Studying in Berlin (city-state), Germany
Berlin
Germany's capital and its biggest student city: four public research universities, more than 30 other colleges, and residents from about 190 countries.
Berlin has 3.7 million inhabitants, the most of any city inside the European Union, and it is also a federal state of its own. It has been the capital again since 1999, after being split by a wall from 1961 to 1989, and you can still stand in the places where that happened. For a student the city offers range more than anything else. There are four public research universities (Freie Universität, Humboldt, Technische Universität and the arts university UdK), the Charité hospital and medical school, several universities of applied sciences, art and music colleges, and more than 30 private and specialist colleges. Foreign residents come from about 190 countries, so nobody here is the only one from their country. Rooms are not cheap and the dormitory places have waiting lists of seven months to well over a year, so plan the housing first and the weekends second. The weekends are the easy part: lakes you can reach by S-Bahn, museums at half price for students, and nights out that do not end at a fixed time.
- Population
- 3.7 million inhabitants in the city; about 6.2 million in the Berlin-Brandenburg capital region
- Higher education
- four public research universities and more than 30 private, professional and technical colleges
- Semester contribution, winter 2026/27
- 376.80 EUR at Freie Universität and 375.30 EUR at HTW Berlin, each including a 226.80 EUR Germany-wide semester ticket
- Dormitory rent (studierendenWERK, single room)
- from 279 EUR to about 485 EUR a month depending on the residence; waiting time 7 months to over 24 months
- Proof of funds for a student residence permit (2026)
- 992 EUR a month, 11,904 EUR a year
Part 1
Living in Berlin
A capital that was cut in two and sewn back together
Berlin was founded as two settlements on the Spree, Berlin and Cölln, and 1237 counts as the founding year. Cölln stood on the island that is now Museum Island. In 1961 East Germany built the Wall around West Berlin, and for 28 years the city had two centres. The Bundestag voted in 1991 to move the capital from Bonn to Berlin, and the move was finished in 1999.
That split is why Berlin has two of everything. Freie Universität was founded in West Berlin in 1948 because Humboldt University was in the East, and the TU, the arts university and the Charité all sit in different old centres. When you pick a university you also pick a part of the city: Dahlem and Zehlendorf are green and quiet, Mitte is central, Charlottenburg is the old West Berlin centre, and Lichtenberg and Marzahn are the large eastern districts where the Vietnamese community is concentrated.
Berlin is subdivided into 12 boroughs and 96 neighbourhoods, and many residents identify with their own Kiez rather than with the city. Plan to learn two or three districts well, and treat the rest as a place to visit with your semester ticket.
What to see and do
Start with the places that tell you how Berlin got here, then go to where Berliners spend their free days.
Five museums on one island in the Spree: the Altes Museum, Neues Museum, Alte Nationalgalerie, Bode-Museum and Pergamonmuseum, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999. The Pergamon Museum is closed for renovation, so check which museums are open before you buy a ticket. The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin give students 50 percent off and let anyone up to 18 in free.
The Reichstag is the seat of the German parliament. The dome and roof terrace can be visited free of charge, but only after registering with the Bundestag's visitor service; if places are free you can also register in person at the service point on the square in front of the building, up to two hours before the visit. Bring your date of birth and an ID.
The stretch of the Wall on Mühlenstraße, kept as an open-air gallery. The Berlin Wall Foundation, which looks after it, describes it as part of a border that ran 155 kilometres around West Berlin, and runs an online exhibition with interviews of the artists. The foundation also runs the Berlin Wall Memorial, the Marienfelde Refugee Center Museum and the Günter Litfin Memorial.
The former Tempelhof airport, now Berlin's largest open space. The site offers sport, a history trail and environmental education.
Herzbergstraße 128 to 139 in Lichtenberg: six market halls with food, goods and services from across Asia, and a meeting place for the city's Vietnamese community. It is open Monday and Wednesday to Sunday from 10 to 20 hours, closed on Tuesday.
Museums, galleries and street art
Berlin counted 138 museums and more than 400 art galleries in 2011, and UNESCO named it a City of Design in 2005. You will not see all of that in four years, so choose by interest: the Museum Island for archaeology and 19th-century painting, the Wall memorials for the divided-city story, the university museums and collections for your subject.
