Admission Requirements
Applicants need to have a university degree at the time of formal enrolment (October 2025). This first degree can be in any subject. With usually over 100 applications for 30 places, admission is highly competitive. The diversity in standards of university teaching and grading throughout the world makes it impossible to impose any formal requirements on the minimum grade to be obtained. As a rule of thumb, though, successful applicants with a Bachelor's (e.g. BA, LLB, BSc) or similar degree tend to have graduated within the top 10-15%, successful applicants with a Master's (e.g., MA, LLM, MSc) or similar degree within the top 15-20% of their class. We will, however, look at the individual circumstances of each case.
Applicants need to speak excellent English. The application must contain proof of your proficiency equivalent to C1 in the form of a recognised certificate (see here). The list of accepted language tests in this document is not exhaustive, but rather a recommendation. Alternatively, applicants who can prove that they have either studied an undergraduate degree in English (a minimum of three years, 180 ECTS) or are native English speakers may be exempt from providing a recognised language certificate. For more details see here. Applicants who can show an equivalent to C2 will have an advantage.
If you are applying with a first degree from a German university, applications will have to be submitted through the Humboldt University's application portal. If you are applying with a first degree from an international university, applications will have to be submitted through an external partner platform (UniAssist). Further details about the application process will be available by mid-February 2025.
For the course starting in October 2025, the application period is from 2 May to 31 May 2025.
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