What do I learn when preparing for the Passerelle supplementary examination? Which subjects are tested?

With this entrance or supplementary examination, the universities require proof of an extended general education with good language skills in the first and a foreign language, knowledge of mathematics as well as natural sciences and humanities subjects.

Passerelle subjects (and exams):

  • German (4 hours written, 15 minutes oral)
  • French or English (3 hours written, 15 minutes oral)
  • Mathematics (3 hours written, 15 minutes oral)
  • Natural sciences: Biology, Chemistry, Physics (a total of 4 hours in writing)
  • Humanities: History, Geography (a total of 4 hours in writing)


The two partial examinations of the Passerelle supplementary examination contain the subjects in the following distribution:

  • 1st partial examination: Natural sciences and humanities
  • 2nd partial examination: German, foreign language, mathematics

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