At a glance

Language: English-taught
Duration: 3 sem 90 ECTS
Intake: not confirmed
Tuition: €0 public university
Semester fee: not confirmed

RWTH's flagship automotive master - automotive and mobility engineering is arguably the university's single strongest external reputation, with deep German-industry ties. Unusually for RWTH it is a 3-semester, 90-ECTS programme, and unlike TUM's mixed-language equivalent it is taught fully in English. Distinct from FH Aachen's automotive offerings - this is the RWTH Universität programme.

Admission requirements

Prior degree: Bachelor in Mechanical or Automotive Engineering or a closely related field (not confirmed on the programme page this pass)
Minimum grade: not confirmed
English: IELTS 6.5 / TOEFL iBT 90 (RWTH working standard; exact score for this programme not confirmed).MOI certificates are not accepted; exemption only for degrees from UK/IE/US/CA/NZ/AU.
German: not required for admission
Also required: Admission type not confirmed for this programme (RWTH engineering master's are typically open admission, and GRE is generally not required for the engineering family - verify on the official page). Admission hinges on the Module Matching Form against RWTH's required modules - rejections are administrative and objective. Master's applicants apply directly via RWTHonline - uni-assist is NOT used. No application fee. APS certificate required for applicants from India, China and Vietnam. RWTH framework deadlines: non-EU ~1 March (winter) / ~1 September (summer); EU/EEA 15 July / 15 January - intake and exact dates for this programme not confirmed.

Deadlines & timeline

Deadlines are not yet confirmed for this programme. They likely follow the university's general Master's deadlines. Verify with the faculty before planning your application.

Fees & funding

Tuition: €0 per semester
Semester contribution: not confirmed
Semester ticket: included (Deutschland-Semesterticket)

€0 tuition for all students including non-EU/EEA - NRW public universities charge no tuition (contrast: TUM in Bavaria charges non-EU Master's students €4,000-6,000/semester). Semester contribution is approx. €330/semester: components are confirmed (ticket portion €208.80 from WS 2025/26) but the exact WS 2026/27 total is not yet verified on the AStA page, so no hard number is published here. It includes the Deutschlandsemesterticket, delivered digitally via the naveo app - valid Germany-wide on regional transport plus Zuid-Limburg in the Netherlands (Maastricht, Parkstad, Sittard-Geleen), with specific AVV cross-border lines into Belgium.

Scholarships are listed per university: see RWTH Aachen scholarships.

How to apply

uni-assist: not required
Application portal: online.rwth-aachen.de
Official page: www.rwth-aachen.de

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 /5

Across 10 StudyCheck reviews (4.0/5), this 3-semester master rates well on content, lectures and digital study. One honest pattern worth knowing: some reviewers arrived with very high expectations of organisation and teaching given RWTH's reputation, and felt those expectations were not fully met.

Liked

Course content and lectures rate well
Good digital study setup
Compact 3-semester structure

Criticised

Some reviewers felt organisation and teaching did not fully live up to RWTH's reputation

Where graduates go

No alumni outcome data found yet.

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