Studying without A-levels
At the MHH, there are several ways to apply for an undergraduate degree program (human medicine and dentistry) without a high school diploma (according to § 18 of the Lower Saxony Higher Education Admission Act (NHG)):
- General higher education entrance qualification
- Subject-specific university entrance qualification
- Certain types of Fachhochschulreife(≠ Fachabitur)
► You can find more information on this further down on this page.
You can find general information on studying without an Abitur under the following link.
Applications are made centrally throughout Germany via the Foundation for University Admissions (Hochschulstart); it is not possible to apply directly to the MHH for the first semester. Further information on the application procedure and the allocation of study places can be found on our subpage Application for a study place in the first semester for human medicine or dentistry.
Further information on
due to previous professional education according to § 18 para. 4 sentence 1 NHG
- Master craftsman examination
- State-certified technician or business economist
- Further training according to §§ 54, 53 BerufsbildungsG or §§ 42, 42a HandwerksO with 400 teaching hours
- Certificate of competency for the nautical or technical shipping service with 400 hours of instruction
- Vocational school certificate in accordance with the "Framework Agreement on Vocational Schools" (Nds. MBl. 2010 p. 516) - applies to the Department of Social Work, Economics, Technology, Design, Agriculture
- Further training for professions in the healthcare sector or for social care or social pedagogical professions with at least 400 teaching hours
Further information on the general higher education entrance qualification based on previous vocational training can be found here.
- Fachabitur in the field of health
- due to previous vocational training
- Three years of relevant vocational training* + 3 years of professional practice (full-time). You can find more information here.
- after previous vocational training and subject-related examination (Immaturenprüfung). You can find more information either on the Studieren in Niedersachsen website or from the Niedersächsisches Landesinstitut für schulische Qualitätsentwicklung (NLQ).
- The Immaturenprüfung also provides access to the Bachelor's degree course in Midwifery Science.
- after 2 semesters of study of the same study programs with corresponding achievements at another university, even if you do not have a relevant subject-specific university entrance qualification.
* A shortened duration of training is not relevant here, as it is the regular duration of training that counts.
- with a relevant specialization (note: a general entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences is not taken into account):
- Fachoberschule Gesundheit with a focus on health*
- Technical college for health and social services with a focus on health*
- Fachoberschule Gesundheit und Nursing with a focus on health*
- Technical college for social and health care with a focus on health*
- after 2 semesters of study in the same study programs with corresponding achievements at another university, even if you do not have a relevant subject-specific university entrance qualification
- if preliminary or intermediate examinations in the same study program have been passed at a German university
* There is also the possibility that a Fachhochschulreife acquired outside of Lower Saxony is valid for admission to the course. For this, the requirements (total hours) and content of the subjects of the entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences for Health, Health and Social Affairs, Health and Nursing or Social and Health Care, each with a focus on health, must be equivalent to those from Lower Saxony.