It doesn't appear to be. From Wikipedia, "There is another type of university in Germany: the Fachhochschulen (Universities of Applied Sciences), which offer m

It doesn't appear to be. From Wikipedia, "There is another type of university in Germany: the Fachhochschulen (Universities of Applied Sciences), which offer mostly the same degrees as Universitäten, but often concentrate on applied science (as the English name suggests) and usually have no power to award PhD-level degrees, at least not in their own right... The FH Diploma is roughly equivalent to a bachelor's degree."[0] There doesn't seem to be a community college equivalent in continental Europe [1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Germany [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_college https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_college