The street art started as graffiti in 1980s Kreuzberg, and the Wall itself became one of the biggest open-air canvases in the world. You do not need a ticket for any of it; walk the streets around Oberbaum Bridge, where Kreuzberg meets Friedrichshain.
A note for planning: the free "Museum Sunday", which opened around 80 Berlin museums free of charge on certain Sundays, has ended because of cuts in the cultural budget. Student prices are still the main discount, so carry your student ID.
Nights out
Berlin's club scene grew out of two periods. In the 1970s and 80s SO36 in Kreuzberg was a centre for punk. After 1989, young people from all over Europe moved into empty buildings in Mitte and turned them into clubs, and the central boroughs still hold Tresor, Berghain and many others. On weekends clubs are not required to close at a fixed time, so parties can last well into the morning.
The city also has a long gay and lesbian history and a large number of queer clubs and festivals, including Berlin Pride and Christopher Street Day. The Clubcommission is the association of Berlin's club, party and culture organisers; its site covers topics students will care about, such as awareness teams and mental health in clubs, and free open-air events.
Practical advice: check the door and age rules of a club before you go, and keep your last train or night bus in mind.
Lakes you can reach by S-Bahn
visitBerlin lists the bathing spots, with the line to take. Summer weekends are crowded at the best-known lidos, so go early.
Strandbad Wannsee has 1920s architecture and white sand and is one of the most popular lidos in Berlin. S1 or S7 to Nikolassee.
The largest lake in Berlin, with a sandy lido, a large shallow area and beach volleyball. S3 to Friedrichshagen, then tram 61.
The second largest lake in Berlin, with beaches, sailing boats and a promenade. S25 to Tegel, then bus 133.
A lake you can reach after a day in town, with two larger beaches and several coves. U6 to Otisstraße, then a short walk.
About 30 minutes from Alexanderplatz by S-Bahn (S3 to Erkner); if you swim through the middle you swim in Brandenburg.
A turquoise lake just outside Berlin: regional train RB27 towards Wandlitzsee, then a walk through the woods. Good for a bike day.
Where students live, and what a room costs there
The studierendenWERK Berlin publishes rents and waiting times for each of its dormitories, which makes them the best price reference you can get. They are cheaper than the open market, and almost all of them show a waiting time of more than 18 months, so treat a dormitory as one option among several and apply early.
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf is the district closest to the TU. The Hardenbergstraße residence stands right on the TU campus and has one-person apartments at 429 to 470 EUR. Mollwitzstraße has single rooms at 414 to 425 EUR and apartments at 354 to 400 EUR. Spandauer Damm has rooms at 330 to 350 EUR and is described as especially suitable for students with children. Eichkamp has single rooms at 345 to 445 EUR.
Mitte and Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg are central and are where most students want to be. Neue Hochstraße in Mitte has single rooms at 299 to 370 EUR in an old building. Wassertorplatz in Kreuzberg has rooms at 290 to 375 EUR, and Franz-Mehring-Platz in Friedrichshain has 609 single rooms at 279 to 404 EUR.
The east has the lowest rents in this list. Allee der Kosmonauten has 284 rooms at 299 to 365 EUR, Coppistraße has rooms at 289 to 325 EUR and apartments at 329 to 430 EUR, and Oberfeldstraße in Marzahn-Hellersdorf has 513 one-person apartments at 364 to 420 EUR. Allee der Kosmonauten is connected by tram. Most of these have a waiting time over 18 months.
What it costs: the numbers that are published
- Dormitory single room, Franz-Mehring-Platz (Friedrichshain)
- 279 to 404 EUR a month; waiting time over 18 monthssource
- Dormitory single room, Coppistraße (Lichtenberg)
- 289 to 325 EUR a month; apartments for one person 329 to 430 EURsource
- Dormitory single room, Wassertorplatz (Kreuzberg)
- 290 to 375 EUR a monthsource
- Dormitory single room, Eichkamp (Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf)
- 345 to 445 EUR a month; waiting time 7 to 18 monthssource
- Dormitory apartment for one, Hardenbergstraße (TU campus)
- 429 to 470 EUR a monthsource
- Dormitory deposit
- 1.5 times the monthly rentsource
- Semester contribution, winter 2026/27, Freie Universität
- 376.80 EUR: 226.80 semester ticket, 85 Studierendenwerk, 50 administration, 10 AStA, 5 social fundsource
- Semester contribution, winter 2026/27, HTW Berlin
- 375.30 EUR; 325.30 EUR for exchange studentssource
- Museum admission, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- students pay half price; up to 18 freesource
- Bard College Berlin, 2026/27, on campus
- 38,250 EUR a year including housing and meals; 27,500 EUR off campussource
- Funds you must show for a student residence permit (2026)
- 992 EUR a monthsource
Dormitory rents are the studierendenWERK's own figures. Open-market rents are higher, so compare them with a room-search site before you commit.
