ALL ABOUT THE GERMAN SKILLS, GERMAN COURSE AND GERMAN EXAM

If you apply with foreign certificates, you are required to hand in proof of German language skills at level B2. You can submit the following evidence with your application:

• DSH-1
• TestDaf: at least level 3 in all parts of the exam
• Intermediate Level Language Test of the Goethe-Institut ("Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung")
• a certificate showing you have completed an advanced course at another language school (Zeugnis über den Abschluss der Oberstufe eines Sprachinstituts)
• a certificate showing you have completed a DSH/TestDaF preparatory course
• a certificate of a completed German course/German examination with at least level B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
• proof of at least 1,000 hours of German lessons (800 hours for application to Studienkolleg)

You can be exempted from a German examination if you hand in one of the following certificates:

•  telc C1 Hochschule
•  Österreichisches Sprachdiplom C2 (ÖSD 2)
• A degree in German (also teaching first or second foreign language) abroad
• a completed vocational apprenticeship (or education) in Germany
• 10 school years at a German school (the certificate "Realschulabschluss" without proof of 10 years at a German school does not qualify)!
• or if you are applying for the English taught master's degree programs in 'International Management' or in 'Screen Arts'.

Once you are admitted to the desired degree program, you are required to hand in proof of German language skills with level DSH-2. You must submit one of the following certifates by the enrollment deadline, but no later than March 15 for a summer semester or September 15 for a winter semester:

• German language proficiency test for university entrance (DSH) at a registered higher education institution. DSH-2 is required!
• TestDaf: min. level 4 in all parts of the examination
• telc Deutsch: C1 Hochschule
• Goethe Certificate C2
• German Language Diploma of the German Education Ministers’ Conference DSD II (Deutsches Sprachdiplom– Stufe II)
• "Großes" or "Kleines Deutsches Sprachdiplom" test of the Goethe Institute
• Goethe Institute: the Central Advanced Language Test "Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung"
• Certificate of the German Language Examination II of the Sprachen- und Dolmetscher-Institut Munich

You can be exempted from a German examination if you hand in one of the following certificates:

• telc C1 Hochschule
• Österreichisches Sprachdiplom C2 (ÖSD C2)
• A degree in German (also teaching first or second foreign language) abroad
• a completed vocational apprenticeship (or education) in Germany
• 10 school years at a German school (the certificate "Realschulabschluss" without proof of 10 years at a German school does not qualify)!
•  German citizens who have obtained their International Baccalaureate (IB) in Germany are exempt from the DSH examination if the subject German was taken as Language A or Language B HL.
• or if you are applying for the English taught master's degree programs 'International Management' (in this case, a level C1 in English is required, see also here) or in 'Screen Arts (in this case, the required level is B2, see also here).

You will find an exhaustive list in Annex 1 of the Enrollment Rules for Hochschule RheinMain (only in German).