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Bachelor’s · Design

Communication Design B.A.

SRH University · Berlin · Official programme page

18 facts from 3 official pages · last checked 13 November 2026

Reviewed by Dennis Maaß, admission and immigration expert
Published 8 November 2026 · Last reviewed 8 November 2026

Key facts

Length, deadlines and costs

Language
English
Source
“Language: English”

www.srh-university.de/en/bachelor/communication-design/v/ · checked 7 November 2026

Study mode
On campus
Source
“Study model: On-campus study”

www.srh-university.de/en/bachelor/communication-design/v/ · checked 7 November 2026

Length
7 semesters
Source
“Duration: 7 Semester”

www.srh-university.de/en/bachelor/communication-design/v/ · checked 7 November 2026

Credits
210 ECTS
Source
“ECTS: 210”

www.srh-university.de/en/bachelor/communication-design/v/ · checked 7 November 2026

Intakes
Winter, Summer
Source
“Start: 1st October, 1st April”

www.srh-university.de/en/bachelor/communication-design/v/ · checked 7 November 2026

Non-EU deadline
Rolling, no fixed deadline
Source
“No, you can apply at any time.”

www.srh-university.de/en/you-want-to-study/faq/ · checked 7 November 2026

SRH states it has no application deadlines; for visa applicants it recommends applying at least four months before the start of the semester.

Non-EU tuition
€4,500 per semester
Source
“Tuition fees Berlin (English programme) Citizenship | EU/EEA, including Western Balkans, Switzerland and Ukraine: €690 / month Citizenship | non-EU/EEA: €4,500 / semester”

www.srh-university.de/en/bachelor/communication-design/v/ · checked 7 November 2026

Application fee
Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 7 Nov 2026

SRH charges no fee named as an application fee; see registrationFee for the one-off fee due after admission.

Registration fee or deposit
€750 one-off €1,000 one-off
Source
“A one-off enrolment fee of €750 (EU/EEA) or €1000 (non-EU/EEA) is to be paid once.”

www.srh-university.de/en/bachelor/communication-design/v/ · checked 7 November 2026

One-off fee charged to reserve the study place after admission; it is not an application fee.

Places
Selection procedure
Source
“If you fulfil the admission requirements, we will invite you to a selection process. If you are successful in the selection process, you will receive an acceptance letter and a study contract from us.”

www.srh-university.de/en/bachelor/communication-design/v/communication-design-full-time-admission-requirements-in-detail/ · checked 7 November 2026

SRH's own admission-requirements page for this programme makes admission depend on a selection process, not only on meeting the requirements. No number of places is published and the FAQ says there is no NC for SRH's degree programmes, so places are not capped.

Programme accreditation
Accredited
Source
“Info: without NC , accredited”

www.srh-university.de/en/bachelor/communication-design/v/ · checked 7 November 2026

Admission

What you need to apply

School certificate
General higher education entrance qualification (Abitur) or Fachhochschulreife, or an equivalent qualification; applicants who have not graduated yet may apply with existing transcripts (conditional acceptance).
Source
“A general higher education entrance qualification or university of applied sciences entrance qualification … We offer conditional acceptance: if you have not yet graduated, you can apply with your current transcripts.”

www.srh-university.de/en/bachelor/communication-design/v/ · checked 13 November 2026

No admission rule specific to India, Nigeria or Pakistan is published. SRH rewrote this page and it no longer sets out a rule for applicants educated abroad. The programme's admission-requirements page sets out the English scores only.

English
IELTS 6.5 · Duolingo 110 · PTE 59. Cambridge: Cambridge B2 First Grade A or B; Cambridge Advanced (CAE) Grade A, B or C; Cambridge Proficiency (CPE) Grade A, B or C. Linguaskill 176 (all four skills required); TOEIC 785 (Listening/Reading), 160 (Speaking), 150 (Writing); SRH English Proficiency Certificate (Password Skills Plus) 6.5; certificates valid within two years of the test date. TOEFL is not listed on this page
Source
“SRH English Proficiency Certificate (Password Skills Plus): 6.5 … Duolingo English Test: 110 … IELTS Academic: 6.5 … Linguaskill: 176 (all four skills required) … Pearson English Test Academic (PTE Academic): 59 overall … TOEIC: 785 (Listening/Reading), 160 (Speaking), 150 (Writing)”

www.srh-university.de/en/bachelor/communication-design/v/communication-design-full-time-admission-requirements-in-detail/ · checked 13 November 2026

SRH rewrote its list of accepted certificates: TOEFL iBT, previously accepted at 87 (Home Edition included), and the IELTS Indicator online test are no longer listed, and the page now warns that the certificates a German mission accepts for a visa may differ.

German
Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 7 Nov 2026

The page says nothing about German for this English-taught programme.

GRE / GMAT / GATE
Not stated by the university
3 pages checked, 7 Nov 2026

No SRH page mentions GRE or GMAT for this programme; the list of required documents does not include either.

Selection
Rolling admission: applications are accepted at any time through SRH's own online portal. Portfolio with around 10–15 of your own design works and a personal admissions interview; the page notes that the English version runs in Berlin only
Source
“You can apply at any time via our online portal . … Portfolio with around 10-15 of your own design works (drawings, images, graphics, photos or scribbles)”

www.srh-university.de/en/bachelor/communication-design/v/ · checked 13 November 2026

India, Pakistan, Nigeria

Rules for applicants from India, Pakistan and Nigeria

English test waiver
Not stated by the university
3 pages checked, 7 Nov 2026

SRH lists the accepted English certificates for this programme but states no exemption: no page says that a degree taught in English, a Medium of Instruction letter or English as an official language replaces a test, and none says that a test is required regardless. Applicants who miss the scores are offered SRH's own English Proficiency Certificate test instead.

Rules that name these countries
None named on the pages checked

The rules for your country across all universities, and the visa rules on English tests, are on the India, Pakistan and Nigeria pages.

More on this programme

Every value was read on an official page and is stored with a verbatim quote; open “Source” to see it. “Not stated by the university” means none of the pages we checked says, and lists those pages. Rules change: confirm with the university before you apply or pay.