lakesidepapa:


Thanks but I was talking about bachelor degree in the first place. I had OND and also Diploma in ship management but i wanted to apply to one hochschule bremen city of applied science for shipping and chattering course, I was clueless about it until someone told me that my diploma is useless as far as the admission is concern ,the guy said i will need to provide internship contract with a shipping company or 6months sea experience or 100L result transcript. I need to wait till next summer to attain their requirement.

Why not just try and apply? Attach all documents showing training / cerfiticates / work experience you have acquired. Eke told you the same thing and yet you want to hang onto what another person said. Some of us with admission we didn't meet the criteria 100%. You never know until you try.

crowns2:

Why not just try and apply? Attach all documents showing training / cerfiticates / work experience you have acquired. Eke told you the same thing and yet you want to hang onto what another person said. Some of us with admission we didn't meet the criteria 100%. You never know until you try.

I have tried my luck and i have applied already. Thanks love

Please what did I do to y'all?? This one that everybody is pretending my post is invisible?

stuttMan:
Good evening all. I have been silently following this thread (from the part 1) for months now and wish to thank you all for all the assistance unknowingly rendered to me. I very recently got accepted into FH-Kiel (Information Engineering) and University of Passau (Computer Science), while I still await a response from University of Stuttgart. I just opened this account to appreciate you all; but unfortunately, I have 2 issues that I couldn't find anywhere it has already been tackled so I just have to ask here:

1. From research, it seems Universities oAS are somewhat discriminated against compared to traditional universities. But kiel seems to be a nice city and the Information Engineering (formerly Information Technology) program seems to be fairly decent. And University of Passau seems to have a very good Computer Science department; with the possibility of an exchange semester abroad, But I can't seem to get information on the town/city of Passau except that it is in Eastern Bavaria. Please what program will you kind people advise me to accept with respect to the quality of the universities and job prospects post-graduation vis-a-vis hustling opportunities and student jobs?

2. The above question is on the premise that I do not get accepted by Stuttgart as that is my number1 priority school/program.
But it won't be until late July/early August before I get a response from them - positive or negative, so I'd wish to proceed with any of the other schools, regardless, because time is of the essence. I've seen many people here say it's possible to process your visa till the end to a particular school and change the school - even to a different state - afterwards even when the visa has been issued. Nobody has really talked about the procedure to do such. I'd really appreciate it if this can also be treated.



Once again, thanks to the great elders of this thread, the mod(s) as well as the seasonal and sparing advisers/hint givers on this thread. May the best of your todays be the worst of your tomorrows.

stuttMan:
Please what did I do to y'all?? This one that everybody is pretending my post is invisible?

The truth is i've seen this question over and over again but i think those with better understanding will definitely answer you.... Cc:Eke40seven,obiwann and co abeg make una answer this bros.

krone101:


I'm also targeting summer masters application too....aber ich lerne jetzt deutsch im geothe institut......abeg PM me make we gather dey roll.

#TeamSummer

Gut...ama PM u soon, gathering ma documents at d Moment... Ich habe A2 Prüfung in Goethe letzte Woche beendet

stevemims:

The truth is i've seen this question over and over again but i think those with better understanding will definitely answer you.... Cc:Eke40seven,obiwann and co abeg make una answer this bros.

While reading page by page and searching the thread through keywords, I came across vague answers to my number 2 and none at all for number 1. Please if you do know any succinct answer, I will immensely appreciate if you could quote it or refer me to any page having it. Thanks and God bless.

stuttMan:
Please what did I do to y'all?? This one that everybody is pretending my post is invisible?
Good evening all. I have been silently following this thread (from the part 1) for months now and wish to thank you all for all the assistance unknowingly rendered to me. I very recently got accepted into FH-Kiel (Information Engineering) and University of Passau (Computer Science), while I still await a response from University of Stuttgart. I just opened this account to appreciate you all; but unfortunately, I have 2 issues that I couldn't find anywhere it has already been tackled so I just have to ask here:

1. From research, it seems Universities oAS are somewhat discriminated against compared to traditional universities. But kiel seems to be a nice city and the Information Engineering (formerly Information Technology) program seems to be fairly decent. And University of Passau seems to have a very good Computer Science department; with the possibility of an exchange semester abroad, But I can't seem to get information on the town/city of Passau except that it is in Eastern Bavaria. Please what program will you kind people advise me to accept with respect to the quality of the universities and job prospects post-graduation vis-a-vis hustling opportunities and student jobs?

