Which English-Taught Degree Programmes Exist in Germany? (2026)

Which Universities Teach the Most in English?

English provision in Germany is master-heavy. Several of the universities belowdescribe their English offer as mostly or entirely at master level, and English-taught bachelor programmes stay rare outside the private sector. Counts are the universities' own approximate figures.

What Does an English-Taught Degree Cost?

Teaching language does not change the fee. An English master at a public university is billed exactly like a German one, which for EU students means EUR 0 tuition and only the Semesterbeitrag: EUR 85 at LMU Munich and TUM, EUR 161.10 at Heidelberg, EUR 190 at Freiburg, EUR 201.50 at KIT, EUR 321.90 at Humboldt, EUR 338.05 at RWTH Aachen, EUR 358.80 at the Free University of Berlin, EUR 360.49 at TU Berlin and EUR 384 at the University of Hamburg, all verified for 2025/26.

Non-EU students meet two exceptions. Baden-Württemberg charges EUR 1,500 per semester, which hits Heidelberg, KIT, Tübingen, Freiburg, Stuttgart and Mannheim. TUM charges non-EU students EUR 2,000 to EUR 3,000 per semester for bachelor programmes and EUR 4,000 to EUR 6,000 for masters from winter semester 2024/25, with some masters exempt, and its payment deadlines are 15 September for winter and 15 March for summer. LMU Munich, in the same city, charges non-EU students nothing.

TU Berlin adds one more caveat worth reading before you enrol: continuing-education masters there may charge tuition even though the standard degree programmes do not.

Which Private Schools Teach Only in English?

A handful of private institutions run English-medium campuses, which is where most English-taught bachelor places actually sit. Constructor University in Bremen is an English-medium campus with around 25 programmes. Bard College Berlin runs around 4 all-English liberal arts programmes, the Hertie School in Berlin around 5, all English, ESMT Berlin around 6 masters and MBAs, all English, Kühne Logistics University in Hamburg around 6, all English, and the German International University Berlin around 10, all English.

They charge tuition rather than a Semesterbeitrag, and the same rate applies to EU and non-EU students. The recorded bands are approximate, in the region of EUR 10,000 per year at Constructor University and Bard College Berlin, and around EUR 4,000 to EUR 6,000 at the German International University Berlin, so confirm the current fee schedule with the school before you commit. Compared against zero tuition at a public university, the premium is what you are buying: an English-medium campus rather than an English programme inside a German-speaking institution.

IU International University of Applied Sciences is the volume outlier, with around 80 English-taught programmes on a distance model with rolling monthly starts. Check whether a distance enrolment supports the residence permit you need before you rely on it.

What Are the Language Requirements?

The universities in our catalogue split the requirement cleanly. German-taught programmes ask for DSH-2 or TestDaF 4x4. English-taught programmes ask for IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL 88 to 90 as the typical bar. LMU Munich sits a little higher at IELTS 6.5 to 7.0, and Ruhr University Bochum a little lower at IELTS 6.0 to 6.5.

• Extra tests happen. TUM and RWTH Aachen list the GRE for select masters, and Mannheim lists the GMAT for some business masters plus selection essays.
• Most international applications route through uni-assist, which issues the VPD preliminary review. TUM combines uni-assist with TUMonline, RWTH Aachen runs mainly through its own RWTHonline portal, and Heidelberg uses uni-assist for bachelors and heiCO for many masters.
• Numerus clausus selection, not entrance exams. The universities here list no general entrance exam. Medicine is the exception, through the TMS.

When Are the Deadlines?

The headline German dates are 15 July for the winter semester and 15 January for the summer semester. English-taught masters routinely close earlier, and that gap is the single most common reason an international applicant misses an intake by a year.

• RWTH Aachen University: English masters often 1 March for the winter intake.
• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology: international masters often 15 March to 30 April.
• Heidelberg University and University of Göttingen: English masters often 15 March to 15 May.
• University of Tübingen: English masters 15 February to 15 May.
• TU Dresden: English masters often 31 May.
• Technical University of Munich: bachelor applications via uni-assist by 15 July, while master applications for winter semester 2026/27 closed on 31 May 2026.

Work backwards from the earliest of these, not from 15 July. A uni-assist review takes time of its own, and the visa appointment and the Sperrkonto deposit both sit behind the admission letter.

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