
Berlin, Germany
DURATION
3 up to 6 Weeks
LANGUAGES
English, German
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline
EARLIEST START DATE
Jun 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 2,900 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* tuition fees for 1st term | 2nd term fees: 6675 EUR | 3rd term fees: 4750 EUR
Key Summary
Introduction
Greetings from Berlin!
We are happy to announce that the 2025 summer programs of Freie Universität Berlin International Summer and Winter University (FUBiS) are now available on our website, www.fubis.org, and registration is officially open! All courses will be offered in person with on-site instruction in Berlin. We kindly ask you to update your institution's website with the latest program details and are excited to welcome many of your students to Berlin and to FUBiS next summer!
Every year FUBiS offers more than 60 courses - both subject and German classes. Feel free to browse our course list for Term I, Term II, and Term III and look at the curricula and syllabi to find out more about the classes.
Program Structure
FUBiS offers intensive and semi-intensive German language classes on up to five different proficiency levels. In addition, FUBiS offers subject classes on various class topics. These classes are held mostly in English by distinguished German and international faculty.
The FUBiS program offers students many choices:
Participation in either one semi-intensive German class or in one subject class.
Intensive German language classes. These classes meet every weekday and allow students to focus on and thus considerably improve their German skills.
Combination of language and subject classes (Term II/III). This allows students to improve their language skills as well as further their knowledge of a subject matter.
Combination of two subject classes (Term II/III) which may count toward a major or minor at the home institution.
The number of participants in each course is limited to 18 (15 in language courses). In exceptional cases, more participants per class may be allowed.
Study and Field Trips
FUBiS classes make use of the vast historic, cultural, and political institutions and resources Berlin offers. Study and field trips to museums, memorials as well as political and cultural institutions are integral parts of the curriculum. In some classes, students have the unique opportunity to attend specially organized and exclusive round-table discussions with decision-makers, diplomats, and experts in their field of study.
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Curriculum
FUBiS Term I
Subject courses
- European Studies
- Fascism without Borders. Fascist Movements in Comparative Perspective
- Seduction and Terror: Hitler´s Germany
- Economic Ethics and Philosophy: Can the market be moral?
- Twentieth Century Berlin: People, Places, Words
- Law, Society, and Politics in Comparative Perspective
ECTS Credits: 5
Semi-Intensiv-Deutschsprachkurse
- German Language and Culture - Semi-Intensive German Language Beginner A1
- German Language and Culture - Semi-Intensive German Language Beginner A2
- German Language and Culture - Semi-Intensive German Language Intermediate B1
- German Language and Culture - Semi-Intensive German Language Intermediate B2
- German Language and Culture - Semi-Intensive German Language Advanced C1
ECTS Credits: 5
FUBiS Term II 6 weeks from June 7 to July 19, 2025:
Please note:
- An A-Track language course can only be combined with a B-Track subject course.
- An A-Track subject course can only be combined with a B-Track subject course.
- C-Track courses cannot be combined with other courses.
- The number of participants in each course is limited to 18 (15 in language courses). In exceptional cases, more
participants per class may be allowed. - Course enrollment is guaranteed after complete registration and full payment of course tuition and program fees.
- Credits can only be awarded if you are currently/ have been enrolled at a university.
Course Overview
Semi-Intensive German Language courses (A-Track) Monday, Wednesday & Thursday
- German Language and Culture - Semi-Intensive German Language Beginner A1
- German Language and Culture - Semi-Intensive German Language Beginner A2
- German Language and Culture - Semi-Intensive German Language Intermediate B1
- German Language and Culture - Semi-Intensive German Language Intermediate Advanced B2
- German Language and Culture - Semi-Intensive German Language Advanced C1
ECTS Credits: 7
Subject courses (B-Track) Tuesday & Friday
- Sustainable Global Marketing: Insights from Germany and Beyond
- History of European Art: Local Traditions and Transnational Networks
- The United States of Europe? The Economics of European Integration
- International Peace Mediation and International Negotiations
- Seduction and Terror: Hitler's Germany
- Europe, Migration, Refugees
- Rebels, Radicals, Revolutionaries: Resistance and Protest in Post-War Europe 1953-1989
ECTS Credits: 7
Intensive German Language courses (C-Track) Monday - Friday
- German Language and Culture - Intensive German Language Beginner A1
- German Language and Culture - Intensive German Language Beginner A2
- German Language and Culture - Intensive German Language Intermediate B1
- German Language and Culture - Intensive German Language Intermediate Advanced B2
- German Language and Culture - Intensive German Language Advanced C1
ECTS Credits: 11
FUBiS Term III 4 weeks from July 26 to August 23, 2025:
Course Overview
Subject courses (A-Track) Monday & Thursday
- Urban Economics: Key Drivers of City Development
- Pathways to Sustainability: Frameworks for a Great Transformation
- Wissenschaftliches Schreiben auf Deutsch / Academic Writing in German [taught in German]
- Architecture in Berlin: A Walk Through History
- Twentieth Century Berlin: People, Places, Words
- Global Challenges - Sustainable Futures
- Seduction and Terror: Hitler's Germany
- Law, Society, and Politics in Comparative Perspective
- Entrepreneurial Leadership in Berlin and Europe
ECTS Credits: 5
Semi-Intensive German Language courses (A-Track) Monday, Wednesday & Thursday
- German Language and Culture - Semi-Intensive German Language Beginner A1
- German Language and Culture - Semi-Intensive German Language Beginner A2
- German Language and Culture - Semi-Intensive German Language Intermediate B1
- German Language and Culture - Semi-Intensive German Language Intermediate Advanced B2
- German Language and Culture - Semi-Intensive German Language Advanced C1
ECTS Credits: 5
Subject courses (B-Track) Tuesday & Friday
- Berlin: Music and Sound in the Digital Ag
- History of European Art: Travelling Artists and Artworks
- Berlin Architecture, Culture and City Marketing, 1750 – Present
- Urban Imaginaries: Between Place and Space in Berlin
- The Cold War
- The European Union in the 21st Century: Internal and External Challenges
- Europe, Migration, Refugees
- Environmental Social Movements
- German Philosophy: From Kant to Habermas
- Economic Ethics and Philosophy: Can the market be moral?
- Sustainable Business: Strategy & Innovation
- Business & Society in Europe
- Flucht und Exil. Migrationsbewegungen in der Literatur des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts
ECTS Credits: 5
Intensive German Language courses (C-Track) Monday - Friday
- German Language and Culture - Intensive German Language Beginner A1
- German Language and Culture - Intensive German Language Beginner A2
- German Language and Culture - Intensive German Language Intermediate B1
- German Language and Culture - Intensive German Language Intermediate Advanced B2
- German Language and Culture - Intensive German Language Advanced C1
ECTS Credits: 7
Subject courses (D-Track) Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
- Art in Germany from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century
- The Making of Europe: From the 20th to the 21st Century
ECTS Credits: 5