Visa

Applicants from the following countries do not require a visa, only a valid passport:

• EU member states
• Andorra
• Australia
• Honduras
• Iceland
• Israel
• Japan
• Canada
• South Korea
• Liechtenstein
• Monaco
• New Zealand
• Norway
• San Marino
• Switzerland
• USA

Applicants (also for doctoral programmes) from all other countries should inquire well in advance about documents required for a student visa for Germany. Apply for a visa at the German Embassy in your home country prior to coming to Germany: www.auswaertiges-amt.de.

To be issued a visa you need a letter of acceptance issued by Witten/Herdecke University. Please apply for a visa immediately upon receipt of the letter of acceptance, since it may take up to two months before a visa is issued.

Note:
Please do not come to Witten without a valid visa for study purposes! You may enter Germany with a tourist visa, but in order to exchange this visa for a visa for study purposes you will have to return to your home country. 

Fore more information see:

http://www.daad.de/deutschland/deutschland/leben-in-deutschland/06166.de.htmlDAAD