Inquiry Regarding GRE Requirement for Master of Science in Politics, Economics and Philosophy (PEP)

Hi,

I have a question regarding the admission requirements for the PEP program at The University of Hamburg.

On the programme website, the GRE appears to be listed as part of the admission requirements. However, after reviewing the official admission bylaws for the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences (March 2025 version), I could not find any reference to a GRE requirement for the MSc PEP programme.

Could you please clarify whether the GRE General Test is required for applicants to the MSc Politics, Economics and Philosophy programme for Winter Semester 2026, and which source should be considered authoritative in case of discrepancies between the website and the bylaws?

If you are unable to clarify, could you please share the contact information of support for the program who I could get in touch with?

Thank you for your time and guidance.

Dear Ketevan,
the updated version of the bylaws have not been finalized, but if the department already posts the updated admission requirements on their website you can expect that they will be officially passed very soon.
https://www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/studien ... ments.html

They will also be published in our official application info PDF by the time the application period starts on 15.02.: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/onTEAM/studiengaenge/pep.pdf

The official bylaws can be found here: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/campuscenter ... /wiso.html

Please contact the PEP team in case you have any further questions: https://www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/studien ... nhalt.html