Getting around
Berlin is big, so the semester ticket and a bicycle matter more than in a smaller university town.
It is part of the semester contribution, 226.80 EUR in winter 2026/27 at FU and HTW. Bard College Berlin describes it as unlimited use of public transport in Germany's regional network, excluding ICE, IC and EC trains. In Berlin that means S-Bahn, U-Bahn, trams and buses.
The Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe run the U-Bahn, trams and buses, with a route planner and network maps on their English site.
Berlin has about 620 km of bicycle paths and about 710 bicycles per 1,000 residents. You may carry a bicycle on regional trains, S-Bahn, U-Bahn and trams with a bike ticket.
Berlin Brandenburg Airport has its own S-Bahn and regional train station beneath Terminal 1; the Airport Express to Berlin Hauptbahnhof takes about 23 minutes. Hauptbahnhof is the largest grade-separated railway station in Europe, with ICE links to Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Stuttgart and Frankfurt.
Work, employers and the job market for students
Berlin has many large employers, which helps when you look for a student job or an internship; German helps for almost all of them.
Founded in Berlin in 2008; the headquarters building is in Friedrichshain, and its corporate site has a career section.
Siemens lists its Berlin sites on its location page,, including branch and plant locations at Rohrdamm and Nonnendammallee.
The university hospital is one of the largest employers in the city; its main site is in English.
The Berlin transport company is both a daily necessity and an employer.
Berlin is the seat of the federal government, of the regional public broadcaster RBB, and of the Berlin offices of national newspapers such as Der Spiegel and Die Zeit.
KompetenzWERK job and career service ↗
The studierendenWERK offers application training, networking and tax-return help for student workers, partly in English.
Part 2
Student life in Berlin
Where you can study
Freie Universität Berlin (FU) ↗
Founded in West Berlin in 1948. The main campus is in Dahlem, in the south-west, with 1950s buildings such as the Henry Ford Building. One of the German universities with the Excellence status. Its front page lists a Times Higher Education ranking of 113 worldwide.
International office ↗Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) ↗
Founded in 1809 and opened in 1810, in the central district of Mitte. About 35,000 students, nine faculties, around 170 subjects. The medical faculty is shared with Freie Universität through the Charité.
International office ↗Technische Universität Berlin (TU) ↗
About 34,000 students and 7,000 employees on a campus in Charlottenburg, close to the Tiergarten. A member of TU9, the group of the largest German technical universities. It offers English-taught master's programmes and runs a buddy programme for exchange students.
International office ↗Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin ↗
The university hospital and medical faculty of both Freie Universität and Humboldt University. Four campuses (Mitte, Virchow-Klinikum, Benjamin Franklin and Berlin-Buch), about 8,000 students and 15,500 staff; it is the largest university hospital in Europe.
Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK) ↗
A public arts university with four faculties (fine arts, architecture, media and design, music, performing arts), about 3,500 students and more than 40 courses. Its site offers a StudyGuide for application questions and a mentoring programme that pairs UdK students with new international master's students.
Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin ↗
A music university founded in East Berlin in 1950. It is housed at the Gendarmenmarkt and the Neuer Marstall in Mitte and runs chamber music, choirs, orchestras and jazz ensembles. The English site describes the application.
Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee ↗
A public art and design school founded in 1946, with around 820 students in winter semester 2023/24 and 19 workshops and studios, for example for printing, casting and weaving. Its site lists the application periods.
The largest public university of applied sciences in Berlin, with over 15,000 students and about 80 programmes in engineering, computer science, business, culture and design. About a quarter of students are international.
