Technische Universitat Dresden

Technical University of Dresden offers Preparatory Courses for New Students and Preparatory Course for the DSH for international students to help them gain proficiency in German language and prepare them for higher education.

Prospective international students who wish to apply to undergraduate programs offered by the Technical University of Dresden must meet the admission requirements set out below.

• Successful Completion of 12 Years of Basic Education
• 4-Year High School Diploma
  • Please note that students holding a high school diploma from a Turkish institution are required to sit the standardized test of Higher Education Foundations Examination (YKS) administered by OSYM in order to document that you have been assigned a place at a university in Turkey. Your exam results should indicate the name of the university you’ve been assigned to, the faculty, the program as well as the type of points.
• High Grade Point Average
  or
• International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma
  or
• European Baccalaureate Diploma
• If you have a US high school diploma, you are required to submit your high school diploma including an Overview of subjects and grades from grade 9 to 12 stating your cumulative GPA (unweighted).
  • Please note that direct admission is possible only if you have passed AP exams and achieved specific results.
• If you have a General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level, Advanced Subsidiary Level, or International Advanced Level), you are required to submit your official General Certificate of Education, showing all of your final AS and A Level results.
  • Please note that predicted grades issued by your school are not accepted.
• Certificate in German Proficiency
  • Certificate in German proficiency received through internationally recognized proficiency tests such as TestDaF, Telc, DSH, Goethe-Zertifikat.
• Official transcripts of the courses taken by the applicant in throughout high school education
• In case you don’t qualify for direct admission, your secondary education certificate may qualify you for the Studienkolleg (preparatory course) and the Feststellungsprüfung (university qualification exam).

Prospective international students who wish to apply for graduate programs offered by the Technical University of Dresden must meet the admission requirements outlined below.

• 4-Year Bachelor's Degree Diploma
• High Grade Point Average
• Official transcripts of the courses taken by the applicant during college/university education
• Work experience may be required for certain programs
• Certificate in English Proficiency for programs taught in English
  • Certificate in English proficiency received through internationally recognized proficiency tests such as IELTS Academic, TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic, CAE, CPE.
• Certificate in German Proficiency for programs taught in German
  • Certificate in German proficiency received through internationally recognized proficiency tests such as TestDaF, Telc, DSH, Goethe-Zertifikat.
• GRE/GMAT exam score may be required in accordance with the specific admission requirements of certain programs.