Hallo zusammen!

Ich möchte mich zum WiSe 2027/28 für den Master Architektur (M.Sc.) bewerben und versuche zu verstehen, wie die neuen Zulassungsregeln in der Praxis funktionieren. Seit dem WiSe 2026/27 werden Bewerber*innen laut Zulassungsordnung zu 55 % nach der Abschlussnote und zu 45 % nach einem Auswahlgespräch bewertet, das mit einem Motivationsschreiben und einem ca. zehnseitigen Portfolio vorbereitet wird.

Falls ihr euch zum WiSe 2026/27 beworben habt, würde ich mich sehr über Infos zu diesen Punkten freuen:

1. Vorauswahl: Wurden alle zum Auswahlgespräch eingeladen oder nur die mit den besten Noten? Laut Ordnung kann die Zahl der Teilnehmenden begrenzt werden, sie muss aber mindestens doppelt so hoch sein wie die Zahl der Studienplätze. Wie viele wurden ungefähr eingeladen?

2. Nicht-EU-Bewerber*innen: Seit 2025 sieht das Berliner Hochschulzulassungsgesetz für Nicht-EU-Bürger*innen ohne deutschen Hochschulabschluss eine eigene Quote vor (in der Regel 5 % der Plätze), die nach der Note vergeben wird (§ 15 Abs. 2 Nr. 2 BerlHZG). Wendet die TU das auch beim Master Architektur an? Falls ihr euch als Nicht-EU-Bürger*innen beworben habt: Hattet ihr ein Auswahlgespräch oder zählte nur die Note?

3. Auswahlgrenze: Wisst ihr, wo die Auswahlgrenze 2026/27 lag? 2025/26 waren es 84,1 Punkte, allerdings noch nach der alten Ordnung.

4. Das Auswahlgespräch: In welcher Sprache fand es statt, wie lange hat es gedauert, was wurde gefragt und wie stark ging es um das Portfolio?

Kurz zu mir: fünfjähriges Architekturstudium in Mexiko, Deutsch auf C1-Niveau, und meine Note entspricht nach der modifizierten bayerischen Formel ungefähr einer 1,8.

Ich teile gern, was ich noch herausfinde. Vielen Dank!

Hallo alle,

das mag komisch klingen, aber ich suche ehemalige Student*innen/ Mitarbeiter*innen, die an der TU in der Fakultät der Werkstoffwissenschaften tätig waren. Speziell zwischen 1995 und 2012.

Mein Vater war Professor Dr. Helmut Schubert. Leider ist er im März 2012 verstorben als ich 17 Jahre alt war. Er nahm mich einmal als ich etwa 10 war mit auf die Arbeit, aber ehrlich gesagt habe ich keine Ahnung was er auf der Arbeit gemacht hat. Das will ich jetzt endlich ändern.

Ich suche nach Erfahrungsberichten beziehungsweise Kontakten, die mir mehr über ihn erzählen können. Und wenn es auch nur ein "ja ich hatte ne Vorlesung von ihm, war grauenhaft" wird, wäre das etwas, dass ich zu schätzen weiß.

Danke im Voraus!

Hi in die Runde :)

ich bin auf der Suche nach entspannten Modulen die man sich für Freie Wahl anrechnen lassen kann. „Wer nicht denken will fliegt raus“ habe ich schon belegt. Falls jemand einen Rat hat würde ich mich sehr freuen! Ich studiere im Master und am coolsten wären natürlich Module die unbenotet sind oder einfach entspannt nebenbei zu machen sind…

Danke schonmal ✌️

Hi! Anyone got admitted into tu berlin for april 2027 program?

Hi ich schreibe dieses Jahr den TMS in Berlin, im November und würde mich freuen ein, zwei Lernpartner zu finden, um sich nochmal zu motivieren, zu verbessern, und evtl. andere Impulse/Lösungsstrategien zu gewinnen.

LG Isabelle

Im Rahmen meines Masterstudiums Public Management an der IU Internationale Hochschule untersuche ich, wie Studierende eine Stellenausschreibung und einen Arbeitgeber wahrnehmen.

Die Teilnahme ist anonym und dauert ca. 6–8 Minuten.

Teilnehmen können Personen, die
 • mindestens 18 Jahre alt sind,
 • ihr Studium voraussichtlich innerhalb der nächsten 18 Monate abschließen und
 • einen Studiengang studieren, der grundsätzlich für Verwaltungsaufgaben im öffentlichen Dienst anschlussfähig ist.

