The Freie Universität Berlin Payable for winter semester 2019/20

Application for Undergraduate Degree Programs (Bachelor, Staatsexamen)

An undergraduate degree program is a study program that leads to the student’s first degree or diploma for higher education. This category includes Bachelor’s degree programs and programs toward the state exam (Staatsexamen).

What does “Higher Education Entrance Qualification” (Hochschulzugangsberechtigung - HZB) mean?

This term describes the level of qualifications you are required to have obtained in order to be eligible to study at Freie Universität Berlin. You are required to have earned qualifications that render you eligible to study at an academic institution of higher education in the state of Berlin. This generally means the Abitur, or Allgemeine Hochschulreife, or the European Baccalaureate from a European school, but a vocational or professional qualification can also render you eligible to study at a higher education institution under certain conditions
It is also possible to finish school with a subject-specific higher education entrance qualification. Please note: This kind of school leaving certificate gives only a qualification for certain study programs.
A university of applied sciences entrance qualification (Fachhochschulreife) does not meet eligibility requirements to study at Freie Universität Berlin. Only after earning a degree at a university of applied sciences (Fachhochschule) are you considered eligible to begin an academic program at Freie Universität Berlin. A degree from a university of applied sciences is treated as equivalent to a general higher education entrance qualification.

Important information on foreign higher education entrance qualification:

Whether you have a foreign higher education entrance qualification does not depend on your school’s location, but rather on whether the diploma awarded is a German one or a foreign one. You are considered to have a foreign higher education entrance qualification if you earned a French Baccalauréat at the Lycée Français in Berlin, for example, or an International Baccalaureate from an international school in Germany or if you took the Assessment Exam (Feststellungsprüfung) at the Studienkolleg. How international qualifications have to be evaluated is stated by Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen (ZaB) der Kultusministerkonferenz (KMK). You can obtain detailed information here: