Application via uni-assist

That depends on the following criteria:

• your nationality,
• your desired study program,
• on the country, where you have obtained your university entrance qualification or your university degree.

Please read the information on "How to Apply as a Degree-Seeking Student".

1.)    Register in the My Assist Online-Portal of uni-assist.

2.)    Choose TH Köln and the semester you wish to apply for. Create your application for one or more study programs. If you want to apply for a preparatory German course, please choose that one.

3.)    Transfer the handling fee online while being logged in to your account.

4.)    Upload your application documents to uni-assist. Please note that uni-assist must receive your documents by the end of the application deadline. If your documents are uploaded after the deadline, your application will not be processed.

5.)    You will receive a confirmation of receipt by uni-assist via e-mail.

6.)    We reserve the right to check your original documents during the enrollment.

Please also check the video-tutorials of uni-assist.

No. There are certain application periods during the year. As a rule, the MyAssist portal opens two to three months before the end of the respective application period.

Please check the application deadlines.

• Find your desired study program at the link above.
• Click on “How to Apply” (If the category "How to Apply" does not exist, please refer to the German website and click on "Bewerbung").

• Your school-leaving certificate with subject and grade overview.
• University entrance exam, if applicable
• Subject and grade overview of academic achievements at a university, if applicable
• University diploma, if applicable
• Feststellungsprüfungszeugnis (FSP), in case you passed a Studienkolleg (preparatory course)
• Applicants with documents from China, India and Vietnam: your APS certificate
• Proof of German language proficiency; proof of English language proficiency for programs with English as language of instruction
• CV
• Copy of your passport pages containing your personal data
• Refugees: Please upload your German residence title.
• If you have had your name changed: copy of the relevant document; e.g. marriage certificate
• a translation into German or English by a sworn translator of all documents, which are not issued in German or English.
• Please also note the important additional country-specific requirements

Yes. Please document your education in detail: from the last school-leaving certificate that qualifies you to study in your home country to the status of your studies.

Please submit only complete certificates: your Diploma certificate and the overview of subjects and grades. No parts of the certificate (for example a diploma supplement) or individual pages may be missing.

Please also check the country specific requirements.

Depending on your desired study program, you may have to submit additional documents. Therefore, please check the admission requirements for your desired study program on the respective program pages under the menu item "How to apply". It will tell you whether you have to submit additional documents with your application. These could be, for example, the following documents:

• Proof that you have passed the aptitude test
• Proof of required (additional) language skills
• additional application form
• Letter of motivation
• Proof of professional activity

You can apply in digital form at uni-assist, you do not have to have any documents certified.

Please upload scans of your original documents. We reserve the right to check these documents during the enrollment.

If your documents are issued in a language other than German or English, you are required to submit a translation into German or English by a sworn translator in addition to your original documents.

Please note: We also recommend that you bring an set of your authenticated documents with you to Germany. You may need these for further purposes. Certification of foreign-language documents requires a lot of effort and is very time-consuming in Germany.

For TH Köln, uni-assist checks:

• if your foreign Higher Education Entrance Qualification is comparable to a German university entrance qualification,
• if your university studies and the degree obtained from abroad entitle you to gain a master's degree in Germany,
• if you meet the additional admission requirements for your desired study program, such as language skills, aptitude test, GMAT-test,
• if your application is complete and has been submitted before the deadline.

In addition, uni-assist converts your final grade into the German grading system.

Please note, that TH Köln decides about your admission to a study program and not uni-assist.

The processing of your first desired study program costs €75. Each additional desired study program costs €30. Please note, that processing of your application will not be possible, if you have not paid the handling fee. You will find more information on the payment of the service fee on the website of uni-assist.

You will usually receive your evaluation result within 4 to 6 weeks. You can check the status of your application in your My assist account via the application overview.

Uni-assist will inform you of the evaluation result by e-mail. If your application is complete and meets all requirements of your desired study program, uni-assist will submit your application to TH Köln for further evaluation.

If your application does not meet all criteria, uni-assist will inform you in detail by e-mail. In that case, TH Köln cannot consider your application.

TH Köln will make the final decision and will inform you by email.  

No, TH Köln does not work with the VPD procedure. TH Köln takes part in the so-called standard procedure. You upload your complete application documents to uni assist. If your application is positively reviewed by uni assist, it will be forwarded to the Admissions Office of TH Köln for further processing.

Study places in Bachelor programs with restricted admission at TH Köln will be allocated via the Dialog-oriented Service Procedure (DoSV).

If you apply for such a study program, you must also register at www.hochschulstart.de and provide your applicant-ID (BID) and applicant authentication number (BAN) to uni-assist.

Uni-assist will inform you through e-mail in case documents are missing. You may submit any missing documents until the end of the application deadline.  

You can apply in digital form at uni-assist, you do not have to send any documents by post.

Please upload scans of your original documents. We reserve the right to check these documents during the enrollment.

You can apply in digital form at uni-assist, you do not have to send any documents by post.

Please upload scans of your original documents. We reserve the right to check these documents during the enrollment.

• FAQ uni-assist for questions about the payment of the handling fee, technical questions about the portal (for example: creating a second study request, uploading documents, etc.) or questions about news from uni-assist.
• Contact uni-assist for other matters.

You have the following questions:

• What study programs do you offer?
• What are the language requirements?
• Which documents do I have to submit in addition to my certificates?
• What are the application deadlines?
• What is the status of my application?

Please check under study programs and admission requirements for international students, if you can find an answer there. If you cannot find an answer, please contact us via our contact form.

Please note that we cannot provide information on the status of your application before the uni-assist processing time (4-6 weeks) has expired.