Enrollment in a doctoral program

If you have been admitted to the doctoral program within the months of July until December, you may apply for enrollment for a winter semester. If you have received admission between January and the end of June, you can enroll for the summer semester. Please submit your application for the summer semester by June 30 at the latest. After the admission to doctoral studies, apply for enrollment within one month.

Required Documents

1. Current letter of admission (issued by the doctoral committee of the department)

2. If applicable, confirmation of DRS membership/participation in Dahlem Research School (DRS) programs; available through the coordination of your DRS program. Contact information can be found on the DRS website for doctoral programs.

3. Completed application for enrollment. If you are already enrolled at Freie Universität Berlin please use the application for change of programs (see also our website change of program).

4. Valid identification document (e.g., passport or ID) verifying your complete surname, first name, date of birth, and expiration date.

You are permitted to black out all other sections. Information on enrollment with a name that differs from your birth name can be found on our website.

5. University entrance qualification (Abitur or equivalent), if necessary a copy of an official translation

6. If applicable, the last certificate of enrollment from a German university with details of the course of study and all course related and university semesters

7. If applicable, a certificate of removal from the register of students of your last German university attended (not applicable if you last studied at Freie Universität Berlin)

8. Degree certificates, if applicable a copy of an official translation if your degree certificate was issued in a language other than German or English

9. If applicable, notification of scholarship

Foreign doctoral students in the context of funding programs who are financed exclusively or predominantly by public funds from the German federal or state governments, e.g. receive a scholarship from these funds, pay the semester fees and contributions without the administrative fee of 50.00 €. If this applies to you, please also submit the scholarship notification and make sure that the duration of the scholarship is indicated.

10. Transfer voucher with the date of transfer for the semester fees and contributions (including fees for the Deutschlandsemesterticket)

Recipient: Freie Universität Berlin
Credit Institut: DEUTSCHE BANK PGK AG
IBAN: DE45100708480513128908
BIC or SWIFT: DEUTDEDB110
Reference for transfer: applicant numberBW, e.g. 1234BW
(Please only use this reference as “reason for transfer.”)

Note: For transfers from (non-EU) countries, additional bank charges may apply, which must be borne by the applicant. Please select the OUR option (you pay all transfer fees) when making transfers. This is the only way the full semester contribution will go to Freie Universitaet's account. Otherwise, the enrollment will be delayed because the missing amount has to be reclaimed. In addition, when you transfer the missing amount, you still have to pay the additional transfer fees.

Enrollment will not take place until the corresponding amount has been received in full on the account of Freie Universität Berlin and when all other requirements have been met.

Please note:

• Accepted file formats are pdf, jpeg, png, bmp, docx with a maximum size of 2MB each. We do not accept links to external storage locations (cloud) or zip files. Save all required documents individually and name them according to their content.
• Send all required documents as e-mail attachments to the e-mail address imma-promotion@studium.fu-berlin.de with the subject "last name, first name, doctorate".
• The e-mail addresses listed here are only for submitting applications for enrollment / applications for change degree programs. If you have any further questions about enrollment, please contact Info-Service Studium or refer to our "FAQ Enrollment" page, as the e-mail addresses provided ("imma-xxx@studium.fu-berlin.de") will not answer any questions. General information on enrollment can be found on the following web pages "Information on enrollment".
• After you have submitted your enrollment documents, you will receive an automatically generated confirmation of receipt and, if necessary, a request for missing documents. Please check your spam folder if necessary.
• Please also note our Library starter kit for doctoral candidates