Don't listen to such discouragement, there is nothing like slim chance with your age.. You are good to go, provided you have all requirements..

People just open their mouth and say anything like he or she is the consulate General of german embassy or the embassy is his or her father's office without even knowing anything about how German's do their thing

Mgbadike80:
Thanks, but i meant that i'm a bachelor going for masters degree in Germany. Your answer was still ok.

It's Canada that look at age limits, Germany doesn't provided your reasons are genuine and you have relevant work experience to cover up gaps
I know a 32years old person doing bachelor's in a german university.
People should try to provide information that isn't misleading here.

Mgbadike80:
Thanks, but i meant that i'm a bachelor going for masters degree in Germany. Your answer was still ok.

Oh, as long as you can justify the gaps... should be ok but might be hard. If you secure Interview first then you half way through

Can I use only my HND transcript to apply for bachelor degree in Germany, because getting my OND transcript is not visible

Obiwannn:


Anything IT related sells like crazy as is in any part of the world. You don't even need that much German. Just be good at what you do. Again the school doesn't matter, all na bants

Thanks

fancyto:
It's Canada that look at age limits, Germany doesn't provided your reasons are genuine and you have relevant work experience to cover up gaps
I know a 32years old person doing bachelor's in a german university.
People should try to provide information that isn't misleading here.

please as for the work experience. being an uber driver or a phone seller is that a valid work experience

Thanks


quote author=Dayzzy post=96990717]
If you have scholarship, you won't have to pay the blocked amount whuch is about €10300( currently #4.7mil using official rate of 480).
You can check daad.de for scholarships using the below link. Just filter the database according to your course of study.
https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/
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SOLARPOWER1:
Finally my visum arrived today...Thanks to every member of this group and my wonderful friends here who helped me through out the process from 2018 till date.

AD: Oct 9th

AM: Dec 1st

Visum: Dec 10th

Course: Msc Communication Systems and Networks. ..... TH Koln

I encourage guys still trying to keep pushing,... If you are new here and going for Msc in the area of Electrical Engineering and/or IT, I am available for advice and assistance throughout the process free of charge

*My interview transcript*

I got to Walter Carington at about some minutes to 7am. My appointment was scheduled for 9am but one of the lady selling outside advised me to go in on time that they would attend to me if 7am people are not much.

Based on info from guys here, I was fast with my document arrangements; Paulinus was good to me, he made sure I was tie first to be interviewed even before people that came earlier he took me personally to the VO that interviewed me

Questions
**Quick questions as I was doing my biometric* :

Are you a scholarship student?

Where do you work?

How much is your salary ?

Who is sponsoring you ?

Are you married? …

When is the start date of this your program?


*Main Interview* :

Do you have a goal of setting up your own firm in Nigeria.

Why this course

Why Germany for this course?

She asked a question and I gave an answer explaining how Germany's educational system is world class and how the system has been shunning out renowned scientist over the years

Then she said name some of those scientists


Is your future aspiration to become a specialist in this field ?


Tell me something about Germany's economy

What are the three countries ahead of Germany with respect to norminal GDP

Name some companies in Germany

Name some of the major products produced and exported from Germany

Is USA still number one with respect to nominal GDP considering this corona pandemic.

Do you want to set up an ICT firm maybe like Glo, ....I said no, not in that capacity... Then she helped me by saying: something smaller to assist those kind of big ICT firms with their operations.... I said exactly...

What is your bachelor's thesis

Why Germany and not UK or USA

Why not Nigeria

Tell me what you know about German Politics

Who is the President of the Bundesrat

Who was the President of Germany before Dr Frank Walter S.

What is the party of the current president of Germany

Which day is celebrated way back in history as Germany's bla bla bla (I had to ask her, do you mean the reunification day)...she said yes....

What brought about the reunification?

What was happening at the Berlin wall and why were the people trying to cross to the West?

Why was East Germany less developed?

What time period was the second world war?

What is the longest river in Germany and how many kilometer

How many cities are referred to as city states in Germany? List them

How many countries are surrounding Germany? Which one is to the North? Which one is to the South, which one is to the East and which one is to the West.

What is your school's city and state.. What is the capital of that state.

Have you applied for any visa before? USA or UK


I left the embassy around 8:30am

Thank you and have a nice day.


NB: Any question you are answering just get ready to be hit back with questions from your answers.

Congratulations bro

Happy Sunday guys,

When coming to Germany, aside the excitement of running away from Nigeria, please prepare yourself mentally for the months to come, you will not only be faced with loneliness and dark grey weather, you may also experience SAD (seasonal affective disorder) please try to connect to others who are on here.

Update: I recently moved to Berlin from a smaller town hoping that capital city might make a difference. OYO for me.

Please move to cities where you have friends. People here are very uptight and individualist. Don't end up like me. Corona doesn't even help either

Thank You

Obiwannn:


Wow, tough tbh. You need to prove to the VO why you want to do a bachelor at 38. Your chances are very very slim tbh.. even for a Msc

Data science all the way

You are wrong....

Dayzzy:

Well, the daad scholarship pays €861 monthly as upkeep and with this, they expect one to concentrate on studies without getting divided between work and study...but they actually allow work and study once you can prove it won't affect your studies as seen in the picture attached below.
Also, this link takes you to faqs about the scholarship.
You will learn alot if you take your time to go through it.

https://www.daad.de/en/study-and-research-in-germany/scholarships/important-information-for-scholarship-applicants/

Bro, please have you seen or heard of someone that have gotten any of these scholarships. I don't really have that much to fund a block account and I rely solely on scholarship. I've checked daad website, but haven't found any that met my intended course of study. The one I saw insisted that I must have at least B2 German language proficiency, which I don't have. Please if you know of any scholarship that I can apply, please tell me. Thanks.

obinna11:


Bro, please have you seen or heard of someone that have gotten any of these scholarships. I don't really have that much to fund a block account and I rely solely on scholarship. I've checked daad website, but haven't found any that met my intended course of study. The one I saw insisted that I must have at least B2 German language proficiency, which I don't have. Please if you know of any scholarship that I can apply, please tell me. Thanks.

