Ambiful AbroadIndia → Germany · free
Plan your move to Germany without paying a consultant.
Ambiful Abroad is a free study planner for Indian students heading to German universities. It tells you which pathway you actually qualify for, what the whole thing really costs, what to prepare, and when.
Built for students in India, and the parents funding them, who would rather understand the process than hand it to an agent. If you have a Class 12 or a Bachelor's degree and are looking at a German public university in 2026 or later, this is for you.
Germany first. More countries are coming, and you can tell us which one.
No account needed to start: your plan stays on your phone until you sign in. Android and iOS. Not in the stores yet; leave your email and we will send one message when it is.
Hi Priya
Your route
Master's degree
Open, with conditionsBased on your answers. Tap to see the reasons and the sources.
Next up
- Collect marksheets, certificates and transcriptsDue 15 Feb 2027
- Get the APS certificateDue 13 May 2027
- Take an English testDue 13 May 2027
2 of 19 steps done
Winter 2027 intake
15 Jul 2027
typical deadline
1 Oct 2027
semester start
- Home
- Checklist
- Programmes
- Applications
- More
2,265 programmes from the DAAD catalogue.
Every figure carries its source and the date it was checked, and the sources are re-read every week.
No university commissions, ever.
How it works
From “can I go?” to the plane, in four steps.
The app works out your route, your cost and a dated plan from the official rules, then keeps you on it.
Step 1
Answer a few questions
Your qualification, marks, languages, subject, budget and when you want to start. No account needed.
Step 2
See your route and the real cost
Which way into a German university is open to you, and the first-year cash in rupees, line by line with sources.
Step 3
Follow a plan dated backwards
Every step from APS to the visa, each with a date counted back from the official deadlines, with reminders.
Step 4
Keep it all in one place
Documents, letters, applications and deadlines. Uploads tick off steps; parents can follow along with a read-only link.
A real plan from the app
Master’s in Germany, starting October 2027
Example: Bachelor’s from India, English-taught programme, no English test or German yet. First-year cash: ₹17,39,170.
13 May 2027
English test result · APS certificate · Motivation letter and CV
20 May 2027
Applications in, 8 weeks before the deadline
15 Jul 2027
Typical application deadline
18 Jul 2027
Admission letter in hand (planned)
23 Jul 2027
Blocked account and insurance
28 Jul 2027
Visa application
1 Oct 2027
Semester starts in Germany
Dates from the app’s planner for this example. Yours depend on your answers and the programmes you choose; each university sets its own deadline.
What you get
Everything the consultant would have done, on your own phone.
Each part answers one question you would otherwise pay to have answered. Every figure the app shows comes from a public rule it can point you to.
Pathway check
Bachelor, Master, PhD or Ausbildung: whether your Indian qualification gets you direct entry, needs a Studienkolleg year, or needs something else first, with the official source for each rule.
True first-year cost
Blocked account, uni-assist, APS, visa, insurance, rent by city, semester contribution, in rupees at a rate you can change. No number without a source and a date it was last checked.
Dated document checklist
Every step in the order you need it, each with a date to have it by, counted back from the official deadlines, ticked off as you go.
Programme finder
Search 2,265 programmes from the DAAD catalogue and add the ones that fit to your shortlist, each with its own deadline and where the application stands.
Letter and CV coach
Templates for the motivation letter, CV and recommendation request built on DAAD’s guidance, then AI feedback on your wording. It suggests language only; it never scores you or predicts whether you will get in.
Document vault and reminders
Keep your certificates in one private place. Uploading them ticks off the matching checklist steps, and you get a reminder before each date on your checklist and two months before any document expires.
Pro pass
Paid tools for the heavy lifting, when you want them.
Everything above stays free. One in-app purchase unlocks all of them for six months, with the price shown before you pay. It does not renew and nothing is charged again.
- Pro
Life after graduating
What German law offers once you finish: the 18-month job-search permit, the EU Blue Card with this year’s salary thresholds or a skilled-worker permit, and your earliest permanent residence, dated from your graduation, with the German level each route needs.
- Pro
uni-assist planner
A submit-by date for every uni-assist application (uni-assist’s own at-least-8-weeks advice), the VPD steps, your semester’s handling fees, and uni-assist’s document list for India checked against your vault.
- Pro
German plan
The German level your route needs (from the German missions, universities and Studienkollegs), the courses at your nearest Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan with their real lengths and prices, the exam, whether it fits before your deadline, and free official material to learn alongside.
- Pro
Family view
A read-only link for your parents: your route, key dates, progress, the money needed and your applications, updated as you plan. They never see your documents, marks or letters, and you can switch the link off any time.
- Pro
Recommendation letters
Track who you asked for a letter of recommendation and for which applications, see when each letter is needed from your deadlines, and draft a polite request or reminder email. The letter itself stays your referee’s own.
- Pro
APS assistant
Your APS procedure, whether you need the new dMAT test first, the document list checked against your vault, how to courier it, and what delays or stops it — from APS India’s own rules.
- Pro
Eligibility check per programme
Your marks converted to the German grade, then each programme on your shortlist next to what you have: degree, intake, English score, German level and deadline, with its academic requirements quoted from the catalogue.
- Pro
Scholarship matching
Scholarships open to applicants from India at your level and in your field — DAAD, foundations and the Deutschlandstipendium — with amount and deadline, plus the funding your shortlisted universities offer.
- Pro
Letters tailored to each programme
Your motivation letter reworked for each programme on your shortlist, keeping your facts and your voice, with a list of what to look up on the programme page before you send it.
- Pro
Document pack check
Before you apply and before your visa appointment, a check that every document your route needs is uploaded and in date on the day it is needed, then one tap shares the whole pack, named and in order, to your email or Drive for the portal upload.
- Pro
Visa appointment by mission
Which German mission in India handles your visa, from the state you live in, and how the online application, booking and interview work — with your target date and links to the document check and interview practice.
- Pro
Visa interview practice
Practice questions on what visa interviews usually cover — your programme, why Germany, your funding and your plans — with written feedback on how clearly and consistently you answered.
- Pro
Your university pack
Once a university admits you: its official links in one place — programme website, housing, international support, semester contribution, career service — with DAAD’s dormitory finder and how to avoid rental scams.
- Pro
After-arrival pack
Your first weeks in Germany dated from the day you move in: registering your address, bank account, enrolment, residence permit, broadcasting fee, tax ID and student-job rules.
How we make money
You pay us, or nobody does. Never a university.
An optional 6-month Pro pass you buy inside the app, at a price you see before paying, and a small number of partners (blocked-account providers, insurers, language schools) who are named as partners wherever they appear.
We never take commissions from universities and we never recommend a university because it pays us.
Made for the Germany route
It knows the parts that only apply to Germany.
Not a generic study-abroad checklist. The rules that trip up Indian applicants are built in, each with the page it came from.
APS
The APS certificate, and where it sits in the order of things before your visa appointment.
uni-assist and VPD
Which universities want a uni-assist VPD and which take applications directly.
Blocked account
What it is for, how it is opened, and when it has to be funded for the visa.
Studienkolleg vs direct entry
Whether your Class 12 or Bachelor’s gets direct entry or needs the foundation year first.
Part-time work rules
What a student visa lets you work alongside your studies, so your budget is honest.
Coming to Android and iOS
Be first on the app
The apps are in development. Leave your email and we will send one message when they are out. Planning for a country other than Germany too? Tell us which: the most asked-for country comes next.
No spam. One email when the app is in the stores.