Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: Tuition-free programs in English
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: List of all tuition-free English-taught programs (2026/27)

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is a public comprehensive university in the heart of the German capital. Founded in 1810, it is Berlin's oldest university and sees itself as "the modern original": Wilhelm von Humboldt's idea of uniting research and teaching still shapes how you study here. More than 35,000 students and doctoral candidates learn across four campuses – Mitte, Nord, Adlershof, and Dahlem – in nine faculties and over 170 degree programs, ranging from the humanities, social sciences, and cultural studies to law, economics, and life sciences, mathematics, natural sciences, and agriculture; medicine is taught at the jointly run Charité. HU has held University of Excellence status since 2012 and has been part of the Berlin University Alliance, Germany's only excellence consortium, since 2019.

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Humboldt-Universität: Tuition-free English programs

Humboldt-Universität: Tuition-free English programs

Tuition-free English-taught programs at Humboldt-Universität: Overview

German Students
Other EU Students
Non-EU Students
German Students
29
Tuition-free
Master
1
Tuition-free
Bachelor
0
Tuition-free
MBA
1
Tuition-free
LL.M.
0
Tuition-free
State Examination

Disclaimer: You should use this text as a general guide, but it cannot serve as a guarantee. Keep in mind that there is no universal tuition fee & semester contribution that applies to all study programs and all student groups. Hence, we urge you to always individually double-check the specific fees of the specific study programs on their official websites.

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Top 100 worldwide – in Times Higher Education, U.S. News, and CWUR

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University of Excellence since 2012 – where the modern university was invented

Excellence with a future

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Your path into research and high-tech careers

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Five reasons to study at Humboldt-Universität

1
Research-based learning from day one
From your bachelor's onward, you join research projects and develop your own questions – Humboldt's unity of research and teaching in practice. → More Info
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Four campuses: city center and technology park
Main building on Unter den Linden, near Museum Island and the Brandenburg Gate – plus Campus Adlershof in one of Europe's largest technology parks, leafy Campus Nord for the life sciences, and the farm campus in Dahlem. → More Info
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3
Your career starts right outside the door
Bundestag, ministries, Charité, media houses, and Germany's largest startup scene are minutes from campus – find internships and jobs here, not after moving away. → More Info
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Research backed by 128 million euros a year
Over 10,000 research projects, four Clusters of Excellence, 2nd in the DFG Funding Atlas for humanities and social sciences – and a direct route to your PhD. → More Info
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Open-minded and international: students from everywhere
More than 6,000 international students and 25 percent international academics shape HU. The Welcome Centre supports you from application to arrival in Berlin. → More Info

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Additional information for English-taught programs at Humboldt-Universität without tuition-fees

German Students
Other EU Students
Non-EU Students
German Students

Intake

73.3%
Winter Semester
10.0%
Summer Semester
16.7%
Both Semesters
Application Deadlines

Language of Instruction

60.0%
English only
3.3%
English only & German language course
36.7%
English & German

Study mode

100.0%
On campus