You can find your re-registration request in the left-hand panel of the Self-Services portal. Your documents are stored with your re-registration request for each semester.

As soon as you have completed all requirements for re-registration, including the payment of your fee for the current semester, the status of your re-registration will change to "approved". After that you will be able to view and download all your documents under the “Documents” tab.

The documents will be stored and can be accessed at any time.

If you are enrolled for your first semester at Freie Universität Berlin, the above-mentioned documents can be found with your enrollment application. From your second semester onward, they are stored with your re-registration for each semester.

You can download all Certificates of Enrollment free of charge, starting from the 2020 summer semester.

In case you did not save the certificates of the 2020 summer semester and 2020/2021 wintersemester you can click on "create request" and then select "past enrollment certificates" and choose the relevant semester. 

If you require a different certificate (from even earlier semesters), you can request this subject to a fee. For more details, take a look at the individual certificates.

Certificates of Academic Progress or Payment Receipts of previous semesters will be available free of charge as well. To receive a copy of these documents, please contact info-service@fu-berlin.de.

Yes, we're happy to issue you with individual certificates for a fee. To request one, click on “Create request” in the Self-Services portal and then select “Replacement Certificates/Replacement Campuscard” from the drop-down menu. In the next drop-down menu select “Other/individual certificates (fees charged)”. Please provide as much detail as possible about what the certificate is for and what it needs to say in the free text field. You can then submit the request.

Please do not submit a request for an individual transcript of records! The Student Records and Registration Office is not authorized to issue certificates regarding performance. Please contact the appropriate examination office.

Once you have submitted the request, you will see it under “Replacement Certificates/Replacement Campuscard” in the left-hand panel. Open the link and be sure to check the information under “Fees.” There you will find the relevant information for making a payment via bank transfer including your individual personal transaction purpose code (“Verwendungszweck”).

Please note:
Certificates and/or confirmation letters in relation to official forms – for example, forms required for BAföG, the DRV (the German pension system), the tax office, child benefit payments, survivor's pension for orphans, etc. – will not be issued separately. You should use your current enrollment certificate, which you can download from the Self-Services portal.

The electronic certificate can be verfied with a stamp from the Student Records and Registration Office.

Trans*, inter* and non-binary students can decide for themselves which name appears on the documents issued by the FU. There is a simple application procedure for this, see Change of name.

The Students Records and Registration Office can verify a document or certificate by adding an official stamp. Please contact info-service@fu-berlin.de.

If you were enrolled at the Freie Universität Berlin in the 2020 summer semester, 2020/2021 winter semester, 2021 summer semester or 2021/2022 winter semester and did not take a semester on leave, you are eligible to print a certificate for an individualized period of study, which extends the standard period of study by one semester free of charge.

To request a certificate, please access the Self-Service and click on "create request" at the bottom of the screen. This opens a drop-down menu where you can select the request you want. Please select "certificate for individual standard period of study". This will open a further drop-down menu. Please select the semester for the certificate.

Click on "Submit".

The submitted request will appear in the sidepanel. Click on "documents" tab to view or print your document.

According to Section 126a of the Berlin Higher Education Act (BerlHG), in conjunction with paragraph 1 "Verordnung zur individuellen Regelstudienzeit auf Grund der COVID-19 Pandemie" from 11.12.2020 (GVBl. 2021 p. 2) an individualized period of study applies, which extends the standard period of study by one semester.

The following study programs/degrees are not eligible to receive a certificate for an individualized period of study.

• Doctoral Degree (Promotion)
• Studienkolleg
• Studienkolleg Preparatory Courses
• Preparatory Courses Welcome Program
• Exchange Programs

If you took a leave of absence during the 2020 summer semester, 2020/2021 winter semester, 2021 summer semester or 2021/2022 winter semester, you are not eligible to receive a certificate for an individualized period of study either.