Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

How to apply

Welcome at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. This information may help you with application. Information as from September 10, 2024.

The application procedure for the summer semester 2025 may vary due to a system change. Please check again shortly before the start of the application period. 

Applicants, with university entrance qualifications acquired abroad, submit their application to uni-assist for a preliminary check. Please check in any way the appropriate way of applying. Detailed information for prospective students you can find here.

Application periods

The application periods may change. Please check out the timetable.

Courses

Please take a look in the course catalogue to find out what you can study at Humboldt. If you want to study medicine, dentistry or medical education please contact Charite.

How and where to apply

Applicants, with university entrance qualifications acquired abroad, submit their application to uni-assist for a preliminary check. Please check in any way the appropriate way of applying. Detailed information for prospective students you can find here.

You always apply online, either at Humboldt or at uni-assist. You can apply within the application periods. Please check our information on "Dialogorientiertes Serviceverfahren", if you want to apply for a course that will be allocated by hochschulstart.de. An overview of the number of applications you can find in this figure.

German school leaving certificate/university entrance qualificationy

If you have a German school leaving certificate (Abitur), you can apply directly at Humboldt. You can make three applications and mong these one application for a higher semester.

  • At first you have to register at studienplatz.hu-berlin.de
  • Please check your data at the end of your application.
  • Please send in the documents that are listed at the end of your application in the "Online-Status". These documents must be at Humboldt at the end of the application periods. Please note that we have to receive them; the date stamp is not relevant.
University entrance qualification within the EU and EEA

If you have a school leaving certificate you made within the EU or EEA, you can apply at uni-assist. You can make three applications and among these one application for a higher semester.

Please follow the instructions at uni-assist.

University entrance qualification outside of the EU and EEA

If you have a school leaving certificate you made outside of the EU or EEA, you can apply at uni-assist. You can make one application, either for the first or a higher semester.

Please follow the instructions at uni-assist.

Degrees
  • Mono-bachelor: You study one subject.
  • Combined bachelor: You study two subjects.
  • B.A./M.A. = Bachelor/Master of Arts (humanities, cultural studies)
  • B.Sc./M.Sc. = Bachelor/Master of Science (natural sciences, Psychology either)
  • M.Ed. = Master of Education (if you want to become a teacher)
Contact and Questions

If you have any question concerning your application please contact Compass (see below). Within the application and admission periods we have a lot of work. Please be patient if all lines are busy. We will answer your question as soon as possible.

Information according to EU-DSGVO

 

When contacting facilities of the study department, personal data are partly collected and processed. The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number shall always be in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU-DSGVO) and in accordance with the Berlin Data Protection Act (BlnDSG). Further information on this, your rights and options can be found at https://www.hu-berlin.de/de/hu/impressum/datenschutzerklaerung