Glossary

A

• Admission requirements
• Adult education center
• Assessment center
• Assessment notice
• Residence permit

B

• “Bottleneck profession”
• Basic Law
• Basic personal allowance
• Blocked bank account
• Blue Card Directive

C

• Central Agency for German Schools Abroad (ZfA)
• Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB)
• Chamber of Crafts
• Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK)
• Cluster project
• Collective bargaining agreement
• Collective bargaining agreement
• Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
• Consumer advice centre
• Consumer protection
• Crafts Code
• Culture of remembrance
• Current account

D

• “Dual studies”
• DAAD
• Declaration of commitment
• Demographic change
• Doctoral thesis
• Doctorate
• DSH – language proficiency test required for entry to a German university
• Dual vocational training system

E

• “Ethnic German resettlers”
• E-learning
• E-training
• EC card
• Entrance examination
• EU Blue Card
• Excellence Initiative

F

• Fast-track procedure for skilled workers
• Federal Employment Agency (BA)
• Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF)
• Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG)
• Foreigners authority
• Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services
• Freedom of movement

G

• Gross/net wage or salary

H

• Health card
• Health service patients
• Health system
• High technology sector
• Hosting agreement

I

• Income replacement benefits
• Income tax bracket
• Income tax declaration
• Integration course
• International and Specialized Services (ZAV)
• International Office
• International staff exchange

J

• Junior employees, new recruits

K

• Key technology

L

• Language tandem
• Liability insurance
• Living costs
• Local transport
• Long-term care insurance
• Low-emission zone

M

• Magister
• Mission abroad (German)

N

• Naturalisation
• Naturalisation authority
• Non-regulated skilled crafts

O

• Ordinance on the Employment of Foreigners

P

• Period of practical training
• Placement agreement
• Preliminary approval of the visa
• Preparatory course
• Principle of parentage
• Priority check
• Professional practice permit
• Professional qualification
• Proof of financial means

Q

R

• Reference occupation
• reference qualification
• Regulated professions
• Regulated skilled crafts
• Renown
• Research training group
• Residence permit
• Residents' registration office

S

• Salary threshold
• Schengen zone
• Self-employment
• Semester dues
• Service Center for Professional Recognition (ZSBA)
• Services sector, tertiary sector
• Settlement permit
• Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
• Social security card
• Social security system
• Soft skills
• Solidarity surcharge
• State examination
• STEM
• Student social services

T

• TELC certificate
• TestDaF – the test for German as a foreign language
• Third country
• Titel of master craftsman
• Trade Office

U

• Undergraduate studies
• Unemployment benefits
• Uni-Assist e.V.
• University entrance qualification
• University of applied sciences
• University of cooperative education

V

• Virtual university/distance learning
• Visiting professorship

W

• Welcome Center
• Whitelist
• Works agreement
• World Health Organisation (WHO)

X

Y

• Young researcher

Z