Use this list to see what you already have and what is still missing. Not every item applies to every university, so check each programme’s own page for what it asks.
Documents
- School reports or transcripts for the years the university asks about.
- Your final diploma, or predicted grades if you have not finished school.
- A valid passport or identity card.
- Certified translations, where the university requires them.
- Certificates for awards, competitions and courses you mention.
Tests
- An admissions test, if the course or the country requires one.
- A language test, if you will study in a language that is not your first.
- The date each result will be ready, compared with each deadline.
Writing
- A personal statement, application essays or a motivation letter, in the form each system asks for.
- Any additional questions set by individual universities.
- A short CV, where it is requested.
People
- One or two teachers who have agreed to write a reference, and who know the deadline.
- Your school counsellor or the member of staff who sends official documents.
- A parent or guardian, for financial documents and consent where it is needed.
For each university
- The programme’s entry requirements, read on the university’s own page.
- The deadline, including the time and the time zone.
- An account on the application platform the university uses.
- The application fee, if there is one, and how it is paid.
- The date you last checked all of the above.
After you submit
- Save the confirmation and the reference number.
- Check the applicant portal and your email regularly, including the spam folder.
- Prepare for an interview or an additional test, if the course uses one.
- Note the deadline for replying to each offer.
- Arrange funding, housing and, if you are going abroad, your visa.
Where Corinia fits
Corinia turns this checklist into a plan made for you. It reads the requirements of the programmes on your shortlist, lists the steps in order, and attaches each date to its official source. See also the application timeline.