Studying at Universität Bonn with the IB

Direct application to the University via its online application portal, uploading all documents (no postal documents). Applies to non-EU/EEA applicants to undergraduate programs.

• English at CEFR level B2 is required in addition to German for Archaeologies, Geography, Economics and Computer Science, Economics Major and Minor, Media Studies, Molecular Biomedicine and Musicology/Sound Studies
• The English certificate must be submitted by the application deadline
• English proof can be waived if the language of instruction in secondary school or a completed Bachelor's degree was English; official confirmation from the school/university is required
• Accepted English tests include TOEFL iBT with minimum 72 (test date score; TOEFL ITP not accepted), IELTS Academic with overall band 5.5, Cambridge English B2 First, TELC English B2, PTE Academic 59, UNICERT II (Vantage)

• German-French Studies (BA) and German-Italian Studies (BA) have specific selection procedures; applicants should contact the program coordinators directly

• Winter semester: complete application documents must be uploaded by July 15 (application period begins early June)
• Summer semester: complete application documents must be uploaded by January 15 (application period begins early December)

• The IB Diploma is recognized as a university entrance qualification if obtained after at least twelve ascending school years of full-time schooling and if it meets the conditions of the KMK agreement on recognition of the IB Diploma (resolution of 10 March 1986, as amended 15 June 2023; for exams up to and including 2024 the version of 24 March 2022 applies)
• IB applicants should upload: the IB Diploma or the official IBO Transcript of Grades (if already available), an overview of subjects and grades of the two-year IB program, and the leaving certificate of the 10th school year
• If the IB certificate is not yet available, applicants should request their IB results via the IBO Request Service so the University can retrieve them digitally by the application deadline
• Documents not in German, English or French must be uploaded with a translation by a sworn translator
• The University may request certified copies of documents by post during the first semester; enrolment may be revoked if they cannot be provided
• Master's programs are admitted decentrally by faculties/departments; this page does not give IB-specific information for them
• Molecular Biomedicine and Greek (Teaching Bachelor) admits must complete an online self-assessment and upload the result at enrolment