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Higher Semester

Credit transfer, assessment, and application - here's how it works!

Applications for undergraduate courses in advanced semesters are to be made through the application portal of Goethe University. Please note that applications are only possible within the respective application period.

If you wish to apply for an advanced semester in an undergraduate course, it initially does not matter whether you are already enrolled at Goethe University (changing subjects), enrolled at another university in the same subject (changing locations), or have creditable achievements from another course (lateral entry). 

Detailed steps for the application process can be found here: Application for university-internal procedures.

If you are considering applying for an advanced semester in a master's program, please contact the academic advising of the respective master's program.

Important: If you are currently (i.e. during the application semester) enrolled in the selected program at a German university (even partially), you can only apply for the next higher semester at Goethe University. This also applies if you have already deregistered from your previous university during the application semester! Therefore, you will have to apply for a higher semester in the winter semester even if you were only enrolled in the previous summer semester e.g. for five weeks.

If you have interrupted your studies - meaning you are not enrolled in the desired course of study at the time of application - you can choose whether to apply for the next higher semester or reapply for the first semester (or both).

Please note: if you reapply for admission to the first semester after a break, you will not be able to upgrade if that subject is also subject to admission restrictions in the higher semesters!

Important information about the application:

Application deadlines

The application deadlines for the higher semesters are the same as the regular application deadlines for the 1st semester (see here). Please note that there may be additional deadlines for aptitude tests, etc., which can be found in the course offerings.

Subject assessment

In order to apply for a higher semester, you will usually need an assessment from the relevant examination office in Frankfurt. This is listed on your enrollment form, which you can print out at the end of the online enrollment process and send to the Goethe University.


For an overview of the examination offices, click here.

Exceptions:

Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy: You must always register for the next higher semester. A credit transfer from the relevant examination office is not required and will not be requested with the application.

If you have studied medicine or dentistry abroad, you will need a letter of recognition and classification from the relevant state examination office. An overview of the state examination offices can be found here.

Please note that documents only need to be submitted in the event of admission, not as part of the application.

Psychology: Applications are always made for the next higher semester or, in the case of a previous related course, on the basis of a self-assessment.


Please note the following information about credit transfer and placement in a higher semester:

Teaching

In order to apply for a higher semester in a teacher training program leading to the "Erste Staatsprüfung" (First State Examination) at Goethe University, it is necessary to obtain a subject semester classification from the Hessische Lehrkräfteakademie (HLA) in addition to the online application. Please note that the subject semester classification must be applied for at the HLA in a timely manner, as it must be submitted directly for enrollment in the event of admission and cannot be submitted at a later date.

Please refer to the information on the web pages of the ABL.

Available places?

It is only after the re-registration period has ended that it is known whether there are any free study places for the next semester. Letters of admission or rejection are therefore sent out at the beginning of September for the winter semester and at the beginning of March for the summer semester.

Please do not enquire about the current status of your application before then.

Application deadlines

The application deadlines for the higher semesters are the same as the regular application deadlines for the 1st semester (see here). Please note that there may be additional deadlines for aptitude tests, etc., which can be found in the course offerings.

Subject assessment

In order to apply for a higher semester, you will usually need an assessment from the relevant examination office in Frankfurt. This is listed on your enrollment form, which you can print out at the end of the online enrollment process and send to the Goethe University.


For an overview of the examination offices, click here.

Exceptions:

Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy: You must always register for the next higher semester. A credit transfer from the relevant examination office is not required and will not be requested with the application.

If you have studied medicine or dentistry abroad, you will need a letter of recognition and classification from the relevant state examination office. An overview of the state examination offices can be found here.

Please note that documents only need to be submitted in the event of admission, not as part of the application.

Psychology: Applications are always made for the next higher semester or, in the case of a previous related course, on the basis of a self-assessment.


Please note the following information about credit transfer and placement in a higher semester:

Teaching

In order to apply for a higher semester in a teacher training program leading to the "Erste Staatsprüfung" (First State Examination) at Goethe University, it is necessary to obtain a subject semester classification from the Hessische Lehrkräfteakademie (HLA) in addition to the online application. Please note that the subject semester classification must be applied for at the HLA in a timely manner, as it must be submitted directly for enrollment in the event of admission and cannot be submitted at a later date.

Please refer to the information on the web pages of the ABL.

Available places?

It is only after the re-registration period has ended that it is known whether there are any free study places for the next semester. Letters of admission or rejection are therefore sent out at the beginning of September for the winter semester and at the beginning of March for the summer semester.

Please do not enquire about the current status of your application before then.

Study programs with aptitude test

Applicants for higher semesters in English Studies/American Studies (bachelor's degree) and English (Lehramt, teacher training) should contact the Institute for English and American Studies regarding recognition or exemption from the qualifying examination. In the event of non-recognition or exemption, registration for the qualifying examination must be made at the Institute for English and American Studies.

Applicants for a higher semester in the Art Education major must present proof of successful completion of the qualifying examination at the Institut für Kunstpädagogik at the time of enrollment. This also applies to students who have been accepted by the "Amt für Lehrerbildung" (office of teacher education).

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