Exemption from the language test for the BA North American Studies
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 7.0 or higher | max. 3 years |
Email a scanned copy of your certificate(s) verifying any of the listed exemption criteria as an attachment, with your application number and date of birth to: befreiungenglisch@sprachenzentrum.fu-berlin.de Applicants for the summer semester need to do this between 01.12.2020 and 12.03.2021 (applicants for a higher course semester) |
| TOEFL Internet-based Test (iBT) or TOEFL iBT Special Home Edition: overall score 100 or higher and at least 25 in writing | ||
| Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): grades A-C | ||
| Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE): grades A-B | ||
| Cambridge English Scale CPE, CAE und FCE (from January 2015): overall score 180 or higher and at least 180 in writing | ||
| International Baccalaureate (IB) Standard or Higher Level (SL/HL): 5 in English | ||
| 1 year at a university in an English-speaking country, including successful participation on several linguistically demanding courses | ||
| A minimum of 12 points (Leistungskurs/erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau) in the written part of the Abitur exam for English. | unlimited | For more information on this please see the information in German on exemption from the language test. |
Please note that we can only exempt applicants on the grounds listed above.