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May 17 2025

 

Student Services Center
203 Lewisohn
Mail Code 4119, 2970 Broadway
New York, NY 10027-6902

(212) 854-2820
Fax: (212) 854-7400

Overseas Programs: [email protected]

Office hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

   

 

   
 

Application for Admission

 

Section 1 (all applicants). Please provide the following information.

Title

First Name

Middle

Last

Previous Surname (if applicable)

Date of Birth (month/day/year)
example: 02/27/69

State/Country of Birth

Gender

Citizenship

United States Social Security Number
example: 201-92-3094

Passport Number

 

Place Issued

 

Expiration Date

Ethnicity
The U.S. Department of Education requires that the University report on the racial composition of its student body. Self-identification by race is completely voluntary, and racial information on individual students is held in strict confidence by the University and Continuing Education and Special Programs.

If you marked Asian, Hispanic, or Other above, please specify your nation of origin.

Have you ever applied to or enrolled in any division of Columbia University?

If you answered "yes," which division and when?

Have you ever been suspended or dismissed from another college?

School Mailing Address

Present Address Line 1

Present Address Line 2

City

State, Province, or Territory

Zip Code

Country

Address Expiration Date, if applicable (month/day/year)
example: 12/31/99

Daytime Telephone
( ) - ext.

Evening Telephone
() - ext.

E-mail Address

Permanent Address (if different from above)

Permanent Address Line 1

Permanent Address Line 2

City

State, Province, or Territory

Zip Code

Country

Daytime Telephone
() - ext.

Evening Telephone
() - ext.

Person to contact in case of emergency:

Name

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State, Province, or Territory

Zip Code

Daytime Telephone
() - ext.

Evening Telephone
() - ext.

E-mail Address

How did you hear about the program?

Section 2 (all applicants). Please indicate the program and term for which you are applying.

Section 3 (all applicants). Please provide your educational background below.

Please list the name, place, dates, type of diploma or degree, and date transcript ordered (if applicable) for each school you have attended, beginning with high school.

Example: Central High School, Hartford, CT, 9/93-6/97, diploma, 3/13/99

Section 4 (Berlin applicants only). Please provide the following information.

Please indicate your home school.

If you marked "Visiting Student from other school," please specify your home college or university.

Note: if you are a student from the University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, or Yale University, you must turn in your application in hard copy to the appropriate office at your school.

Personal Statement: please write a brief (200-300 word) statement in German explaining why you wish to attend the Berlin Consortium for German Studies. Please include your full name, phone number, and e-mail address, and indicate that you are submitting your application online. You may submit your statement by fax (212-854-7400) or by e-mail ([email protected]).

Recommendations: please indicate the two individuals--dean and German language faculty member--whom you have asked to submit recommendations on your behalf to the Berlin Consortium Office in New York.

Official Transcript: please indicate the date on which you requested that the registrar of your school send an official transcript to the Berlin Consortium Office in New York.
example: 02/27/97

Do you give permission to release your name, address, and telephone number to students accepted into the Berlin Consortium for German Studies?

Approvals: if Consortium courses are to be credited to your home college major, please arrange for your major adviser and your dean of students/study abroad adviser to contact the Berlin Consortium Office in New York.

Do you know of any health problems--physical or psychological--that could be expected to cause you difficulties while studying in Berlin? [Please note that such a medical situation will have no bearing on your application.]

If you answered "yes" to this question, please write a separate letter to the Berlin Consortium Office in New York with the appropriate medical information.

Visiting Students: an official transcript will be sent to your home college when your grades have been received in New York. Please give the precise address to which that transcript should be sent.

Name of Institution

Address

City

State, Province, or Territory

Zip Code

Select here to advance to your next section.

Section 5 (Beijing applicants only). Please fill in the appropriate information below.

Mailing Address After May 15

Street Address

City

State, Province, or Territory

Zip Code

Country

Chinese Name (if any)

Chinese Language Information

If you are a Columbia or Barnard student, please list your Chinese teachers by semester:


Length of Mandarin study at college level or equivalent by end of this academic year (please specify by months, semesters, academic years, or other explanation):

Chinese character forms you are familiar with:

Phonetic system you are familiar with:

Please list the textbooks you have studied:

For placement purposes only, please tell us about your Mandarin proficiency level in speaking. Specify whether you are able to speak words and phrases, sentences, extended paragraphs, or another level (please explain).

If you selected "other," please explain:

For placement purposes only, please tell us about your Mandarin proficiency level in listening. Specify whether you are able to understand simple words, short simple sentences, conversations with limited vocabulary, or another level (please explain).

If you selected "other," please explain:

Please specify the Mandarin level you wish to enter.

Housing

I prefer to live:


Section 6 (Scandiano applicants only). Please fill in the appropriate information below.

Indicate the course you wish to take.

Section 8 (all applicants). Please fill in the appropriate information below.

Release and Certification
By completing this application, you are acknowledging that you realize that my name and home school will be shared with other program participants. (If you do not wish this to happen, please send a separate letter in writing to the Office of Overseas Programs, Columbia University, 203 Lewisohn Hall, Mail Code 4119, 2970 Broadway, New York, NY 10027-6902.)

Transcript
An official transcript will be sent to your home college when your grades have been received in New York. Please give the precise address to which that transcript should be sent.

Name of Person

Name of Institution

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State, Province, or Territory

Zip Code

How did you hear about the program to which you are applying?

Do you certify that the information on this application is complete and accurate?

Students not enrolled in any school or division of Columbia University must pay the nonrefundable $35 application fee. Note: your application will not be processed without your application or enrollment fee.

You may pay your application or enrollment fee either by sending a check, payable to Columbia University, or by filling in the appropriate credit card information below.


Select your payment method:


Please charge to:


Card Number
Exp. Date:
Cardholder's Name

Please include any additional comments or questions in the box below.



You may submit your application now. Please make sure that you have read the application instructions for your particular program, and that you have made arrangements to send any required materials (including transcripts) and fees.
Note: your application will not be processed until all materials and fees are received.