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How much does University of Education Weingarten cost for international students?
PH Weingarten is a public university in Baden-Württemberg, where students from outside the EU and EEA have paid a state tuition fee of 1,500 EUR per semester since winter 2017/18. Exemptions under the state fee law are checked through an information form, which you should hand in before 15 August for winter or 15 February for summer.
| Item | Cost for international students |
|---|---|
| Tuition, non-EU students | 1,500 EUR per semester |
| Semester contribution (everyone) | Total not published; it includes the 80 EUR state administration fee and the Seezeit Studierendenwerk contribution (110.50 EUR from winter 2025/26). Ask PH Weingarten for the current amount |
Part-time continuing-education Master's programmes charge their own fees (for example, International Teaching costs 1,250 EUR per semester).
On top of the fees, you need proof of funds for the student visa: 11,904 EUR for the year, usually in a blocked account.
What are the application deadlines?
Non-EU applicants send their Bachelor's and consecutive Master's applications to uni-assist and apply at the same time in PH Weingarten's own portal (campus.phwg.de). Applicants with a Chinese school or university certificate also need a certificate from the Academic Evaluation Center (APS) in Beijing.
| Degree | Intake | Deadline (non-EU) |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor and Master | Winter (October) | 15 July |
| Bachelor and Master | Summer (April) | 15 January |
| Master's programmes with earlier dates | Winter / summer | See the programme page (some close around 31 May) |
The dates come from PH Weingarten's admission and enrolment regulations; check the programme page for the current application period, and allow several weeks for uni-assist to process your application.
How many programmes are taught in English?
No PH Weingarten degree programme is taught in English.
About 20 full-time degree programmes are taught in German, most of them in teacher education (for example, the Bachelor's and Master of Education in primary and lower secondary teaching), alongside programmes in educational sciences, media and education management, and speech therapy. The part-time continuing-education Master's programmes, such as School Development and International Teaching (taught in English and German, with work experience required), are not counted. For teaching-degree recognition, PH Weingarten asks for German at C2 or TestDaF 4 in all sections.
About University of Education Weingarten
The University of Education Weingarten (Pädagogische Hochschule Weingarten) is a public university in Weingarten, Baden-Württemberg, near Lake Constance. It has been based in Weingarten since 1962; its predecessor was founded in 1949 as a teacher training college in Reutlingen. It focuses on teacher education and educational sciences, has the right to award doctorates, and is housed in a baroque monastery complex on the Martinsberg. It is a separate institution from Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences (RWU), with which it runs joint teacher training programmes for vocational schools.
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