# Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship & Sustainability (IMES) (MSc) at TU Berlin

The 'Berlin startup capital' programme — an English-taught master combining innovation management, entrepreneurship and sustainability that no other TU9 city can back as credibly. Based at TU Berlin's Charlottenburg campus, with Europe's largest startup ecosystem as the practical laboratory: TU Berlin is one of Germany's top founder universities, and its Centre for Entrepreneurship (Gründungsservice) supports student ventures directly.

University: Technische Universität Berlin (https://studygermany.dev/universities/tu-berlin.md)
City: Berlin (https://studygermany.dev/cities/berlin.md)
HTML page: https://studygermany.dev/programmes/tu-berlin-msc-innovation-management-entrepreneurship-sustainability/

## At a glance

- Degree: MSc
- Language of instruction: English
- English requirement: C1 CEFR required (higher than TU Berlin's usual B2 standard) — unless your first degree was taught in English
- German requirement: not required
- ECTS: not confirmed
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Intake: not confirmed
- Tuition: €0 per semester (public university)
- Semester contribution: not confirmed
- Semester ticket included: yes (Deutschland-Semesterticket)

Fee notes: €0 tuition for all students, including non-EU/EEA — Berlin is a city-state that charges no tuition. Semester contribution ≈€280/semester, but no hard total is published here: the Deutschlandsemesterticket portion (€208.80, WS 2025/26 onward) is confirmed system-wide, while the Studierendenwerk and student-body components are pending TU Berlin-specific confirmation. The contribution includes the nationwide Deutschlandsemesterticket (all Berlin ABC zones plus regional transport across Germany, delivered digitally in the S-Bahn Berlin app and re-fetched every month) — confirm the current arrangement at tu.berlin. The ticket price is recalculated from 1 July 2026 and may rise for WS 2026/27.

## Admission requirements

- Prior degree: not confirmed
- Minimum grade: not confirmed
- Also required: Restricted admission (NC). A subject-specific 'Declaration of Subject-Related Knowledge' form is required in addition to the standard documents. Prior-degree requirements and exact deadline not yet confirmed — check the programme page. Apply via uni-assist + VPD (required from summer semester 2026); €75/€30 uni-assist fees; one master's application per semester; APS required for Indian applicants.

## Application deadlines

Not confirmed. Verify with the faculty.

## How to apply

- uni-assist required: yes (the deadline notes show who this applies to)
- Application portal: https://www.uni-assist.de/en/
- Official programme page: not confirmed

## External resources

- [Apply via uni-assist](https://www.uni-assist.de/en/)



## Provenance

Last checked: 2026-07-17

- TU Berlin — master's application deadlines (Office of Student Affairs): https://www.tu.berlin/go167/
- TU Berlin — semester fees (Studierendensekretariat): https://www.tu.berlin/en/studierendensekretariat/topics-a-z/semester-fees