2. The above question is on the premise that I do not get accepted by Stuttgart as that is my number1 priority school/program.
But it won't be until late July/early August before I get a response from them - positive or negative, so I'd wish to proceed with any of the other schools, regardless, because time is of the essence. I've seen many people here say it's possible to process your visa till the end to a particular school and change the school - even to a different state - afterwards even when the visa has been issued. Nobody has really talked about the procedure to do such. I'd really appreciate it if this can also be treated.



Once again, thanks to the great elders of this thread, the mod(s) as well as the seasonal and sparing advisers/hint givers on this thread. May the best of your todays be the worst of your tomorrows.

For the first question I will leave it to the more experienced gurus.

To question 2, my reply will be a question...... Have you started your visa processing?

If no then better start with any of the schools that has already sent you copy of the admission letter. You can always decide where to go much later after you have got your visa. Get a move on!!!

Eke boss I sent
You a PM, please reply sir,

pompido:

For the first question I will leave it to the more experienced gurus.

To question 2, my reply will be a question...... Have you started your visa processing?

If no then better start with any of the schools that has already sent you copy of the admission letter. You can always decide where to go much later after you have got your visa. Get a move on!!!

Thank you very much for your response.

Unfortunately, I have seen so many replies like this all over the thread. Everybody seems to say it is doable, but nobody seems to say how to go about it...

lakesidepapa:


Thanks but I was talking about bachelor degree in the first place. I had OND and also Diploma in ship management but i wanted to apply to one hochschule bremen city of applied science for shipping and chattering course, I was clueless about it until someone told me that my diploma is useless as far as the admission is concern ,the guy said i will need to provide internship contract with a shipping company or 6months sea experience or 100L result transcript. I need to wait till next summer to attain their requirement.

EHN NA...
dem don ansa u already. just do as they told u. u will be fine

Tesland:
Gut...ama PM u soon, gathering ma documents at d Moment... Ich habe A2 Prüfung in Goethe letzte Woche beendet

Das ist sehr gut. Ich lerne A1 im Goethe Institut.....I have responded to your PM, I hope u get mah msg?

stuttMan:

Thank you very much for your response.

Unfortunately, I have seen so many replies like this all over the thread. Everybody seems to say it is doable, but nobody seems to say how to go about it...

Ok.... I get your point!

I will give you the same answer the bosses on this thread gave me...

If for example you are given admission to TUM Munich but you would rather go to Stuttgart (from where you are yet to hear from)

You start your Visa processing with the admission letter of TUM (whose offer you will accept at that time) and obtain the Visa with TUM as your destination.

Before your Visa arrives, Stuttgart calls upon you with the admission of your choice. You of course accept the offer with all your heart and start making plans accordingly (Registration, accommodation, contacts etc).

Once you have got your Visa and ready to leave, you book your flight to Stuttgart.

Get to your school and explain to them that they were your first choice but processed with TUM to save time, they will register you and direct you to the regional alien office where the necessary processes will be done to register you as a student of Stuttgart and not of TUM. They will also extend your visa by 2years for studying in Stuttgart and that information goes into their immigration system.

Remember that the visa you get for here is only valid for 3months and as a matter of fact, once you don't show up at TUM for registration, you forfeit the admission there automatically.

I hope I have broken it down enough.......

STUTTMAN, pompido has done justice 2 quest 2.
eke go help u with hustle/location description.
as 4 differences btw uoAs and tu, check my very first post on this german thread1 e get link 4 there wey do justice 2 all ur quest. Me 2 was confused at 1 point in time. Pardon my bad gramma and abrev. Am typn 4rm a touchlyte fone lol

Hello everyone, plz is dere anyone who got admission or heard frm ERM cottbus, Bsc to be precise
Danke

pompido:
Ok.... I get your point!

I will give you the same answer the bosses on this thread gave me...

If for example you are given admission to TUM Munich but you would rather go to Stuttgart (from where you are yet to hear from)

You start your Visa processing with the admission letter of TUM (whose offer you will accept at that time) and obtain the Visa with TUM as your destination.

Before your Visa arrives, Stuttgart calls upon you with the admission of your choice. You of course accept the offer with all your heart and start making plans accordingly (Registration, accommodation, contacts etc).

Once you have got your Visa and ready to leave, you book your flight to Stuttgart.

Get to your school and explain to them that they were your first choice but processed with TUM to save time, they will register you and direct you to the regional alien office where the necessary processes will be done to register you as a student of Stuttgart and not of TUM. They will also extend your visa by 2years for studying in Stuttgart and that information goes into their immigration system.

Remember that the visa you get for here is only valid for 3months and as a matter of fact, once you don't show up at TUM for registration, you forfeit the admission there automatically.

I hope I have broken it down enough.......

