Here is a simple fact: The German Official University Portal, DAAD, lists more than 10,000 Master’s programs across Germany.
Which is like a vast forest of possibilities, each path branching into more paths, until the map blurs into near-guesswork.
Most students never realize how exhausting this part can be when they set their sights on studying in Germany.
They are still dreamy-eyed with pictures of the Alps and Oktoberfest.
But soon, this dream turns into a nightmare of comparing modules, translating requirement pages, and opening one university site after another.
After all that effort, many don’t even reach close to knowing if their GPA, credits, subjects, or experience even fit what a program wants.
As the confusion grows, the search gets more annoying and energy-consuming.
Until many decide out of exhaustion, or go along with a choice a friend mentioned to them.
So what are the steps to actually shortlist your dream programs?
How to Actually Shortlist Universities in Germany
If you follow the steps, it is actually not too difficult.
Pick your exact field: Not an extremely specific field like “Computer Science.” But rather, choose the specific direction: AI, Data Science, Embedded Systems, Media Informatics, and so on. This removes most irrelevant programs.
Choose the language of study: English taught only, or both English and German. Your list shrinks immediately.
Match your subjects and ECTS: Check each program’s required subjects. If your transcript covers at least seventy percent of them, it is a good match.
Check GPA requirements: Top unis often look for 1.0 to 2.0. Many strong public universities accept 2.5. Applied sciences universities are more flexible.
Look at your background: Your bachelor’s branch and your work experience should align with the program. Missing core subjects is the main reason for rejections.
Consider your practical needs: Deadlines, documents, required tests, city preference, and cost of living all influence your final list.
Build a balanced shortlist: Some ambitious programs, a few safe ones - that’s your mantra. This setup gives you high acceptance odds. That is it.
So why are so many students confused?
International Student Problems
International Students feel lost not because the steps are complicated, but because the path is littered with mismatched signs.
Every university has its specific rules, the information of which can be put together only after you find all the different pieces in different corners of the internet.
Requirements are written in academic riddles. Numbers shift from ECTS to CP to workload with no explanation.
To simplify this confusion, some students turn to pricey consultants and hope that someone else will take the weight off their shoulders.
Yet many of these so-called expert consultants have never navigated the system themselves.
It is like asking for directions from someone who has only seen the city on postcards.
The truth is simple.
Your chances are strongest when you hold the map yourself and find your own way.
The problem is, there are too many such maps!
And every map points somewhere different. Every route claims to be the right one.
After a while, the stack becomes so thick that you cannot even see the table underneath.
That is the real problem - the avalanche of resources, information overload.
The problem is too many maps!
What if there was just One Map and One Compass to point you in the right way?
Having one single portal to guide you intelligently through the whole process is the real dream.
Does such a thing exist?
Yes.
Yes, it does.
It’s called Edvi.
A purpose-built AI-based portal for international students: Where they can do everything they will ever need to study abroad - from research to application submission.
How does it work?
Where most tools and portals treat the application process as a checklist, Edvi treats it as an end-to-end process. It has only 3 simple steps:
- Upload documents
- Search and shortlist intelligently recommended best-matched programs for your profile
- Apply to any university anywhere in the world! (Currently supported country is Germany; more added rapidly)
That is it!
Step 1. Document Upload
Students upload their documents, expecting another automated form.
Instead, Edvi reads the uploaded documents and understands the context.
- A degree from Mumbai behaves differently in the German system than the same degree in Denmark.
- A transcript from Lagos unlocks different categories in Anabin than one from São Paulo.
- A math course in a Tunisian university is treated differently in Germany.
Most students don’t know this.
Universities rarely explain it.
Edvi makes it visible in seconds.
Step 2. Intelligent search and shortlist to get the best-matched programs for your profile
To be honest, the chaos of global applications was never going to be solved by adding more pages to university websites.
Every institution built its own rules in isolation. They can’t even standardize their own terminology, let alone coordinate internationally.
Edvi cuts through all that.
Based on the context it has gained from your documents, it shows which requirements apply to which student, and which rules are flexible despite sounding absolute.
It decodes ECTS conversion. It turns vague bureaucratic statements into practical steps.
And based on this, recommends the universities most likely to give you success!
Hours of confusing research saved!
Step 3: Apply
Now comes the part every student thinks will be straightforward until they actually start: the application step. The mythical “final stage” that websites describe like it’s a polite formality. Click here, upload there, send this, done.
Except it’s never that linear.
The moment students begin, they discover that the application step isn’t a step at all.
It’s a branching path with rules that change depending on who you are, where you studied, what your documents look like, and what the receiving university expects.
With Edvi, all of this changes.
Have you shortlisted the universities in the previous step?
Then just pay and apply!
No need to worry about what to fill in which portal! Edvi’s cutting-edge AI Agent knows exactly on which website to go, what fields to fill, and what documents to submit where!
Not only that: Edvi has a community of experts in the loop. Experts who have already successfully done their international studies in the country you are applying to!
They review each application after the AI has gone through it, ensuring the best quality.
And within 24 hours, the universities receive the application!
That is it!
Enabling Global Educational Mobility
The more global mobility increases, the more this clarity matters.
Explorers once survived by choosing a single map they believed in. Students today deserve clarity.
They deserve a guide that doesn’t drown them in options but helps them cross the sea of uncertainty with precision.
Edvi is that guide.
The working map.
The compass that stays steady.
Global education is no longer gated by geography. It’s gated by comprehension.
Edvi gives students the ability to move again with confidence.
