German-Chinese double degree: which transcript does uni-assist want?
uni-assist accepts either of your two transcripts. That is not a convenience, it is a fork: each one carries a different condition, and one of them can move your application out of uni-assist and into the university's own admissions office.
On this page
uni-assist states you submit an overview of subjects and grades from either your Chinese university or your German university. Each option carries its own condition. The Chinese transcript must include all of the modules completed at the German university with grades in the Chinese grading system. With the German transcript, your degree is evaluated as a German qualification, and uni-assist may not be responsible for your application at all, in which case you apply directly to your chosen university. Confirm who is responsible before you apply.
Who it applies to
Holders of a German-Chinese double degree applying to a German university.
Key facts
Transcripts uni-assist accepts
Either one
your Chinese university's or your German university's [1]
If you send the Chinese one
All German modules
shown with grades in the Chinese grading system [1]
If you send the German one
Check responsibility
evaluated as a German qualification, and uni-assist may not be responsible [1]
From uni-assist's own China page, and only what it states there.
Bottom line
Both transcripts are accepted, so the decision is which condition you can meet: a Chinese transcript that already carries every German module in Chinese grades, or a German transcript on a route you have confirmed runs through uni-assist. [1]
uni-assist names both, requires the German modules in the Chinese grading system on the Chinese one, and warns that the German one is evaluated as a German qualification and may have to go directly to the university.
Ask your Chinese university whether your transcript already lists the German modules with Chinese grades, and check on your target programme's application page whether uni-assist is responsible for applicants holding a German qualification.
Which transcript does uni-assist accept?
Either one. The China page states you submit an overview of subjects and grades from either your Chinese university or your German university.
Both are named, so neither is wrong by itself. What differs is the condition attached to each, and that is what the choice actually decides. Read both before you upload. [1]
What must the Chinese transcript contain?
Every German module, converted. uni-assist requires it to include all of the modules completed at the German university with grades in the Chinese grading system.
A transcript showing only your Chinese courses, or listing the German ones while keeping German grades, does not meet that as written. Your Chinese university's registry is the office that reissues it. [1]
What changes if you apply with the German transcript?
Who evaluates you. uni-assist states your degree will be evaluated as a German qualification, then adds the sentence that matters most on the page: make sure uni-assist is responsible for evaluating your application before you apply, because you might have to apply directly to your chosen university.
So this is not only a document choice, it is a question about which office receives your file. Check the application page of your target programme, and look your institutions up in anabin. [1][2]
Two transcripts, one deadline
This fork is one question inside a longer sequence: which documents, in what form, to which office, before which date. Answer five questions and get that sequence for your own case.
- Five questions, roughly two minutes
- No account and no payment
- Your route and the documents it needs, by email
- An advisor takes over where your case is not clear-cut
Our fee includes uni-assist's handling fee, and your documents are checked before you pay anything.
A preliminary reading, not an admission decision. Your university and uni-assist e.V. still decide that.
How can you apply to Germany?
About 2 minutes · No password required
Frequently asked questions
Can I send both transcripts to be safe?
The page does not offer that. It states you submit an overview of subjects and grades from either your Chinese university or your German university, and attaches a different condition to each. Pick your route, then meet that route's condition.
My Chinese transcript lists the German modules but keeps the German grades. Is that enough?
No, not as written. uni-assist requires the modules completed at the German university to appear with grades in the Chinese grading system. Ask your Chinese university's registry to reissue it in that form.
Why might uni-assist not be responsible for my application?
Because with your German transcript your degree is evaluated as a German qualification, and uni-assist tells you to confirm responsibility before applying, since you might have to apply directly to your chosen university.
Does the APS requirement still apply to me?
The China page requires the original APS certificate from applicants with Chinese university study and states copies are not accepted. Which APS procedure you are in is a separate question, covered in our APS certificate guide.
How current is this?
It rests on uni-assist's China country page, checked on 26 August 2026. Confirm your own case on that page and with your target university before you apply.
Sources
- [1]uni-assist e.V., documents and requirements for China · Last reviewed:
- [2]anabin (KMK/ZAB), database of foreign institutions and qualifications · Last reviewed:
Not sure about your own documents?
Our fee includes uni-assist's handling fee, and your documents are checked before you pay anything.
Get my next stepUniversity ApplicationChecked 26 August 2026 against uni-assist (China country page)