You can apply via uni-assist if you fulfil both of the following requirements:

• You are a citizen of an EU or EEA country.
• You obtained your higher education entrance qualification (e.g. German Abitur (secondary school leaving examination)) outside Germany.

This also applies if you have already been enrolled at another German university but have not yet obtained a degree and would like to transfer to HTW Berlin.

5% of all study places are reserved for applicants from non-EU/EEA countries and for stateless persons. In international degree programmes, the proportion is 12%.

 Use the anabin database or the DAAD admissions database to check whether your educational qualification is recognised in Germany.

These information sources will confirm whether your educational qualification allows you to

• apply directly for a Bachelor’s degree programme. The application is then made via uni-assist.
• or necessitates you to apply initially for a preparatory course (Studienkolleg).        

Conversion of overseas grades: if you do not have a German grading equivalent for your overseas average grade, use the “Modified Bavarian Formula” for the purposes of conversion.

You can use the TestAS aptitude test to check whether a Bachelor’s degree programme in Germany is the right choice for you.

1. Registration at hochschulstart.de
   Prioritisation on hochschulstart.de: if HTW Berlin is your university of choice, assign it priority 1.
2. Application via uni-assist within the application deadlines
   Enter the BID and BAN (user data from Hochschulstart) in uni-assist

In the uni-assist portal you can:

• Create and manage applications for up to three Bachelor’s degree programmes
• Select study programmes
• Upload documents
• View processing status
• Contact uni-assist

The application via uni-assist is subject to a fee. The processing fees must be transferred within the application deadline.

We recommend that you submit your documents at least two months before the deadline.

• Proof of education (secondary school leaving certificate to date) with grading system and average grade
• Language certificates (German or English)
• Additional documents, e.g. CV, copy of passport, letter of motivation, APS certificate from the Academic Evaluation Centre (DAAD/Foreign Office), TestAS
• For previous periods of study in Germany: Certificate of enrolment/exmatriculation and verified transcript of records

Please note: 

• Submit all documents in German or English. Documents in other languages must be submitted as a sworn translation in German or English. Sworn translators in Germany are listed by the Federal Association of Interpreters and Translators. 
• For multiple applications via uni-assist, documents only need to be submitted once.
• Please submit certified copies.

• uni-assist checks your documents according to the criteria of HTW Berlin and those of the German Standing Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs.
• You will receive the result in writing by email and by post.
• In the event that you meet all the requirements, your application will be forwarded to HTW Berlin.
• The final decision on admission is made by HTW Berlin.
• The HTW Berlin application portal provides information on the processing status (access after receiving the login data by email).
• Approximately four weeks after the application deadline, the letter of admission or rejection will be available for download.   

• Check whether you need a visa in order to study.
• Remember to register your place of residence in Berlin once you have entered the country.
• Deadlines for entry & commencement of studies: If you come from a non-EU/EEA country, you must commence your studies in person by 31 October (winter semester) or 30 April (summer semester) at the latest. In the event of a default on your part, your admission will lapse. It is not possible to postpone admission to a subsequent semester.