Architektenliste (Register of Architects) - Register Foreign Architects/Urban Planners
Architektenliste - Ausländische Architekten/Stadtplaner registrieren
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
Out-of-state architects and urban planners working in Berlin are required to register with the Architektenkammer Berlin (Berlin Chamber of Architects). If you are an out-of-state service provider, you have the option of being entered in the register of out-of-state professionals (Verzeichnis der auswärtigen Berufsangehörigen) at the Architektenkammer Berlin, in order to be permitted to use your protected professional title in Berlin. The procedure can only be conducted in German.
Procedure
• Submit an application for entry in the register of out-of-state architects and urban planners to the Architektenkammer Berlin.
• The submitted documents are checked for completeness. If information or documents are missing, you will receive a response within four weeks requesting that you provide them.
• Fees are collected in advance (payment verification).
• Complete application documents are forwarded to the Eintragungsausschuss (registration committee)
• If the requirements are found to be met, the Eintragungsausschuss issues a confirmation stating the right to use the professional title.
Book an appointment
Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)
Requirements
• Requirements for the degree program
Degree program with a standard period of study of at least four years, or proof of an equivalent degree from a foreign university or other foreign institution
• Professional internships / practical experience
Proof of at least two years of practical experience in the relevant field
• Documents in German translation www.justiz-dolmetscher.de/Recherche/
Copies of documents must be attached to the application together with a translation into German by a publicly appointed and sworn translator
Documents you need
• Application for entry in the register of external architects and urban planners
• Nationality
Proof of your nationality
• Proof of lawful professional practice in the country of origin / proof of professional membership
Certificate of lawful professional practice in the country of origin issued by the competent supervisory authority in the state of establishment (e.g. chamber of architects, ministry, government agency)
• Proof of professional training or other evidence of qualification
University degree certificate (Diplom / Master's) or other examination certificates or evidence of qualification in the field of the specialization to be registered.
• Proof of professional liability insurance
Proof of existing professional liability insurance for carrying out the activity in the State of Berlin
• Proof of identity
• additionally for applicants from a third country (not EU/EEA/Switzerland): submission of a Zeugnisbewertung (certificate evaluation) from the Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen (ZAB, Central Office for Foreign Education) www.kmk.org/zab/zeugnisbewertung.html
For professionals from a country outside the EU, the equivalence of the university education must be proven by submitting a Zeugnisbewertung (certificate evaluation) from the Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen (ZAB).
Forms
• Application for entry in the register of external architects and urban planners as service providers of the Architektenkammer Berlin (Berlin Chamber of Architects) www.ak-berlin.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Formular_Eintragung_A
Fees
155.00 euros
Legal basis
• Berliner Architekten- und Baukammergesetz (ABKG) (Berlin Act on the Chambers of Architects and Engineers) § 6 gesetze.berlin.de/perma?j=ArchBKG_BE_!_6
Processing time
The Eintragungsausschuss (registration committee) decides on the application for registration within the shortest possible time, but no later than within three months of submission of the complete documents.
Further information
• Architektenkammer Berlin (Berlin Chamber of Architects): registration in the Architekten- und Stadtplanerliste (register of architects and urban planners) www.ak-berlin.de/architektenkammer-berlin/mitgliedermitglied
• Architektenkammer Berlin (Berlin Chamber of Architects): regulations/legal bases www.ak-berlin.de/architektenkammer-berlin/regelwerke.html
Responsible for you
Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.
- Architektenkammer Berlin
- Architektenkammer Berlin
Original
Service number 349962 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/349962/