Studying at Universität Kiel with the IB

Applicants with an IB Diploma must submit their documents for review to the service centre uni-assist. This also applies to an IB Diploma earned at a German school; the country of the qualification is then given as Switzerland. Exception: German citizens with foreign qualifications who want to study medicine, dentistry or pharmacy in the 1st subject semester apply to the Stiftung für Hochschulzulassung (hochschulstart.de). Applying at uni-assist requires registration, then one or more online applications, then online upload of the required documents. The review only takes place if all documents are complete and submitted on time.

• Medicine (first semester): applications go through hochschulstart.de
• Dentistry (first semester): applications go through hochschulstart.de
• Pharmacy (first semester): applications go through hochschulstart.de

• Foreign qualification, admission-restricted programme (1-subject Bachelor, 2-subject Bachelor, Master): summer semester by 02.01., winter semester by 01.07., application via uni-assist
• Foreign qualification, admission-free programme: summer semester by 15.01., winter semester by 15.07., review by uni-assist
• Medicine (winter semester), dentistry (winter semester), pharmacy (winter and summer semester): summer semester deadline 15.01. for both old and new Abitur holders, via hochschulstart.de
• Medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, winter semester: 'old Abitur' holders (qualification obtained before 16.01. of the application year) by 31.05.; 'new Abitur' holders (obtained 16.01. to 15.07.) 01.06. to 15.07., via hochschulstart.de
• All deadlines are exclusion deadlines
• Documents should be submitted early because uni-assist processing can take up to several weeks
• Admission-free Master programmes: suitability must additionally be checked directly at CAU Kiel, in addition to the uni-assist review

• Applicants of all nationalities (including German citizens) with foreign qualifications, explicitly including the IB Diploma, must have their documents checked by uni-assist
• Direct application to CAU instead of uni-assist is possible in certain cases, e.g. a Studienkolleg Hamburg completion, a valid equivalence certificate, a uni-assist review report received for Kiel within the last 3 years, or a German university entrance qualification obtained at a German school abroad
• Foreign university entrance qualifications can generally be recognised for study at CAU Kiel
• Some programmes require additional entry requirements such as foreign language skills; Sport Science and Art require a special aptitude test
• Admission-restricted programmes are allocated by Abitur grade and waiting time; cut-offs are not set by the university but result from each semester's admission procedure