Studying despite lost certificates due to flight

University entry without school certificates

If, due to having fled your country or as a result of political discrimination, you are unable to provide proof of eligibility for university admission because you no longer possess the relevant documentation, you can take part in the so-called “Studienkolleg alternative” and thereby gain eligibility for the (admission-free) Bachelor’s degree programme of your choice. Whilst you are completing the “Studienkolleg alternative”, you will already be getting to know the university and your chosen degree programme.

Alternatively, proof of eligibility for higher education can be provided by sitting a placement test. This test takes place directly at the University of Vechta. It is a subject-specific test (depending on the degree programme you wish to pursue).

A prerequisite for this procedure is an assessment of personal eligibility based on asylum and residence law categories (proof of refugee status in accordance with the resolution of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of 3 December 2015) and a plausibility check of your educational history.

Please contact us well in advance of your application, as this procedure takes time.

University entry based on indirect evidence

You may be admitted to study at the University of Vechta if, as part of a plausibility check, instead of the original documents or certified copies of your university entrance qualification, you submit at least one other original document or certified copy which indirectly proves your eligibility for university admission.

A prerequisite for this procedure is an assessment of personal eligibility based on categories under asylum and residence law (proof of refugee status in accordance with the resolution of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs dated 3 December 2015).

Please contact us well in advance of your application, as this procedure takes time.

Further information for prospective students with a refugee background

Please feel free to find out more about our range of degree programmes and our support services, our preparatory German language courses, programmes for international teachers or scholarships for students with a refugee background!