# Informatics (Informatik) (MSc) at KIT

German-taught research master of KIT’s 50-research-group Department of Informatics, tied to the KASTEL security competence centre and the KCIST information-science centre, within KIT’s dual mandate as a research university and a national research centre. Eight optional profiles are shared with the English-taught Computer Science master; the difference is the language and the absence of a GRE requirement. 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-informatics/

## At a glance

- Degree: MSc
- Language of instruction: German
- English requirement: none required
- German requirement: DSH-2, TestDaF 4x4, DSD II or Feststellungsprüfung (CEFR C1) for applicants without a German-language entrance qualification.
- 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 Informatics or an essentially equivalent degree, at least three years and 180 ECTS
- Minimum grade: Admission-restricted (Zulassungsbeschränkung: ja); ranking-based selection
- Prerequisite credits: Mathematics at least 25 CP; Theoretical computer science 15 CP; Practical computer science 30 CP; Computer engineering 8 CP — if three of the four are met (Mathematics 20, Theoretical 15, Practical 20, Computer Engineering 6), an aptitude interview follows
- Also required: No GRE — the GRE applies only to the English-taught Computer Science M.Sc. Eight optional profiles are shared with that programme. 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

- All applicants, winter semester: 2026-07-15 (PASSED as of the last site build; the window usually repeats next cycle). Informatics uses 15 July (winter) and 15 January (summer) for all applicants.
- All applicants, summer semester: 2027-01-15. Informatics uses 15 July (winter) and 15 January (summer) for all applicants.

## How to apply

- uni-assist required: no
- Application portal: https://bewerbung.studium.kit.edu
- Official programme page: https://www.sle.kit.edu/english/vorstudium/master-informatics.php

## External resources

- [Official programme page](https://www.sle.kit.edu/english/vorstudium/master-informatics.php)
- [KIT Department of Informatics](https://www.informatik.kit.edu/english/10862.php)
- [DAAD — KIT Computer Science](https://www.daad.de/en/studying-in-germany/universities/all-degree-programmes/detail/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology-kit-computer-science-w22754/)
- [StudyCheck reviews](https://www.studycheck.de/studium/informatik/kit-karlsruhe-987)
- [Application portal](https://bewerbung.studium.kit.edu)


## Focus areas

- IT Security
- Artificial Intelligence
- Robotics
- Software Engineering
- Visual Computing
- Data-Intensive Computing
- Energy Informatics
- Multi-Scale Computing Systems

## Provenance

Last checked: 2026-08-09

- KIT — Master Informatics (Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch; admission-restricted; credit thresholds): https://www.sle.kit.edu/english/vorstudium/master-informatics.php
- KIT Department of Informatics — programme overview: https://www.informatik.kit.edu/english/10862.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