# Materials Science and Engineering (Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik) (MSc) at KIT

Interdisciplinary materials programme in the Mechanical Engineering department, giving access to large-scale materials facilities and the KIT Materials Center through KIT’s dual mandate as both a state research university and a national research centre. Applications span lightweight automotive composites, functional materials for energy storage and biocompatible medical materials. Since WS 2020/21 it can be studied fully in German, fully in English or bilingually — each module is offered in only one language. Based at KIT Campus South in central Karlsruhe, with materials institutes also on 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-materials-science-and-engineering/

## At a glance

- Degree: MSc
- Language of instruction: English and German
- English requirement: CEFR B2 (TOEFL iBT 90 / IELTS 6.5 with no band below 5.5) for the English track.
- German requirement: B1 German to apply and DSH-2 for enrolment if German-taught modules are taken; not required for the full English track.
- 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 Materials Science and Engineering or a closely related subject, at least 180 ECTS
- Minimum grade: Aptitude assessment; a written entrance exam is possible where the prerequisites are not demonstrated
- Also required: Non-EU deadline correction: 15 July (winter) / 15 January (summer), not 30 September. 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.mach.kit.edu/english/3723.php

## External resources

- [Official programme page](https://www.mach.kit.edu/english/3723.php)
- [KIT central degree page](https://www.sle.kit.edu/english/vorstudium/master-materials-science-engineering.php)
- [Apply via the KIT Online-Portal (no uni-assist)](https://bewerbung.studium.kit.edu/en)


## Focus areas

- Structural materials
- Functional materials
- Composites and lightweight design
- Biomaterials
- Computational materials

## Provenance

Last checked: 2026-08-09

- KIT MACH — Materials Science and Engineering M.Sc. (from WS 2020/21 also studiable in English or bilingually): https://www.mach.kit.edu/english/3723.php
- KIT — Master Materials Science and Engineering (central degree page): https://www.sle.kit.edu/english/vorstudium/master-materials-science-engineering.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