{"id":42640,"date":"2024-07-11T18:26:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T16:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abk-stuttgart.de\/application\/foreign-degrees\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T10:49:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:49:46","slug":"foreign-degrees","status":"publish","type":"application","link":"https:\/\/www.abk-stuttgart.de\/en\/application\/foreign-degrees\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognition of foreign degrees and certificates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"block block-contact-card-header inner header\">\n    <div class=\"area\">\n        <h2>Studierendenb\u00fcro<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"area\">\n        <p>Campus Wei\u00dfenhof,<br \/>\nNeubau 2, Raum 0.05<br \/>\nMo, Di und Do 9\u201312 Uhr<br \/>\nDo 13:30\u201316 Uhr<\/p>\n\n                    <div class=\"btn-group\">\n                \n<a\n    href=\"mailto:studieren@abk-stuttgart.de\"\n   class=\"link btn btn--default type-mail has-icon icon-left\"\n    target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"   data-type=\"mail\"\n      >\n\n            <span class=\"shrink-to-fit\">studieren@abk-stuttgart.de<\/span>\n    \n    \n    \n            <svg width=\"25\" height=\"25\" viewBox=\"0 0 25 25\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n    <path d=\"M18.1328 7.86621L12.4995 13.0662L6.86615 7.86621\" stroke=\"black\" \/>\n    <rect x=\"6.5\" y=\"7.5\" width=\"12\" height=\"9.4\" stroke=\"black\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n    <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"block block-text\">\n        <div class=\"fs-text\">\n            \n<p>From 1 January 2026, the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design will no longer conduct <b>certificate recognition&nbsp;<\/b>for other art and music colleges in Baden-W&uuml;rttemberg. Every art and music college in Baden-W&uuml;rttemberg&nbsp;<b>must<\/b>&nbsp;independently review the foreign qualifications of foreign applicants.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"block-bundle collapse-section\">\n    <summary class=\"block block-subsection-title\">\n        <h3>International applicants<\/h3>    <\/summary>\n    \n\n    <div class=\"block block-text\">\n        <div class=\"fs-text\">\n            \n<p>You must submit your foreign certificates as part of your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abk-stuttgart.de\/bewerbung\/aufnahmeverfahren\/\">application<\/a>. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abk-stuttgart.de\/studium\/studierendenbuero\/\">Student Office<\/a>&nbsp;will check whether they are equivalent to German educational qualifications in accordance with &sect; 35 (1) sentence 6 LHG.<\/p>\n<p>The equivalence or non-equivalence determines which type of entrance examination you will be assigned to. Classification into the aptitude or talent examination is carried out in accordance with &sect; 58 (2) No. 7 LHG and\/or &sect; 58 (2) No. 11 LHG.<\/p>\n<p>When submitting your qualifications with your application documents, please note that<\/p>\n<ul class=\"simple\">\n<li>all qualification documents must be certified (<b>NO&nbsp;<\/b>original certificates!)<\/li>\n<li>an official English or German translation of the qualification certificates is required if the qualification document does not already include an English or German version<\/li>\n<li>Applicants from&nbsp;<b>South Korea<\/b>: additional proof of the College Scholastic Ability Test<\/li>\n<li>Applicants from&nbsp;<b>China, India*, Vietnam<\/b>: additional APS certificate (simple copy sufficient)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>*<\/b>Currently (as of September 2025), applicants from India are&nbsp;<b>not<\/b>&nbsp;required to submit an APS certificate or APS certificate if:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"simple\">\n<li>the highest-level university degree relevant for assessment comes from a country other than India;<\/li>\n<li>proof of a previously passed assessment test is available;<\/li>\n<li>applicants can provide evidence of a scholarship from Germany or the EU.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"block-bundle collapse-section\">\n    <summary class=\"block block-subsection-title\">\n        <h3>German applicants<\/h3>    <\/summary>\n    \n\n    <div class=\"block block-text\">\n        <div class=\"fs-text\">\n            \n<p>German applicants who hold a foreign higher education entrance qualification must also submit their certificate to the Regional Administrative Authority (<em>Regierungspr&auml;sidium&nbsp;<\/em>) in Stuttgart &ndash;&nbsp;<em>Certificate Recognition Office&nbsp;<\/em>(<a class=\"is-external\" href=\"https:\/\/rp.baden-wuerttemberg.de\/rps\/abt7\/zeugnisanerkennungsstelle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zeugnisanerkennungsstelle<\/a>) &ndash; for verification of equivalence with the German general higher education entrance qualification (<em>Allgemeine Hochschulreife<\/em>) prior to applying.<\/p>\n<p>An application to the Academy or any other art or music university in the state of Baden-W&uuml;rttemberg is only possible after receiving a written confirmation of recognition. A certified copy of this confirmation must be included with the application documents. 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