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Business Administration (Betriebswirtschaftslehre) (M.Sc.)

at RWTH Aachen in Aachen

At a glance

Language
Bilingual
Duration
4 sem 120 ECTS
Intake
Winter & summer
Tuition
€0 public university
Semester fee
€375.19

● 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: Sustainability and Corporations · Operations Research and Management · Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Marketing · Corporate Development and Strategy

Faculty 8's business administration master, structured around the faculty's four research fields. Open admission with a compulsory core plus a wide elective range and one specialization. The official language of instruction is German and English, so German is needed alongside English.

Admission requirements

Prior degree
First university degree with the background required by the examination regulations
Minimum grade
Open admission (no NC)
English
Proof of English proficiency at enrolment.The official page states the language of instruction is German and English; no numeric threshold is published.
German
Proof of German proficiency at enrolment. No specific level is published on the programme page.
Prerequisite credits
  • Compulsory modules 20 CP plus electives 30 CP plus a specialization
Also required
Proof of proficiency in both German and English is required at enrolment — do not treat this as an English-only programme. Master's applicants — EU and non-EU alike — apply directly via RWTHonline. RWTH verifies foreign documents internally: no uni-assist, no VPD, no application fee. Applicants may apply to at most 10 Master's programmes. APS certificate required for applicants from China, India and Vietnam.

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
Non-EU applicants Winter semester closed for this intake; next cycle usually repeats the same window Non-EU / foreign-degree applicants. Supporting-document deadline for restricted-admission subjects: 1 August.
EU / German-degree applicants Winter semester closed for this intake; next cycle usually repeats the same window EU/EEA applicants, current RWTH students and holders of a German degree.
Non-EU applicants Summer semester Non-EU / foreign-degree applicants. Supporting-document deadline for restricted-admission subjects: 1 February.
EU / German-degree applicants Summer semester EU/EEA applicants, current RWTH students and holders of a German degree.

Fees & funding

Tuition
€0 per semester
Semester contribution
€375.19
Semester ticket
included (Deutschland-Semesterticket)

€0 tuition for all students including non-EU/EEA — RWTH is an NRW public university and states it does not charge tuition to international students from non-EU countries. Semester contribution €375.19 for WS 2026/27 (Mobilitätsbeitrag €234.57 including the Deutschlandsemesterticket plus the Zuid-Limburg/NL extension, Sozialbeitrag €128.00, Studierendenschaftsbeitrag €12.62). This WS 2026/27 total is reconstructed from official components rather than published by RWTH as a single figure; the fully confirmed figure is €338.05 for WS 2025/26 (RWTH Amtliche Bekanntmachung 2025/177). Semester ticket included: the mobility component funds the Deutschlandsemesterticket plus Arriva buses and regional trains in South Limburg (NL).

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.

3.7 /5

Seventeen master-level reviews average 3.7 out of 5. The picture is of a theory-heavy and mathematically demanding degree with unusual flexibility — only three compulsory modules and a wide elective range. Reviewers value the specialization choice, the lecturers and the freedom to follow their own interests, and rate the project modules well. Against that, the programme is felt to be very theoretical with comparatively little applied business content, the workload leaves little room for a working-student job, and popular seminars are competitive to get into.

Liked

  • Broad choice of specializations
  • Capable lecturers
  • Freedom to follow personal interests
  • Well-regarded project modules

Criticised

  • Very theoretical, with little applied business content
  • Heavy workload leaves little room for a side job
  • Competitive entry to popular seminars

Where graduates go

No alumni outcome data found yet.

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