Guest Auditors and Visiting Students
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As a guest auditor (Gasthörerschaft), you can attend individual courses without being enrolled at TU Berlin.
If you are enrolled at another university in Germany, EU, Island, Liechtenstein or Norway, you can attend individual courses at TU Berlin and take exams as a visiting student (Nebenhörerschaft).
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Important note
Please check directly with the program coordinators for In(2)TU Berlin (course for refugee guest auditors) and Studieren ab 16 regarding attending these programs.
What is a guest auditor program (Gasthörerschaft)?
As a guest auditing student, you can attend individual courses for a fee without being enrolled at TU Berlin if the lecturer has approved your participation in advance.\ Admission is only granted for the course in the respective semester. A course may not exceed a total of six hours per semester week.\ You may only attend courses with special admission if your participation does not exclude students of the TU Berlin or visiting students.\ You are not permitted to take exams as an auditor. However, you will receive proof of participation and proof of any credits acquired.
You can find additional information on auditing in TU Berlin’s General Study and Examination Regulations (Section 41).
How much does auditing a course cost?
There are currently no fees for guest auditors.
Guest auditors are also permitted to take courses offered by the Modern Language Center (ZEMS). Please refer to the ZEMS fee ordinance to learn about the required fees.
If you would like to audit a course as part of a continuing education program, please pay the fees as stipulated in the fee ordinance for participation in these continuing education programs.
How and when do I request to audit classes?
If you would like to attend classes as a guest auditor, you must first obtain permission from the lecturers and then apply for registration at the Office of Student Affairs.
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Please complete the guest auditor certificate. Send this by email to the lecturer of the class you wish to attend requesting their agreement by signing it.
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With the approval of the lecturer you then submit the guest auditor certificate via the TU Berlin tuPORT portal.\ There you register and upload all required documents. After successful registration, you will receive a proof of registration via “Studies & Teaching” in the “Certificates and Notifications” app in tuPORT. This entitles you to participate in the course.\ The link to the TU Berlin application portal and information on the required documents can be found on the checklist for application and registration https://www.tu.berlin/en/go285064/
You can find the application deadline here: "Application and Enrollment Deadlines"
Please check directly with the program coordinators for In(2)TU Berlin (course for refugee guest auditors) and Studieren ab 16 regarding attending these programs.
Guest study course for people above 45 years (BANA)
Participants of the four-semester continuing education program “Berlin Model: Education for Post-Occupational Activities (BANA)" pay 60 euros for each semester. Before you can request to audit, you must first register with the Center for Scientific Continuing Education and Cooperation (ZEWK).
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What is a visiting student program (Nebenhörerschaft)?
If you are enrolled at another university in Germany or at a recognized university abroad, you can attend individual courses at TU Berlin and take exams as a visiting student (Nebenhörerschaft) if the lecturer has approved your participation in advance.
Being a visiting student does not make you a member of TU Berlin, however, and you will not be enrolled at the TU Berlin.
Your attendance may not exclude TU Berlin students from participating in the course.
You can find additional information on auditing in TU Berlin’s General Study and Examination Regulations.
How much does being a visiting student cost?
Participation as a visiting student at the TU Berlin is free of charge.
How and when do I request to be a visiting student?
You can apply for one semester at the Office of Student Affairs of the TU Berlin, if you are enrolled at another university in Germany or at a recognized university abroad.\ You can check whether a foreign university is recognized at anabin. H+ means that the institution is recognized as a university in its country of origin and is also considered a higher education institution in Germany.
If you would like to attend classes as a visiting student, you must first obtain permission from the lecturers and then apply for registration at the Office of Student Affairs.
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Please fill out the visiting student certificate . Send this by email to the lecturer of the class you wish to attend requesting their agreement by signing it.
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With the approval of the lecturer, you then submit the application for visiting student program via the TU Berlin tuPORT portal.\ Register there and upload all required documents. Documents (e.g. the certificate of study) are only accepted in German and English language. Certificates in other languages must be submitted together with a German or English translation by a sworn translator.\ Once you have successfully registered, you will receive a proof of registration via the “Study & Teaching” app and then “Notices and Certificates” in tuPORT. This entitles you to participate in the course.\ The link to the TU Berlin application portal and information on the required documents can be found on the checklist for application and registration https://www.tu.berlin/en/go285064/
You can find the application deadline here https://www.tu.berlin/en/go167/
If additional modules are approved AFTER registration, no further upload is necessary. The certificate in tuPORT with the additional visiting student certificate(s) serves as proof of registration.
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