Recognized by the State Office for Promotion of Vocational Training (Landesamt für Ausbildungsförderung Nordrhein-Westfalen) as eligible for promotion in the sense of the German Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG).
*ICETE Levels provide common English terms that are useful for global readability and comparability of the levels of higher education learning opportunities, but they do not indicate the status of institutions nor their ability to award formal degrees (which is determined by local authorities).