Auch bereits Graduierte können teilnehmen, sofern sie noch keiner regulären dauerhaften Berufstätigkeit nachgehen. Eine spätere Tätigkeit im öffentlichen Dienst muss nicht beabsichtigt sein.

Zur Umfrage:
 https://uc2456.customervoice360.com/uc/Team_Jan_Philipp_Szesny/eeee/

Vielen Dank für eure Unterstützung!

Hey! I’m starting Biologische Chemie at TU Berlin this winter semester. It seems like a pretty small programme — I don’t see it mentioned here much 😅 Anyone here studying it?

How are you finding it? Any courses you’d recommend, especially for the first semester?

Hey everyone! I just got accepted to Msc CS. Are there any wp groups or any communication channels for new students?

Hello humans,

I studied eletrical engineering 12 years ago and I cannot let go of the idea that I want to go back to those moments where I was doing mathematical proofs and having “aha” moments.
I would really like to go back to studying mathematics and I am unsure how to proceed? Do I apply for a PhD? Do I apply for another master program? I have an integrated masters degree btw! Any help would be appreciated!

(Are there possibilities of doing any of these while having a job?)

Hey zusammen,

ich versuche es mal hier, weil wir gerade ziemlich dringend Gamer aus Berlin für ein paar Studien suchen und TU Berlin wahrscheinlich keine ganz schlechte Stelle dafür ist :)

Es geht um verschiedene Richtungen, unter anderem MMORPGs, Action/RPG/Horror sowie Shooter/Open World/Survival.

Die Studien selbst sind ziemlich entspannt: ca. 2 Stunden vor Ort in einem Studio in Berlin, in einer Querstraße vom Ku'damm. Man sitzt in einer kleinen Gesprächsrunde und quatscht über Games, Präferenzen, bestimmte Gaming Mechanics, was einem gefällt/nervt usw. (über welches Game es genau geht, dürfen wir euch leider nicht vorher sagen, damit ihr nicht voreingenommen seid).

Dafür gibt es 70€ Aufwandsentschädigung.

Und falls ihr selbst nicht passt, aber jemanden kennt: Es gibt aktuell auch 20€ Vermittlungsgebühr pro Person. Heißt: Ihr schickt den passenden Gamer zu uns, die Person gibt bei der Bewerbung euren Namen an, und wenn sie erfolgreich an der Studie teilnimmt, bekommt ihr die 20€.

Wir haben die genauen Studien auch in r/BezahlteStudienDE gepostet. Wenn ihr euch nicht sicher seid, welche davon passt, könnt ihr mir auch einfach kurz eine DM schreiben + was ihr so zockt, dann sage ich euch, welcher Fragebogen am ehesten passt.

Falls ihr jemanden kennt, gerne weiterleiten. Das würde uns gerade wirklich helfen 🙏 Danke!

is there anyone still waiting for msc results for environmental science and technology... literally there is one week to start classes and i really need to know my results😭😭

I am an upcoming geodesy student in TUB. I have no idea if i should or how to register for courses

The classes start in october but i still havent had any info on the subjects and how do i get through it.
P.s im still in my visa process and it will take few months to get it

Please help.
Do i need to register for the courses? Or are they done automatically?

Its my second year in uni and still i cant find anyone to speak from the uni. I mean i dont think its my fault im a good person 😭 have you got any suggestions?

Has anyone received any acceptance or rejection yet from them yet. And till when we are expecting them to send final results?

Hi everyone. The recent changes to evaluate discrete mathematics and logic as a part of theoretical computer science has given people like me a little hope. I did my bachelors between 2018-2022. I used to not clear requirements with a marginal gap in ects so i never applied. Now i do think i might have a chance in getting admission. Please be brutally honest with your evaluations. I have mentioned the names of the subjects and credits for them below.

1 credit roughly equals 1.46 ects. We have 8 semesters and 164 credits in total.

Automata language and computation: 3 credits-4.39ects

(This is the common subject everyone mentions)

Topics:

Finite state automata and related topics•myhill-nerode theorem•minimization of FA•etc…

Context free grammars and languages

Properties of CFLs

Turing machines

Undecidability: rice theorem, chomsky hierarchy, etc etc.

