Applying and Enrolling for a Master’s Program Without a Completed Bachelor’s Degree

Source: https://www.tu.berlin/en/i-a-office-of-student-affairs/masters-application-enrollment/application/application-and-enrollment-without-a-completed-bachelors-degree Parent: https://www.tu.berlin/en/studying/organizing-your-studies/re-registration-co

The following regulation helps expedite the transition from a bachelor’s program to a master’s program at TU Berlin. Applicants are expected to acquire their first university degree before taking up master’s studies and provide proof of their degree certificate within the first degree semester of their master’s program (Section 10 (5a) sentence 1 BerlHG).

If you are applying for a master’s program and are not able to submit proof of your first university degree by the application deadline but will complete your bachelor’s degree shortly, you have the following option:

As an alternative, you can have a certificate issued from the responsible office at your university and submit this. This certificate must meet the requirements of TU Berlin. If it fails to do so, your application will not fulfill the general admission requirements and will be rejected (pursuant to Section 22 (2) Ordnung zur Regelung des allgemeinen Studien- und Prüfungsverfahrens an der Technischen Universität Berlin – AllgStuPO).\ \ Detailed information regarding ECTS certificates is available under Applying with an ECTS Certificate.

Should you be admitted to a program, enrollment is provisional (i.e. under reserve of revocation). This means you are required to submit proof of your bachelor’s degree within the re-registration deadline in the first degree semester. If the payment of the semester fee and/or the proof of the Bachelor's degree is not received in your TU-Portal (tuPORT) until after the re-registration deadline, a late fee (€19.94) must be paid.

You must upload proof of your degree with your re-registration in TU-Portal (tuPORT) under “Study & Teaching" using the app “Enrollment and Re-Registration”. The following proof is accepted:

• Certificate of performance (automatically generated and valid without signature.) - with the final grade and date as well as the statement that you have completed your degree
• Preliminary certificate of completion or 4.0 certificate issued, stamped, and signed by the Examination Office (no 4.0 certificates from examiners or the faculties!)
• Degree certificate
• Applies to TU students only: QISPOS printout with Master's qualification or grade certificate from tuPORT- with 180 ECTS and overall grade as well as the statement that you have completed your degree
• Applies to TU students only: Degree entered in SAP or POS - uploading a document is not necessary

One-time application for an extension / Admission Exemption

Should you not be able to do so as a result of circumstances beyond your control, then you have the option to apply within the re-registration deadline in the first degree semester for an extension for the sole purpose of applying for a further semester (pursuant to Section 24 (4) Ordnung zur Regelung des allgemeinen Studien- und Prüfungsverfahrens an der Technischen Universität Berlin – AllgStuPO). No further extensions can be granted.

If your application is accepted, you must provide proof of your Bachelor's degree in the 2nd semester within the re-registration deadline. If the payment of the semester fee and/or the proof of the Bachelor's degree is not received in tuPORT until after the re-registration deadline, a late fee (€19.94) must be paid.

You can find the "Application for extension of provisional Master's enrollments" in your TU-Portal (tuPORT) when you open the app "Study & Teaching" and choose "My request". The application must be accompanied by an informal explanation, which you must upload in addition to the application.

Rejection of your application for an extension

If you are not granted an extension, you will be exmatriculated from the master’s program and will not be able to apply for the same master’s program as a re-registrant until after you have successfully completed your bachelor’s degree. Further information you will find under Re-Enrollment in a master's program.

We would be pleased to advise you personally during our opening hours on how to proceed if your application for extension is rejected.

It is not possible to re-enroll if you are not able to complete the program within the standard period of study.

It is not possible to be assigned to a higher degree semester during the period of enrollment under reserve of revocation (pursuant to Section 22 (4) Ordnung zur Regelung des allgemeinen Studien- und Prüfungsverfahrens an der Technischen Universität Berlin – AllgStuPO).

Provisional enrollment is only possible for master’s programs.

Part-time studies are excluded when enrolling in a master’s program under reserve of revocation.

Note on re-registration

The re-registration deadline must always be met, this also applies to provisional Master's enrollment. This means that the required semester fees must be credited to the TU-Portal (tuPORT) by the re-registration deadline.

If you want to re-register on time, then the Bachelor's degree or the one-time application for extension of the provisional Master's enrollment must also have been proven or submitted by the re-registration deadline. If you can only prove or submit the Bachelor's degree or the application for extension of the provisional Master's enrollment must be proven or submitted by the re-registration deadline. If you only prove or submit the Bachelor's degree or the application for extension of the provisional Master's enrollment after the re-registration deadline, the late fee (19.94 €) will be charged.

You can find more information under re-registration.