Program-Specific Requirements

The program-specific requirements must be evidenced before you can be enrolled. The deadline for this will be stated in the admission notice. If you do not meet the criteria, you will not be enrolled. The following deadlines apply:

• Internship:
  You must submit evidence of having completed an internship. The proof must show that the pre-study internship will be completed by a certain date. For the bachelor’s program Management and Production Engineering, the pre-internship must be completed before the beginning of the program; For Mechanical and Process Engineering it is strongly recommended to complete the pre-study internship before starting the studies.

• Music aptitude test:
  Enrollment must be accompanied by proof of passing the music entrance examination or exemption. For music pedagogy (teaching profession) you must pass an examination. Since you will be admitted preferentially if you apply for a teacher training programme with music pedagogy as a subject, please submit an application for preferential admission within the application. In the application, please upload the proof of your passed aptitude test. Accordingly, the result of the aptitude test must already be available for the application.
   

• Foreign languages:
  Any language certificates required for admission to bachelor’s programs must be submitted by September 15 (winter semester) or March 15 (summer semester).

Evidence of Language Skills on the Basis of the Abitur Exam

Language Competences Shown in the Certificate of Higher Education Entrance Qualification

The language levels indicated on the German  Abitur certificate or advanced college certificate (Fachhochschulreife) are recognized. If two levels for a foreign language are specified in the certificate, the lower level will be taken. In the pdf-document we have listed examples of language proofs (only in German) that can be noted on certificate of the higher education entrance qualification.
 

Language Certificate Over the Duration of the Course at School

As proof of language competence for the levels A1, A2 and B1, the University of Bremen accepts the results of school course work. For this, proof must be provided of a teaching period at a school in Germany to the following extent without minimum grades:

The competence level C1 is usually to be attested by appropriate certificates, as well B2, unless the school leaving certificate shows this level.

The C1 language certificate for the Bachelor's degree course in English-Speaking Cultures/English is an exception and can alternatively also be proven by academic performance if English was completed as a continued foreign language with at least 11 points in the basic or advanced course. Either the grade of the Abitur examination or the average of the grades from the qualification phase is taken as a basis.

Attention: School leaving certificates acquired abroad and aquivalent to the German Abitur can not be used as a proof of language over the duration of lessons or school grades.

Evidence of Language Competence via Language Certificates

You can provide evidence of language level with the help of recognized language certificates. The certificates for English, French and Spanish are listed below. Which language level can be certified by a language certificate and which language certificates are offered by the Language Center in Bremen is published on the website of the Language Center. The language certificates are recognized by most universities and cost between 150 and 300 euro.

English

• IELTS academic International English Language Testing System: www.britishcouncil.de
• CAE Certificate in Advanced English, CPE Certificate in Proficiency English: www.cambridgeenglish.org
• PTE Pearson Test of English Academic: www.pearsonpte.com
• TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language: www.ets.org/toefl
• TOEIC Test of English for International Communication: www.ets.org/toeic

French

• DELF Diplôme d'Etudes en langue française, DALF Diplôme approfondi de langue française: www.ciep.fr/de/delf-dalf

Spanisch

• DELE Diplomas de Español como Lengua Extranjera: www.bremen.cervantes.es

All languages

• UNIcert: www.unicert-online.org (► Information from the SZHB)

B1-Language Certificates in the Language Center or at Cooperating Language Institutes

The Language Center, the Instituto Cervantes and the Institut Français conduct language tests in English, French and Spanish. There is a fee for taking such a test (40 euro), and it is only recognized by the University of Bremen. Information on each language can be found on the website of the Foreign Language Center.

Certificate from abroad?

If you can prove with your certificate that the lessons were held in a specific language (medium of instruction), the University of Bremen will recognize the certificate as proof of C1 for the respective language.

These are tests that provide assessments of how well certain subjects or fields of study fit your personal characteristics. Thus, these tests provide support in checking your choice of subjects.

The following self-tests are offered by the University of Bremen. The self-tests are in German only.

• Geographie
• Geowissenschaften
• Informatik
• Integrierte Europastudien
• Elementarmathematik/Mathematik (compulsory)
• Politik-Arbeit-Wirtschaft/Politik
• Soziologie

A pre-study internship is closely related to the study program and is undertaken in a situation that is typical for a vocational field related to the study program. A description of the tasks can be found in the respective internship regulations, which are published on the websites below. If you need help finding an internship, contact a careers center near you or the job center. Internships can also be found on the job portal of the Career Center of the University of Bremen.

A pre-study internship is required for application / enrollment in the following subjects:

• Mechanical and Process Engineering (in German) (see also the activity certificate from the internship company)
• Management and Production Engineering (in German)

Aptitude Test for Music Education

For music education (teaching profession) you must pass an examination. Since you will be admitted preferentially if you apply for a teacher training programme with music pedagogy as a subject, please submit an application for preferential admission within the application. In the application, please upload the proof of your passed aptitude test. Accordingly, the result of the aptitude test must already be available for the application.

No aptitude test is required for musicology.

Registration is required to take the aptitude test. The exam itself is usually taken in mid-June. Explanations and the registration form for the aptitude test can be found on the website.

Completed Training in Nursing

For the bachelor's degree programme "Vocational Education - Nursing Science", a completed vocational training as a nursing specialist or in the fields of health and nursing care, health and paediatric care, geriatric care, curative care, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, maternity care or speech therapy is required. Other academic or non-academic health care professions can be recognised upon application to the programme.