University of Europe for Applied Sciences

Application route

Directly to the university

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“To apply, please complete our online application form in full.”

www.ue-germany.com/study-with-us/how-to-apply/bachelor · checked 7 November 2026

Applications go straight to UE through its own portal (apply.ue-germany.com); no uni-assist step is mentioned on any UE page.

APS certificate (India)

Not stated by the university

6 pages checked, 7 Nov 2026

• www.ue-germany.com/admission-requirements
• www.ue-germany.com/study-with-us/how-to-apply/bachelor
• www.ue-germany.com/study-with-us/how-to-apply/master
• www.ue-germany.com/study-with-us/how-to-apply/guidelines-on-how-to-apply-mba
• www.ue-germany.com/study-with-us/faq
• www.ue-germany.com/study-with-us/ggg-admission-assessemnt-service

No UE page mentions the APS certificate (Akademische Prüfstelle) at all, for Indian or any other applicants; it is not among the listed application documents for any degree. UE runs a "GGG Admissions Assessment Service" in Bengaluru and Delhi for document verification and academic suitability discussions, but that page does not mention APS either. Indian applicants will still need APS for the German student visa; UE does not say when.

Studienkolleg

Own Studienkolleg

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“Studienkolleg (Foundation Courses) Tuition fees | 9 months (A2 language included) € 12,500 Tuition fees | 12 months (A2 language included) € 14,600 yearly”

www.ue-germany.com/study-with-us/fees-and-finance · checked 7 November 2026

UE calls its own one-year pre-studies programme at the Iserlohn campus both "Foundation Year" and, on the fees page, "Studienkolleg (Foundation Courses)". It offers a 9-month W-Course in English (economics/social sciences) and 9- and 12-month German-language W- and T-Courses. Separate, shorter "Foundation Diploma" courses (6 months, Business & Tech and Art & Design) exist for applicants who do not yet meet the bachelor entry requirements.

International office

www.ue-germany.com/students/student-departments/international

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“We are there to answer all your questions about your stay in Germany (e.g. applying for a residence permit, registering for accommodation, German courses).”

www.ue-germany.com/students/student-departments/international · checked 7 November 2026

UE calls the department "International Affairs"; a separate Welcome Centre handles visas, accommodation and health insurance before arrival.

Tuition for non-EU students

UE publishes one tuition rate per level and does not publish a higher rate for non-EU students in its full-time bachelor's, master's and MBA programmes. Only for the dual programmes is a separate non-EU rate given (€690 per month for BA Hotel Management and BSc Software Engineering, normally paid by the practice partner). Every accepted student pays a one-off reservation fee (deposit), which is deducted from the tuition.

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“Tuition fees* | Non-EU applicants** Hotel Management | Software Engineering € 690 monthly (paid per semester or per year) … **Definition of a Non-EU applicant: A Non-EU applicant is a student who does not belong to a country of the EU (European Union) according to his/her nationality. … Non-EU applicants Once you are accepted as a student, you will be asked to pay a reservation fee of min. € 1,500”

www.ue-germany.com/study-with-us/fees-and-finance · checked 7 November 2026

The fees page labels the MBA rates "EU applicants" but gives no non-EU MBA rate; the MBA programme pages quote the same figures without a citizenship label. The reservation fee itself is stated inconsistently: the fees page says "min. € 1,500" (and €1,500 for EU citizens, with an exemption for Germany, Austria and Switzerland), while the bachelor's and master's "how to apply" pages say €3,000 for non-EU citizens.

Semester contribution

€185.40–205.2 per semester, includes a transport ticket

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“The cost of a mandatory semester ticket is still in addition to the semester fee. This allows the use of public transportation during the entire semester: Berlin : € 205.20 for the areas ABC of the Berlin public transport company BVG (2023). Innovation HUB : € 200 for the areas of Brandenburg and Berlin of the Berlin public transport company BVG (2023) Hamburg : € 185.40 for the Hamburg large area of the Hamburg transport association HVV (2023)”

www.ue-germany.com/study-with-us/fees-and-finance · checked 7 November 2026

UE is not a member of a Studentenwerk and charges no semester contribution in the public-university sense. The only compulsory per-semester charge besides tuition is the semester ticket for public transport: Hamburg €185.40, UE Innovation Hub (Potsdam) €200.00, Berlin €205.20; the figures are marked (2023) and no figure is published for Iserlohn. The amount range therefore covers the three published campus prices.