Just what I wanted to hear/read. Thanks alot...........

@Obiwann checking out your link right away. I can understand, afterall, na alcatel I dey manage

*Edit*
The document isn't there anymore

krone101:


Das ist sehr gut. Ich lerne A1 im Goethe Institut.....I have responded to your PM, I hope u get mah msg?

PM?? no i haven't got ur message

pompido:


Ok.... I get your point!

I will give you the same answer the bosses on this thread gave me...

If for example you are given admission to TUM Munich but you would rather go to Stuttgart (from where you are yet to hear from)

You start your Visa processing with the admission letter of TUM (whose offer you will accept at that time) and obtain the Visa with TUM as your destination.

Before your Visa arrives, Stuttgart calls upon you with the admission of your choice. You of course accept the offer with all your heart and start making plans accordingly (Registration, accommodation, contacts etc).

Once you have got your Visa and ready to leave, you book your flight to Stuttgart.

Get to your school and explain to them that they were your first choice but processed with TUM to save time, they will register you and direct you to the regional alien office where the necessary processes will be done to register you as a student of Stuttgart and not of TUM. They will also extend your visa by 2years for studying in Stuttgart and that information goes into their immigration system.

Remember that the visa you get for here is only valid for 3months and as a matter of fact, once you don't show up at TUM for registration, you forfeit the admission there automatically.

I hope I have broken it down enough.......

Well done Pompido. you have done justice to the second question


As for discrimination between Universities and Uaos, I doubt if there's any much difference. Just that Universities are more into research while Uaos delves more into practicals and brings you closer to the industry. Universities also offers PhD programm while Uaos does not. As a computer science student, I believe Uaos will be advisable because of the practical experience. even though, practicals are also held in the university, but Uaos offers more. you can go to the university after obtaining your Msc for PhD if you wish to further.

As for hustling, Bavaria is a nice place for hustling and getting students jobs. mind you, you german proficiency will come into play. at least at the A1 basic level. this does not mean you may will not get a job, but it sure helps. I don't really know much about kiel so cant say much but Stuttgart is another wonderful place. Its around NRW which shares the same region with Dusseldorf, kleve, Dortmund, Cologne, muenster, Kamplinfort, e.t.c. here, you can find arrays of students jobs and most especially summer jobs. The choice is yours bro !

My advice for you is go and book an appointment with the admission letter you have at hand. make more research, be positive and remember to always involve baba God.

Mein zwei loffel !

dolpaz:
Well done Pompido. you have done justice to the second question


As for discrimination between Universities and Uaos, I doubt if there's any much difference. Just that Universities are more into research while Uaos delves more into practicals and brings you closer to the industry. Universities also offers PhD programm while Uaos does not. As a computer science student, I believe Uaos will be advisable because of the practical experience. even though, practicals are also held in the university, but Uaos offers more. you can go to the university after obtaining your Msc for PhD if you wish to further.

As for hustling, Bavaria is a nice place for hustling and getting students jobs. mind you, you german proficiency will come into play. at least at the A1 basic level. this does not mean you may will not get a job, but it sure helps. I don't really know much about kiel so cant say much but Stuttgart is another wonderful place. Its around NRW which shares the same region with Dusseldorf, kleve, Dortmund, Cologne, muenster, Kamplinfort, e.t.c. here, you can find arrays of students jobs and most especially summer jobs. The choice is yours bro !

My advice for you is go and book an appointment with the admission letter you have at hand. make more research, be positive and remember to always involve baba God.

Mein zwei loffel !

Thanks a lot for your elaboration. I know Bavaria is a nice place generally, but nobody seems to talk about Passau, or the admin region it belongs to (Niederbayern)

Tesland:
PM?? no i haven't got ur message

.

Tut mir leid....I mean I sent u a mail through ur email...but now I have just sent u another through nairaland here....I'm a newbie and just taking my time to understand the nairaland interface.

krone101:
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Tut mir leid....I mean I sent u a mail through ur email...but now I have just sent u another through nairaland here....I'm a newbie and just taking my time to understand the nairaland interface.

oh, i dont hav Access to ma previous mail anymore, i jes updated an email change...kindly resend

@ dcitizen this is ur write up, u can hear a lots here.
Hello,
we really need some level of sanity and organisation
on this forum. The forume is about. life while
studying and after study in germany.
Nigerians who are already studying in germany
should share their success story and challenge.
What lesson do you have for intending students in
germany? And what are the survivial tips or
strategies that are needed? What are the early
challenge? What are the materials that indending
student need to bring over there for adaptation?
Those who intend to study and process the visa
shouls be referred to the trend that address the
issues.
The idea of benefitting from the wise counsel and
guidiance frm experts from the house and
dissppearing under the guise of german education
is intensive and regimented is unacceptable.
What put asian tigers far ahead of naija counterpart
is nothing but cooperation and networking. This
crab technology and mentality among nigerians
must find a resting home.

