On the following pages you will find a summary of the most important information about the application procedure and admissions process for your chosen course of study.
First subject | Pharmacy – Staatsexamen |
Nationality | Afghanistan |
Admission Permit | International University Entrance Qualification |
Start Semester | First Academic Semester |
University places in degree programmes with nationwide admission restrictions - in Heidelberg these are medicine, dentistry and pharmacy - are directly allocated by the university to prospective non-EU/EEA students with foreign university entrance qualifications.
The subject-specific selection statutes/admission regulations describe the procedure for applicants with German or EU/EEA citizenship as well as for international applicants with German university entrance qualifications from Germany or from a German school abroad (Bildungsinländer). According to the current allocation regulation of the Ministry of Science of the State of Baden-Württemberg, 5% of the total number of available study places in Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy each are allocated to non-EU/EEA nationals with a foreign university entrance qualification. When allocating these study places, Heidelberg University follows Statutes on Preliminary Quota (Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Molecular Biotechnology, Psychology)
As an international student applicant without EU or EEA citizenship with a foreign higher education entrance qualification, you apply online and upload the documents required for the application as PDF files.
The deadlines in the application procedure must be observed. The application deadline is a statutory deadline.
The application for a study place is made directly at Heidelberg University via the online application portal heiCO. The application deadline is a statutory deadline.
Winter Semester: Application at the University of Heidelberg: 01.06. - 15.07.
(no registration at hochschulstart needed)
In total, 5% of the university places are available in the degree programmes in medicine, dentistry and pharmacy. If the number of applicants exceeds the number of available university places, the University will implement its own internal selection procedure for the respective subject.
Once you have been admitted, you will be requested in your heiCO account to accept the study place within a deadline displayed there in order to be able to continue with online enrolment. If the place is not accepted by the deadline, the entitlement to the place expires. The enrolment will then first take place online.
Once you have been admitted, you will be asked in your heiCO account to accept the study place within the deadline indicated there. If you do not accept the study place by the deadline, your entitlement to the study place will expire.
You then apply for enrolment online and by submitting documents by post to the Student Administration Office within the enrolment period specified in the letter of admission.
www.was-studiere-ich.de
Language requirements for international students
Proof of academic advising
Please send these to the following address:
Heidelberg University
Student Administration
Seminarstr. 2
69117 Heidelberg
and please note that the documents to be submitted by post for your enrollment must also be received by Heidelberg University by the deadline stated in your letter of admission.
Once your enrolment has been processed, you will receive an e-mail informing you that you can collect your student ID card from the University Administration Office at the earliest five working days after receiving and activating your Uni-ID, but only in person and on presentation of an official photo ID (e.g. identity card or passport). Please note that the Uni-ID is allocated at the earliest from 1 February for the summer semester and at the earliest from 1 August for the winter semester.
If your certificate is issued in a name other than your current name, you must provide official proof of your name change.
Certificates must always be submitted in the original language of the country of origin and, if necessary, additionally in English or German translation. If certificates in a non-English-speaking country of origin are issued in English in addition to the original language, this English-language version is deemed to be the original language certificate. The same applies to certificate versions in German. Translations must also be notarized. Translators are not allowed to certify original-language documents, only the translations they have produced themselves. Only if the original stamp of the translator is on the submitted translation is additional certification not required.
Further information on certifications and translations can be found on the Heidelberg University website at Notarization of documents
Groups Information on the semester fees to be paid as part of enrollment can be found on the homepage under: Fees for study
Information on the additional tuition fees that international students may have to pay when enrolling can be found on the homepage at: „Tuition fees for international students“
You can find the tuition fee applying to you, your personal reason for payment as well as the status of your tuition fees in your heiCO account by clicking on “Semester/tuition fees”.
Depending on the nationality of international students, they may require an entry visa and a residence permit for study purposes pertaining to the specific degree programme in order to study at Heidelberg University. Further information can be found on the instruction sheet: Visa/residence permit
If you are already enrolled at Heidelberg University, you are not required to re-register in the case of a change of subject. Instead, please change your degree programme prior to expiry of the deadline stated in the letter of admission.
Before you plan to re-register, we recommend that you contact the Student Advisory Service for International Students.