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:
  Proof of the completed pre-study internship or an internship contract specifying when the pre-study internship will be completed, possibly during the semester break, must be submitted for enrollment. The proof must show that the pre-study internship will be completed by a certain date. For the Bachelor's degree programs Maschinenbau und Verfahrenstechnik (Mechanical and Process Engineering) and Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen Produktionstechnik (Management and Production Engineering), it is strongly recommended that the pre-study internship be completed before the start of studies. In exceptional cases, proof of the pre-study internship can also be provided through a consultation with the internship officer of Faculty 4.

• 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.
   

• Other 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.

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 degree program and is undertaken in a typical workplace for the professional field of the degree program. A description of the tasks involved can be found in the respective internship regulations, which are published on the websites listed below. If you need help finding an internship, contact a Berufsinformationszentrum (career information center) near you or your Agentur für Arbeit (local employment agency). You can also find internships via the job and applicant portal of the Career Center of the University of Bremen.

For the following degree programs, proof of a pre-study internship must be provided upon enrollment:

• Maschinenbau und Verfahrenstechnik (pdf in German, Mechanical and Process Engineering) (see also the activity certificate from the internship company): 8 weeks pre-study internship
• Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen Produktionstechnik (pdf in German, Management and Production Engineering): 6 weeks pre-study internship

An internship certificate stating the period and duration of the pre-study internship serves as proof of the pre-study internship. You can also present a pre-study internship contract concluded before the start of your studies, which provides for the completion of the pre-study internship during the lecture-free period, at the time of enrollment. In exceptional cases, proof of the pre-study internship can also be provided through a consultation with the internship officer of Faculty 4 (only 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.

Registration is required to take the aptitude test. The exam itself is usually taken in mid-June. Registration must usually take place by the middle/end of May. Explanations and the registration form for the aptitude test can be found on the website.

For musicology no aptitude test is required .

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.