17 Universities in Germany Without IELTS (2027 Intake)

The employer-letter route is unusual and worth knowing if you have worked in an English-language role since graduating — few other universities on this list offer that option. Freiburg is also a Baden-Württemberg university, so the €1,500/semester non-EU fee applies. Freiburg itself is a smaller university city near the Black Forest and the French and Swiss borders, with a lower cost of living than Munich or Frankfurt, which can offset the extra state tuition fee somewhat when you budget your blocked account spending month to month. Its location also makes weekend trips into France and Switzerland genuinely easy by train, which many international students treat as a real perk of studying there.