Admission Requirements

1. Fill in the Online Form:

• Students with German citizenship or those who have acquired their first academic degree in Germany apply to Freie Universität directly. The online form can be found at the bottom of the following website. Please pay attention to additional directions thereon. (http://www.fu-berlin.de/en/studium/studienorganisation/bewerbung/link-bewerbung-master/index.html) 
• Foreign or stateless students do not apply to Freie Universität directly, but through uni-assist. Please find further information here.

2. Compile all documents required:

The following documents need to be attached to your application in any case. Please check individually whether further documents are required in your case. Incomplete applications will not be processed by the Admissions Office.

1) Certificate of your first academic degree,

2) Transcript of records to prove the required prerequisites (see below for information about required ECTS points),

3) The final thesis of your first academic degree in German or English,

4) Certificates of adequate language skills in English and/or German (only non-native speakers who did not graduate in the respective language) (see below),

5) Photocopy of passport (only when applying through uni-assist).

3. Send in your documents by mail

...to the Admissions Office of Freie Universität resp. to uni-assist.

Notice: Please check in advance whether you fulfill all admission requirements. A short overview will be given in the following but does not substitute for studying our articles of study place allocation (Vergabesatzung, abbr.: VergS) intensively.

1) Admission requirements as per Sec. 3 par. 1 VergS:

 - completed academic degree in Economics, Business or Legal Sciences (Bachelor or comparable) with a minimum of 45 ECTS points in 

• Business Taxation
• Business Finance 
• Public Finance
• Financial/managerial Accounting
• Related legal areas (e.g. Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Employment Law)

As well as a minimum of 16 ECTS points in Basics of: 

• Mathematics
• Statistics
• Information Systems

In mathematics and statistics a minimum of 12 ECTS points have to be proven. 

- the proof of your ability to use scholarly methods to deal with economic or legal subjects with professional guidance. Evidence has to be produced by handing in the final thesis of your first academic degree or a comparable work.

2) Furthermore, all applicants have to prove adequate levels of both German and English language skills.

The obligation to prove adequate language skills applies to all students who are no German resp. English native speakers and who have not completed their first degree in English resp. German.

English

The required level of English language skills is B2 GER. This conforms to the state of knowledge that is usually acquired within seven years of English studies at school. A German University Entrance Qualification can therefore be sufficient evidence.

All other students have to pass a TOEFFL or comparable English language test. The Admissions Office has published an official list of tests (incl. required minimum results) that are considered equivalent:

http://www.fu-berlin.de/studium/bewerbung/zugangsvoraussetzungen.html

German

All foreign students have to prove adequate German language skills. Applicants will be considered as foreign students if they are not a German citizen and have not completed their first academic degree in Germany.

The list of equivalent German language tests is published by the Admissions Office. Please refer to the requirements for enrollment in a degree program:

http://www.fu-berlin.de/en/studium/international/studium_fu/deutschkenntnisse/index.html