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Studying in Germany as a Bulgarian student
Germany offers an almost free education at public universities and is the most popular destination for Bulgarian students.
Germany at a glance
Applying with me
from €170
€365 — Germany · bundle of three
What you need to apply
Diploma and transcript: officially translated and legalised. Which stamp you need depends on the state, not the university.
German certificate: TestDaF, DSH or Goethe C1 for most degree programmes taught in German.
Converted grade: your Bulgarian average becomes a German grade through the modified Bavarian formula.
Uni-assist or direct portal: some universities take applications directly, others only through uni-assist, which has its own fee and timeline.
Deadlines that actually apply to you
Winter semester
Summer semester
What it costs to live there
Tuition is not your budget problem in Germany — rent is. A room in a shared flat runs from around 350 € in a smaller university town to well over 700 € in Munich, and it varies a lot by city. Health insurance for students is roughly 120 € a month. As an EU citizen you need no visa and no blocked account, and you may work alongside your studies without a permit — most students do.
Universities in Germany I can help you apply to
Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin
A large Berlin university with around 180 programmes: psychology, law and business, with a VPD from uni-assist.
€150 per semester
Semester fee including Deutschlandsemesterticket: €376.80
Berlin
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
A classic university in central Berlin with strong humanities, social and natural sciences.
€155 per semester
Semester fee including Deutschlandsemesterticket: €381,80
Karlsruhe
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
A university and a national research centre in one: mechanical and electrical engineering and bioengineering, partly with open admission.
€190 per semester
Semester fee including D-Ticket JugendBW: €235
Munich
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
One of Germany's oldest and largest universities: medicine, law, business and psychology, with no VPD needed.
€97 per semester
Semester fee + Deutschlandsemesterticket fee: 355€
Aachen
RWTH Aachen University
A technical university known for mechanical engineering and computer science, with a model medicine programme and no VPD needed.
€149 per semester
Semester fee including Deutschlandsemesterticket: €375,19
Berlin
Technische Universität Berlin
One of Germany's largest technical universities: mechanical engineering, computer science and architecture in German, applied for through tuPORT after a VPD.
€0 per semester
Munich
Technische Universität München
One of Germany's leading technical universities with campuses in Munich and Garching: computer science, mechanical engineering and business with points-based admission.
€97 per semester
Semester fee including Deutschlandsemesterticket: €355
Heidelberg
Universität Heidelberg
Germany's oldest university: strong medicine where the TMS carries a lot of weight, law and biosciences.
€190 per semester
Semester fee including D-Ticket JugendBW: €460
Mannheim
Universität Mannheim
One of Germany's leading universities for business and economics, housed in Mannheim's baroque palace: BWL half in English and a semester that starts as early as September.
€194 per semester
Semester fee including D-Ticket JugendBW: €464
Germany: common questions
Are there tuition fees in Germany?
Most federal states charge no tuition, only a semester contribution of roughly 97 to 200 euros.