International office ↗Berliner Hochschule für Technik (BHT) ↗
Founded in 1971 as the Technische Fachhochschule Berlin and renamed in 2021. About 12,000 students and more than 70 majors in engineering, computer science, architecture and life sciences. The studierendenWERK runs a canteen on Luxemburger Straße.
International office ↗Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin (HWR) ↗
Formed by the merger of two universities of applied sciences; more than 11,000 students in five departments plus the Berlin Professional School, with a campus in Schöneberg at Badensche Straße 52. It teaches business, administration, law, engineering and public security, lists 12 business degree programmes taught in English plus a master's in International Security Management, and has over 170 partnerships with universities abroad.
International office ↗Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin (ASH) ↗
A state university of applied sciences in Hellersdorf for social work, health and nursing, and early-childhood education. Its own site calls it the largest state-run university of this kind in Germany.
Evangelische Hochschule Berlin (EHB) ↗
A Protestant university in Berlin. The studierendenWERK runs a canteen at the Teltower Damm campus.
A small private liberal arts college taught in English, with an international student body. Graduates receive a German and an American BA. Fees are the same for all students: 38,250 EUR a year on campus including housing and meals, 27,500 EUR off campus (2026/27). It publishes scholarships that cover 20 to 100 percent of the fee.
A private graduate school for governance with English as its working language. Master's programmes in public policy, international affairs, and data science and AI for public policy; about half of the students are international.
ESCP Business School, Berlin campus ↗
Berlin is one of six campuses of this business school, which was founded in Paris in 1819. It runs bachelor's, master's and MBA programmes across its campuses.
IU International University of Applied Sciences ↗
A private university with English-taught programmes in computer science and business. Its Berlin page says that for the April 2027 intake new students are taught at the Cologne campus, so ask IU where your programme will be taught before you pay. Berlin's immigration office has reported more problems with residence permits for students at some private universities since 2025, so ask for the office's requirements in writing before you apply.
Student unions, services and groups
The students' union of FU. It runs free social counselling without an appointment and the semester-ticket service, and has a site in English.
RefRat of Humboldt University ↗
The Referent_innenRat is the executive of the Humboldt student body; it posts consultation hours, news from the student parliament and sport for FLINTA* people.
The students' union of the TU with a semester-ticket office and counselling.
The students' union of HTW, with departments for study problems, discrimination, events and sustainability, in German and English.
Studierendenschaft of HWR Berlin ↗
The AStA and the student parliament (StuPa) of HWR; the AStA advises on study questions and organises cultural and sports events at the HWR sites.
Serves over 170,000 students of the cooperating universities: dormitories, canteens, BAföG, counselling, daycare and culture.
International student counselling at the studierendenWERK ↗
Deadlines for university applications, a list of English-language degree programmes, German courses and notes on the residence permit.
Free events and low-cost workshops from the studierendenWERK, a Get Together programme for meeting other students, and ways to perform on stage yourself.
Workshops on study skills and time management, a writing centre staffed by student tutors, and a job and career service.
Hochschulsport of Freie Universität ↗
The central sports programme of FU; you register for courses online.
The central sports programme of the TU, including a boathouse with sailing, paddling and rowing, a fitness studio, an outdoor gym and the Sportzentrum Dovestraße; there is an information page in English.
Pairs FU students with new students for language exchange and settling in, coordinated by FU-BEST student assistants.
TU students help exchange students in their first weeks, for example with the way from the airport. Not every applicant gets a buddy.
The Catholic student congregation in Berlin; its site is in several languages including English and Arabic.
Campus life and study culture
Berlin universities are spread out across the city and there is no single campus where everyone meets. Freie Universität sits in Dahlem, the TU in Charlottenburg, Humboldt in Mitte, HWR in Schöneberg, ASH in Hellersdorf. Students tend to build their social life around their subject, their dormitory or a club rather than their university.
Freie Universität charges no tuition fees, only a semester contribution; in winter 2026/27 it is 376.80 EUR at FU and 375.30 EUR at HTW. The student bodies (AStA at FU, TU and HTW, RefRat at HU) run counselling and the semester-ticket service, and they are the first address for a problem with the university, a landlord or the immigration office.
English helps in the city and in some programmes, but not at the registration office and not in most bachelor's courses at the public universities. Start German before you arrive. The studierendenWERK lists German courses for international students, and its KompetenzWERK has a writing centre run by student tutors.
