Applicants who are not able to provide a certificate of the final degree of their undergraduate program by the end of the application period (f.e. because they are in their last semester of their Bachelor's program) can still apply submitting their current level of academic performance (Transcript of Records) instead. In said case, students must have already acquired two-thirds of the credit points of their undergraduate program as a basic requirement. The admission requirements must also be met in full when applying by means of a 2/3 certificate. In the selection process, the average grade of the current level of academic performance will be taken into account. A certificate of the final degree of the undergraduate program must be provided until the end of the first semester of the master program to the Student Service Center.
If you apply with a final degree that you have obtained outside the European Higher Education Area which also displays your credits to differ from the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS), it is essential to add an appropriate conversion key to your application documents! The conversion key must reveal the amount of hours necessary in order to obtain one credit at your university. Thus, it can be ensured that your academic performance will be converted correctly into ECTS credits in the selection process by Freie Universität Berlin. You can get the conversion key from the university issuing the certificate of your final degree.
Except in the case of continuing education courses and auditing, Freie Universität Berlin does not charge any tuition fees (Studiengebühren) for its programs of study. Instead, the university only charges “semester fees and contributions” (Semestergebühren and Semesterbeiträge). You can find further information on semester fees and contributions here.
* All necessary documents must be uploaded to the application portal latest by the end of the application period. The subsequent filing of missing documents is not possible.