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Studying at Universität Münster with the IB

By Michael Thompson - Head of Teaching Excellence; 15 years as an IB Coordinator

Data checked 4 October 2026

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Accepts the IB

Münster, Germany

Location

1780

Founded

~43,728

Students

Public

Institution

Language requirements

  • Applicants to German-language degree programmes must show sufficient German skills, usually at DSH-2 level; some programmes require a lower level (DSH-1) or a higher one (DSH-3).
  • Applicants to a German-language programme must take a language test at the start of their studies to show their German is sufficient.
  • Language requirements for English-taught programmes are listed on the individual programme webpages.

Worth knowing

  • The IB is not recognised as a German Abitur but is treated as a foreign secondary school-leaving certificate.
  • A foreign secondary school-leaving certificate must be recognised as equivalent to a German university entrance qualification.
  • Equivalence of a foreign certificate can be checked in the DAAD admission database or the Standing Conference of Education Ministers database.
  • If a certificate is not recognised as equivalent, applicants may have to pass a Feststellungsprüfung (assessment test); a Studienkolleg can prepare for it, but the University of Münster does not offer one.
  • Applicants whose certificate is not recognised but who have studied at a university in their home country may under certain conditions be granted a (subject-specific) entrance qualification by German officials.
  • The databases also show whether a foreign qualification allows application to all subjects or only certain subjects at German universities.

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Sources

  • uni-muenster.deStates the IB is treated as a foreign school-leaving certificate, which must be recognised as equivalent; covers the DAAD databases, the Feststellungsprüfung, Studienkolleg and the German language test.
  • uni-muenster.deSupports the DSH-1/2/3 German level requirements, the English-taught programme language note, and the database checks for foreign entrance qualifications.
  • wikidata.orgFounding year, student numbers and institution type (Wikidata, CC0).