First about the concept of matriculation. Many parents of students think that the preparatory course means the language preparation class. In fact, it is not the case, the preparatory course is a bridging course for foreign high schools and German universities for foreign students in Germany. Mainly because of the German academic system. The university preparatory course is not equivalent to the language preparation class. The German preparatory course is a professional preparatory course. Therefore, before entering the German preparatory course, you must have a certain ability in German or English.
German preparatory courses are mainly divided into comprehensive university preparatory courses and applied technical preparatory courses.
(Uni) Preparatory courses for preparatory classes:
T-Kurs (Technology, Mathematics and Science, excluding Biology): German, Mathematics, Physics/Chemistry, Informatics.
M-Kurs (medicine, biology): German, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, informatics.
W-Kurs (economics, social sciences): German, mathematics, national economics, business economics/management or English, history/geography/social courses, informatics.
G-Kurs (Arts, Arts, German Language and Literature): German, History, German Literature/Some majors are English, Social/Geography.
S-Kurs (Language, excluding German): German, a second foreign language, history or social/geography classes, or German literature.
The compulsory preparatory courses of the University of Applied Sciences (FH):
Kurs TI (Technology and Engineering): German, mathematics, natural sciences, technical drawing or informatics.
Kurs WW (Economics): German, mathematics, national economics and business management, information technology and informatics, English.
Kurs GD (design, art): German, mathematics, design, physics, computer-supported design.
Kurs SW (Social Sciences): German, Mathematics, Social Sciences (Pedagogy/Psychology, Sociology, Law), Information Technology and Informatics, English.
Kurs DÜ (translation): German, second foreign language (English or French, generally only advanced classes), third foreign language (English, French or Spanish).
Class A, the public preparatory course of a public university (mainly a comprehensive university Uni, with less FH).
Representative schools: Internationales Studienkolleg der TU Berlin Berlin University of Technology Preparatory Department, Studienkolleg München Munich Preparatory Department (Munich University of Technology, Munich University Preparatory Department), etc.
This kind of preparatory course is exactly the same as the university. There is no tuition fee, and only a registration fee of 100-300 euros is charged per semester. Students can register at the university, get semester tickets, apply for student dormitories, and buy public insurance. Those with excellent pre-graduate graduation results will be given priority in applying to our popular majors (restricted majors), with a high success rate. Of course, you can also apply to other comprehensive universities within the scope of Germany without restrictions.
Class B, the private preparatory course of Uni University.
On behalf of the school TUDIAS-Studienkolleg TU Dresden Dresden University of Technology Preparatory Department, Internationales Studienkolleg an der Universität Paderborn Preparatory Department of Paderborn University (non-APS group signing projects), etc.
This kind of preparatory course generally costs about 5000-8000 euros a year. Under normal circumstances, students can also register at the school, get semester tickets, apply for student dormitory, but can not buy public insurance, you need to buy private insurance. The preparatory graduation application has a high success rate, and you can also apply to other comprehensive universities within the scope of Germany
Class C, private preparatory course at FH University of Applied Sciences.
Representative schools: Trier University of Applied Sciences Foundation, TH Köln University of Applied Sciences Cologne, FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, etc.
The fees and registrations are basically the same as those in Class B. Graduation of the school’s FH position can generally be guaranteed. The possibility of applying for Uni University is but not high.
The foundation application is mainly for three types of students: non-211 undergraduate students with less than 3 semester results, and students who have graduated from high school and have not registered in universities.
If these three types of students want to apply for undergraduates in German universities, they can only apply for admission to the preparatory class. Direct application of undergraduates is not allowed in Germany. Before entering the preparatory course, you need to have a certain German or English ability, German requires 800 hours. At the same time, applying for the German preparatory course requires an APS review (interview). Another thing to remind is that students who apply for direct undergraduate admissions are likely to be required to start studying in the pre-university if the span of major transfer is too large.
