- Bilingual
- Winter & summer intake
Materials Science and Engineering (Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik) (M.Sc.)
At a glance
- Language
- Bilingual
- Duration
- 4 sem 120 ECTS
- Intake
- Winter & summer
- Tuition
- €1,500 per semester; see fee notes
- Semester fee
- €201.50
● Closed for this intake Non-EU applicants · Winter semester The window usually repeats next cycle; the full deadline table below shows every route and date.
Focus areas: Structural materials · Functional materials · Composites and lightweight design · Biomaterials · Computational materials
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.
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
- English
- CEFR B2 (TOEFL iBT 90 / IELTS 6.5 with no band below 5.5) for the English track.
- German
- B1 German to apply and DSH-2 for enrolment if German-taught modules are taken; not required for the full English track.
- 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.
Deadlines & timeline
| Who | Intake | Deadline | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-EU applicants | Winter semester | closed for this intake; next cycle usually repeats the same window | Non-EU / foreign-degree applicants apply earlier than German and EU applicants. |
| EU / German-degree applicants | Winter semester | 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 | Non-EU / foreign-degree applicants. | |
| EU / German-degree applicants | Summer semester | German and EU/EEA applicants. |
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.mach.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.
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External resources
- Official Official programme page (opens in a new tab)
- Official KIT central degree page (opens in a new tab)
- Official Apply via the KIT Online-Portal (no uni-assist) (opens in a new tab)
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