Tesland:
oh, i dont hav Access to ma previous mail anymore, i jes updated an email change...kindly resend

#Done....check your email and let me know if u get mah msg...and if not u can try sending me a msg and I will try responding to it.

stuttMan:

Thank you very much for your response.

Unfortunately, I have seen so many replies like this all over the thread. Everybody seems to say it is doable, but nobody seems to say how to go about it...

See! My problem with answering questions is that many ppl here don't read this thread ! U just ask questions. Some claim they read, but they don't read carefully to understand what's going on.

Just some pages ago Eke just talked about the UoAS and normal Uni stuff when he wast trying to respond to somebody that asked of uni of futwagen in a town close to frieburg in Baden- wuttenberg. But am sure u didn't see it.

My dear! Just go and read that.

Besides ur question is something u can answer ur Sef, na say u just want make person answer u.

In my view there is no discrimination, but u must understand that going through a highly ranked uni adds some pride to ur shoulders. Its a natural thing.
According to Eke, UoAS is more Practical in their approach of knowledge delivery.

Bros, with the little info u have make ur choice on the location. But. I should think that the course u want to truly study, the knowledge u want to get, should influence ur decision. The idea of swapping schools up and down in Germany should not come up when u have made the right choice.
The only story I know about this sch changing is this; a friend change his school after interview. He wrote the embassy explaining all details,in that the admission came in late and that's his first choice, and they effected the change. That's the much I know.
But, so u could start the process, surely Stuttgart will show up in good time...

My advice is settle this sch matter here, don't go jumping in Germany. I heard only indians have had much success with that in germany, not much naija sha.
Abeg settle this location matter here, don't even think of swapping in Germany, cos u may be frustrated if things don't play out well, just cool down and think through . especially when u are using a sponsor letter.. Hmmmm dat one sef dey somehow. I think it may be easier with blocked acct.



This money matter and city correlation wey dey go on here is not really how it works. Baba. ! Na God, just prepare. You have read a lot of what needs to be done to get jobs (ict, language skills etc)

About the towns don't know much, but try toytown, expat blog etc.



Ohhhh, I see ur questions have been answered!

Ok

Best regards

kaypopps:
"Please note that the German Consulate General in Lagos will remain closed on Tuesday, 14 July 2015 and Friday, 17 July 2015. We apologize for any inconvenience caused". so plan your waka wella. check the german website for further details

Hello Kay,

I sent you a mail. Please check your box and respond.

Thank you.

All freiburg's M.Sc Renewable Energy Eng & Mgt prog, please indicate. Have you received from them, admission or rejection notification?

@Obiwann thanks a million I'll definitely pay you back in pints

Bethiano:
See! My problem with answering questions is that many ppl here don't read this thread ! U just ask questions. Some claim they read, but they don't read carefully to understand what's going on.

Just some pages ago Eke just talked about the UoAS and normal Uni stuff when he wast trying to respond to somebody that asked of uni of futwagen in a town close to frieburg in Baden- wuttenberg. But am sure u didn't see it.

My dear! Just go and read that.

Besides ur question is something u can answer ur Sef, na say u just want make person answer u.

In my view there is no discrimination, but u must understand that going through a highly ranked uni adds some pride to ur shoulders. Its a natural thing.
According to Eke, UoAS is more Practical in their approach of knowledge delivery.

Bros, with the little info u have make ur choice on the location. But. I should think that the course u want to truly study, the knowledge u want to get, should influence ur decision. The idea of swapping schools up and down in Germany should not come up when u have made the right choice.
The only story I know about this sch changing is this; a friend change his school after interview. He wrote the embassy explaining all details,in that the admission came in late and that's his first choice, and they effected the change. That's the much I know.
But, so u could start the process, surely Stuttgart will show up in good time...

My advice is settle this sch matter here, don't go jumping in Germany. I heard only indians have had much success with that in germany, not much naija sha.
Abeg settle this location matter here, don't even think of swapping in Germany, cos u may be frustrated if things don't play out well, just cool down and think through . especially when u are using a sponsor letter.. Hmmmm dat one sef dey somehow. I think it may be easier with blocked acct.


This money matter and city correlation wey dey go on here is not really how it works. Baba. ! Na God, just prepare. You have read a lot of what needs to be done to get jobs (ict, language skills etc)

About the towns don't know much, but try toytown, expat blog etc.



