Direct application to the TU Berlin for Graduates of German universities

This information applies only to an application to the Master's program.

Master’s applicants who earned or will earn their first university degree (generally a bachelor’s) at a German university and are applying with a ECTS certificate must submit their application directly to the TU Berlin.

If you are an applicant with a foreign first degree (e.g. Bachelor), please apply through uni-assist e.V.

Please note that you may only submit one application for admission to master’s studies per semester. This also applies if your first application is rejected. A second application will not be considered.

You must submit all required documents on time. Please refer to the checklist below to see which documents are required. Please make sure that your documents are complete.

Furthermore, we recommend that you submit your application documents as early as possible. Only then this will allow us to check your documents and give you the opportunity to submit additional and correct documents within the application deadline.

If you are enrolled as a degree-seeking student at another Berlin university (Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin University of the Arts) for a joint master’s degree program or Master of Education program, please read the information about multiple enrollment at TU Berlin.

Please note: Student Info Services is able to provide general advising about applying and enrolling. However, it cannot review your application documents. If you are uncertain which degree program best fits you and your interests or have general questions about studying, please contact the Academic Advising Service.

As a direct applicant to the TU Berlin, please submit your application with the relevant documents only online as a PDF file. Your application is not complete until you have completed step 1 and step 2. Please do not use old application numbers and please register again for each applicaton procedure. Failure to complete step 1 will result in a formal rejection of your application. If you only complete step 1, your application will be considered as not submitted and will not be processed further.

Step 1

Please register first via the online portal for your master's application and only once per application procedure, as we can correct incorrect data. As type of registration please choose "consecutive master". At the end of the online registration you will receive your application number. Please make a note of the number, as you will need it for step 2. You will not receive a confirmation yet.

Please now follow the instructions in step 2 to complete your application and receive confirmation.

Step 2

Use the upload form to upload the documents listed in the checklist below, indicating your application number and the required personal information. You will receive a confirmation email when we have received your documents.

ATTENTION: If you have not received a confirmation email about the receipt of your application documents, you should repeat the upload of the documents. Also, the disproportionately long processing status "Antrag ungeprüft" may indicate that the upload did not work.

The documents must be uploaded in their complete form as one summarized PDF file.The total size of the file must not exceed 20 megabytes. Please make sure that the documents are readable. Other file formats, cloud links or similar will not be accepted. For better readability, please insert your study and examination regulations as well as the module descriptions at the end of the PDF file.

With your application number you can view the status of your application. After the formal review, any missing documents can also be viewed there.

Pay attention to the application deadlines (cut-off periods). Documents that are submitted after the application deadline will not be considered.

If you apply very late or shortly before the deadline, the check of your documents may not take place until after the application deadline. In this case, subsequent submissions are no longer possible. Please bear this in mind if you apply a few days before the application deadline.

Please do not send your application until it is complete. Subsequent submission of documents within the application deadline may delay the processing of your application.

If your application is not complete after the application deadline, it will be rejected for formal reasons.

• At first we will review your application to confirm if it fullfills the formal requirements.
• If your application documents are incomplete, you can view this in the application portal. If the application deadline has not yet expired, you can still submit the missing documents.
• After the formal check, the examination board of the faculty will then verify complete applications to see if they meet the specific admission requirements of the degree program.
• In the case of Master´s degree programmes with restricted admissions, a selection procedure usually takes place afterwards, in which the applications that match the content take part.
• At the end of the procedure, you will receive a letter of admission or rejection from us. You will find the letter of admission in tuPORT after successful admission, the letter of rejection will be sent by mail.
• Please note:
  • You may be rejected directly by the Graduate Admission for formal reasons if your application has not been submitted in full by the application deadline.
  • If your application is suitable in terms of content, but is rejected for capacity reasons during the selection procedure for Master`s degree programmes with restricted admissions, you will receive a capacity-related rejection.
  • You will receive a content-related rejection if the examination board decides that you are missing content. There are no conditional or provisional admissions, all necessary admission requirements must be proven by the application deadline.