What traditional universities, universities of applied sciences and research institutes are located in Schleswig-Holstein? Cf. link below:

Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen in Schleswig-Holstein

Further information, including persons/offices to contact and major fields of study, may be found under the following link:

Bildungschancen für Flüchtlinge

How are international certificates recognized/attested?

The conditions for student applicants vary from university to university. Cf. links below:

anabin - Datenbank und Informationsportal zu ausländischen Bildungsabschlüssen

Standards zur Anerkennung/Beglaubigung (für uni-assist-Partnerhochschulen)

Ausländische Hochschulabschlüsse und akademische Berufsqualifikationen in Schleswig-Holstein

Online courses free of charge

A number of traditional universities, universities of applied sciences and other institutes provide online-courses free of charge.

• Christian-Albrecht University, Kiel (cf. website below)

  Die Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel ist offen für Geflüchtete

• Luebeck University of Applied Sciences (cf. website below)

  Weiterbildungsangebot für Flüchtlinge

• Europa-Universität Flensburg
  ProRef-Programm der Europa-Universität Flensburg
• European Commission
  Language-course licences for person who have fled their own country ("OLS for Refugees"), for example at the West Coast University of Applied Sciences in Heide.