General Application Information

Before applying, please take your time and read the information given on this website, especially the information about the program fees. Information from third parties, e.g. DAAD may be outdated. 

Please note: After you have submitted your application, there will be no automated E-Mail confirming the receipt of your application.

IMPORTANT: We cannot provide application statuses before the end of the application period to comply with the admission regulation of the Technische Universität Berlin.

Electronic Application

The application to the GPE study program is easily done with our user friendly GPE online system. Our GPE-Online-System is the main information centre for you as well as for us. During the entire application process, the current stage of application is shown in the profile. 

Application Period for the next Intake

Although the GPE Online System is open during the year, the application period for GPE in Berlin always
starts on October 1 and ends on March 31. The application period for GPE-Digital is open from October 1 until August 15.
Within this period, the online application form has to be filled out to be recognized as a potential candidate to the upcoming intake. 

Application Procedure

Step 1:  Starting your Electronic Application

  1. Electronic registration is the first step of the GPE application procedure. Do not hesitate to register, in case you change your mind later, you will have no difficulties to cancel your application.
    Please choose a login (username) without "@" and blanks " ". Your password should be longer than 7 digits and should not contain special characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9 are allowed).
  2. Please enter all data in our contact form and click on the button “Update”.
    ! Please note that only applications through our GPE online system will be considered.
  3. Create only ONE application profile.
    Should you have forgotten your login or password please take the following steps:
  • LOGIN Forgotten
    Please send an email at gpeadminteam(at)gpe.tu-berlin.de using the following reference line
    GPE 2023 - Last name, First name – GPE Online - Login forgotten
  • PASSWORD
    If you are having trouble resetting your password, please contact us by mail.

Step 2: Completion of the Electronic Application

  1. Please login with your user account information.
  2. Go to profile and check at the “user” tab whether your user data is correct and complete the fields. Choose the main address first – postal address is only required in case you are not available at the main address. 
  3. By clicking on the application tab, you will be directed to the online application form.
  4. Fill all application fields and finish your electronic application
    by clicking on "Update” which you will find bottom corner.

Only now your application is complete and can be evaluated.

Due to long visa application procedures, an early processing of an application requires submission of the application well in advance of the deadline.

You are welcome to APPLY NOW 

Important: Please bear in mind that inquiries regarding the application process will be exclusively answered per e-mail, so please refrain from contacting us via telephone and from directly contacting the dean and other professors, as they cannot provide any information on this topic. Once you submit your application we kindly ask you to wait 2 weeks for our reply, before starting sending enquiry e-mails. 

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