# Chemical and Process Engineering (Chemieingenieurwesen und Verfahrenstechnik) (MSc) at KIT

Research-intensive process-engineering master in one of the world’s most renowned chemical and process engineering departments (27 professorships per KIT’s English faculty page), set within KIT’s dual mandate as a research university and a national research centre. Students choose two of roughly fifteen specialisation subjects from over one hundred modules, with pilot-plant and process-control training. German-taught. Based at KIT Campus South in central Karlsruhe, with process-engineering research also at Campus North, KIT’s Helmholtz research campus outside the city centre.

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-chemical-and-process-engineering/

## At a glance

- Degree: MSc
- Language of instruction: German
- English requirement: CEFR B2 English if English-taught courses are attended.
- German requirement: B1 German to apply and DSH-2 (or TestDaF 4x4, telc C1 Hochschule, Goethe C2, DSD II) for enrolment.
- 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 or equivalent in Chemical Engineering or a substantially similar subject, at least 180 ECTS over at least three years
- Minimum grade: No minimum grade is required where the subject fit is automatic (for example a KIT CIW or BIW bachelor)
- Prerequisite credits: Mathematics and programming at least 20 CP; Natural-science fundamentals at least 15 CP; Engineering fundamentals at least 24 CP including thermodynamics
- Also required: 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.ciw.kit.edu/english/1629.php

## External resources

- [Official programme page](https://www.ciw.kit.edu/english/1629.php)
- [DAAD — Chemical Engineering / Process Engineering](https://www.daad.de/en/studying-in-germany/universities/all-degree-programmes/detail/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology-kit-chemical-engineering-process-engineering-w31665/)
- [Apply via the KIT Online-Portal (no uni-assist)](https://bewerbung.studium.kit.edu/en)


## Focus areas

- Classical process engineering
- Energy and environmental technology
- Product design
- Bio- and food technology

## Provenance

Last checked: 2026-08-09

- KIT CIW — Chemical and Process Engineering M.Sc. (language German; selection statute credit thresholds): https://www.ciw.kit.edu/english/1629.php
- DAAD — KIT Chemical Engineering / Process Engineering: https://www.daad.de/en/studying-in-germany/universities/all-degree-programmes/detail/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology-kit-chemical-engineering-process-engineering-w31665/
- 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