Other compulsory fees

€1,500–3,000 one-off · Reservation fee (deposit); deducted from the tuition before invoicing. UE's own pages disagree on the amount for non-EU applicants, so the range is recorded: the fees page says "min. € 1,500", the bachelor's and master's "how to apply" pages say 3.000 €. EU citizens pay €1,500, with an exemption for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.€490 one-off · Listed as "Registration fee € 490" under "Charges for Additional Services"; UE does not say whether every student pays it, and the same page says the matriculation fee is included in the study fee.€89 per year · Listed as "Technology fee € 89 per year" under "Charges for Additional Services".

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“Non-EU applicants Once you are accepted as a student, you will be asked to pay a reservation fee of min. € 1,500 … There is €1,500 fee for EU citizens. With an exemption for students from the DACH countries, namely Germany, Austria and Switzerland. … Registration fee € 490 … Technology fee € 89 per year”

“Reservation fee (only for Non-EU citizens) … you will be asked to pay a reservation fee of 3.000 €” page

“Reservation fee (only for Non-EU citizens) … you will be asked to pay a reservation fee of 3.000 €” page

www.ue-germany.com/study-with-us/fees-and-finance · checked 8 November 2026

Re-checked on 2026-11-08: the reservation fee is still stated as "min. € 1,500" on the fees page and as 3.000 € on the bachelor's and master's "how to apply" pages, so it is recorded as a range. Not included here: instalment-plan fee €250 per semester, late/duplicate and ID-replacement charges, the optional German language course (€75 per semester) and the semester-abroad administration fee (€1,000), which are not paid by every student.

Tuition per programme is listed with each programme below.

State recognition

State-recognised (state-accredited) private university of applied sciences in Brandenburg; seat Potsdam. Supervisory authority: Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur des Landes Brandenburg. Operator: University of Europe for Applied Sciences GmbH, Konrad-Zuse-Ring 11, 14469 Potsdam (Amtsgericht Potsdam HRB 34450 P).

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“The University of Europe for Applied Sciences is state-accredited in the federal state of Brandenburg. All study programmes of UE are state-approved by the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture.”

www.ue-germany.com/about-us/our-university/accreditations · checked 7 November 2026

No page of the Brandenburg ministry (MWFK) that names UE could be found (checked https://mwfk.brandenburg.de/mwfk/de/wissenschaft/hochschulen/); the claim of state recognition is UE's own. Independent confirmation that UE is a Brandenburg institution comes from an Akkreditierungsrat accreditation report, which applies the Brandenburg "Verordnung zur Regelung der Studienakkreditierung vom 28. Oktober 2019" to UE programmes. UE's legal notice calls it a "State accredited private university for applied sciences" and names the Brandenburg ministry as supervisory authority. Note that German law distinguishes staatliche Anerkennung (state recognition) from accreditation; UE uses "state-accredited" for both.

Institutional accreditation

No Wissenschaftsrat institutional accreditation procedure is listed for the University of Europe for Applied Sciences. The university is system-accredited instead: FIBAA's commission for institutional procedures decided on 26 February 2021 and the Akkreditierungsrat pronounced the system accreditation in 2021; under that system UE accredits its own programmes for eight years, with a mandatory internal review of every programme every two years.

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“Das Qualitätssicherungssystem der UE wurde im Verlaufe der Systemakkreditierung von der Agentur FIBAA nach den gesetzlich festgelegten Kriterien überprüft und 2021 durch den Akkreditierungsrat die Systemakkreditierung ausgesprochen. … Systemakkreditierung der UE vom 26. Februar 2021”

antrag.akkreditierungsrat.de/dokument/cab9d3ba-e1ab-418e-9717-148cf1218610 · checked 7 November 2026

Quote from an official Akkreditierungsrat accreditation report for a UE programme. The Wissenschaftsrat list of completed institutional accreditation procedures (status 2026) does not list UE under Brandenburg; it lists only its predecessor institutions: "BiTS - Business and Information Technology School, Iserlohn 2008, positiv auf 5 Jahre", "BiTS - Business and Information Technology School, Iserlohn 2014, positiv auf 10 Jahre" (North Rhine-Westphalia) and "Berliner Technische Kunsthochschule (btk) 2009, positiv auf 5 Jahre", "Berliner Technische Kunsthochschule (BTK) 2014, positiv auf 3 Jahre" (Berlin). FIBAA lists "University of Europe for Applied Sciences, Potsdam" among the system-accredited universities. Neither UE nor the Akkreditierungsrat publishes an end date for the system accreditation; UE's German press release is headlined "für 6 Jahre" (for 6 years), but the text gives no date, so no period is recorded here.