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I am physiotherapy student in north Cyprus, I am planning to continue my education in master in Germany

@Samiye Rostami Welcome to Germany - and to the forum!

Where will you study? And, the usual question: How good is your German?

@Samiye Rostami

I looked at the site daad(dot)de/en to see a listing of physiotherapy programs in Germany. This site gives comprehensive information about studying in Germany for foreigners including a data base of programs. Of the 52 that exist, there are 7 masters and the rest are bachelors.

The universities or Hochschulen (some technical differences to a university but for all practical purposes the same thing) where one can do a master are in Hildesheim - 431.80 Euros tuition/semester, Münster - no mention of tuition, Giessen - no mention of tuition, Regensburg - no mention of tuition, Fresenius Hochschule in Cologne – 475 euros/month tuition, Cologne University 3000 euros tuition/semester and Hamburg -550 euros/month tuition. Contrary to what one reads on social media, non-Schengen citizens do NOT usually get to attend tuition free at public facilities for masters.

For acceptance you need to show high grades and to have your bachelor rated by the German ABABIN system as being sufficiently comparable to the German standard. The biggest problem is that all of the programs are taught in German on a C1 level. English is expected but in addition, not as an alternative. And if one wants to work as a physiotherapist in Germany they legally need a B2 level of German. Most masters programs in Germany are actually taught in English but medical related ones are the exception. They don’t want graduates of such programs that are not even allowed to work in Germany after completion because of the lack of German language skills.

Another factor that many foreingers underestimate are living expenses. Life is not cheap in Germany. And even if tuition-free, all schools will have a few hundred euros/month  additional fees. To get a study visa one has to put approximately 12,000 Euros/year in a German blocked bank account to cover living expenses, which can easily be more.