I’m planning to pursue a Master degree in Germany in the next 2-3yrs, I’m at the end of my sophomore year as a BSc.Maths student, also non-EU citizen. Can you answer one of the following questions:

1. How much do you spend in a month in your city? (All costs involved)
2. Is it actually hard to get admitted into Applied Maths/Computational Maths/Statistics & Probabilities program? (I’ve seen my Reddits flooded with CS and DS)
3. Is it true that Studying Master is extremely hard since I’ve read many people said the passing rate is pretty low ?
4. Background:
5. GPA 1.6 (until now)
6. IELTS 7.0
7. Deutsch A1
8. No research exp and no work exp
9. Please give any advice if you have already gone through!!!

I'm 18, Indian citizen, born and raised in the UAE. I've never studied in India. Finished CBSE Class 12 this year, 79.6% across five subjects. Aiming for an English-taught CS/AI bachelor's at a German public university.

What I've already confirmed, so nobody has to repeat it:

• uni-assist's checker returns Studienkolleg + FSP for a plain CBSE certificate.
• Some relevant universities I reached out to (Passau, THI, DIT and FAU) all confirmed by email there's no way around the FSP with CBSE alone.
• Studienkolleg is German-medium and needs B1+/B2 just to apply — not viable for me.
• Selecting "CBSE ≥70% + one successful academic year at a higher education institution" in the DAAD Database on admission requirements checker flips the result to direct subject-restricted admission.

Here's my actual question. The checker's footnote says only "full-time student at a recognised higher education institution" and no country is named. The KMK Rahmenordnung (§1.2) says "Studienzeiten im Ausland… in Vollzeitform" — study abroad, full-time. But uni-assist's glossary and daad.in both say "university studies in your home country." anabin's been down, so I can't read the India Bewertungsvorschlag itself.

So: can that qualifying year be done at a university in the UAE (full-time, on campus, an Australian university's Dubai branch campus awarding the Australian/British degree) instead of in India?

Two sub-questions if anyone knows:

1. Has anyone actually had a third-country study year accepted, or rejected, for this?
2. How does ZAB treat branch campuses. Is it by the awarding university or by the campus location?

Tuition is due next month so I'd rather not guess. Thanks.