Applicants need to have a German final degree or an equivalent foreign degree that qualifies for a profession (e.g. Bachelor).

Applicants must have completed a minimum of 30 ECTS credits in Economics and a minimum of 18 ECTS credits in quantitative methods (Mathematics, Statistics, and or Econometrics). Please also note important information about prior knowledge of econometrics, which can be found here.

This requirement can also be fulfilled, if you hold a German high school diploma (Abiturzeugnis) with 6 years of English. Please consider that this is only valid for a German high school diploma. The English language requirements can also be fulfilled if your previous studies were mainly carried out in English language.

Additional information on the English language requirements 

You are required to prove your German language level, if your previous course of study was not carried out in German. In this respect, please note that the language requirements for applications and for enrollment vary.

Additional information on the German language requirements

Did you complete your Bachelor's studies at a higher education institution outside of the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS)?

Please contact the higher education institution, which issued your Bachelor’s Diploma, for an equivalence table or similar. Without this, we cannot guarantee that your previous studies are recognized by Freie Universität Berlin.

Have you not yet completed your Bachelor's? 

In order to consider your application, you must prove that you have completed 2/3 of the ECTS points of your program.

In this case, your application will be evaluated based on your current completed courses and grades. Nevertheless, the final Bachelor’s diploma must be presented by the end of the first semester of this Master's program.

A certificate of enrollment in another Maste's program should be included in your application documents.

If you interrupted your studies during a certain period and now wish to resume in a higher semester, this is possible as long as you have not exhausted the maximum number of examination attempts in your Master's.

An admission to a higher semester at our Master's program is only possible within the standard period of four semesters. You cannot apply for 5th or higher semester.

The first 51% of places are assigned based on the Bachelor's Grade Point Average (GPA)

The remaining 49% of places are assigned based on a weighted method. Your ranking in this selection process is determined by the successful completion of specific courses related to Public Finance. The following areas of knowledge are considered:

Public Finance, Labour Economics, Environmental Economics, Public Choice, Economic History, Econometrics and Labour Law.

The admission process for a higher semesteres are determined centrally by Freie Universität Berlin.

Information on the allocation of study places at admission-restricted programs