Entry Test Registration

How to register for the entry test

In order to take part in the entry test, you need to register for our learning platform “OPAL” and then for the test date of your choice.

Registration for OPAL:

1. Find the following website: https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/login and click “Sie haben keinen Login an einer Hochschule?” / “Don't belong to one of the listed universities?“

2. There click “Registrieren” / “Register”

3. There, select “TU Dresden”, enter your private email address and submit.

4. Check your email account for the registration email. (If there is no email, check your spam!) Confirm registration by clicking the link in the email.

5. Find yourself a username, enter your name and surname (as in your passport/ID) and find and confirm your password.

6. Important: Don’t forget to bring your username and password to the entry test. You cannot start the test without them!!! Now submit.

7. Accept the terms and conditions. Now the first step of your registration process should be complete.

Registration for the test:

• Click the following link: https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/45169442817/CourseNode/1724120899439850010
• Again click “Sie haben keinen Login an einer Hochschule?” / “Don't belong to one of the listed universities?“
• Log in with your username and password.
• Now you should be able to select one test slot.
• You can only register for one test slot. Should you not be able to attend the test or want to change to another slot you can always deregister and sign up to another date.

On the day of the test:

• Bring your ID, user name and password.
• Be at least 15 mins early. Wait outside the test room.
• The test will take place in the media centre: SE1, 209, Zellescher Weg 22, 01217 Dresden. For better orientation check these websites:
  • https://navigator.tu-dresden.de/karten/dresden/geb/se1
  • https://navigator.tu-dresden.de/etplan/se1/02
• All relevant details and mock exams can be found on our website:
  • http://tu-dresden.de/die_tu_dresden/fakultaeten/fakultaet_sprach_literatur_und_kulturwissenschaften/anglistik_und_amerikanistik/studium/studieninteressierte_ba
• Should you not be able to attend the test please deregister so someone else can take up your slot.
• The entry tests will take place as noted on the TU website. There may, however, be changes to the time slots or rooms allocated, not the date. You will be informed of any changes in advance.
• You will receive your results after the test. You then need to send this document to the Matriculation Office (Prüfungsamt).
• The computerised test takes 80 minutes; you may not leave the testing room even in the event that you are finished before the 80 minutes have passed.