# Computational Engineering Science (MSc) at RWTH Aachen

RWTH's cornerstone modelling and simulation programme, offered jointly by four faculties — Mechanical Engineering (lead), Computer Science, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, and Georesources and Materials Engineering. It blends engineering, mathematics and computer science into simulation and data science, built around a CES seminar, a CES lecture series and a roughly 55-credit individually composed thesis module approved by the examination board.

University: RWTH Aachen University (Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen) (https://studygermany.dev/universities/rwth-aachen.md)
City: Aachen (https://studygermany.dev/cities/aachen.md)
HTML page: https://studygermany.dev/programmes/rwth-aachen-msc-computational-engineering-science/

## At a glance

- Degree: MSc
- Language of instruction: English and German
- English requirement: Proof of English proficiency for the language of instruction at enrolment, per the examination regulations. No numeric threshold is published.
- German requirement: Proof of German proficiency for the language of instruction at enrolment, per the examination regulations. The official page states the languages are German and English.
- ECTS: 90
- Duration: 3 semesters
- Intake: Winter & summer
- Tuition: €0 per semester (public university)
- Semester contribution: €375.19
- Semester ticket included: yes (Deutschland-Semesterticket)

Fee notes: €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).

## Admission requirements

- Prior degree: First university degree with the qualifications required by the examination regulations; the examination board decides eligibility
- Minimum grade: Open admission (no NC)
- Prerequisite credits: Coverage of mathematics, informatics and engineering sciences is required regardless of the chosen concentration
- Also required: Administratively anchored in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and distinct from the Simulation Sciences M.Sc. — do not confuse the two. Applications run through the Mechanical Engineering faculty master-application page. Unusually for RWTH, the programme is 90 ECTS over 3 semesters rather than 120 over 4. 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.

## Application deadlines

- Non-EU applicants, winter semester: 2026-03-01 (PASSED as of the last site build; the window usually repeats next cycle). Non-EU / foreign-degree applicants. Supporting-document deadline for restricted-admission subjects: 1 August.
- EU / German-degree applicants, winter semester: 2026-07-15 (PASSED as of the last site build; the window usually repeats next cycle). EU/EEA applicants, current RWTH students and holders of a German degree.
- Non-EU applicants, summer semester: 2026-09-01. Non-EU / foreign-degree applicants. Supporting-document deadline for restricted-admission subjects: 1 February.
- EU / German-degree applicants, summer semester: 2027-01-15. EU/EEA applicants, current RWTH students and holders of a German degree.

## How to apply

- uni-assist required: no
- Application portal: https://online.rwth-aachen.de/
- Official programme page: https://www.ces.rwth-aachen.de/

## External resources

- [Official programme page](https://www.ces.rwth-aachen.de/)
- [Official RWTH catalogue entry](https://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/studium/vor-dem-studium/studiengaenge/liste-aktuelle-studiengaenge/studiengangbeschreibung/~bksp/computational-engineering-science-m-sc-/?lidx=1)
- [DAAD — Computational Engineering Science](https://www.daad.de/en/studying-in-germany/universities/all-degree-programmes/detail/rwth-aachen-university-computational-engineering-science-w43998/)
- [Apply via RWTHonline (no uni-assist)](https://online.rwth-aachen.de/)


## Focus areas

- Engineering Sciences
- Informatics
- Mathematics

## Provenance

Last checked: 2026-08-09

- RWTH Aachen — Computational Engineering Science M.Sc. official programme page (language: German and English; 90 ECTS / 3 semesters): https://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/studium/vor-dem-studium/studiengaenge/liste-aktuelle-studiengaenge/studiengangbeschreibung/~bksp/computational-engineering-science-m-sc-/?lidx=1
- RWTH CES — programme site: https://www.ces.rwth-aachen.de/
- AStA RWTH Aachen — Semesterbeitrag / finance (WS 2026/27 components; WS 2025/26 total €338.05 confirmed): https://www.asta.rwth-aachen.de/en/about-us/finance/
- RWTH Aachen — Master's application route: direct via RWTHonline, no uni-assist, no VPD: https://online.rwth-aachen.de/
- Inferred — WS 2026/27 semester contribution €375.19 reconstructed from official AStA components; not published by RWTH as a single figure. Confirmed fallback €338.05 (WS 2025/26). Verify before publishing a hard number.: https://www.asta.rwth-aachen.de/en/about-us/finance/