Befreiungstatbestände für die Bachelorstudiengänge Englische Philologie und Grundschulpädagogik mit Wahlpflichtstudienfach Englisch

You can be exempted from the test if you fulfil one of the following conditions:

Degree / Certificate Validity

Exemption procedure

(Please do not submit your certifcates with your admissions applications)
IELTS (Academic) overall result 6.0 or higher and at least 6.0 in writing max. 3 years       

email a scanned copy of your certificate(s) verifying any of the above-listed exemption criteria as an attachment, with your applicant account and date of birth to: befreiungenglisch@sprachenzentrum.fu-berlin.de

Applicants for summer semester (only higher semester) need to do this between 03.02.20 - 01.03.20.
TOEFL Internet based iB: overall score 90 or higher and at least 20 in writing
Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): grades A-C
Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE): grades A-C
Cambridge First Certificate of English (FCE): grades A-B
Cambridge English Scale CPE, CAE und FCE (from January 2015): overall score 173 or higher and at least 173 in writing
International Baccalaureate (IB) Standard or Higher Level (SL/HL): 4 in English
6 months at a university in an English-speaking country, including successful participation on several linguistically demanding courses
A minimum of 9 points (Leistungskurs/erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau) or 11 points (Grundkurs) in the written part of the Abitur exam for English. For more information on this please see the information in German on exemption from the language test.  unlimited  

Please note that we can only exempt applicants on the grounds listed above.