Infographic: Application process for applicants with professional qualification

To find out what kind of professional qualification you have, go to the infographic depicting the different types of vocational qualification.

The application deadlines for pharmacy and veterinary medicine vary depending on when you acquired your higher education entrance qualification (distinguishing between Alt- and Neuabiturienten).

For further information, go to www.fu-berlin.de/en/studium/bewerbung/bachelor/dt-hzb/hochschulstart-dt/index.html

For detailed information: www.fu-berlin.de/en/studium/bewerbung/bachelor/beruflich-qualifizierte/gruppe1

The following documents are usually required:

• certificate of your advanced continuing or professional education program (Aufstiegsfortbildung) or a certificate of a government-operated or government-accredited vocational school (Fachschule)
• school grade report, certificate, or transcript as proof of language skills that are required by your chosen study program
• proof(s) of academic or professional reasons for taking up undergraduate studies (first semester) after the age of 55

For detailed information go to www.fu-berlin.de/en/studium/bewerbung/bachelor/beruflich-qualifizierte/gruppe2und3 

The following documents are usually required:

• a CV listing your professional experience in table format
• certificate of your completed vocational/professional training including the final grade (officially certified/notarized)
• proof of at least three years of full-time employment in the profession you were trained in (officially certified/notarized)
• school grade report, certificate, or transcript as proof of language skills that are required by your chosen study program
• proof(s) of academic or professional reasons for taking up undergraduate studies (first semester) after the age of 55

Documents

For detailed information go to www.fu-berlin.de/en/studium/bewerbung/bachelor/beruflich-qualifizierte/gruppe2und3.

The following documents are usually required:

• a CV listing your professional experience in table format
• certificate of your completed vocational/professional training including the final grade (officially certified/notarized)
• proof of at least three years of full-time employment in the profession you were trained in (officially certified/notarized)
• school grade report, certificate, or transcript as proof of language skills that are required by your chosen study program
• proof(s) of academic or professional reasons for taking up undergraduate studies (first semester) after the age of 55

About the entrance exam:

The entrance exam already takes place before the application deadline (usually at the beginnign of June) and is only offered for the winter semester.

Before taking the entrance exam, you have to hand in all of the documents required for the application at the Student Records and Administration Office for review. You will receive the invitation to the entrance exam after successful review of your documents.

You can find the contact information of the Student Records and Administration Office at www.fu-berlin.de/en/studium/beratung/ssc.

The Studienkolleg, which carries out the entrance exam, also offers counseling. Furthermore, for certain subjects, preparatory courses are offered too that begin several months before the start of the application period.

For more information about the entrance exam, sample exams, and dates, go to www.fu-berlin.de/studienkolleg/beruflich_qualifizierte

Starting 2019, a fee of around €100 will be charged for taking the entrance exam.

More information: www.fu-berlin.de/en/studium/bewerbung/bachelor/beruflich-qualifizierte/hoehere-semester/index.html

The following documents are usually required:

• a CV listing your professional experience in table format
• certificate of your advanced continuing or professional education program (Aufstiegsfortbildung)/certificate of a government-operated or government-accredited vocational school (Fachschule) OR certificate of your completed vocational/professional training including the final grade OR proof of at least three years of full-time employment in the profession you were trained in
• school grade report, certificate, or transcript as proof of language skills that are required by your chosen study program
• To enroll, candidates must present a notice of placement for the respective semester from the department at Freie Universität Berlin that is responsible for the program applied for.

The overview of undergraduate degree programs offered at Freie Universität Berlin shows you whether your chosen program has limited admission.

You have to fill in and submit the enrollment application online, then print it out and sign it, and send it with the other required documents to the address given on the application form. 

The list of undergraduate degree programs offered at Freie Universität Berlin shows you whether you chosen program has unrestricted admission.

If you want to apply for a mono bachelor's program with unrestricted admission, you won't have to apply through the online application form, but can enroll directly at www.fu-berlin.de/en/studium/studienorganisation/immatrikulation/immatrikulation/zulassungsfreie/index.html during the application period listed on the website.

Enrollment form: www.fu-berlin.de/en/studium/bewerbung/link-bewerbung-nc-freie_Faecher/index.html

The academic calender can found here: www.fu-berlin.de/en/studium/studienorganisation/termine/index.html

Deadlines vary:

• For the winter semester usually until the beginning of September.
• For the sommer semester usually until the beginning of March.

Group 3: Please pay attention to the date of the entrance exam.