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Chemistry (Chemie) (M.Sc.)

at KIT in Karlsruhe

⚠ This programme is taught in German. DSH-2 is required before enrolment. That is university-entrance German (approximately C1). For a beginner this typically means one to two years of intensive study before enrolment.

At a glance

Language
German-taught
Duration
4 sem 120 ECTS
Intake
Winter & summer
Tuition
€1,500 per semester; see fee notes
Semester fee
€201.50

● Closed for this intake All applicants · Winter semester The window usually repeats next cycle; the full deadline table below shows every route and date.

Focus areas: Inorganic Chemistry · Organic Chemistry · Physical Chemistry · Technical and Applied Chemistry · Theoretical Chemistry · Biochemistry (elective)

Research-oriented chemistry master with strong ties to KIT’s inorganic, organic, physical, technical and theoretical chemistry institutes, within KIT’s dual mandate as a state research university and a national research centre. Broad, elective-rich and lab-heavy, aimed at chemistry graduates heading toward doctoral study. German-taught: DSH-2 is required for enrolment, so it is not accessible without German. Based at KIT Campus South in central Karlsruhe.

Admission requirements

Prior degree
Bachelor in Chemistry or a substantially equivalent degree
Minimum grade
Not admission-restricted (no NC)
English
not confirmed
German
DSH-2, TestDaF 4x4 or CEFR C1 for enrolment.
Prerequisite credits
  • At least 120 LP in chemistry subjects, of which at least 60 LP are laboratory work
  • General and inorganic chemistry at least 44 LP
  • Organic chemistry at least 24 LP
  • Physical chemistry at least 22 LP
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.

Deadlines & timeline

Deadlines differ by where your degree is from. Dates change every cycle, so always confirm on the official page before planning. Where no fixed calendar date exists or none is confirmed yet, the Details column explains each case.
Who Intake Deadline Details
All applicants Winter semester closed for this intake; next cycle usually repeats the same window Same date for EU and non-EU applicants: 15 July for winter, 15 January for summer.
All applicants Summer semester Same date for EU and non-EU applicants: 15 July for winter, 15 January for summer.

Fees & funding

Tuition
€1,500 per semester
Semester contribution
€201.50
Semester ticket
not included

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.

Scholarships are listed per university: see KIT scholarships.

How to apply

uni-assist
not required
Application portal
bewerbung.studium.kit.edu
Official page
www.chem-bio.kit.edu

EU applicants and holders of German degrees usually apply directly via the university's Campusportal instead of uni-assist; the deadline table above says which route applies to you.

What students say

Via StudyCheck · 2024-2026: an aggregated rating, not our own assessment, paraphrased in our own words and never quoted.

4.2 /5

Thirteen master-level reviews average 4.2 out of 5 with everyone recommending it — above KIT’s roughly 4.0 institutional average. Students praise the broad electives and the research-adjacent laboratory work, and note the cohort is manageably sized at roughly 40 to 60 per year with about three multi-week research-oriented practicals. The reservation is that lectures lean on established textbook content rather than the research frontier, and the exams are demanding.

Liked

  • Strong access to literature
  • Broad, research-linked practical courses
  • Good lecturers
  • Flexible specialization and a modern online campus portal

Criticised

  • Demanding exams
  • Lecture content sometimes conservative compared with current research
  • Heavy workload

Where graduates go

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