What documents do I need to submit as a student with a foreign degree?

The Freie Universität Berlin only accepts applications that are submitted through uni-assist! You can apply maximum for two master programs.

The subsequently listed documents need to be submitted by post and legally certified. All the documents need to arrive by post at uni-assist by the end of the application period (31.05.).

You will need to pay uni-assist for the preliminary review. Your application will solely be reviewed when the payment entered in the bank account of uni-assist. To quicken the process, please attach the receipt of your payment to the application.

Documents Explanation

Final diploma

(if already available)

With indication of the final grade

Overview of the classes and grades

(official transcript)

With indication of the final grade

If applicable: a current enrollment certificate

If after completion if your first diploma you got enrolled in a german university

Translation of all documents if these aren´t in german or English

Issued by an institution in your home country that is authorized to do translations for official purposes

Certificate of Spanish or Portuguese on a B2 level

If the Bachelor`s degree wasn´t done in Spanish or Portuguese

Certificate of the necessary German knowledge*

 TestDaF level 3 in all four parts of the exam / Level B2 GER (“Mittelstufe II”) / successfully concluded “Mittelstufe II” at a language school / German “Abitur”
If existent certificate of relevant extracurricular qualifications  

*For an unlimited matriculation in the masters degree, a DSH2 level or an equivalent (+/- C2 GER) has to be certificated. Applications with a certification of level B2 can be accepted under the condition that before the beginning of the studies at the FU masters program a DSH-exams has to be made and be passed with a minimum level of DSH1. All those accepted candidates will receive an invitation for that exam. If the exam gets passed only with DSH1 and not DSH2, the candidates will have to visit a German course during the first semester and repeat the DSH-exam at the end of the semester, having to pass that one with DSH2. With that level the candidate receives an unlimited matriculation

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