Plan your application
In this video you will find out about
the different kinds of application processes,
why you should apply as early as possible,
and what you need to take into account
if you are applying again.
We'll start with the different application processes.
Depending on the university and course you are applying for,
we check your application
using the standard procedure,
or using the dialog-oriented service procedure, or DoSV for short,
or using the VPD procedure.
VPD stands for “Vorprüfungsdokumentation”,
the so-called preliminary reviewing documentation.
Each procedure you have to meet application deadlines
and other specific criteria.
Under the standard and DoSVprocedures,
if our check of your application yields a positive result,
we usually forward your application to your chosen university.
It is essential that we receive your application
and all the required documents within the deadline.
If you are applying for a course that is part of the DoSV procedure,
you also have to register on the website hochschulstart.de.
If your chosen university participates in the VPD procedure
and if the result of our check of your documents is positive, we issue a VPD.
In the VPD we document your university entrance qualification and overall grade,
which we convert into the German grading system.
With this VPD and other documents,
you then apply to the university directly
within the application deadline.
Not sure which procedure your chosen university uses?
You can find out on our website uni-assist.de.
in the menue bar select “Tools”,
then click on “uni-assist universities”.
Now select your chosen university.
You will see in the entry whether your chosen university
participates in the VPD procedure.
We usually process your application within 4 to 6 weeks.
You can submit any missing documents within the deadline.
For this reason, we recommend that you apply as early as possible,
ideally eight weeks before the application deadline.
If you have previously applied through uni-assist,
we can use the documents you have already submitted again.
You will find further information on our website uni-assist.de under “Plan your application”.
The next video is about the documents you need to submit for your application.