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Study Law in Germany in English: The Jurisdiction Wall
Law is the subject where an English taught degree helps least. German legal practice runs on German law, in German, through state examinations.
Study MBBS in Germany in English: The Name Does Not Exist
MBBS is a British and South Asian degree name. Germany does not award it, and the search hides three separate problems behind one acronym.
Mechanical Engineering in Germany in English: Standards
Mechanical engineering is Germany's signature industry, which is exactly why an English taught degree meets a German speaking shop floor sooner than expected.
Study Medicine in Germany in English: The Licence Gap
You can search for medicine taught in English in Germany. Practising it is a separate gate, and the German government says that gate is in German.
Study Nursing in Germany in English: What Is Real
Nursing is named in Germany's own recognition rules as an occupation needing German to practise. Here is what that means before you pick a programme.
Study Psychology in Germany in English: Degree or Licence
Psychology splits harder than any other subject. The research degree travels in English. The clinical licence is a regulated German gate.
CET 4 and 6 Have No Pass Mark and No Speaking Test
China's national college English exam reports out of 710 with no pass line set by the exam body, and speaking sits outside that score in a separate optional test.
Linguaskill Speaking Parts 1 and 2: Who You Are Talking To
Part 1 is a presentation to nobody. Part 2 is a report to a named colleague who missed the meeting. Cambridge changes your audience mid test and never announces it.
The English Requirement Nobody Publishes: Employers
Regulators publish a floor and then tell employers to check again. The second requirement is unwritten, unappealable, and it is the one that decides whether you work.
Every English Requirement We Read, in One Place
Twenty regulators, four countries, one federal law and two government spreadsheets. An index of what each one actually requires, and where the surprises were.