Please anyone that has a contribution to this should please help a brother out.

Onyi2728:
Happy Sunday guys,

When coming to Germany, aside the excitement of running away from Nigeria, please prepare yourself mentally for the months to come, you will not only be faced with loneliness and dark grey weather, you may also experience SAD (seasonal affective disorder) please try to connect to others who are on here.

Update: I recently moved to Berlin from a smaller town hoping that capital city might make a difference. OYO for me.

Please move to cities where you have friends. People here are very uptight and individualist. Don't end up like me. Corona doesn't even help either

Thank You

Ykhgu1:



You are wrong....

Ok

Onyi2728:
Happy Sunday guys,

When coming to Germany, aside the excitement of running away from Nigeria, please prepare yourself mentally for the months to come, you will not only be faced with loneliness and dark grey weather, you may also experience SAD (seasonal affective disorder) please try to connect to others who are on here.

Update: I recently moved to Berlin from a smaller town hoping that capital city might make a difference. OYO for me.

Please move to cities where you have friends. People here are very uptight and individualist. Don't end up like me. Corona doesn't even help either

Thank You

Moving to Berlin in January, if you dont mind we could connect �

obinna11:


Bro, please have you seen or heard of someone that have gotten any of these scholarships. I don't really have that much to fund a block account and I rely solely on scholarship. I've checked daad website, but haven't found any that met my intended course of study. The one I saw insisted that I must have at least B2 German language proficiency, which I don't have. Please if you know of any scholarship that I can apply, please tell me. Thanks.

Someone on this thread claimed to have been awarded around feb/march this year.
About the language, not all ask for German language proficiency.
Some place emphasis on meeting language requirement by the universities you wish to make use of the scholarship. So if the University you chose seeks english proficiency, then that's what you need for the scholarship application.
I hope people who have gone through this path clarify this.
To make it easier, this link shows scholarships available to nigerians. Filter according to your course/programme.

https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/?status=3&origin=165&subjectGrps=&daad=&intention=&q=&page=1&back=1

Going through the results, I found one that requires English lang but you must check other boxes like minimum of 2 years experience and for another one (SBW scholarship), you must have at least 2.0 grade on German scale with volunteer work experience.

** Kosky & Segzysexy got daad scholarship. I hope they assist with the information you need.

Please, what is the email address of the German embassy?

Johnnyark:
Please, what is the email address of the German embassy?

info@lago.diplo.de

Thank you

EMMA8888:

info@lago.diplo.de

nesyfresh:

please as for the work experience. being an uber driver or a phone seller is that a valid work experience

please can someone reply

Dayzzy:

Someone on this thread claimed to have been awarded around feb/march this year.
About the language, not all ask for German language proficiency.
Some place emphasis on meeting language requirement by the universities you wish to make use of the scholarship. So if the University you chose seeks english proficiency, then that's what you need for the scholarship application.
I hope people who have gone through this path clarify this.
To make it easier, this link shows scholarships available to nigerians. Filter according to your course/programme.

https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/?status=3&origin=165&subjectGrps=&daad=&intention=&q=&page=1&back=1

Going through the results, I found one that requires English lang but you must check other boxes like minimum of 2 years experience and for another one (SBW scholarship), you must have at least 2.0 grade on German scale with volunteer work experience.

** Kosky & Segzysexy got daad scholarship. I hope they assist with the information you need.

Thanks for your response.

nesyfresh:

please can someone reply

What they actually need is professional experience and it may take a lot of packaging to use driving/ running a phone shop as a valid experience...except your programme tilts towards those.
If it's related to marketing, then phone selling can be well packaged to highlight your selling skills.
So, which programme are you applying For?

nesyfresh:

please can someone reply

Generally speaking, the professional experience should be related to what you're applying to study.

I cannot think of any programme where taxi driving will be relevant.

Please taxi driver/Uber driver is no skill and I a not sure it doesn't tally to what you studied in school.
I Wont advise anyone to add such skill set in his or her CV.
That's alone might reduce your chances of getting a visa

Judah95:
Guys, I want to apply for MSc but do German schools accept EFSET (EF standard English Test) certificate as proof of English Proficiency or can my English language score in WAEC suffice?

Please, someone should help with answers.

How did you get the accomodation in Weiden I got admission to OTH Amberg and now facing same problem with accomodation. Anyone can help me on that. Thanks

Sirmy:

Missionlog pls inbox me, I applied to the same school and got admission, I have paid the €52 euro .but AD is the issue now

Those of you that usually search for accommodation in Germany, don't your schools have studentenwerk to apply for accommodation?

good day house pls the c.v for bachelor's degree application is it the same kind of c.v for masters degree application and also for job application?? would be grateful to get a reply.. ��

Please for those of you that have gone through hamm-lippstadt student registration process please that place that said postal address please which postal address are they talking about because I added my state own it didn’t work I also used my town code it didn’t work so please if any body have a better info on that please kindly share. Danke shön�

Can a student with 2.2 from the university here apply directly for M.Sc.? I need to know before kickstarting the process please.

Mgbadike80:


please, what's the possibility that a 38 years old bachelor would get a German student visa? between a program in urban studies and another in data science, which have better employment prospects in Germany?

. Bros don't let anybody to confuse you, no age limit for bachelor in german, even VO . will not disturb you,he or she will only ask you if you if you are married ur children, and what I have been doing as living. Please if you have everything they Required don't hesitate to apply, am talking from experience