University of Tübingen for International Students

Under Baden-Württemberg state law, students from outside the EU and EEA pay a tuition fee of 1,500 EUR per semester for Bachelor's, Master's and state examination programmes. The fee does not apply to EU and EEA citizens, to applicants who obtained their university entrance qualification in Germany, to recognised refugees and persons with comparable protection status, to exchange students under cooperation agreements, or to doctoral candidates. Students starting a second degree after a first German degree pay 650 EUR per semester instead. The state government's coalition agreement of May 2026 announces a review of the fee for international students; no change had been decided as of October 2026.

The Deutschlandticket is not included. The naldo solidarity contribution covers free regional travel on weekday evenings from 7 p.m., at weekends and on public holidays; the naldo semester ticket and the Deutschlandticket are bought separately. Exemptions from the non-EU fee on application, for example for hardship or exceptional ability, are decided by the university.

Paying tuition does not replace the proof of funds. For the student visa you still need to show 11,904 EUR for the year, usually in a blocked account.

The standard Master's dates for non-EU applicants fall earlier than for German and EU applicants (winter: 15 March instead of 15 September). Many Master's programmes set their own dates, and the university notes that deadlines may change. You apply directly to the university; uni-assist is not used.

Medicine, dentistry and pharmacy are allocated through hochschulstart.de. Check your programme's page for the current date before you apply.

The university lists 35 degree programmes that can be studied entirely in English, without German for admission: two Bachelor's (Computational Linguistics, English and American Studies) and 33 Master's. They include:

• Science: Advanced Quantum Physics, Applied and Environmental Geoscience, Archaeological Sciences and Human Evolution, Astro and Particle Physics, Biochemistry, Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Bioinformatics, Cellular and Immunological Biosciences, Geoecology, Geosciences, Machine Learning, Mathematical Physics, Medical Informatics, Microbiology and Infection Biology, Nano-Science, Neurobiology, Physics
• Neuroscience: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Neural and Behavioural Sciences
• Medicine: Biomedical Technologies, Molecular Medicine, Population-Based Medicine
• Humanities: American Studies, Computational Linguistics, English Linguistics, English Literatures and Cultures, Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Economics and Social Sciences: Economics, Economics and Finance, Management and Economics, Peace Research and International Relations, Public Policy and Social Change

Programmes taught in several languages (for example Computer Science, Media Informatics, European Economics, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies) and double degrees taught partly abroad are not counted. Most other programmes require German at university level.

The University of Tübingen (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) is a public university in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, founded in 1477. It is organised in seven faculties: Protestant Theology, Catholic Theology, Law, Medicine, Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences, and Science.