You do not need to send documents to uni-assist by post. The application via uni-assist is fully digital. Simply upload all of the required documents in your My assist account.
Yes. Your education institution (school / university / language school) can submit your certificates to uni-assist directly.
Your education institution can submit your documents via the contact form using the following data:
- your applicant number
- your full name
- your date of birth
- your place of birth
You will usually receive your evaluation result within 4 to 6 weeks – counting from the day on which we received your online application form. We evaluate all applications received in order of their arrival.
We inform you by email as soon as the evaluation result is available in your My assist account. You will then find out if your application is complete.
If your application is not complete, we provide you with a list of what is missing. You can submit missing documents up until the application deadline.
Additional information:
The most important thing is that uni-assist receives your completed application before the application deadline expires.
uni-assist has agreed on its own deadlines with the universities for processing applications. This means we can continue to process your application, even after the deadline for you to submit your completed application has passed.
Generally, the universities do not start their admission processes until uni-assist has processed all the applications that we received that were complete and submitted within the application deadline.
Are you applying for the preliminary review documentation (VPD)? If so, you should allow more time for your application, because you generally still have to apply to the university directly using the VPD. The agreement with the universities mentioned above does not apply to the VPD procedure.
You can check the status of your application in your My assist account via the application overview.
You will find the current status directly below your chosen study course. The status will change after we have completely processed your application (or any documents you have submitted later).
To find out what your status means, please read Status of my application.
Your application's status remains the same until we have processed your new documents. If we determine that your application now meets all of the university’s criteria, we will update the status.
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If your documents are incomplete, we cannot forward your application, unfortunately.
We will inform you in our evaluation result which documents are missing. If the application deadline is still open, you can still complete your application.
Tip: Apply as early as possible, at least 8 weeks before the application deadline expires if possible. That way you can still submit any missing documents in time.
Are you applying for the preliminary review documentation (VPD)? If so, you should allow even more time for your application, because you still have to apply to the university directly using the VPD.
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All the required documents must be uploaded in My assist before the application deadline expires.
We can only forward applications to the universities that were submitted complete within the application deadline.
If you missed the deadline, you can apply again for a later semester. We recommend that you apply at least 8 weeks before the application deadline expires if possible.
You will find more tips on applying again at: Reapplying
No. uni-assist evaluates whether your application meets the criteria for admission. If it does, we forward your application to the university‘s admission office.
The university then examines the applications and decides on admission. The university will inform you about whether you will be admitted and how to proceed.
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uni-assist is not a public authority and cannot issue official letters that other public authorities recognise.
However: With a positive evaluation result from uni-assist, you can apply for a student applicant visa ("Studienbewerber-Visum") in the visa section of many German embassies or German consulates.
For more information, please contact your German embassy, consulate or foreigners’ registration office ("Ausländerbehörde").
Yes. You can submit documents at any time before the application deadline expires.
Have we already forwarded your application to the university? In this case, please ask the university’s admission office where you should submit your documents.
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If we have already processed your application, the processing time starts again for additional documents. We generally evaluate additionally submitted documents within 4 to 6 weeks – counting from the day on which you uploaded the new documents. We will inform you by email as soon as the new evaluation result is available in your My assist account.
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Yes, this is possible if certain conditions are met.
To find out how you can change your chosen study course, please see: Changing your chosen study course
You can easily change your email address in your My assist account via “My Account“ / “Change e-mail address.“
1. Enter your current password. You can now enter your new email address.
2. Confirm your changes by clicking on “Save.“ You will be automatically logged out.
3. We will send an activation link via email to your new email address. Also check your spam folder. Click on the activation link. You can now log in with your new email address.
We will also notify you by an email to your old email address about the change.
You can easily change your password in your My assist account via “My Account“ / “Change password.“
1. Enter your current password. You can now enter your new password.
2. Confirm your changes by clicking on “Save.“
3. You will be automatically logged out. You can now log in with your new password.
You can easily correct your personal information yourself – via "My account" in your My assist account.
In this menu, first click on "Change applicant information," then select "Edit applicant information" in the "Personal information" tab. You can now edit your information.
Confirm your changes by checking the box next to the mandatory field and enter your password. To finish, click on "Save."
This is generally not necessary. It is important that you fill in your application form completely and truthfully. It does not matter if you make a typing error in your application form. Even if any of your details change, there is no need to submit a new application form.
Exception:
The only time you should withdraw your application and submit a new one in your My assist account is if you are changing your chosen study course before we have evaluated your application.
Important: Check the application deadline for your chosen study course before you withdraw your application and resubmit it. You have to submit the new application before the deadline expires.
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Yes. You can withdraw your application if we have not yet processed it.
To find out how to withdraw your application, please read Withdrawing an application.
Once we have processed your documents, you can no longer delete them.
Do you want to update a document that we have already processed? Then simply upload a newer version of it. We will then take the newest version into consideration when we process your documents again.
Please do not register multiple times.