Universities and the TestAS

Total points: entrance qualification (HZB) 0–40, German max. 15, TestAS max. 14, plus vocational training, internship, studies and more. TestAS: Core Module and chosen Subject Module are counted separately: paper standard value 111–117 = 5 points, 118–130 = 7 points; digital score 155–185 = 5 points, 190–200 = 7 points. Only the Subject Modules MINT, Medicine and Life Sciences count. German or English; paper and digital. If candidates are tied, the overall TestAS result decides, then a draw.

Digital TestAS with the Subject Module Medicine only. Ranking score = 0.51 × HZB score + 0.49 × TestAS (average of the percentile ranks of the Core Module and the Subject Module Medicine). No TestAS proof = value 0. The test language is not regulated.

Ranking score = 51% HZB grade, 30% Subject Module MINT, 19% Core test. TestAS in German, Core + MINT module. Conversion of the standard value into a grade: ≥120 = 1.0; 110 = 2.0; 100 = 3.0; 90 = 4.0; <90 or not proven = 5.0. Language: medicine/dentistry DSH-3 (statutes 2019), pharmacy page currently DSH-2. Application via uni-assist, enter the result there. The statutes name only paper standard values; how the digital test is treated is not stated.

Points: HZB up to 40, TestAS Core + MINT Subject Module (table: paper 120–130 or digital 200 = highest level; levels down to 81–84), German max. 15, bonus criteria max. 15. Without the TestAS, or with a weak result, points from the HZB grade count instead (max. 14). The assignment of the point values to columns (14/16 at the top level) cannot be read clearly in the PDF text – check the original.

TestAS in German, Core + MINT module (digitally, Life Sciences or Medicine are also accepted), average percentile rank ≥ 80 (average of Core and Subject Module), regardless of the HZB grade. Language of the exam: German.

Required: HZB, German (RO-DT), paper-based or digital TestAS with the MINT module in German. Preselection points = 0.51 × HZB + 0.49 × TestAS (with assessment test (FSP): 0.51 HZB + 0.245 FSP + 0.245 TestAS). Conversion table into grade points: digital 200 = 15.0; 185–190 = 14.0; 160 = 12.0; 100 = 7.5; 60 = 4.5; 5–10 = 0.5; 0 = 0 (paper 120–130 = 15.0 ... 81–82 = 0.5). An admission interview follows. Application via uni-assist.

Paper: Core and MINT module each standard value ≥ 110. Alternatively digital: Core Module and Subject Module Medicine each score ≥ 150.

Required: paper TestAS (Core + MINT, in German); the digital TestAS “is not considered until further notice”. Rank = 0.51 × HZB rank + 0.49 × TestAS rank (sum of the standard values Core + MINT). Application only via uni-assist, winter semester only.

TestAS certificate: Core / Core Module with percentile rank ≥ 50 (= 100 points); foreign educational qualifications at least grade “good” (2.5); for Studienkolleg, assessment test (FSP) at least 2.5. Application via uni-assist.

TestAS as a required document alongside HZB, DSH-2 and, if applicable, APS. “Late-submission deadline ONLY for the TestAS: 30.11.26”.

Studienstart International Medicine (required preparatory semester).

Non-EU applicants (bachelor/state examination/diploma/magister): standard value from 106 = up to 6 bonus points, max. 3 each for Core and Subject Module (paper 106–111 = 1, 112–117 = 2, 118–130 = 3; digital 130–159 = 1, 160–189 = 2, 190–200 = 3). The Subject Module must match the subject of study (medicine/dentistry/pharmacy: MINT; digitally also the Medicine module according to the assignment table). Maximum total of all criteria 59 points (HZB up to 30 standard points; German 15, subject-related preparation 12, scholarship 1, social commitment 1 bonus). German or English.

Bonus only for the MINT module: standard value 100–110 = 0.2; 111–120 = 0.4; 121–130 = 0.6 grade points; cannot be combined with the Propädeutikum (the higher bonus counts).

