International applicants with equal legal status to German applicants

1. Non-EU/ Non-EEA nationals who acquired their German secondary school-leaving certificate (German 'Abitur' or German 'Fachabitur') in or at a German school abroad;
    
2. EU/ EEA nationals (European Economic Area (EEA): Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway);
    
3. Non-EU/ Non-EEA nationals who live in Germany and whose spouse/ registered civil partner/ parent is an EU/ EEA national who is employed in Germany;
    
4. Non-EU/ Non-EEA nationals who have acquired the secondary school-leaving certificate of an EU/ EEA state, e.g. French Baccalauréat.

Please note that an International Baccalaureate (IB Diploma) is no German secondary school-leaving certificate even if it was acquired in Germany.