# Architecture (Architektur) (MSc) at KIT

Research-oriented, studio-based architecture master built around one major project per semester, addressing sustainability, digital transformation and urban resilience, within KIT’s dual mandate as a research university and a national research centre. KIT degree pages list the languages as German and English and an information session promotes a fully English route; each module is offered in one language only. Based at KIT Campus South in central Karlsruhe.

University: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie) (https://studygermany.dev/universities/kit.md)
City: Karlsruhe (https://studygermany.dev/cities/karlsruhe.md)
HTML page: https://studygermany.dev/programmes/kit-msc-architecture/

## At a glance

- Degree: MSc
- Language of instruction: English and German
- English requirement: CEFR B2 English if English-taught courses are attended. No separate numeric test minimum is published on the programme page.
- German requirement: B1 German to apply and DSH-2 for enrolment if German-taught modules are taken.
- ECTS: 120
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Intake: Winter & summer
- Tuition: €1,500 per semester (rate depends on student category; see fee notes)
- Semester contribution: €201.50
- Semester ticket included: no

Fee notes: KIT is a Baden-Württemberg state university. Non-EU/EEA students pay tuition of €1,500/semester IN ADDITION to the semester contribution of €201.50/semester (total €1,701.50/semester for non-EU students). EU/EEA students pay only the semester contribution. The contribution breaks down as €80.00 administrative charge + €109.50 Studierendenwerk Karlsruhe (including student liability insurance) + €12.00 Students Union. The semester ticket is NOT included — only about €17.50 of the Studierendenwerk charge funds a limited off-peak KVV base ticket (weekdays 18:00–06:00, all day at weekends and on public holidays); budget separately for a KVV Studikarte or Deutschlandticket. A second degree costs €650/semester. Source: https://www.sle.kit.edu/english/imstudium/703.php Confirmed exemptions from the Baden-Württemberg €1,500 non-EU tuition: EU/EEA citizens, holders of a German Abitur, Erasmus Mundus / double-degree / EUCOR / cooperation-programme students, doctoral students, Baden-Württemberg-Stiftung scholarship holders, and students grandfathered from before WS 2017/18.

## Admission requirements

- Prior degree: Bachelor in Architecture or a substantially equivalent degree, at least 180 ECTS over at least three years
- Minimum grade: Subject-specific aptitude test (Studierfähigkeitstest) decides admission
- Prerequisite credits: Design at least 60 CP including one urban design project of at least 10 CP; 12-week office internship
- Also required: A subject-specific aptitude test applies: a design and project portfolio plus a roughly 20-minute interview assessed by a jury. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission. EU and non-EU applicants alike apply directly through the KIT Online-Portal of the International Students Office; KIT performs its own foreign-degree equivalence check. No uni-assist, no VPD, no application fee. APS certificate required for applicants from China, Vietnam and India.

## Application deadlines

- Non-EU applicants, winter semester: 2026-07-15 (PASSED as of the last site build; the window usually repeats next cycle). Non-EU / foreign-degree applicants apply earlier than German and EU applicants.
- EU / German-degree applicants, winter semester: 2026-09-30. German and EU/EEA applicants. A 30 September deadline for an October start is only practical if you are already in Germany or the EU.
- Non-EU applicants, summer semester: 2027-01-15. Non-EU / foreign-degree applicants.
- EU / German-degree applicants, summer semester: 2027-03-31. German and EU/EEA applicants.

## How to apply

- uni-assist required: no
- Application portal: https://bewerbung.studium.kit.edu/en
- Official programme page: https://www.arch.kit.edu/english/studieninteressierte/763.php

## External resources

- [Official programme page](https://www.arch.kit.edu/english/studieninteressierte/763.php)
- [Apply via the KIT Online-Portal (no uni-assist)](https://bewerbung.studium.kit.edu/en)


## Focus areas

- Architectural design
- Urban design
- Building technology and sustainability
- Digital design

## Provenance

Last checked: 2026-08-09

- KIT ARCH — Master Architecture (languages German and English; aptitude test with portfolio and interview): https://www.arch.kit.edu/english/studieninteressierte/763.php
- Inferred — the fully English route is promoted in a KIT information session while degree pages list "German, English"; treat English-only study as unconfirmed and verify with the faculty: https://www.arch.kit.edu/english/studieninteressierte/763.php
- KIT — Charges and Fees (semester contribution €201.50 WS 2026/27: €80.00 administrative + €109.50 Studierendenwerk + €12.00 Students Union): https://www.sle.kit.edu/english/imstudium/703.php
- KIT International Students Office — tuition fees for third-country students (€1,500/semester since WS 2017/18, Art. 3 LHGebG): https://www.intl.kit.edu/istudies/12606.php
- KIT International Students Office — application route: direct via the KIT Online-Portal, no uni-assist and no VPD: https://bewerbung.studium.kit.edu/en