🇩🇪 Germany · Online Courses
Online learning relevant to Germany — accredited platforms, local MOOCs, and language courses.
Germany's online and distance study is offered by public and state-recognised universities (notably the FernUniversität in Hagen, the public distance-learning university). The official Hochschulkompass portal lists accredited degree programmes directly from the institutions, and the anabin database / ZAB lets you check how a foreign or online qualification is assessed in Germany.
- Public and state-recognised universities offer online/distance degrees (e.g. the FernUniversität in Hagen).
- Hochschulkompass lists accredited degree programmes directly from the institutions.
- Use the anabin database / ZAB to check how a foreign or online qualification is assessed.
- State recognition / accreditation determines whether an online degree is valid in Germany.
Official authorities
- Hochschulkompass (accredited degree programmes)
Official directory of accredited programmes.
- Recognition in Germany / anabin (ZAB)
Official assessment of foreign/online qualifications.
Official-information aggregation, not legal advice. Always verify on the authority's own site.
Government portals
- Federal Government of Germany — Germany's Federal Cabinet official website — policy, legislation, news, and government programs
- Federal Office for Migration (BAMF) — German visas, EU Blue Card, asylum, integration courses, and permanent residency
- Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt) — Tax ID (IdNr) registration, tax identification lookup, withholding tax refunds — the key authority for foreign taxpayers in Germany