Applying for a place of study at Flensburg University of Applied Sciences from abroad through UNI-ASSIST

What is UNI-ASSIST?

UNI-ASSIST is an acronym for Arbeits- und Servicestelle für internationale Studienbewerbungen and as such acts as a service point for the processing of international students’ applications.

You must make your application to study at Flensburg University of Applied Sciences through UNI-ASSIST

• If your certificate of eligibility to study at an institution of higher education is not from a German school or college.
• This also applies to students from abroad who have already studied in Germany and who are applying to start in a higher semester.
• It also applies to students who are applying for a course of continuing studies, e.g. Master’s degree or research studies, and whose first academic degree, e.g. Bachelor’s degree, was not conferred by a German institution of higher education.

Where to apply through UNI-ASSIST

Please send your application to the following address:

Fachhochschule Flensburg
c/o UNI-ASSIST e. V.
Helmholtzstraße 2-9
D-10587 Berlin

Closing date for applications made through UNI-ASSIST

• Please submit your application for the summer semester by January 1st of the same year, and by July 1st of the same year for the winter semester.
• Please keep to these deadlines. If you have not submitted all the required forms by these dates, your application can only be considered for the following semester or year.
• We therefore strongly recommend that you send your complete application three to six weeks earlier than these deadlines to allow us sufficient time to deal with any queries that might arise.

How to apply through UNI-ASSIST

• Register online using the application tool and print out the application form.
• Clicking on the following link will take you to a list of all the universities participating in the UNI-ASSIST scheme.
• Be sure to sign the application form and complete your application by sending all of the documents listed below to UNI-ASSIST. Although you may apply to several universities, UNI-ASSIST requires only one set of documents.
• Pay the application fee on the day you send your application.

UNI-ASSIST requires all of the following documents in order to be able to process your application

• Current curriculum vitae with recent photograph;
• the certificate of eligibility to study at an institution of higher education in your home country;
• any certificates, records or transcripts of marks (grades) that you have achieved should you have already studied at a university or similar;
• proof of sufficient proficiency in the German language.
• If you are applying to continue your studies in a higher semester, you will need to supply proof of your eligibility to do so, for example in the form of any certificates, records or transcripts of marks (grades) that you have already attained.
• If you are applying for a Master’s degree programme, you need to include the first degree certificate and proof of sufficient proficiency in the English language should the Master’s degree course require this.
• UNI-ASSIST requires all documents to be officially certified copies together with officially certified German translations. Please do not send original documents.
• Please note that UNI-ASSIST cannot process incomplete applications.

Processing Fee

• UNI-ASSIST charges a processing fee of 55 € for the first application and an additional 15 € for each further university for which you make an application.
• The fee for applicants from member states of the EU is 30 € for the first application and an additional 15 € for each further UNI-ASSIST university for which an application has been made.
• The fee for applicants from the People’s Republic of China who have already completed an examination process at the Academic Evaluation Centre (Akademische Prüfstelle - APS) in Beijing is 25 €, and an additional 15 € for each further UNI-ASSIST university for which an application has been made.

Methods of Payment

• By transfer order made payable to UNI-ASSIST e.V.,
  account number 999 14 88 322,
  bank sort code 100 200 00 (Berliner Bank),
  International Bank Account Number (IBAN) DE59100200009991488322,
  BIC/SWIFT code BEBEDEBB.
• Please state as the reason for transfer: your given name, your family name, your date of birth and your country of origin.
• You can pay also by credit card (VISA or MasterCard). You will find the relevant form here.
• Alternatively, the fee can be paid by direct debit from a German bank account. You will find the relevant form here. Be sure to sign the form and include it with your application.
• Please note that the full amount must arrive at UNI-ASSIST, so make absolutely sure that your payment covers any banker’s charges that are incurred.

What happens then?

• If your application satisfies all the formal requirements, UNI-ASSIST will forward your data to us at the Flensburg University of Applied Sciences. We will then send you a letter of approval or a letter of rejection along with further details.
• If your application does not satisfy the formal requirements, you will be contacted by UNI-ASSIST telling you why not. Please understand that your documents cannot be returned to you, and that you will have to make a new application at the next opportunity.
• Your data will be stored by UNI-ASSIST for a period of four years before being destroyed. During that period the data will be available only to UNI-ASSIST itself and the participating university or universities that you have applied for.