A certificate issued by the Akademische Prüfstelle (APS) confirming the authenticity of an applicant's academic credentials — required by some universities for applicants from specific countries (e.g. China, India, Vietnam), separate from and in addition to TestAS.
The entrance exam required to be admitted into a Studienkolleg course. Bayern and Hessen run one centralised exam per state; every other Studienkolleg writes its own.
A German-language proficiency format used in Studienkolleg entrance exams: a passage with the second half of every second word deleted, which you fill in.
The mandatory first part of Digital TestAS, taken by every applicant regardless of subject: Figure Sequences, Mathematical Equations, and Latin Squares, 20 items each.
The current, primary format of TestAS (since ~2024), taken on a computer at a test centre. Consists of a Core Module (3 subtests, 20 items / 25 min each) and one Subject Module (90 min, 10-15 testlets).
The Studienkolleg course track for medicine/biology fields — largely the T-Kurs math syllabus minus its hardest ~20% (typically no vectors or heavy integration), plus statistics.
A Paper-based TestAS Core Test subtest (called 'Continuing Numerical Series'): find the next number in a sequence governed by an arithmetic, geometric, or other rule.
The older, pencil-and-paper format of TestAS, still offered in 2026 (e.g. April and October) but being phased out in favor of Digital TestAS. Has a differently-structured Core Test (4 subtests, 110 minutes).
TestAS results are reported on a scaled score (roughly 40-160), derived via item-response theory rather than a simple raw-correct percentage — the same item at different difficulty levels contributes differently to the final score.
A mandatory one-year preparatory college for applicants whose school qualification isn't directly recognized as equivalent to the German Abitur. Ends in the Aufnahmeprüfung (entrance exam) for the course itself, and later a Feststellungsprüfung.
The second, discipline-specific part of TestAS — one of six: Engineering, MINT (Maths/CS/Natural Sciences), Economics, Humanities, Life Sciences, or Medicine. Testlet-based: a shared stimulus followed by several applied questions.
A service many German universities use to pre-check and process international applications before they reach the university itself. Separate from TestAS or Studienkolleg — some universities require it, some don't.