Most public universities charge no tuition for bachelor's programmes, only a semester contribution such as €189.80 at Heidelberg; non-EU students pay fees in Baden-Württemberg (€1,500 per semester) and at TU Munich. In the 2025/26 winter semester 422 institutions offered 22,426 programmes, 2,383 of them in English. See how to apply, what a student residence costs (€318 a month on average) and how much you can work.
Degrees are divided into three cycles:
Some programmes do not end with a bachelor's degree but with a state examination (Staatsexamen) – this is how you study medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and law, among others. It usually takes 4–6 years. Some universities also still offer the old single-cycle degrees ending with a Diplom or Magister Artium (4–6 years).
The academic year is divided into a winter semester (Wintersemester) and a summer semester (Sommersemester).
Germany – bachelor's programmes
Germany – integrated (single-cycle) programmes
Germany – master's programmes
Sources: European Commission – Study in Europe (education.ec.europa.eu/study-in-europe), Eurostat, official national study and residence portals and authorities, Eurodesk, enic-naric.net, studentnews.eu. As of September 2026.
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