Hamburger Fern-Hochschule, gemeinnützige GmbH

Admission requires a German Hochschulreife (Abitur or Fachhochschulreife) or equivalent foreign qualification assessed by the ZAB (Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen). Professionally qualified applicants without Abitur may be admitted via recognised advanced professional certificates or an entrance exam. Most bachelor programmes require a 12-13-week practical internship (Grundpraktikum) prior to enrolment; exemptions apply for Psychology, Business Psychology, and Therapy/Nursing Sciences programmes. International applicants must demonstrate German language proficiency at a minimum of B2 CEFR level. Accepted certificates include DSH, TestDaF (sufficient result), DSD II, or Goethe-Institut diplomas (ZOP, Kleines/Großes Deutsches Sprachdiplom). Applicants whose secondary education was conducted in German are exempt. Foreign credentials are evaluated against the ZAB database and the DAAD credential database (daad.de/zulassungsdatenbank). No APS certificate is required or mentioned by the institution. All programmes are admission-restriction-free (kein NC).

Enrolment is possible on a rolling basis (year-round); no fixed national application windows. New cohorts typically start in April (summer) and October (winter). Prospective students should apply several weeks before their intended start date to allow for document verification.

Direct application - no uni-assist. Applicants with a foreign higher education entrance qualification register exclusively via the HFH-Studienberatung ([email protected]); the registration form states that registration and matriculation run solely through this HFH checking procedure. HFH assesses foreign certificates itself strictly against ZAB/anabin evaluation proposals and requires certified copies, sworn German translations, German B2, and where applicable a ZAB Gleichwertigkeitsbescheinigung.

German (all programmes). No English-taught degree programmes listed.