Important answers to your application
This information is aimed at prospective students who have acquired their entrance qualification outside Germany. Depending on which degree programme you are interested in, the admission regulations, application deadlines and conditions may differ.
Please check in advance which degree programmes Humboldt-Universit?t offers. For the subject Medicine, please contact the Charité. You are welcome to contact the faculty's student counselling service directly if you have any questions about the content of the degree programme
If you have already obtained a Bachelor's degree in Germany, you can check which application route is relevant for you in the application check. If you are not sure about your self-assignment, please contact us during the consultation hours for prospective international students .
Application via uni-assist
Please complete the application form for admission to a degree programme for international applicants online in the application portal "My uni-assist".
Which documents do I have to submit?
- Your application must be submitted online to uni-assist with all necessary application documents (PDF files) in accordance with the application deadline for the chosen degree programme.
- Please scan and upload all required documents - original documents - as PDF files in the application portal "My uni-assist". If you do not have any originals to hand, please upload officially certified copies as original documents (all pages). Language certificates must also be uploaded as PDF documents (originals).
- If your documents can be verified online, you will provide uni-assist with all the means to carry out the online verification. This means that the information on how online verification can be carried out should either be provided on the documents themselves or enclosed in a separate letter. It is sufficient to upload all this information to the "My assist" application portal.
What should I bear in mind?
If the original documents are not in German or English, please also scan and upload an official translation of the documents as a PDF file in the "My assist" application portal. Translations from your home country must be produced by a state-authorised translator or translation agency. Translations can also be prepared by a sworn interpreter or translator authorised in the Federal Republic of Germany. Information on the required translation can also be found on the uni-assist website.
Which documents are important for your application depends on the country in which you obtained your qualifications. It is therefore essential that you read the special country information from uni-assist.
Yes, not all applicants with an international entrance qualification apply for an undergraduate or postgraduate degree programme via the uni-assist application portal.
The following persons with an international admission authorisation also apply via the Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin's online application portal within the application deadlines:
- International students who are currently enrolled at Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin (no Erasmus or exchange)
- Students who were regularly enrolled at Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin in the past (no Erasmus or exchange)
- Applicants who are applying for a Master's programme and have completed their Bachelor's degree at a German university. The application for the Master's programme must be based on this degree from Germany.
- Applicants who are applying for a Master's degree programme and are currently completing their Bachelor's degree at a German university. The application for the Master's programme must be based on this degree from Germany.
- Applicants who have obtained a European Baccalaureate and are applying for the first semester of an undergraduate degree programme (Bachelor, state examination).
Information on applying via the HU online application portal can be found here.
Study programmes with alternative application procedures
Some Master's degree programmes and cooperative study programmes in the Master's area have special application requirements and application deadlines. If you are interested, you can obtain the necessary information on how to apply for the Master's degree programmes mentioned directly from the programme coordinators in the faculties or at the universities that carry out the application procedure:
Information on applying by degree
Decision support for tricky cases
Still don't know which portal to apply via? Simply use our application check.
Advice & Service
If you have any questions about applying for a degree programme, the requirements and application modalities, please contact the initial counselling service. We offer telephone consultation hours. You can reach us on +49 30 20 93-46 724:
Monday 13.00 - 15.00
Tuesday 10.00 - 11.00 and 14.00 - 16.00
Wednesday 13.00 - 16.00
Contact persons
Kersten Grabowski
Laura Just
Welcome Centre
From abroad and at Humboldt-Universit?t? The Welcome Centre team is there for you: we can advise you on study options and research stays, support you with your arrival and offer a variety of events in the areas of networking, training and wellbeing. We will also be happy to assist you with the administrative steps involved in transferring to Humboldt-Universit?t.