Checklists for Master’s Applications

Please download the application form for direct applicants and fill it out.

Proof of your primary/undergraduate university degree may be submitted by

• including your university degree certificate as well as a summary of your study subjects, grades and credit points (transcript).
  For details, please see here: https://www.tu.berlin/en/go2954/

or

• if you have not completed your Bachelor’s studies yet, an ECTS certificate with your current total number of ECTS credit points and your current average cumulative grade (GPA)
  • for applicants from TU Berlin: a printout from your QISPOS account incl. the Master's qualification or a printed summary of your study subjects incl. current average cumulative grade (GPA) from your tuPORT account or, if you want to apply for an educational Master’s degree program (teacher training program), an ECTS certificate issued by team 1 of the examinations office
  • for external applicants (from other German universities): an official summary of your study subjects incl. the current total number of ECTS credit points and your current average cumulative grade (GPA), issued by the respective official of your university (e.g. examinations office) or downloaded from your university online account. These must either
    • be stamped and signed by the official office,
    • contain an indication that they have been produced by mechanical means or
    • contain a verification code.
  • For details, please see here: https://www.tu.berlin/en/go2966/

If existing, please upload the study and examinations regulations (“Studien- und Prüfungsordnung – StuPO”) as well as the module descriptions of your primary university degree program (in German or English) and highlight the sections that are relevant to the content-related/specific entry requirements of your desired Master’s degree program. This allows the examinations board to better manage the verification process and to correctly review your application with regard to the content-related entry requirements.

Some of our Master’s degree programs require further specific proofs or certificates. For ex. a proof of English language proficiency. Please visit our website for more information on the specific requirements of your desired Master’s degree program (admissions requirements). If you have further questions on the formal requirements of these specific proofs and certificates or if you have questions with regard on content, please contact the responsible student advisory service of your desired Master’s degree program.

In case you have to submit work samples (e.g. for the Master’s degree program in Architecture), please submit it also in the form of a PDF file together with your application documents.

Specific proofs and certificates might be requested as original documents or in the form of officially certified copies according to the admissions regulations (“Zugangs- und Zulassungsordnung (ZZO)”), s. These documents are to be submitted only electronically as a PDF file.

Required for all study programs with German as the language of instruction.

PLEASE NOTE: As of an application for the summer semester 2022, Nationals of Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland with a foreign Master's entrance qualification also need a language certificate at the required level. Your identity card or passport is NOT sufficient proof of language skills!

For details, please see here: www.tu.berlin/en/go2960/

Submit you current certificate of enrolment or certificate of termination of enrolment (exmatriculation) if you had/have been enrolled at a German university other than TU Berlin after your graduation (in another undergraduate and/or graduate program).

Please note: Your application will not be rejected if you fail to include this certificate. However, we cannot take account of your waiting period without it.

Proof of periods of civilian/military service, if applicable, according to article 7 (1) of the “Berliner Hochschulzulassungsgesetz (BerlHZG)” (Berlin higher education admissions law).

In the event of equal ranking in the selection procedure within the waiting period quota, priority will be given to applicants who meet the requirements specified in § 7. If there is still equality of rank after this, the decision will be made by lottery process.

Copy of your passport or ID (biographical page with personal data)

For an application for a higher semester, the following documents have to be submitted to the TU Berlin Graduate Admissions Department in due form and time incl. the approval of the examinations board. Please consider the information about the documents and the respective deadlines on our website.

• Credit transfer application - part A with the placement into the appropriate term of studying (“Fachsemester”) if you want to apply for a lateral entry in a Master’s degree course (“Quereinstieg”).
• Credit transfer application - part A with the placement into the appropriate term of studying (“Fachsemester”) if you want to continue a formerly cancelled enrolment into a Master's degree program at TU Berlin (“Wiedereinschreiber”) and a clearance certificate from the responsible examination team.

Application form will be created during the uni-assist online application process

Primary university degree/undergraduate degree - incl. official translation (if not issued in German or English)

• including your university degree certificate as well as a summary of your study subjects, grades and credit points (transcript)

or

• if you have not completed your Bachelor’s studies yet (at a university in the EU), an ECTS certificate with your current total number of ECTS credit points and your current average cumulative grade (GPA)
  • an official summary of your study subjects incl. the current total number of ECTS credit points and your current current average cumulative grade (GPA), issued by the respective official of your university (e.g. examinations office) or downloaded from your university online account
  • For details, please see here: https://www.tu.berlin/go2966/
• If existing, please upload the study and examinations regulations (“Studien- und Prüfungsordnung – StuPO”) as well as the module descriptions of your primary university degree program (in German or English) and highlight the sections that are relevant to the content-related/specific entry requirements of your desired Master’s degree program. This allows the examinations board to better manage the verification process and to correctly verify your application in regard to the content-related entry requirements.

Further specific proofs and certificates (study program related) incl. official translation (if not issued in German or English)

• Some of our Master’s degree programs require further specific proofs or certificates. For ex. a proof of English language proficiency. Please visit our website for more information on the specific requirements of your desired Master’s degree program (admissions requirements). If you have further questions on the formal requirements of these specific proofs and certificates or if you have questions with regard on content, please contact the responsible student advisory service of your desired Master’s degree program.
• In case you have to submit work samples (e.g. for the Master’s degree program in Architecture), please submit it also as a PDF file together with your application documents.
• Specific proofs and certificates might be requested as original documents or in the form of officially certified copies according to the admissions regulations (“Zugangs- und Zulassungsordnung (ZZO”)). These documents are to be submitted only electronically as a PDF files.

Proof of German language proficiency - incl. official translation (if not issued in German or English)

• For all degree courses with German as the language of instruction
• PLEASE NOTE: As of an application for the summer semester 2022, Nationals of Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland with a foreign Master's entrance qualification also need a language certificate at the required level. Your identity card or passport is NOT sufficient proof of language skills!
• For further information: https://www.tu.berlin/go2960/

• if you had/have been enrolled at a German university after your graduation from a foreign university
• Please note: Your application will not be rejected if you fail to include this certificate. However, we cannot take account of your waiting period without it.

Proof of periods of civilian/military service, if applicable, according to article 7 (1) of the “Berliner Hochschulzulassungsgesetz (BerlHZG)” (Berlin higher education admissions law).

In the event of equal ranking in the selection procedure within the waiting period quota, priority will be given to applicants who meet the requirements specified in § 7. If there is still equality of rank after this, the decision will be made by lottery process.

Copy of your passport or ID (biographical page with personal data)

• For an application for a higher semester, the following additional documents have to be submitted to the TU Berlin Graduate Admissions Department in due form and time incl. the approval of the examinations board. Please consider the information about the documents and the respective deadlines on our website.
• Credit transfer application - part A with the placement into the appropriate term of studying (“Fachsemester”) if you want to apply for a lateral entry in a Master’s degree course (“Quereinstieg”).
• Credit transfer application - part A with the placement into the appropriate term of studying (“Fachsemester”) if you want to continue a formerly cancelled enrolment into a Master's degree program at TU Berlin (“Wiedereinschreiber”) and a clearance certificate from the responsible examination team.

Applicants who graduated from universities in the People’s Republic of China, Vietnam, Mongolia and Iran have to additionally fulfil country-specific requirements. For more details, please see here: https://www.tu.berlin/en/go3032/.

Please check the information from uni-assist if you need to submit additional documents for your application, depending on the country where you graduated.