Law for Graduates Holding a Law Degree from a University outside the Jurisdiction of the German Basic Law

Completion of a law degree equivalent to the German law degree at a foreign university.

Foreign applicants must provide proof of proficiency at the level of the DSH examination (level 2), TestDaF (at least four times TDN4) or a comparable examination of the Goethe Institute or the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (Großes deutsches Sprachdiplom).

You should write your CV in tabular form. It should contain information about your schooling and academic achievements.

This is usually an Abitur certificate. If you do not have an Abitur certificate, please upload the certificate that entitles you to study at an institution of higher education when using the application system.

Here it is important to provide evidence of the university degree you would like to use to apply for admission to the postgraduate programme. Please submit a certified copy of the certificate itself and your transcript of records.

For German taught master's programmes, i.e. programmes with (predominantly) German as language of instruction, a sufficient German language proficiency proof is mandatory.

The Friedrich Schiller University Jena accepts the following certificates as German language proficiency proof exclusively:

• the Goethe-Zertifikat C2 (GDS),
• the Deutsche Sprachdiplom der Kultusministerkonferenz (DSD II),
• the TestDaF, minimum TDN 4 in all four parts of the examination,
• Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang (DSH), min. level 2 (= DSH-2),
• Certificate telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule (min. level "befriedigend"),
• a German language examination in the framework of an assessment test at a preparatory college.

Please note: We strongly recommend that you provide the required German language proof at the time of applying.

You have not yet taken the DSH exam, the TestDaF or another equivalent exam (see above) or have not yet received the test result? Then please do the following:

• Upload a certificate attesting your German language skills at min. level B2 (according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) AND
• upload a confirmation that you have registered for a language exam (e.g. DSH examination, TestDaF or an equivalent examination) to your online application. Please make sure to register for the test well in advance. In case you receive an admission offer, you must provide the language certificate by the time of enrolment (by the end of March resp. the end of September)!
  
  

The following applicants are exempted from providing proof of their German language skills:

• Applicants, who have obtained a German taught bachelor's degree within one of the following countries: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. This applies only to degrees that were awarded by a university in the relevant country (no satellite campuses or international branch campuses in other countries, no correspondence course degrees, no joint- or double-degrees with institutions in other countries);
• Holders of a German, Austrian or Swiss (from school where the language of instruction is German) university entrance qualification.