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Maschinenbau (Mechanical Engineering) (M.Sc.)

at KIT in Karlsruhe

At a glance

Language
Bilingual
Duration
not confirmed
Intake
Winter & summer
Tuition
€1,500 per semester; see fee notes
Semester fee
€201.50

● Open: apply now All applicants · Winter semester

This programme is taught in a mix of German and English — German is required before enrolment, and KIT does not state the exact level, so confirm with the faculty before planning around it. Included under the platform's German-taught policy because KIT mechanical engineering is a flagship: non-NC admission, KIT's largest reviewed master in our set (4.1★ on StudyCheck, 47 reviews). Based at KIT Campus South (city centre), where most teaching is concentrated.

Admission requirements

Prior degree
not confirmed
Minimum grade
not confirmed
English
not confirmed
German
required — KIT does not state the exact level; confirm with the faculty before applying
Also required
Open admission (non-NC): meet the requirements and you are in. APS certificate required for Indian applicants. Prior-degree requirements not yet confirmed — check the programme page.

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 Same date for EU and non-EU applicants (confirmed). Visa caveat: a 30 September deadline for an October start is only practical if you are already in Germany/the EU. Strict exclusion deadline; weekend deadlines do NOT roll forward.
All applicants Summer semester Same date for EU and non-EU applicants.

Fees & funding

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

Baden-Württemberg state university: non-EU/EEA students pay €1,500/semester tuition IN ADDITION to the €201.50/semester semester contribution (total €1,701.50/semester for non-EU students; contribution = €80 administrative + €109.50 Studierendenwerk + €12 student body). EU/EEA and exchange students pay only the semester contribution; a second degree costs €650/semester. No Deutschlandsemesterticket exists at KIT — €17.50 of the contribution funds a base KVV ticket valid weekday evenings (18:00–06:00) and all day at weekends/holidays only; budget separately for daytime transport (under-27s: D-Ticket JugendBW). The fee was upheld by VG Karlsruhe in Dec 2024. Source: https://www.sle.kit.edu/imstudium/gebuehren.php (page-dated 16.04.2026).

Scholarships are listed per university: see KIT scholarships.

How to apply

uni-assist
not required
Application portal
www.intl.kit.edu
Official page
www.sle.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.

4.1 /5

KIT's largest reviewed master in our set (47 reviews as of July 2026), rated above the university average, with course content, literature access and teaching staff scoring highest. Quality is reported as uneven across modules: students describe roughly half as excellent and the rest as very hard going. One reviewer who came in with a Turkish bachelor's degree describes the master as opening a genuinely new academic perspective — a useful signal for internationals, with the caveat that this programme is taught in mixed German and English, so German is required.

Liked

  • Course content, literature access and teaching staff rated highly
  • Flagship mechanical engineering with Helmholtz-scale research access
  • Positive experience reported by an international (non-German bachelor) reviewer

Criticised

  • Module quality uneven — some modules described as very hard going
  • Mixed German/English tuition: German is required

Where graduates go

No alumni outcome data found yet.

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