Application information for German citizens with an international background

Information on the application procedure for prospective students with German citizenship who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification and/or a professional qualification abroad.

In detail, this refers to the application of German citizens with:

foreign higher education entrance qualification (comparable to secondary school leaving certificate) for a one-year attendance of the preparatory college
foreign higher education entrance qualification (comparable to Abitur) for specialised studies (e.g. Bachelor's degree)
foreign higher education entrance qualification and a foreign professional qualification (Bachelor's degree) for a Master's degree or Bachelor's degree in a second degree programme
German higher education entrance qualification and a foreign professional qualification (Bachelor's degree) for a Master's degree or Bachelor's degree in a second degree programme

In the database of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs, you can find out whether or which higher education entrance qualification you have acquired with your foreign certificate. We will be happy to answer any questions you may have during our office hours.

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Yes, this is not a problem. However, exemption from the DSH is only possible if the proof of equivalence to the DSH is not older than 3 years.

No. The HU's online application portal is for all applicants, primarily German students, who submit their application there exclusively. If you have submitted your complete application to uni-assist and have received confirmation from uni-assist that your application has been forwarded to the HU, your application is complete and no further documents need to be submitted. In addition, please note that no more documents can be submitted after the application deadline (cut-off deadline).

After uni-assist has forwarded your application electronically to the HU, your application will be reviewed by the relevant HU staff under certain aspects that uni-assist does not check. Only when your application has been fully reviewed will the status change.

Application

Applications are made exclusively online via the application portal "Myassist" of the uni-assist service centre at Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin:https://my.uni-assist.deBitte Please note the application modalities and the current range of courses offered by Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin. Please also refer to the study programmes for the subject-specific admission requirements and selection criteria. After registering electronically with uni-assist, you will receive your online application number and complete the application form online. The application must be submitted online with all necessary application documents (PDF files) to uni-assist in accordance with the application deadline for the chosen degree programme.

Dates & deadlines

Study programme

Application to attend the preparatory college

You can apply for a degree programme.

Application for an undergraduate degree programme (e.g. Bachelor's degree), 1st semester

You can apply for three admission-restricted degree programmes and one admission-free degree programme. If you would like to apply for a Bachelor's degree programme with a teaching degree option, please enter "Teaching degree" in the online application form. Each semester there will probably be some undergraduate degree programmes with which the HU will participate in the dialogue-oriented service procedure (DoSV) of the Foundation for University Admissions (hochschulstart.de). You can find more information at: hu.berlin/dosv. Before applying online at uni-assist, you must first register at www.hochschulstart.de. After successful registration, you will receive a BID (applicant ID) and a so-called BAN (applicant authentication number), which must be entered for the application to uni-assist, see information at: www.uni assist.de/bewerben/bewerbung-planen/hochschulstart-dosv/

Application for an undergraduate degree programme (e.g. Bachelor's degree), higher semester

Within the three possible applications for admission-restricted undergraduate degree programmes, you can apply for a maximum of one degree programme for the higher semester and/or specify a degree programme for the higher semester that is completely free of admission restrictions.

Application for a Master's degree programme, 1st semester

You can apply for an admission-restricted Master's degree programme and an admission-free Master's degree programme. You need a professionally qualifying university degree. A professionally qualifying degree exists if you have completed a German or equivalent foreign university degree programme lasting at least three years, in the course of which you have acquired academic achievements and examinations totalling at least 180 credit points or ECTS credits. As a rule, this is a Bachelor's degree.

If you are in the final phase of your first professionally qualifying university degree programme, you can apply for an advanced Master's degree programme with an outstanding degree under certain conditions. In your application, you must provide evidence that you are no more than 30 ECTS credits or equivalent short of a successful completion of at least three years of higher education study totalling 180 ECTS credits or equivalent. If you would like to apply for the Master of Education programme, please find out in advance which subject combinations are possible.

Application for the Master's programme, higher semester

Within the two possible applications for further studies, you can apply with an application for a higher FS Master's programme, for which you must fulfil the admission requirements for the Master's programme at HU and already have the corresponding credits (usually at least 30 ECTS) from the previous Master's programme.

