This requires a timely application via the application portal of Freie Universität Berlin, via Hochschulstart or via uni-assist. To learn if a prior application is necessary, please refer to the page "Study Programs". Please refer to the page "Required documents for Bachelor´s, State Exam, Erste Juristische Prüfung and Master´s Programs" to find out which documents have to be submitted.

Changing one of the two 30 ECTS subjects in the combined Bachelor's program (core subject 90 ECTS and two modules 30 ECTS): If you would like to replace one of your two 30 ECTS modules with a new module and have registered in the application portal with the combination "Core subject available, 30 ECTS module available" and your new 30 ECTS module, please explicitly state the full new degree program combination for the transfer to the new combination. You can write this informally in the e-mail with which you send the application for enrollment and, if applicable, your other documents.

To change to a new admission-free subject in an undergraduate degree program, please follow the steps below:

1. please fill in the online data collection in the application portal within the following deadlines:

- for the summer semester: December 01 - first Monday in March
- for the winter semester: June 01 - first Monday in September

Click here for instructions on how to fill in the form

2. please save the following documents: application for enrollment, the notice of admission/notification of enrollment, and the control sheet (not control sheet for application data)

3. complete the application for matriculation (either digitally - many browsers offer the "Insert text field" or "Draw" function - or print it out, make the changes by hand and scan the document back in)

4. save all required documents individually and name them according to their content. Accepted file formats are pdf, jpeg, png, bmp, docx with a maximum size of 2MB each.

5. send all documents required according to the enrollment checklist to the e-mail address that applies to you with the subject "Last name, first name, applicant number"

E-mail addresses:

Bachelor (also multiple): imma-bachelor@studium.fu-berlin.de
State examination (VetMed, Pharmacy, Law): imma-staatsexamen@studium.fu-berlin.de

These addresses are only for submitting enrollment applications / applications to change degree programs. If you have any further questions about enrolment, please contact the Info-Service-Studium or refer to our "FAQ Enrollment" page.

Changing one of the two 30 ECTS subjects in the combined Bachelor's program (core subject 90 ECTS and two modules 30 ECTS): If you would like to replace one of your two 30 ECTS modules with a new module and have registered in the application portal with the combination "Core subject available, 30 ECTS module available" and your new 30 ECTS module, please explicitly state the full new degree program combination for the transfer to the new combination. You can write this informally in the e-mail with which you send the application for enrollment and, if applicable, your other documents.

You are studying a combined bachelor's degree, whereby both the 90-credit major subject and the 60-credit module are studied at Freie Universität Berlin, and you would like to swap them, i.e. your previously studied 90-credit major subject becomes the 60-credit module and vice versa. An exchange is only possible if the desired new combination can also be studied (see combination options in the Bachelor's program).  Please enter the new desired combination on the application to change programs and submit it together with the classifications into the higher semester for each component of the combination, as well as a copy of your university entrance qualification (usually Abitur) by e-mail to the student administration by the start of lectures.

You are studying a combination bachelor, where all subjects are taken at Freie Universität Berlin and your bachelor combination can be studied both with and without a teaching option (see combination table). You have decided to change the teaching option for the same bachelor combination (from without teaching option with ABV to with teaching option with LBW or vice versa). Please select the new degree you are seeking on the application to change programs. You only submit the application to change programs by e-mail to the Student Administration Office by the start of lectures without any further supporting documents.

You would like to change the specialization subject. Please note on the application to change programs that you wish to change the major and enter your new major in the third line under "primary school major subject". You only submit the application to change programs by e-mail to the Student Records and Registration Office by the start of lectures. You can find more information here.

For all other changes in the Elementary Education program (e.g., change to new elective, change from required German/Math to Special Education major, and vice versa), please contact the Department of Elementary Education for advice. You can find further information here.

You are a limited enrolled in the first semester of a Master's program at Freie Universität Berlin and have studied your Bachelor's program at Freie Universität Berlin. However, you are unable to complete this in time to re-register for the second Master's semester (your degree must be fully recorded and entered by your department's examination office by the end of the semester). Therefore, you would now like to transfer back to the Bachelor in order to re-register. Please note on the application to change programs that you wish to downgrade to the Bachelor´s program. You will submit only the application to change programs by email to the Student Records and Registration Office by the start of lectures, with no additional supporting documentation.

You are studying Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, or Korean Studies at Freie Universität Berlin and have applied for the corresponding Integrated Studies program in the department.
After successful application, you will be asked by the department to submit the application to change of programs to the Student Records and Registration Office. Please select your Integrated Degree Program in the first line of the application under "future degree program" and submit the application to the Student Records and Registration Office by e-mail by the start of lectures. No additional proof is required.

If you are already enrolled at Freie Universität Berlin and wish to change to a doctoral program, please complete the application to change of programs and submit the documents listed below via e-mail:

1. a copy of the 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. if applicable, notification of scholarship

Note: Foreign doctoral students within funding programs that are financed exclusively or predominantly by public funds from the German federal or state governments, i.e., for example, 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.