School Information Center (SIZ)

Evaluations of foreign school qualifications

Certificates of education acquired abroad are assessed in comparison to German school-leaving qualifications for the purpose of starting work or further training in Hamburg. A certificate is issued about this, which is attached to the foreign certificate and states which school-leaving qualification corresponds to the previous education. Applicants for the state universities in Germany submit their educational certificates directly to a state university of their choice.

Important notes

Documents required

Passport or identity card (possibly proof of name change), registration certificate, certificates and diplomas for school and university education (with grades), possibly proof of a passed university entrance examination or a university admission for a scientific degree, translations into German by sworn translators

Please note

You can find an application form on the website of the school information center ( http://www.hamburg.de/bsb/evaluation-auslaendischer-schulzeugnisse/ ). This application can be sent to the school information center by post.

Downloads & Links

Forms and downloads

Leaflet: Recognition of foreign certificates, PDF, 54 KB, 1 page

Links on hamburg.de

Evaluation of foreign educational qualifications

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Address and contact information

Address

School Information Center (SIZ)
Hamburger Straße 125a 22083 Hamburg

Opening hours

Mon-Tue 9 am-1pm, Fri 9 am-1pm, Thu 1 pm-6pm, appointments at 428 99 22 11 required!

Facility info

	Accessible
	Metered parking
	keine Behindertenparkplätze

The school information center is no longer in the Hamburger Meile shopping center!

Wheelchair users please use the elevator at the side entrance.

Public transport

U3 / buses X22 / 37/261 Hamburger Straße

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