Studying at Universität Freiburg with the IB

German citizens holding an IB Diploma who want to apply for an undergraduate programme (bachelor or state examination) must first have the diploma recognised by a certificate recognition office (Zeugnisanerkennungsstelle). Applicants living in Baden-Württemberg or abroad, or whose federal state's ministry is not responsible, should contact the Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart. Recognition certifies eligibility for admission to a German university and which subjects may be studied. These applicants follow the same application and admission rules as applicants with a German Abitur.

• Applicants whose native language is not German must also take a German language test (e.g. DSH or TestDaF).
• An IB Diploma (anglophone section) from an anglophone school is listed as accepted evidence of English proficiency at levels B1, B2 and C1.
• Language requirements for individual degree programmes are set in each programme's selection statutes or admissions regulations; the university cannot check certificate acceptance in advance, outside the application phase.

• The page names the IB Diploma explicitly only for German citizens, who need it recognised by a certificate recognition office before applying.
• In some cases a foreign qualification is not directly equivalent to a German university entrance qualification, so attendance at a Studienkolleg and a Feststellungsprüfung (assessment examination) are required.
• The recognition process takes time, so certificates should be sent to the recognition office as early as possible.
• For information on recognition of the IB Diploma, the page refers to the DAAD website.
• The page does not state whether international (non-German) applicants with an IB Diploma are admitted directly, and it gives no minimum IB points or subject requirements.