Admission requirements
Admission requirements for the supplementary study program afriZert & information on the mandatory student counseling
Please note, if you are interested in enrolling in the supplementary study program, you must meet the following requirements:
- You must be enrolled at a Bavarian University (of Applied Sciences).
- English language skills of at least level B2 are required. Although German is not named as mandatory, you will not be able to successfully complete the program without at least having language skills of B2 or higher.
- You must attend a session of student counseling before enrolling in the certificate program. How to do that is described in the german version of this site.
The supplementary study program can only be taken up once a year with the start of the winter semester.
Please be aware of the following:
afriZert enables you to acquire general and subject-specific competence related to the African continent. You will earn 40 ECTS within three semesters. Some external courses might be credited at the examination office for afriZert. However, other afriZert courses are mandatory. The program might affect the duration of your (main) study program in that it becomes necessary to stay enrolled for an additional semester. In case you are a BAföG recipient, this can be of particular relevance and impact on your eligibility for funding under BAföG.
Example 1 for BA students: You are currently in your 2nd semester and would like to enroll in afriZert in your 3rd semester. This means you can complete afriZert simultaneously with your main studies.
Example 2 for BA students: You are currently in your 4th semester and would like to enroll in afriZert in your 5th semester, but you plan to complete your studies after six semesters. This means you won’t finish the program without continuing your studies afterwards.
Example 3 for BA students: You are currently in your 4th semester and would like to enroll in afriZert in your 5th semester. If you enroll in a master’s program consecutively after finishing your BA studies, you can enroll in afriZert without any problem. However, you can also enroll in afriZert as part of your master’s studies from the first semester onwards!
Example 4 for MA students: If you enroll afriZert at the beginning of your MA studies (1st semester), you will easily finish afriZert!
We are looking forward meeting you!