in the Website check the application
procedure. If they have mentioned that you have to apply via uni-assist then
you can close their website and proceed to uni-assist website which is
http://www.uni-assist.de/index_en.html
http://www.uni-assist.de/index_en.html
Here remember that before you start your application in Uni-assist
you check all the course websites and the courses which have to be applied via uni-assist. If there is more than one course note them down.
Application Procedure for non uni-assist
programs
If the program is non uni-assist then most probably the application
can be sent via university's online portal. First check their online
portal and apply for a program based on summer or winter semester. After you finish
your application you have to take its printout and then send it to university
postal address along with attested IELTS score, Statement of Purpose or letter
of motivation, LOR (if asked), Passport Copy, Transcript of records, Degree Certificate,
Birth Certificate,Resume, Xth and XIIth Mark sheet . All of these documents
should be attested and transcript should be either original from university or
attested by notary or university.
Here while filling the form if the city of birth is asked make
sure you fill it as mentioned in your birth certificate/passport and not the current
city you are living in.
If you want these documents to reach quickly, then courier via FedEx,
Professional Courier etc else air mail is enough. Air mail costs very less and
takes 2 weeks while courier via these agencies reach in 2-3 days but costs 1000
Rs or 18$.
note- its better to apply via fedex,bluedart,professional couriers since you can track it and its much more secure. Don't think about spending more money here.
If you are having any problem to apply to any university which is
a non uni-assist program then mail or comment below. I will try to help you
guys.
Application Procedure for Uni-assist
Programs
For programs which have mentioned that it has to be applied via
uni-assist then go to this website
i) Here
click on first degree for “bachelors” and Masters Degree for masters program.
ii) Next
click on the online account and on the right side click on the “Direct
link to the uni-assist online application system”.
iii) Here in the left click register and enter all
your details and get username and password.
iv) Now
login to your account
v) Click
on the “application” on the left panel
vi) Select
the semester as winter or summer, qualification as master/bachelor
vii)If
you have specific universities in mind selects it or leave this blank. But it’s
better to select the university so that you can easily select the course. Here
some university’s name might not in English and you have to select their German
name. For example Cologne is Koln etc.
viii) Select
the academic field you are interested in. Like Engineering, Architecture etc.
ix) Click start Search. Your program name will
appear and you click it.
x) Now
step by step complete the application and whatever is asked just fill it. If
you are having any doubt in filling please comment and I will help.
xi) Finally
save application as pdf and your application is complete
Now applying to a different university click start a new application
in the “application tab and follow the above steps.
After this go to “DOWNLOAD” tab and download the Application Form for Admission to Studies for Foreign Applicants
and Form Payment by Credit Card PDF documents.
Here is you are applying to three universities you have to take
three printouts of the Application form for admission to studies for foreign
applicants.
Now fill the form and also the credit card form. Here no need to
worry about money theft or credit card misuse.
Next send the application forms (here one application form you
would have directly downloaded, printed out and filled and one application form you would save in your
computer after filling the online form in “application” tab) along with
documents asked . The documents are mostly the same as the documents I had
mentioned above which is IELTS score, Statement of Purpose or letter of
motivation, LOR (if asked), Passport Copy, Transcript of records, Degree Certificate,
Birth Certificate ,Resume, Xth and XIIth mark sheet . No need to send IELTS score from
the test center since uni-assist can verify your score directly. So attested
copy is enough. Now you have to send these documents via post/courier to
uni-assist address at Helmholtzstr.2-9,D-10587 Berlin Germany. That’s it. Wait
for their reply.
After they have processed your application they will forward it to the university and if anything is wrong or missing they will contact you. If they receiver documents after deadline they wont be forwarding it to the university and if some documents are missing and you courier it to them and they receive it after deadline then again they wont forward it. So its better to apply before 2-3 months before deadline.
If you have any further queries post or comment below and I’ll try
to help.
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