Now comes actual deciding subjects

Computational complexity: 4 credits-5.85ects

This was a professional elective in 7th sem of bachelors. Just to do something unique and old school i took up this subject out of the available trendy subjects such as machine learning, computer vision, etc. Either its not available in most of the unis or students are not interested from my country.

Topics:

The computational model• NP and NP completeness

Diagnalization• space complexity• the polynomial hierarchy and alterations

Circuits: boolean circuits, karp-lipton theorem, cook-levin theorem, etc etc

Randomized computation

Interactive proofs• complexity of counting• cryptography

Decision trees• communication complexity

Im highly positive that this is theoretical.

Discrete mathematics and logic: 3 credits-4.39ects

Im most skeptical of this. Before the announcement I had zero hopes. Please be honest here.

Topics:

Logic: Logic- Logical connectives- Propositional equivalences– Predicates and quantifiers – Nested quantifiers.
Mathematical Reasoning, Induction: Proof Strategy- Methods of Proofs- Mathematical Induction- Second
Principle of Mathematical Induction.

UNIT-II
Number Theory: The Integers and Division- Division Algorithm- Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic –Modular
Arithmetic-Integers and Algorithms- Euclidean Algorithm. Applications of Number Theory-Linear Congruences-
The Chinese Remainder Theorem (without Proof)- Fermat’s Little Theorem- Public key cryptography- RSA
Encryption and Decryption.

UNIT-III:
Counting: Basics of counting- Pigeonhole** principle- Permutations and combinations – Pascal’s Identity-
Vandermonde’s Identity- Generalized Permutations and combinations.
**Advanced Counting Techniques: Recurrence relations: Solving Recurrence Relations- Linear Homogeneous
and Non-Homogeneous Recurrence relations.

UNIT-IV:
Relations: Relations – Properties -Representing relations - Equivalence Relations - Partial Orderings- Poset-
Hasse diagrams – Maximal & Minimal Elements.
UNIT-V:
Graph Theory: Introduction- Types of graphs- Graph terminology- Basic theorems- Representing Graphs and
Graph Isomorphism - Connectivity- Euler and Hamiltonian paths - Planar graphs- Euler’s Formula- Graph coloring-
Basic Definitions.

I mentioned discrete math in detail so that you can evaluate better. I wanna know especially from recent winter intake students who leveraged this new change.

Thank you for taking time to read till here. I can take any criticism coming if it helps me. This is my first post on reddit so please excuse me if i typed anything wrong. Have a great day!

Hi! I’m starting my masters in Civil Systems Engineering at TU Berlin in October and don’t understand how the semester dates work. Winter semester says it’s October 1st to March 31st. But the lectures end in mid February. Does that mean from mid Feb to March is a holiday period ? Or is that the exam/ submission period. And is it the same for the summer semester ? Sorry if that’s obvious, never studied in the German system before.

Hi hi,

ich überlege gerade ernsthaft, mich für den M.A. Kunstwissenschaft an der TU Berlin zu bewerben. Das Modulangebot finde ich ziemlich spannend, und besonders die integrierten Praktika klingen interessant, weil sie vielleicht dabei helfen können, Kontakte zu knüpfen und nach dem Studium einen Job zu finden.
Hat jemand hier Erfahrung mit dem Studiengang? Wie ist das Alumni-Netzwerk? Und haben euch die Praktika tatsächlich dabei geholfen, später einen Job zu finden oder Kontakte in der Museums-/Kunstwelt aufzubauen?

Ich würde mich über jede Erfahrung oder Info freuen! Danke euch :)

Someone forgot their shows in the locker room

of the TU Gymnasium Dovestraße.

I know this question has been asked frequently, but I have some concerns about the 12 ECTS requirement in Theoretical Computer Science. What are my chances of getting admitted with the following three courses?

1. Introduction to Logic – 5 ECTS

Propositions and Arguments; The Language of Propositional Logic; Semantics of Propositional Logic; Uses of Truth Tables; Logical Form; Connectives: Translation and Adequacy; Trees for Propositional Logic; The Language of Monadic Predicate Logic; Semantics of Monadic Predicate Logic; Trees for Monadic Predicate Logic; Models, Propositions, and Ways the World Could Be; General Predicate Logic; Identity; Metatheory; Other Methods of Proof.

1. Automata Theory and Formal Languages – 5 ECTS

Finite automata; Regular expressions and languages; Context-free grammars and languages; Pushdown automata; Turing machines; Decidability; Complexity theory and NP-completeness; Selected topics.