Winters are cold, with average highs around 3 C and snow from December to March, so a regular club, course or flat share helps through the first one.
Three campuses
Housing: the hard part
Dormitory places are cheap and rare. Most students start in a shared flat, a private dormitory or a short-term room.
studierendenWERK dormitories ↗
Apply online through the housing portal, with your admission or enrolment certificate and the receipt for the semester contribution; you pick three dormitories. The studierendenWERK tries to tell you 4 to 6 weeks before the move-in date. You can also apply by email to wohnen@stw.berlin.
In person, the InfoCenter Wohnen at Hardenbergstraße 34, 10623 Berlin gives information on student housing.
The studierendenWERK lists student villages in Schlachtensee and Adlershof, the municipal housing companies via inberlinwohnen.de, and room-search sites such as WG-gesucht.de.
Exchange students at FU can rent rooms in studierendenWERK dormitories such as Halbauer Weg through a separate route.
The studierendenWERK offers advice on tenancy law, which is worth using before you sign a sublet.
Canteens and food
The studierendenWERK runs the university canteens (Mensen) and lists them by university. FU alone has several, among them Mensa FU II, the Shokudō (Mensa FU I), Herrenhaus Düppel, Lankwitz and Pharmazie. There are canteens at BHT, the Charité, HU Süd and EHB as well. You pay with a MensaCard that you top up.
Berlin's food is more varied than its reputation. Currywurst and the jam-filled Berliner doughnut, called Pfannkuchen here, are the local snacks, but the immigrant history of the city means Turkish, Arab, Vietnamese and many other kitchens are everywhere. Dong Xuan Center is a good place to find Asian ingredients you miss.
Sport, clubs and what to do in your free time
Each university has its own Hochschulsport. The TU's runs a boathouse on the water with sailing, paddling and rowing, a fitness studio, an outdoor gym and a sports centre on Dovestraße; the FU's has its own course programme.
The studierendenWERK's Kulturwerk runs free events and low-cost workshops, a Get Together programme for meeting other students, a choir, an improvisational theatre and an art space; the site says you can create the content and be on stage yourself.
Weekends are about the lakes in summer and the museums in winter. Student price at the state museums is half of the full fare, and Reichstag dome is free if you register ahead.
Your first weeks
- 1
Before you travel
Get your admission letter, health insurance that is valid in Germany (a foreign policy is generally not enough for the residence permit) and proof of funds of 992 EUR a month. Apply for the study visa at the German mission in your country.
- 2
Week 1
Register your address at a Bürgeramt. Book the appointment online, by phone on 115 or by email to the office; the page 'Wohnsitz anmelden' on service.berlin.de lists the offices and documents. You need the landlord's confirmation, so ask for it when you sign the lease.
- 3
Weeks 1 to 2
Enrol at your university, pay the semester contribution and get your semester ticket (at the TU it is a digital ticket). Open a bank account.
- 4
Within 3 months
Apply for the residence permit for studies at the Landesamt für Einwanderung (LEA). Student permits are handled at Keplerstraße 2, 10589 Berlin, by appointment only; you need a main residence in Berlin, so the address registration comes first. The first permit is normally limited to two years.
- 5
Once you work
Non-EU students may work 140 full or 280 half days a year without extra permission. Student assistant jobs at the university are normally outside that count, but tell the immigration office. Keep a record of your days.
Where you come from matters here
Pick your home country: food, faith, community groups and the consulate that serves you, checked 21 October 2026.
🇮🇳 Living in Berlin as an Indian student
Berlin has a large and growing Indian student population, and the embassy runs a student portal for the whole country.
Tiergartenstraße 17, 10785 Berlin, Mitte. Its site says consular and miscellaneous services are accepted at the embassy by online appointment from 20 January 2026.
Indian Students in Germany (ISG) ↗
An initiative of the embassy that connects Indian student associations across Germany and lists events, jobs and scholarships. It also covers student associations at other German universities, which helps you find your circle before you arrive.
Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple, Hasenheide ↗
A South Indian style temple at the north-eastern edge of the Hasenheide park in Neukölln, consecrated in June 2026 after planning that began in 2005. It was paid for by donations, and the article describes a 17 metre tower with more than 200 sculptures.
