University admission with a secondary school leaving certificate and qualified training qualification

This entry route is equivalent to the Fachhochschulreife. Please note that you can only study degree programmes leading to a Bachelor's degree via this route. Access to degree programmes that lead to a state examination is not possible.

The following requirements must be met for admission to a degree course:

Secondary school certificate
Recognized vocational training of at least 3 years
Average grade of the vocational training 2.5 or better
(this refers to the degree certificate of the vocational training and not the degree certificate of the vocational school)

Ordinance on the admission of professionally qualified persons to universities in the state of Hesse (December 16, 2015) (opens in a new window)

Do you have any questions?

If so, please use the online form "Studying with a professional qualification" of the universities in Hesse and select "Preliminary examination of your documents: University entrance qualification with professional qualification".