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:
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