IELTS Requirement for Germany Universities: Minimum Score

Typical minimum: 6.5 overall, though individual universities and programmes range from 5.5 to 7.0, verified 7 September 2026.

Computed from this review's sample of eight verified German universities (TUM, Heidelberg, TU Berlin and KIT state 6.5; RWTH's general B2 level is 6.0; Humboldt and FU Berlin state a B2 floor of 5.5; LMU's English-taught Master's examples run to 7.0). DAAD's own requirements overview states levels vary by programme rather than publishing one national figure.

Verified universities in Germany and their minimum

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Berlin, Germany, public, founded 1809

No tuition fee
IELTS 5.5
Freie Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany, public, founded 1948

No tuition fee
IELTS 5.5
University of Freiburg

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, public, founded 1457

€1,500
IELTS 5.5
University of Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany, public, founded 1919

No tuition fee
IELTS 5.5
Leipzig University

Leipzig, Germany, public, founded 1409

No tuition fee
IELTS 5.5
RWTH Aachen University

Aachen, Germany, public, founded 1870

No tuition fee
IELTS 6
University of Würzburg

Würzburg, Germany, public, founded 1402

No tuition fee
IELTS 6
University of Münster

Münster, Germany, public, founded 1780

No tuition fee
IELTS 6
Kiel University

Kiel, Germany, public, founded 1665

No tuition fee
IELTS 6.5
University of Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany, public, founded 1907

€1,500
IELTS 6.5
University of Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany, public, founded 1734

No tuition fee
IELTS 6.5
Technical University of Munich

Munich, Germany, public, founded 1868

€2,000 to €6,000
IELTS 6.5
Heidelberg University

Heidelberg, Germany, public, founded 1386

€1,500
IELTS 6.5
Technische Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany, public, founded 1946

No tuition fee
IELTS 6.5
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Karlsruhe, Germany, public, founded 2009

€1,500
IELTS 6.5
University of Cologne

Cologne, Germany, public, founded 1388

No tuition fee
IELTS 6.5
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Munich, Germany, public, founded 1472

No tuition fee
IELTS 7
University of Bremen

Bremen, Germany, public, founded 1971

No tuition fee
IELTS 7
Technical University of Darmstadt

Darmstadt, Germany, public, founded 1877

No tuition fee
IELTS 7
Goethe University Frankfurt

Frankfurt, Germany, public, founded 1914

No tuition fee
IELTS 7

Sources, checked 7 September 2026

https://www.tum.de/en/studies/application/application-info-portal/admission-requirements/language-certificates