Registrations in the subjects of History and Art History are carried out by the offices of the respective institutes and separate rules apply.

No, you may submit the application to take the interim examination on completion of the requirements (see above) at any time during the office hours.

You must agree this individually with the respective examiner.

On submission of the application to take the interim examination with the submission of the following documents: certificate of entrance qualification (original and copy), registration certificate (copy), any additional proofs of language competence (originals and copies), list of courses attended according to the study regulations, study record pages, credit certificates (originals and copies).

No, there are no registration periods. You can register as soon as the formal requirements (credit certificates, SWS) for examination registration are met.

In the compact procedure, it should not exceed the period of nine months.

Enquire about the examination regulations of the department of your 1^st main subject. The examination arrangements specified there (examination period, dates etc) are binding for you.

You can take the examinations for your 2^nd main subject / your subsidiary subject in the context of the compact procedure or in the splitting procedure. If you register for the compact procedure, the Examination Office of the Department of History and Cultural Studies requires confirmation from the outside Examination Offices that you have obtained all the credits and that the admission requirements have been met. After you have completed the examinations in your 2^nd main subject / your subsidiary subject, ask the respective Examination Office to send the necessary documents to the Examination Office of the Department of History and Cultural Studies.

Certificate of general university entrance qualification (original and copy), Latinum/Graecum (original and copy) if applicable, proof of registration at Freie Universität Berlin for the last three semesters, interim examination certificates for the 1^st and 2^nd main subjects and/or subsidiary subjects, study record pages (original), separate lists of courses attended for each subject (appendix 1), original and copy of credit certificates from the advanced study period as required in the respective subject for the 1^st and 2^nd main subjects and/or subsidiary subjects, any credit certificates replacing exams, any certificates for partial  examinations completed, any other documents such as a curriculum vitae and subject combination approval.

The processing time for registration documents in the Examination Office depends on the number of registrations. It is therefore impossible to give a fixed estimate of the processing time. In all cases, it is advisable to submit the registration documents on time and before the aimed for examination period (a MINIMUM processing time of four weeks is generally expected).

This is possible in the subjects of Anthropology of the Americas, Art History and Sinology only. 

No. This must be agreed in advance with the respective lecturer and a written application must be made in the institute.

This differs in each individual case. The magister’s examination comprises several parts: the oral examination (duration for the subsidiary subject: 30 minutes; main subject: 60 minutes) and the exam (duration for the main subject and subsidiary subject: 4 hours). These examination parts are completed separately, at different times. Registration for the exam takes place in the examination office and the possible dates can be found on a list displayed there. The date for the oral examination is agreed individually with the examiner.

The magister’s examination comprises several parts: the oral examination (duration for the subsidiary subject: 30 minutes; main subject: 60 minutes) and the exam (duration for the main subject and subsidiary subject: 4 hours). These examination parts are completed separately, at different times. The order depends on the chosen examination procedure and the individual decision of the candidate. In addition, the magister’s thesis must be authored in the first main subject of the magister’s degree.

 No.

No, only once the reviewers have assessed the work at least as “adequate”. Initially, two-line texts from each reviewer are sufficient. These must be submitted to the Examination Office. You can then be admitted to the subject examinations (exam/oral examination).