International applicants with a recognition notice: grade improvement per module: standard value paper 100–109 / digital 100–145 = 0.1; 110–114 / 150–170 = 0.2; 115–119 / 175–195 = 0.3; 120–124 / 200 = 0.4; 125–130 = 0.5. The Subject Module counts only if it matches the subject of study (pharmacy: MINT; medicine: MINT (paper) or Medicine; dentistry analogous according to the page). Example: 2.8 − 0.3 − 0.1 = 2.4. Non-EU quota for pharmacy/dentistry/medicine: 3%, no waiting-time or hardship procedure.

“You do not have to take a TestAS”; an above-average TestAS improves the grade by 0.1 to 1.0. A detailed table is in the annex to the statutes on the admission of foreign applicants.

More than 80 percent in both the Core test and the Subject test = improvement of the procedure grade by 0.2. State your TestAS data at uni-assist.

Improvement of the HZB grade by up to 0.4 for “excellent” results in both modules. For medicine, the university uses TMS quotas for EU applicants.

Paper or digital, German or English, to be taken before applying, retakes allowed. Modules: WiSo (economics and social sciences) = ECO; law, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Faculty of Human Sciences, teacher training = HUM (psychology also MATH); natural sciences (MatNat) = MATH. Minimum percentile rank (average of Core + Subject Module): WiSo 40, law 40, Arts and Humanities 40, Human Sciences 40, teacher training 40, MatNat 40 (biology 45, biochemistry 75); reaching it does not guarantee a place. Language: for example DSH-2, TDN 4, DSD II, telc C1 Hochschule. “plus”: for an HZB without direct recognition (Studienkolleg access), entrance exam = TestAS + one-semester programme, summer semester only, places guaranteed, not for law/teacher training. APS for China/India/Vietnam. Cologne organises its own TestAS dates (for example 19 March 2025).

Same rule as for medicine at RWTH Aachen. In addition: for an HZB (non-EU) with a grade worse than 2.5, admission is possible only with the TestAS (German, the faculty’s Subject Module, average percentile rank ≥ 70 = top 30%). Exception: an EU/EEA HZB for NC bachelor programmes needs no TestAS. For medicine/dentistry see the medicine row.

Same rule as for medicine at the University of Hamburg.

Same rule as for medicine at the University of Mainz. In addition: assignment of modules: Humanities/Cultural Studies (for example law, theology, music), Life Sciences (biology, psychology), MINT, Medicine.

Bonus up to 10 points: Core 100–105 = 1, 106–110 = 2, 111–115 = 3, 116–120 = 4, 121–130 = 5 points; the same for the Subject Module; HZB grade up to 30 points. Test language = language of the major (German/English). Core Module according to the major.

Core ≥ 100 and Subject Module ≥ 100 standard value = access to studies for applicants whose qualification is not recognised as an HZB. Siegen does not offer TestAS exams. The TestAS is not proof of German. Application at the department “Starting”.

Can replace Studienkolleg access (ZAB/anabin): Core ≥ 95 (paper) or ≥ 75 (digital), subject test ≥ 100. = subject-restricted HZB. Changing to other universities in NRW is restricted.

Requirement: no HZB, but Studienkolleg access according to ZAB. Paper: Core and Subject Module each ≥ 90; digital: each ≥ 50. Subject-specific regulations may differ.

Paper Core ≥ 90 and subject ≥ 90; digital each ≥ 50 = subject-restricted HZB. HZB grade = 50% school-leaving grade + 50% TestAS grade equivalent (table 90 = 3.1 ... ≥125 = 1.0). Alternatively ITB test (≥ 90); VORsprung programme (TestAS + TestDaF at the end).

TestAS (Core + Subject Module depending on the field of study) in German or English, each ≥ 90 points.

Indirect HZB + Core ≥ 100 and Subject Module ≥ 100; language proof by enrolment at the latest; application via uni-assist and the FH portal; applications without these requirements are not forwarded.

Subject-restricted HZB with average percentile rank ≥ 24 from Core + subject test; submit school certificates; individual degree programmes may require more.

The course programme ends with the TestAS; passing + courses = HZB at the RUB (admission statutes adapted to “alternative access to higher education” under the NRW higher education act).

According to the RUB statement on the g.a.s.t. website: “To be admitted to Studienbrücke, a TestAS score is required.”

After preselection, invitation to the TestAS in the home country (about €135), modules Humanities/Cultural Studies/Social Sciences or Economics; then an introductory interview in April; German B2; without Studienkolleg.