- English-taught
- Winter & summer intake
Construction and Robotics (M.Sc.)
at RWTH Aachen in Aachen
At a glance
- Language
- English-taught
- 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: Construction robotics fundamentals · Discipline-related specialization · Individual Master's thesis
Interdisciplinary, fully English-taught master run by the Chair of Individualized Production in the Faculty of Architecture. It merges mechanical engineering, computer science, civil engineering and architecture to develop automated construction machinery and digital construction processes, drawing on the Center Construction Robotics and the wider Aachen research ecosystem. Suited to engineering and architecture graduates targeting the digitalisation and automation of the construction sector.
Admission requirements
- Prior degree
- Bachelor's in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or an equivalent degree
- Minimum grade
- Examination-board review of the subject background; no public numeric NC
- English
- IELTS or TOEFL required; applicants whose school or first degree was completed in the UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia or New Zealand are exempt.Proof is provided at enrolment per the examination regulations — no single numeric threshold is published.
- German
- not required
- Prerequisite credits
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- Subject background per the examination regulations
- Also required
- No preliminary review of eligibility is offered — applications are assessed after submission via RWTHonline. 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
| 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
- cr.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.
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External resources
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