Thursday, 6 November 2014

List Of Tuition Free Universities In Germany

In Germany, the 16 federal states operate and finance public universities. All public universities in Germany are heavily subsidized. The German Constitutional Court ruled in 2005 that the law prohibiting tuition fees is not constitutional. The subsequent introduction of a nominal tuition fee in several states was accompanied by large opposition from students and is still hotly debated.


Overview of Fees


Until as recently as 2006, tuition fees were waived in all public universities. As of May 2010, tuition fees for full-time students range from nothing to 500 euros per semester. Registration fees of about 100 euros are separate from tuition fees and have to be paid every semester. Private universities do charge fees for tuition.


States That Do Not Charge Tuition


At present, 10 federal states waive tuition for full time-students. Among these are the states that comprise eastern Germany: Mecklenburg-Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, Thuringia, Saxony and all of Berlin. Many of these locations offer the additional advantage of affordable housing and a varied field of study. In western Germany, Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse charge no tuition fees. Saarland is expected to abolish tuition fees as early as summer of 2010.


Tuition Free Universities, Spring 2010


The following list applies to full-time students beginning a university education. The rising cost of education, along with budget problems, will likely necessitate additional states to implement tuition fees in the future.


Berlin:


Freie Universität Berlin


Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin


Technische Universität Berlin


Brandenburg:


Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus


Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)


Universität Potsdam


Bremen:


Universität Bremen


Hesse:


Technische Universität Darmstadt


Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main


Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen


Universität Kassel


Philipps-Universität Marburg


Mecklenburg-Pomerania:


Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald


Universität Rostock


Rhineland-Palatinate:


Technische Universität Kaiserslautern


Universität Koblenz-Landau Abt. Koblenz


Universität Koblenz-Landau Abt. Landau


Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz


Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer


Universität Trier


Saxony:


Technische Universität Chemnitz


Technische Universität Dresden


Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg


Universität Leipzig


Internationales Hochschulinstitut Zittau


Saxony-Anhalt:


Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg


Otto von Guericke-Universität Magdeburg


Schleswig-Holstein:


Universität Flensburg


Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel


Universität zu Lübeck


Thuringia:


Universität Erfurt


Technische Universität Ilmenau


Friedrich-Schiller-Universität (FSU) Jena


Bauhaus-Universität Weimar


Exceptions


A number of states impose tuition fees for those studying longer than the standard period of five to seven years, depending on the field of study. These states include Bremen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Lower Saxony. Some states implement tuition fees for post-graduate studies. In certain regions, the student's primary place of residence has to coincide with the location of the university in order to avoid tuition fees.

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