Dialogue-oriented service procedures

University Start

Documents to be submitted

Please scan and upload all required documents - original documents - as PDF files in the uni-assist application portal "My assist". If you do not have any originals to hand, please upload officially certified copies as original documents (all pages). Language certificates must also be uploaded as a PDF document (original)If the original documents are not issued in German or English, please also scan and upload a translation of the documents as a PDF file in the uni-assist "My assist" application portal. Translations must be prepared by a state-authorised translator or translation agency. Translations can also be prepared by a sworn interpreter or translator authorised in the Federal Republic of Germany, see: www.gerichtsdolmetscherverzeichnis.deHinweise for the required translation can also be found on the uni-assist website at: www.uni-assist.de/bewerben/dokumente-sammeln/beglaubigungen-uebersetzungen/Welche Documents that are important for your application depend on the country in which you will obtain or have obtained your qualifications. It is therefore essential that you read the special country information from uni-assist:https://www.uni-assist.de/tools/laenderhinweise/Wenn. If your documents can be verified online, please provide uni-assist with all the means to carry out online verification. This means that the information on how online verification can be carried out should either be included in the documents themselves or enclosed in a separate letter. It is sufficient to upload all this information to the uni-assist application portal "My assist", please submit your application in good time and carefully check that it is complete. The following documents must be submitted to uni-assist online for Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin by the end of the application deadline (https://hu.berlin/fristen) at the latest.

Application form

Proof of at least twelve successfully completed years of schooling (evidence in the form of a corresponding school-leaving certificate and curriculum vitae) Abitur certificate or foreign university entrance qualification certificate including the corresponding proof of grades. If you are in possession of an IB diploma, please note the following information under "International qualifications ": https://www.uni-assist.de/faq/dokumente-sammeln/
If you are applying for a Bachelor's degree in Sports Science (monobachelor, core subject, second subject or major), please submit: -medical certificate (form is available as a PDF document for your application on the application portal "My assist")-proof of sports aptitude test (not older than two years, see also: www.sport-eignungspruefung.de)-alternatively: Proof of a total of at least 33 grade points in the subject of sport from 3 semesters of the last four semesters of the German Abitur (qualification phase) or corresponding academic achievements at a comparable qualification level. If the subject of sport is taken as an advanced course, a performance level totalling at least 30 grade points is sufficient.
If applicable, the Bachelor's certificate and the corresponding transcript or preliminary transcript
If applicable, the self-assignment form (applies to some Master's degree programmes) Self-assignment forms are available as PDF documents for download from uni-assist
Module handbooks if applicable (recommended for Master's degree programmes)
If applicable, the subject test (applies to some Master's degree programmes)
Language certificates, see subject specifics. If no special language certificates are required in the subject specifications, the German language certificate must be at least level C1, exception: application for Studienkolleg - level B.2.
If applicable, the certificate of exmatriculation stating the subjects and semesters studied if you have already studied in Germany or
the current certificate of enrolment if you are a student at a German or European university at the time of application
Proof of internships, if applicable
If applicable, practical work experience totalling 900 hours within the last 3 years (applies to some Master's degree programmes)
Please submit an informal certificate from your employer or proof of internship from the supervising institution, stating the total hours worked. A formal certificate of employment is not sufficient, as it does not state the total number of hours worked.
A copy of your identity card or passport
A complete curriculum vitae. This should include your name, application number and a complete educational biography (from school entry age) and all activities up to the date of application.
Processing fee uni-assist currently charges a fee of €75.00 for processing your application documents. Information on this can be found at:
https://www.uni-assist.de/bewerben/kosten-zahlen/zahlungsoptionen/ You will be asked to pay the processing fee before submitting your application electronically. It is not necessary to send in proof of payment.

Examination of the documents and calculation of the average grade

The average grade is calculated in accordance with the specifications of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany after the application has been received in full by uni-assist, usually using the so-called Bavarian formula: German grade = 1+3 x (Nmax - Ndurchschnitt : Nmax - Nmin) (Nmax is the highest grade awarded in the respective country and/or the respective field of study, Nmin is the grade that must be achieved in the respective country in order to pass, Ndurchschnitt is the grade that you have achieved yourself). Your application will then be included in the admission procedure with this calculated grade. You will be informed that your application has been submitted on time and is complete. You will be informed of the examination result and the calculated grade by uni-assist in a written notification. At the same time, Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin will receive all your application documents from uni-assist in electronic form.

Admission and enrolment

So that you can follow the further processing status, you will receive information on the HU Berlin application portal by e-mail from our university, which you can then use to follow the decision-making process at our university. If you are admitted, you must declare your acceptance of the study place in the HU application portal and apply for enrolment. Please be sure to observe the specified deadlines! As soon as you have decided in favour of acceptance, any further applications or admissions will become invalid. Once you have been accepted, enrolment can only take place if you have passed the DSH examination with a DSH 2 or DSH 3 result or can provide a corresponding equivalent (e.g. TestDaF certificate, all four parts of the examination must be passed with a score of 4 or 5). Further information can be found at: hu.berlin/amb202054 If you are required to take the DSH exam, you will receive an invitation to take the DSH exam when you are admitted to the degree programme. You can find this in the application portal. The documents required for enrolment will be displayed in the application portal once you have completed the enrolment application. Enrolment takes place exclusively online!

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