FAQ:UniAssist

To apply to Universität Hamburg, you need to have your official degree's documents checked in a "preliminary documentation" procedure (VPD) by uni-assist (University Application Service for International Students). The fee-based service Uni-assist reviews your international certificates and rates them using the database Anabin.

Uni-assist supports international student applicants and German universities in processing applications to study in Germany. Uni-assist's core responsibility is the evaluation of student applications for uni-assist universities.

• They evaluate if your educational certificates fulfill the general criteria for university studies in Germany.
• They convert your grades to the German system of grades.
• They inform you about your evaluation result.

Conversions from the Central Office for Foreign Education, the Certificate Recognition Offices of the Länder and APS certificates from the Academic Evaluation Centres in China, Vietnam and Mongolia are also accepted. Further and official University of Hamburg wide information can be found on the relevant website of the Recognition regarding the recognition of foreign educational qualifications.

You can apply for this conversion via uni-assist. December 1 is recommended to hand in documents to Uni-Assit in order to have your evaluation result in time for your application.

Conversion of grade: Please include the following document in your application, whether you use one of these services or not:

• Official document(s) attested by your university containing your grade (can be preliminary) with the minimum and the maximum passing grade of your grading system in numbers.

The IAS admission team, not uni-assist or any other conversion service, decides on your admission.