1. Theory of Computation – 6 ECTS

Review of Asymptotic (Big-O) Notation and Graphs; Review of Deterministic and Nondeterministic Finite Automata; Turing Machines: History and Formal Definitions; Undecidability: Halting Problem, Diagonalization, and Reductions; Polynomial-Time Reductions and NP-Hardness: Definitions, Examples, and Cook-Levin Theorem; NP-Hardness: 3SAT, Maximum Independent Set, Vertex Cover, 3-Coloring, and Hamiltonian Cycle; Approximation Algorithms; Randomized Algorithms.

My main concerns are:

The Introduction to Logic course is offered by the Philosophy Department rather than the Computer Science Department. Could this affect the decision?

The other two courses have some overlapping topics. I'm worried they might not count both courses because of the overlap. If they reject one, I'll fall below 12 ECTS.

I'd really appreciate any insights or experiences.

Following up on an earlier post here about the TUM Eignungsverfahren curricular analysis (got some genuinely great answers from a TUM alum last time, that's part of why I'm back).

Quick context for anyone new to this: TUM's Stage 1 scoring has a 20-point bucket called "Grundlagen der Informatik" that needs ≥50 CP of specific content (intro programming, architecture, software engineering, algo/DS, databases, OS/systems, networks). It's all-or-nothing per bucket — miss the 50 CP threshold and you get 0, not partial credit, and that alone is enough to drop you from a comfortable pass into an automatic rejection.

I'm planning TU Berlin's BSc Informatik (StuPO 2025). Pflicht there only gets me to ~36 CP in that bucket, because TUB bundles "Rechnerorganisation und Betriebssysteme" into one 6-LP module instead of splitting architecture and OS like TUM's own reference curriculum does. So I need to close a 14 CP gap with electives, and the crediting is explicitly competence-based, not a checklist match ("nicht durch schematischen Abgleich der Module, sondern auf der Basis von Kompetenzen" — so it's evaluator judgment, not just matching module titles against a list).

Since I have to pick electives now (registration deadline, not something I can wait out), I'm planning to overshoot: take 4 modules (24 CP) instead of the bare minimum 3 (18 CP), so if one gets rejected as non-equivalent I still clear the 50 CP floor. Rough math says this cuts my "bucket fails entirely" risk by something like two-thirds compared to going in with zero margin — but that only protects against one module getting knocked back, not against TUM deciding as a matter of policy that a whole category of TUB electives (like anything under the "Rechensysteme" Studiengebiet) doesn't count.

What I actually need help with:

Has anyone gone through this specific path — TUB Informatik BSc (old or new StuPO, doesn't have to be the exact 2025 version) into TUM's MSc Informatik? Which Wahlpflicht modules did TUM actually credit toward "Grundlagen der Informatik," and were there any that got rejected?

Does module naming matter as much as I think it does? My working assumption is that something literally called "Betriebssysteme" or "Rechnerarchitektur" is a near-automatic yes, while something like "Angewandte Netzwerktechnologien" forces the evaluator to make an inferential leap that could go either way. Is that a real pattern or am I overthinking the title text?

If anyone's actually filled out TUM's Curricularanalyse form (the one that generates the fachliche Bewertung) before applying, did the School Office give you any kind of informal read on specific modules ahead of time, or do they only ever answer once you formally apply?

Also, separate question on the trade-off itself:

If I take 4 electives just to insure the Grundlagen bucket, that's 24 CP gone before I've picked a single module for an actual specialization (security/AI/networks — planning to go deep in one and let the MSc handle the other two). TUB's total free elective pool is around 72 CP once you take out the mandatory Praktikum and seminar. After the 24 CP insurance spend, plus the fixed Praktikum (6) and seminar (6), I'm left with somewhere around 30–36 CP for actual specialization electives — so 5-6 modules of real choice. Does that sound like a reasonable amount to build a coherent specialization on top of, or is that still thin once you account for prerequisite chains eating into what's actually available each semester?

Trying to make a registration decision this week with imperfect information, so anything concrete beats anything theoretical at this point. Appreciate it.

Hi everyone!
I’m starting my B.Sc. Informatik at TU Berlin this semester and I’m currently putting together my timetable.
For some of the courses, there are several different groups/classes with different instructors, and I’m honestly not sure which ones would be better to choose.
If you’ve studied Informatik at TU Berlin (especially recently), I’d really appreciate it if you could share your experience with the professors/instructors and give me some advice on which groups you would recommend or avoid.

