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How much does University of Potsdam cost for international students?
The University of Potsdam charges no tuition fees for Bachelor's programmes and consecutive Master's programmes, for EU and non-EU students alike, because Brandenburg charges no general tuition fees at its public universities. The exception is a small number of continuing-education Master's programmes, such as the MBA and the Master of Laws, which set their own fees.
| Item | Cost for international students |
|---|---|
| Bachelor | No tuition fees |
| Master (consecutive) | No tuition fees |
| Master (continuing education, e.g. MBA, Master of Laws) | Fees set per programme |
| uni-assist check of foreign qualifications | 75 EUR for the first programme, 30 EUR for each further programme in the same semester |
| Semester contribution (everyone, winter 2026/27) | 372.80 EUR (80 EUR Studierendenwerk, 15 EUR student body, 51 EUR enrolment and re-registration fee, 226.80 EUR Deutschlandsemesterticket) |
The amount is set each semester, so it changes.
No tuition does not mean no proof of funds. For the student visa you still need to show 11,904 EUR for the year, usually in a blocked account, and that money has to be transferred months before the semester starts.
What are the application deadlines?
The university publishes one set of dates for all applicants and no separate date for non-EU applicants. If you have a foreign degree, you need a uni-assist preliminary review documentation (VPD) submitted by the deadline (processing takes 4 to 6 weeks); a foreign school certificate for a Bachelor's needs about five weeks of evaluation before the deadline. Applicants from China, India and Vietnam also need the APS certificate. Most Master's programmes use the university portal PULS; Cognitive Science, Cognitive Systems, Psychology and War and Conflict Studies take applications through uni-assist, and Polymer Science applies via Freie Universität Berlin.
| Degree | Intake | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor, restricted admission | Winter only (application from 1 June) | 15 July |
| Bachelor, open admission | Winter | See the programme page |
| Master, Polymer Science | Winter / summer | 30 April / 31 October |
| Master, Computer Science, Anglophone Modernities in Literature and Culture, National and International Administration and Policy, Wirtschaftsinformatik und Digitale Transformation | Winter / summer | 1 June / 1 December |
| Master, Cognitive Science, Cognitive Systems, Climate, Earth, Water, Sustainability, Digital Health, Economic Policy and Quantitative Methods, Toxicology, War and Conflict Studies, Psychology | Winter only | 1 June |
| Master, Deutsch-Französischer Masterstudiengang Rechtswissenschaften | Winter only | 15 June |
| Master, International War Studies, Europäische Medienwissenschaften | Winter only | 15 July |
| Master, most other programmes (e.g. Astrophysics, Mathematics, Geosciences, Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) | Winter / summer | 15 August / 15 February |
| Master, Bioinformatics, IECL, Remote Sensing, geoInformation and Visualization, Clinical Exercise Science, Linguistics | Winter only | 15 August |
If you need a visa, apply well before the deadline, because uni-assist and the visa process both take several weeks.
How many programmes are taught in English?
Twenty-three Master's programmes are taught in English:
- Anglophone Modernities in Literature and Culture (M.A.)
- Astrophysics (M.Sc.)
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (M.Sc.)
- Bioinformatics (M.Sc.)
- Chemistry of Functional Molecules and Materials (M.Sc.)
- Climate, Earth, Water, Sustainability (M.Sc.)
- Clinical Exercise Science (M.Sc.)
- Cognitive Science (M.Sc.)
- Cognitive Systems: Language, Learning and Reasoning (M.Sc.)
- Computer Science (M.Sc.)
- Digital Health (M.Sc.)
- Ecology, Evolution and Conservation (M.Sc.)
- Economic Policy and Quantitative Methods (M.Sc.)
- Geosciences (M.Sc.)
- International Experimental and Clinical Linguistics (M.Sc.)
- International War Studies (M.A.)
- Linguistics: Empirical and Theoretical Foundations (M.Sc.)
- Mathematics (M.Sc.)
- National and International Administration and Policy (M.A.)
- Polymer Science (M.Sc.)
- Public Health, Exercise and Nutrition (M.Sc.)
- Remote Sensing, geoInformation and Visualization (M.Sc.)
- Toxicology (M.Sc.)
Bilingual programmes such as International Relations, Jewish Theology and War and Conflict Studies are not counted. Data Science is not counted because enrolment is suspended from winter 2026/27. Bachelor's programmes are taught in German.
About University of Potsdam
The University of Potsdam is a public university in Potsdam, Brandenburg, founded in 1991. It teaches on three campuses: Am Neuen Palais, Golm and Griebnitzsee. It is a separate institution from Potsdam University of Applied Sciences (FH Potsdam).
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