HU Berlin

Sources

• American Studies, Bachelor of Arts, second subject https://www.hu-berlin.de/studium/studienangebot/details/amerikanistik-bachelor-of-arts-zweitfach

  The current second-subject page shows the Bachelor of Arts (Kombinationsbachelor) and the Zweitfach component.

  The page includes application term, application deadline and a link to the application portal, as well as the list of compatible core subjects for this second-subject combination.

  This confirms combination choice at application and enrolment level, not regular minor choice after studies have begun.

• Study programmes https://www.hu-berlin.de/studium/studienangebot

  The current study-programme catalogue shows Bachelor options as Monobachelor, core subject and second subject.

  The catalogue filter separately allows hiding programmes that are offered only as a second subject.

  This confirms subject components in the Kombinationsbachelor model, but does not confirm second-subject choice after enrolment; therefore the source does not raise programChoice above 0.

• Interdisciplinary elective area https://www.hu-berlin.de/studium/im-studium/ueberfachlicher-wahlpflichtbereich

  The university-wide ÜWP page describes an option to individually broaden study content through modules that are not directly tied to the main subject.

  The ÜWP catalog includes central institutions, faculties, the language center and other blocks, confirming a broad free-elective route.

• Bachelor study reform notes https://www.hu-berlin.de/de/studium/reform/entwurf_hinweise_ba_ma_2023-05-02.pdf/@@download/file/Entwurf_Hinweise_BA_MA_2023-05-02.pdf

  The reform notes show the bachelor structural categories: Kernfach/Monofach and Zweitfach.

  These categories are treated as the architecture of predefined bachelor programmes, not as evidence of major choice after admission.

  For mono- and non-teaching Kombinationsbachelor programmes, the document sets roughly one quarter, or at least one fifth, of study content as individually shaped and freely selected; the subject and interdisciplinary elective areas together make up at least 45 credits.

• BUA Modules https://www.berlin-university-alliance.de/en/commitments/teaching-learning/bua-buero/students/module/index.html

  The BUA Modules page says students of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin and Charité can attend BUA Modules offered by all Berlin University Alliance partners.

  ECTS credits earned in BUA modules are not automatically assigned to the degree programme; students must check recognition with the examination office or relevant contact point in advance.

  For Humboldt this confirms courseChoice 4 with a caveat: external course choice is formal, but degree recognition requires prior approval.

• QS TopUniversities profile for Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin

  The QS TopUniversities profile for the QS World University Rankings 2027 cycle reports 33,964 total students and UG students at 61.8%. On that basis, undergraduateEnrollment total is calculated as 20,992 students.

  HU Berlin's official Zahlen und Fakten page confirms 37,222 total students in Wintersemester 2025/26, but the accessible version does not provide a level split. QS does not split UG students into Bachelor, Staatsexamen and other first-degree routes, so bachelor remains null. The specialist degree level does not apply to the German model.