🇳🇬 Living in Berlin as a Nigerian student
Nigerian students find the embassy, a Black-led archive and African church fellowships in the city.
Neue Jakobstraße 4, 10179 Berlin. Its location page gives calling hours for passports and visas, Monday to Friday from 14:00 to 17:00.
An archive and education project in Berlin on Black and African diaspora history, with workshops and the Afrozensus survey.
Bochumer Straße 25, 10555 Berlin, Moabit (U-Bahn Turmstraße). A place for discussions, film evenings, book presentations and exhibitions, with a focus on African history, politics and literature. It won the Berlin-Mitte integration prize in 2003.
Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Berlin ↗
An African fellowship at Hausotterstraße 25, 13409 Berlin, listed among the African churches of the Protestant church directory.
🇻🇳 Living in Berlin as a Vietnamese student
Berlin has one of the largest Vietnamese communities in Germany, much of it in Lichtenberg and Marzahn, in the east of the city.
Herzbergstraße 128 to 139 in Lichtenberg. Six market halls with Vietnamese and Asian food, goods and services, and a meeting place for the Vietnamese community. Open every day except Tuesday.
An association that works with Vietnamese migrants in Berlin: language and integration courses, migration counselling and social counselling, and children's and youth work.
Vietnamese Tin Lanh Fellowship in Berlin ↗
A Vietnamese Free Church congregation at Heinrichstraße 31, 10317 Berlin, listed by the Protestant church of Berlin-Brandenburg among its foreign-language congregations.
Embassy of Vietnam in Germany ↗
Elsenstraße 3, 12435 Berlin. The embassy's own site is in Vietnamese and lists consular services and working hours Monday to Friday.
🇧🇩 Living in Berlin as a Bangladeshi student
The Bangladesh embassy is the main point of contact, and Berlin has mosques with their own sites.
Embassy of Bangladesh, Berlin ↗
The embassy's own site covers e-passport, visa, birth registration and renunciation; all services need an appointment booked through the link on its site.
The Berlin state association of the DİTİB mosque communities, at Wiener Straße 12, 10999 Berlin, with prayer times for Berlin and a list of its congregations.
🇳🇵 Living in Berlin as a Nepali student
Nepali students will find the embassy and a Hindu and a Buddhist place of worship in the city.
Guerickestraße 27, 10587 Berlin. The site has notices, online services and a list of passports ready for collection.
Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple, Hasenheide ↗
The Hindu temple in Neukölln, consecrated in June 2026; the article describes the temple hall with a main altar and several side altars.
Das Buddhistische Haus, Frohnau ↗
A Theravada Buddhist temple and library in Berlin-Frohnau with resident monks from Sri Lanka, a yearly programme of talks and seminars, and meetings in English.
🇵🇰 Living in Berlin as a Pakistani student
Pakistani students can use the embassy for passports and attestations, and Berlin has mosques with their own sites.
Schaperstraße 29, 10719 Berlin. The consular section takes documents Monday to Thursday from 09:00 to 12:00 and lists passport, birth registration, NADRA services, attestations and e-visa.
The Berlin state association of the DİTİB mosque communities, at Wiener Straße 12, 10999 Berlin. Its site has prayer times for Berlin, a list of its congregations and information on its social and integration work.
🇬🇭 Living in Berlin as a Ghanaian student
Churches are a main meeting point for Ghanaians in Berlin, and the embassy has its own site.
Stavangerstraße 17 and 19, 10439 Berlin. Passport and visa applications; working hours Monday to Thursday, 09:30 to 14:00.
Gospel Believers International Ministries (GBIM) Berlin ↗
A Ghanaian fellowship at Wassertorstraße 21a, 10969 Berlin-Kreuzberg, with a gospel choir.
Berlin Church (International Church) ↗
Listed in the Protestant church directory among Ghanaian fellowships at Voxstraße 2. Services in English on Sundays at 11:00, 13:00 and 15:00 at the CinemaxX at Potsdamer Platz.
A meeting place in Moabit for talks, film evenings and exhibitions on African history and politics.
🇨🇲 Living in Berlin as a Cameroonian student
Cameroonian students deal with their embassy and find African community spaces in Moabit and across the city.
