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How much does Berlin University of Applied Sciences and Technology (BHT) cost for international students?
BHT charges no tuition fees for Bachelor programmes and consecutive Master programmes, and makes no distinction by nationality. The exception is continuing-education Master programmes run by its distance-learning institute (Fernstudieninstitut), which are fee-based: the English-taught MBA Renewables costs 3,330 EUR per semester, 16,650 EUR in total, or 3,100 EUR for the first semester when applying by 15 July. These distance programmes are taught online.
Every student pays a semester contribution of 376.30 EUR per semester. It consists of 50.00 EUR enrolment and re-registration fee, 85.00 EUR for the Studierendenwerk, 11.50 EUR for the student body (AStA), 3.00 EUR for the social fund and 226.80 EUR for the semester ticket. The semester ticket is the Deutschland semester ticket, valid on local public transport across Germany. Online and distance-learning students can neither use nor buy the semester ticket.
| Item | Cost for international students |
|---|---|
| Tuition fee, Bachelor | None |
| Tuition fee, consecutive Master | None |
| Tuition fee, continuing-education Master (MBA Renewables, distance learning) | 3,330 EUR per semester, 16,650 EUR in total; 3,100 EUR for the first semester if applying by 15 July |
| Application fee (uni-assist) | 75 EUR for the first application, 30 EUR for each further application in the same semester |
| Semester contribution | 376.30 EUR per semester, including 226.80 EUR Deutschland semester ticket |
For your visa you also need proof of funds of 11,904 EUR for the year, usually in a blocked account.
What are the application deadlines?
| Degree | Intake | Deadline (non-EU) |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor, restricted admission (NC) | Summer 2027 | 26 December 2026 (uni-assist); BHT application period closes 15 January 2027 |
| Bachelor, unrestricted admission | Summer 2027 | 28 February 2027 |
| Master, restricted admission (NC) | Summer 2027 | 15 December 2026 |
| Master, unrestricted admission | Summer 2027 | 28 February 2027 |
BHT has not yet published the dates for winter 2027/28. For winter 2026/27, the uni-assist deadlines were 26 June for restricted and 31 August for unrestricted Bachelor programmes, and 15 June for restricted and 15 September for unrestricted Master programmes.
Applicants with a foreign school-leaving or degree certificate apply exclusively via uni-assist, whatever their citizenship. For Bachelor programmes BHT publishes earlier uni-assist dates for these applicants (except unrestricted programmes in summer); for Master programmes one set of dates applies to all applicants. The English-taught Data Science (M.Sc.), Information and Communications Engineering (M.Eng.) and Data Engineering (B.Eng.) have restricted admission, and Data Science and Data Engineering admit in winter only. BHT recommends submitting to uni-assist about six weeks before the deadline.
How many programmes are taught in English?
4 programmes are taught in English: 1 Bachelor and 3 Master, one of them a fee-based distance-learning MBA.
- Data Engineering (Bachelor, B.Eng.; new from winter 2026/27; German at A2 level also required)
- Data Science (Master, M.Sc.)
- Information and Communications Engineering (Master, M.Eng.)
- MBA Renewables (Master level, MBA; distance learning, fee-based)
About Berlin University of Applied Sciences and Technology (BHT)
Berlin University of Applied Sciences and Technology (BHT) is a public university of applied sciences with 11,892 students. It was founded in 1971 as Technische Fachhochschule Berlin, was renamed Beuth Hochschule für Technik in 2009 and has carried its current name since 2021. Its main campus is in Wedding in the Berlin district of Mitte, and its programmes cover engineering, computer science and media, architecture and civil engineering, life sciences and business.
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