Application process

For a direct university entrance qualification, your educational qualifications (secondary school and, if applicable, university) must be recognised as equivalent to the German Abitur. Before you apply, you should check this at uni-assist or with the anabin database

Do you have an indirect higher education entrance qualification, so that you cannot start your studies in Germany directly? Attend a Studienkolleg or the Study Preparation Brandenburg (SVB) (see short video) beforehand, which we offer  in cooperation with the University of Potsdam for applicants without a direct university entrance qualification for degree programmes of the Department of Computer Science and Media and the Department of Engineering. (Unfortunately, no SVB is offered for degree programmes of the Department of Business and Management). The language requirement for the SVB is a B2 level of German. To apply for the SVB, please use uni-assist between 1 April and 15 July and apply for the bachelor's programme at THB that you would like to study after the SVB.

For our German taught degree programmes (all except  Mechanical Engineering M.Eng. and Interactive Media M.Sc.) you have to submit one of the following certificates:

• DSH2
• Goethe-Zertifikat C1 or better
• DSD2 with C1 in all parts
• TestDaF - 4x4 points or better
• TELC C1 Hochschule with a result of "befriedigend" or better
• THB German language certificate at DSH2 level

In addition, you must also provide proof of your English language skills for the following degree programmes: 

Business & Information Systems Engineering M.Sc.

Proof of B1 English language skills: IELTS (mind. 4.0), TOEFL iBT (71-42), TOEFL ITP Level 1 (542-460), Cambridge Preliminary English Test + Merit or Pass (PET), Cambridge English: Business Preliminary (BEC Preliminary), Pearson PTE Academic (58–43), TOEIC: Listening and Reading Test (784-550), Speaking Test (159-120), Writing Test (149-120), Bridge Test (180-170), telc B1, UNIcert I, IGCSE 1stLanguage at least B1, IGCSE 2nd Language at least B1, Secondary school certificates from Australia, Canada (all provinces except Quebec and New Brunswick), USA (High School Diploma), british and international GCE A-Level-certificates,  irish Leaving Certificate, New Zealand National Certificate of Educational Achievement, Scottish Qualifications Certificate, dergree certificates from Australia, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada (except degrees from the provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick), New Zealand, USA

Security Management M.Sc. and Digitalisation & Management M.Sc.

Proof of  B2 English language skills: IELTS (6.5, 6.0, 5.5), TOEFL ITP Level 1 (626-543), TOEFL iBT (94-72), TOEFL iBT (4.5 - 4), Cambridge First Certificate in English + Grade B or C (FCE), Cambridge Preliminary English Test + Result Distinction (PET), Cambridge English: Business Vantage (BEC Vantage), Cambridge English: Legal (ILEC), Cambridge English: Financial (ICFE) , PTE Academic (75-59), TOEIC Listening and Reading Test (944-785) TOEIC Speaking Test (179-160) TOEIC Writing Test (179-150), telc B2-Zertifikat, UNIcert II, GCSE 1st Language min. B2, IGCSE 2nd Language min. B2   

For our English taught degree programmes you also have to provide proof of your language skills:

Interactive Media M.Sc.

Proof of B2 English language proficiency with one of the following certificates: TOEFL ITP Level 1 (score 543–626), IELTS (band score 5.5–6.5), TOEFL iBT: at least 85 points (valid up to and including 20 January 2026) from 21 January 2026: score range 4.0–4.5, Cambridge First Certificate in English (FCE), minimum grade B or C, Cambridge Preliminary English Test (PET), minimum result ‘Distinction’, Cambridge English: Business Vantage (BEC Vantage), Cambridge English: Legal (ILEC), Cambridge English: Financial (ICFE), Pearson PTE Academic (score 59–75), TOEIC: Listening and Reading: 785–944, Speaking: 160–179, Writing: 150–179, telc B2 Certificate, UNIcert II, IGCSE: 1st language at least at B2 level, 2nd language at least at B2 level / Applicants holding a university entrance qualification from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia or New Zealand are exempt from providing proof of language proficiency.

Mechanical Engineering M.Eng.

Proof of at least B2 English language proficiency with one of the following certificates: TOEFL iBT 4,5-4, TOEFL iBT at least 85 points, IELTS Academic at least 6.0 points, B2 First minimum grade B, telc English B2 or better, Unicert II or better, DAAD language certificate B2 or better, certificate of the higher education entrance qualification or a first professionally qualifying educational qualification which shows at least language level B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and which was issued by a state-recognised educational institution in Germany, in the EU or by a German school abroad, HZB or first professionally qualifying educational qualification from the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States of America, Canada, Australia or New Zealand.

Proof of at least A1 German language proficiency with one of the following certificates: telc, Goethe, ÖSD, DSD, ECL, TestDaF, DSH 

For the preparatory German course DeutschPlus you have to provide proof of your B2 German language skills with one of the following certificates:

• telc B2
• Goethe B2
• ÖSD B2
• DSDII with B2 in all parts
• ECL B2
• TestDaF min. 4x3 points 
• DSH1 
• UNIcertII