How to apply

How to apply

Applications are due by 30 September for the programme starting in April of the following year.

To apply, applicants must submit the following documents (please do not staple them):

• a completed MIDE Application form (.doc, 130 KB)
  
• a letter of motivation (not less than 1 page in length)
  
• officially certified copies of your university degree(s) and grade transcripts (Please note: It is very important that these copies have their authenticity officially certified by an appropriate person or institution; official translations into English or German should be provided where necessary)
  
• an explanation of the grading system at your previous university
  
• two letters of academic recommendation
  
• your curriculum vitae (résumé)
  
• a copy of your birth certificate or passport or ID card
  
• proof of your English language ability
• two passport photos
  
• a two page summary of your undergraduate/postgraduate thesis (If you were not required to write a thesis during your undergraduate degree, please tick the appropriate box on the MIDE application form. No further documents will be required in this case.)
  
• a proof of at least one year of professional employment since graduation if the first degree is equivalent to a 3 year German Bachelors degree or 180 ECTS
• a proof of at least two years of professional employment since graduation if you wish to apply for the DAAD scholarship

If you have not been required to write a thesis during your undergraduate degree programme, please indicate this on the MIDE application form in the section "Thesis" on page 2. In this case you will not be required to hand in a thesis summary or substitute paper.

Please note that, in accordance with university regulations, we are only able to consider applications that are fully completed, and which are accompanied by all the necessary supporting documentation. Please do not send secondary school certificates, training certificates etc.

Applications sent by fax or email will not be considered.

Please send your application to:

FHTW Berlin
MIDE Admissions
10313 Berlin
Germany

For further information please use our e-mail form to contact us or call
Cindy Gottstein (Course Administrator) phone: +49/30 5019-2867.