Admission requirements

Admission requirements

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First degree

• Bachelor’s degree or German “Diplom”
  
  Applicants with a degree from Europe: at least 60 ECTS in Economics and Business Administration, thereof at least 15 ECTS in Economics;
  
  International Applicants: at least 12 Economics and Business Administration classes, thereof at least 3 classes in Economics (these must be equivalent to the above mentioned ECTS; the admission committee will decide on the equivalence)
  
  
• Applicants with a degree from Europe: A total of 210 ECTS credit points or equivalent will be required. Applicants with only 180 ECTS credit points or equivalent will be eligible if they have completed at least one year’s professional employment or training since graduating.
• Applicants with a degree from other foreign countries: The degree must be equivalent to at least a 3 year German Bachelors degree (Bachelor degrees from India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Nepal and Bhutan are not considered equivalent.) To find out whether your degree is equivalent, please contact mide@fhtw-berlin.de. Applicants must then have completed at least one year's professional employment or training since graduating. In this case, proof of professional employment must be submitted.
  If the degree is equivalent to a 4 year German degree, professional employment or training is not an admission requirement.
  

Proof of English language ability

• TOEFL
  paper-based 580 points
  computer-based 237 points
  internet-based 96 points
  
• IELTS grade 6.0
• CET band 6 (for applicants from the People's Republic of China).
• Native speakers of English are not required to supply proof of their English language ability.
  
• If English was the official language of instruction for your first degree, please supply official proof.

Admission Criteria

Admission to the programme is based on the following criteria:

1. Average grade (35%)
2. Number of Economics subjects taken (25%)
3. Letter of motivation (30%)
4. Letters of Reference (10%)

Applicants from the PR of China

You should submit a certificate from the Akademische Prüfstelle der Deutschen Botschaft (APS), Chaoyang District, Dongsanhuan Beilu 8, Landmark Tower 2, Office 0311, 100004 Beijing, phone: + 10 65 90 71 38 fax: + 10 65 90 71 40 email: kuaps@163bj.com. You are advised to set about obtaining this certificate as early as possible as the process can take some time.

Applicants from Vietnam

You must submit a certificate from the Akademische Prüfstelle der Deutschen Botschaft (APS). Address: Deutsche Botschaft in Hanoi, APS, 29 Tran Phu, Q. Ba Dinh, Hanoi, phone: 04-845 38 36/7; 04-843 02 45/6 fax: 04- 843 99 69; email: ku-101@hano.auswaertiges-amt.de.
Please note: Interviews will be held twice a year in November and May. Deadline for submission of the APS application is 15.09./31.03.

Applicants from Mongolia

You must submit a certificate from the Akademische Prüfstelle der Deutschen Botschaft (APS). Address: Deutsche Botschaft in Ulan Bator, APS, Straße der Vereinten Nationen, PF 708, phone: +976-99225839; email: aps.ulanbator@gmail.com.