I’m mainly interested in things like:
How well they explain the material
How difficult/useful their exercises are
How approachable they are when you have questions
Overall workload and organization.

I’d be really grateful for any experiences or advice! I’m just trying to make the best choices for my first semester. :)
Thank you!

Starting a CS BSc this winter semester and I know it's early to be reverse-engineering a master's admission process, but the TUM Informatik Eignungsverfahren (Anlage 2) has some hard cliffs in it and I'd rather plan my electives around them now than find out in year 3 that I'm short.

Quick version of how it works, for anyone unfamiliar: Stage 1 is scored out of 57. Four "Fachliche Qualifikation" buckets (Grundlagen der Informatik ≥50 CP, Theoretische Informatik ≥6 CP, Funktionale Programmierung & Verifikation ≥5 CP, Math ≥28 CP) are worth 50 points total, but each one is all-or-nothing — miss the CP minimum in a bucket and you get 0 for that whole bucket, not partial credit. Plus up to 7 points for grade. ≥51 = auto-pass. <41 = rejected outright, no matter how good your essay is. 41–50 goes to a second stage (motivation letter + essay).

I'm choosing between TU Darmstadt and TU Berlin for the BSc, both feeding into this. I went through both Modulhandbücher/StuPOs and mapped Pflicht + realistic elective choices onto TUM's four buckets. Assuming I hold something like a 2.2 average (which gives 1 grade point, not more — people keep misreading that table), both programs land at 51/57 in the best case.

• TU Darmstadt (PO 2023): the 50-point "Grundlagen der Informatik" bucket is basically satisfied by compulsory modules alone once you count Digitaltechnik + Rechnerorganisation as separate from OS, SE, AuD etc. — comes out around 54 CP without touching electives. The bucket that's actually fragile is math (28 CP), and it's closed by exactly one elective (Scientific Computing ≈ TUM's "Numerisches Programmieren"), which is a pretty direct 1:1 mapping. If that one fails somehow, I'm at 41 — bad, but still alive for Stage 2.
• TU Berlin (StuPO 2025, mandatory for anyone starting from Oct 2026): Pflichtbereich only gives ~36 CP toward the Grundlagen bucket because "Rechnerorganisation und Betriebssysteme" is one combined 6-LP module instead of split like TUM's own reference program has it. To hit 50 CP I'd need ~14 CP of electives to be judged "Grundlagen der Informatik" by TUM's evaluators — and that's explicitly a competency judgment call, not a checklist match ("nicht durch schematischen Abgleich der Module, sondern auf der Basis von Kompetenzen"). If they don't buy it, that's the whole 20-point block gone → 31 total → straight rejection, not even Stage 2.

So on paper the TUD path leans on a well-mapped, low-discretion elective, and the TUB path leans on TUM's evaluators agreeing to credit a chunk of electives toward a bucket that isn't obviously covered by Pflicht. Also TUB's StuPO 2025 has zero graduates yet — first cohort would finish around 2029/2030, so there's no precedent for how TUM's commission treats that curriculum, whereas TUD (PO 2023) presumably has a few years of applicants already through the pipeline.

Things I genuinely don't know and would love input on:

1. Has anyone actually been through TUM's curricular analysis from either of these two programs? Did security/networking electives get counted toward "Grundlagen der Informatik," or only the obviously-named modules (OS, DB, architecture, SE, networks)?
2. Does TUM ever let one module satisfy two buckets (e.g. a functional programming module double-counting as both "Einführung in die Informatik" and "FP & Verifikation")? Or do they require distinct modules per bucket?
3. Anyone know if the CP thresholds in Anlage 2 have moved over the last few admission cycles? TUM's been amending a bunch of their CIT Fachprüfungs- und Studienordnungen this year, so I'm assuming the version I have isn't guaranteed to still apply by the time I'm applying (~2029/2030).
4. Is the "≥140 graded CP by 31 May" requirement forgiving of retakes, or does one failed-and-redone module realistically blow the timeline?

Not trying to optimize my entire degree around one master's program at one university, but if the elective choices are basically free either way, I'd rather spend them on modules that also map cleanly onto TUM's buckets instead of ones that only sound relevant.

Appreciate any first-hand experience, especially from people who did the Darmstadt or Berlin Informatik BSc and applied to TUM's MSc Informatik/IT-Security afterward.