IB Doctor partner · Hamburg, Germany
UniTarget
University admissions counselling
In short: UniTarget is a university admissions counselling practice in Hamburg that guides students through applications to universities in the US and Canada, to Oxford and Cambridge, and further afield. Alongside UniTarget's own tutoring, its students can add IB Doctor's online subject specialists: IB tutors who scored 40 or more IB points themselves.
About UniTarget
UniTarget was founded in 2011 by Bruno Steinkraus and Daniel Lobron, who met as students at Imperial College London, and is based in Hamburg. Since January 2016 it has been led by Dr Curt Schmitt, who had advised UniTarget's students since 2011. He took his bachelor's and master's in international relations and history at the London School of Economics and his PhD in history at the University of Cambridge.
From 2003 to 2014 Dr Schmitt worked at Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz, a boarding school in Switzerland. His roles there included IB Diploma tutor, head of admissions and head of college counselling, so he has seen the IB from the classroom and university applications from the school's side of the desk. The testimonials on UniTarget's site include students from Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Poland, Latvia and Ukraine.
UniTarget first works out with each student which subject and which universities to aim for. For the US and Canada, UniTarget explains Common App, OUAC, UC and the other application systems, helps with essays and with tests such as the SAT and ACT, and shows teachers how to write their references. For Oxford and Cambridge it covers the UCAS personal statement, the choice of college and practice for admissions tests and interviews, and it says it can draw on a network of students, admissions officers and professors at both universities. Other destinations, Asia and Australia among them, are possible on request. UniTarget also tutors students for the Abitur and the IB Diploma, including the Extended Essay and Internal Assessments.
What UniTarget offers
- Choosing a subject and universities
- US and Canada applications, essays and test preparation
- Oxford and Cambridge applications through UCAS
- Admissions test and interview practice
- Abitur and IB Diploma tutoring, incl. EE and IAs
- Other destinations on request
How we work together
UniTarget tutors its own students for the Abitur and the IB, so IB Doctor adds to that work rather than replacing it. Where a student wants an extra specialist for a particular HL or SL subject, we can add one online: an IB tutor who scored 40 or more IB points, usually matched within 24 hours on weekdays, teaching in English or with explanations in German. That extra subject depth counts most in the final school year, when applications and conditional offers depend on grades. Some universities ask for an English test even with the IB or Abitur, and our IELTS and TOEFL lessons cover that step too.
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The information about UniTarget on this page comes from their own published information and was last checked on 4 November 2026. Figures such as numbers of schools or years of experience are their own.
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