# Sports Science (Sportwissenschaft) (MSc) at KIT

German-taught master at KIT’s Institute of Sports and Sports Science with an interdisciplinary Movement and Health profile spanning psychology, medicine, nutrition, sociology and management. Restricted admission. 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-sports-science/

## At a glance

- Degree: MSc
- Language of instruction: German
- English requirement: not confirmed
- German requirement: Sufficient German per KIT enrolment regulations (the C1 route applies where required).
- ECTS: 120
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Intake: Winter semester
- 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 Sportwissenschaft or a related field
- Minimum grade: Ranking-list selection on the prior-degree GPA; restricted admission
- Also required: The summer intake is not confirmed — the programme is listed as winter, with the summer start unverified. 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). Same date for EU and non-EU applicants: 15 July for winter, 15 January for summer.
- All applicants, summer semester: 2027-01-15. Same date for EU and non-EU applicants: 15 July for winter, 15 January for summer.

## How to apply

- uni-assist required: no
- Application portal: https://bewerbung.studium.kit.edu/prod/campus/Portal/Start
- Official programme page: https://www.sle.kit.edu/english/vorstudium/master-sports-science.php

## External resources

- [Official programme page](https://www.sle.kit.edu/english/vorstudium/master-sports-science.php)
- [KIT Institute of Sports and Sports Science](https://www.ifss.kit.edu/)
- [StudyCheck reviews](https://www.studycheck.de/studium/sportwissenschaft/kit-karlsruhe-19236)
- [Application portal](https://bewerbung.studium.kit.edu/prod/campus/Portal/Start)


## Focus areas

- Bewegung und Gesundheit (Movement and Health)
- Sports sociology
- Research methods

## Provenance

Last checked: 2026-08-09

- KIT — Master Sports Science (sufficient German required per KIT enrolment regulations; restricted admission): https://www.sle.kit.edu/english/vorstudium/master-sports-science.php
- KIT Institute of Sports and Sports Science (IfSS): https://www.ifss.kit.edu/
- Inferred — summer intake not confirmed on the official page; stored as winter: https://www.sle.kit.edu/english/vorstudium/master-sports-science.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