Ulmenallee 32, 14050 Berlin. The embassy also serves nine other countries; its site lists passport, consular card and other services in English, French and German.
Bochumer Straße 25, 10555 Berlin, Moabit. Talks, film evenings and exhibitions on African history, politics and literature, with room for up to 80 guests.
An organisation of Black women in Germany, founded in Berlin in the mid-1980s, with a Black feminist focus on community building.
🇺🇸 Living in Berlin as an American student
American students find an English-language church community and a research institute on North America in the city.
An ecumenical congregation in the Protestant tradition. The church meets at Dennewitzplatz 1 in Schöneberg and has its office at Leberstraße 7, 10829 Berlin.
John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies ↗
The institute at Freie Universität that teaches American studies, a natural first stop for American students and their questions.
Protestant English-language services in Berlin ↗
The Protestant church directory lists services in English at the Berliner Dom and Saint George's Anglican Church in Charlottenburg.
🇨🇳 Living in Berlin as a Chinese student
Chinese students can reach their embassy, a Chinese-language congregation and the Asian market in Lichtenberg.
Embassy of the People's Republic of China, Berlin ↗
The embassy's own site, with notices for Chinese students including a scholarship ceremony for the China Scholarship Council.
Chinese Christian Congregation Berlin ↗
A Chinese-language congregation at Nassauische Straße 66, 10717 Berlin, with Sunday sermons and weekday meetings.
The largest Asian market in the city has food and goods from different parts of Asia, not only Vietnam.
English-taught programmes in Berlin
Soonest open deadline first. Every entry links to its official source.
- International Security ManagementHWR Berlin (Berlin School of Economics and Law) · BerlinmasterNo tuition15 Nov 2026Closing soon
- Master of Science in International Health (MScIH)Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · Berlinmaster31 Dec 2026Open
- International Business ManagementHWR Berlin (Berlin School of Economics and Law) · BerlinbachelorNo tuition15 Jan 2027Open
- History and Societies of the Islamic WorldFreie Universität Berlin · BerlinmasterNo tuition15 Jan 2027Open
- Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM)Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · BerlinmasterNo tuition15 Jan 2027Open
- Ottoman and Turkish StudiesFreie Universität Berlin · BerlinmasterNo tuition15 Jan 2027Open
- Iranian Studies: Iran in Antiquity and Late AntiquityFreie Universität Berlin · BerlinmasterNo tuition15 Feb 2027Open
- Master's in Project Management & Data Science (MSc)HTW Berlin University of Applied Sciences · Berlinmaster28 Feb 2027Open
- MBA & Engineering in Life Science ManagementHTW Berlin University of Applied Sciences · Berlinmaster28 Feb 2027Open
- Master's in Strategy and Digital Business (MSc)ESCP Berlin Campus · Berlinmaster01 Mar 2027Open
- SALES 4.0 | Master's in International Sales Management (MSc)ESCP Berlin Campus · Berlinmaster01 Mar 2027Open
- Master of European and International Business, Competition and Regulatory Law (MBL-FU)Freie Universität Berlin · Berlinmaster15 Mar 2027Open
- International Master's Programme in Computational NeuroscienceTechnische Universität Berlin · BerlinmasterNo tuition15 Mar 2027Open
- Energy Management (MBA)Technische Universität Berlin · Berlinmaster31 Mar 2027Open
- Sustainable Mobility Management (MBA)Technische Universität Berlin · Berlinmaster31 Mar 2027Open
- Building Sustainability in Urban Futures (MBA)Technische Universität Berlin · Berlinmaster31 Mar 2027Open
- BA in Artistic Practice and SocietyBard College Berlin, a Liberal Arts University · Berlinbachelor01 May 2027Open
- BA in Economics, Politics, and Social ThoughtBard College Berlin, a Liberal Arts University · Berlinbachelor01 May 2027Open
- BA in Humanities, the Arts, and Social ThoughtBard College Berlin, a Liberal Arts University · Berlinbachelor01 May 2027Open
- Urban Design Master's ProgrammeTechnische Universität Berlin · BerlinmasterNo tuition15 May 2027Open
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- MA Psychology Focusing on Organisation – Transformation Processes in Work, Society and EnvironmentInternational Psychoanalytic University Berlin · Berlinmaster30 Aug 2026Deadline passed
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