For admittance to the master’s program applicants need to prove the following admission requirements:
•    Bachelor’s degree with at least 20 credit points in German literatures as well as in linguistics.
•    The DSH - or German Language University Entrance Exam for Foreign Students - is mandatory for all applicants whose first language is not German and who have achieved their initial degree at a university (or equivalent institution) where the language of instruction is not German.

Prospective students who earned their degree outside of Germany and wish to apply for the first or a higher semester of a master’s program must generally apply for a VPD (preliminary examination documentation) through uni-assist and then use this document to apply via the FU Berlin application portal within the application deadlines.
Please apply for the VPD as early as possible. Processing typically takes 4 to 6 weeks, but may take up to 8 weeks during peak periods.
Application with non-German Degree • Education • Freie Universität Berlin

The master’s program ‘German as a Foreign Language: Cultural Studies’ focuses both on the linguistic level of language teaching and on topics and methods of teaching literature and culture of German-speaking countries. A maximum of 25 students are admitted per year. An important part of the study program is the third term spent abroad at a partner university where students participate in seminars and develop, engage in, and reflect on their own teaching.