If you are an Indian student gearing up for higher education in Germany, here’s a golden nugget you can’t afford to overlook: the Akademische Prüfstelle (APS) Certificate. As an essential checkpoint, it is an official seal that verifies the authenticity of your Indian academic credentials and facilitates your admission to a German university and the issuance of a student visa. For 2025 and beyond, the German mission in India clearly lists the APS certificate as a mandatory document for most Indian applicants. 
 

Germany hosts more than 250,000 international students (including a growing share from India), and institutions and visa authorities are increasingly vigilant about verifying credibility. That’s exactly why APS was introduced: to check academic authenticity, accelerate processing, and maintain the integrity of the system.  So, before you start browsing dorm rooms or commence your German language preparation, let’s understand what the APS certificate is, why it’s so important, and how you can secure this as smoothly as possible. Let’s begin.