Ohhhh, I see ur questions have been answered!

Ok

Best regards

Uncle Beth, good morning. I find your first paragraph condescending although I understand no offense was meant, so none taken.
I have read the writeup you're referring to. But you should understand that my question is not so much a question on the differences between traditional Unis and Unis oAS as it is between the city of Passau and the city of Kiel. just enter any of this search queries into Google and see how many results come up:
""General German Visa Enquiries Part 2" passau" or ""german Embassy And Visa" passau" (remove outer quotes but leave inner quotes). it seems almost nobody here goes to Passau and I feel it's something I should be perplexed about.
With the information at my disposal, I prefer the city of Kiel to Passau, but I prefer Uni-Passau to Fh-Kiel. I just want to know which trade-off to make - Of course all these will be inconsequential if I get accepted into Stuttgart, which brings me to the second part. I do not wish to swap schools oh, at all at all, and I will be using a blocked account.

So please allow me to ask you a simple Yes/No question. If I open my blocked account and book for visa interview with Fh-kiel, and turn up with Stuttgart's documents for the interview without informing them in the period in between that I wish to go to Stuttgart and no more Kiel, will there be any consequences?

stuttMan:
@Obiwann thanks a million I'll definitely pay you back in pints



Uncle Beth, good morning. I find your first paragraph condescending although I understand no offense was meant, so none taken.
I have read the writeup you're referring to. But you should understand that my question is not so much a question on the differences between traditional Unis and Unis oAS as it is between the city of Passau and the city of Kiel. just enter any of this search queries into Google and see how many results come up:
""General German Visa Enquiries Part 2" passau" or ""german Embassy And Visa" passau" (remove outer quotes but leave inner quotes). it seems almost nobody here goes to Passau and I feel it's something I should be perplexed about.
With the information at my disposal, I prefer the city of Kiel to Passau, but I prefer Uni-Passau to Fh-Kiel. I just want to know which trade-off to make - Of course all these will be inconsequential if I get accepted into Stuttgart, which brings me to the second part. I do not wish to swap schools oh, at all at all, and I will be using a blocked account.

So please allow me to ask you a simple Yes/No question. If I open my blocked account and book for visa interview with Fh-kiel, and turn up with Stuttgart's documents for the interview without informing them in the period in between that I wish to go to Stuttgart and no more Kiel, will there be any consequences?

I am sure more concise answers will come up but to the best of my knowledge..... NO!

You can only access your funds from the bank once the regional alien office has cleared you and extended your visa. It is only with your extended visa that you can visit the bank and have your account activated for monthly release of the stipulated amount. So all in all, there is no significant effect only the extra effort required for the regularization (remember you indicated that your account be domiciled in a branch close to your school. That has to now be changed to your new location).

The bottom line here is that in order to save time, you start your visa processing with the present preferred school's admission letter and if at the time of your interview your actual preferred is yet or has offered admission, you can ask the woman at the consulate after you are done with your interview for further clarifications (it may be done in the third person make sand no for enter the done garri ).

To our people that will be attending the Goethe Institute Education seminar please do well to ask this question and lay the answers on us.

Wishing successes to all due for interview today.

Hello house, a friend in Rhine waal told me he know of a student who processed his sponsorship letter from someone abroad (USA), that his sponsor went along with his financial statement and other requirements to the german consulate office in US. I want to know if its truly possible to be done in the same way frm outside Germany, and if so will it be accepted here in nigeria?
Thanks for ur anticipated input

dolpaz:


Bros,

this is my little and candid advise

No University will grant you admission for Msc with HND. Your HND is as good as a University entrance qualification in Germany. am so sorry bro but at this point, you have to take away the fantasies and face the real music.

Start bracing up for next summer Bachelors application which will start from September. apply for ielts, gather your transcript, search for schools and differentiate the ones with direct application and Uni-assist

register on uni-assist platform and get prepared.

Good luck bro

Mein zwei loffel !

Nice one. My worry: Some schools with bachelor programme taught in German do require german language certificate. Does it means that one has to have learned German and acquire the certificate before putting forward applications?

This is the details for Goethe Institute's Summer Language Course


SUMMER COURSE
Our summer course comes up in August as follows:
Date/Duration: 03. – 28.08.2015
Registration: 20. – 31.07.2015
Course fee: 20 000.00 Naira
Books: 5 000.00 Naira
Level: A1 (Elementary Level 1)
Lesson Hours: 120

A German University requires C1 German language certificate. Does that means one needs to learn German from A1 to C1 at the Goethe Institute or how does it work out?