# Data Analytics and Decision Science (MSc) at RWTH Aachen

Full-time English-taught data analytics and decision science master. This is a private offering by RWTH Business School with a €30,000 whole-programme tuition fee — not one of RWTH’s €0 public consecutive master’s programmes. Requires a STEM bachelor with quantitative depth, plus the GRE for non-EU applicants.

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-data-analytics-decision-science/

## At a glance

- Degree: MSc
- Language of instruction: English
- English requirement: English proficiency required; the programme is English-only.
- German requirement: not required
- ECTS: 120
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Intake: Winter semester
- Tuition: €30,000 per semester (rate depends on student category; see fee notes)
- Semester contribution: €375.19
- Semester ticket included: yes (Deutschland-Semesterticket)

Fee notes: Fee-bearing private offering by RWTH Business School: €30,000 tuition for the ENTIRE programme (not per semester), plus a separate €50 application fee. The standard RWTH semester contribution (approximately €270–375 per semester, semester ticket included) applies on top for enrolled students. This is fundamentally different from RWTH's €0 public consecutive master's programmes.

## Admission requirements

- Prior degree: STEM bachelor with at least 15 ECTS in higher mathematics or statistics
- Minimum grade: Selection by the RWTH Business School admissions committee
- Prerequisite credits: At least 15 ECTS higher mathematics or statistics
- Also required: GRE required for non-EU applicants. Applications go directly through the RWTH Business School portal — not RWTHonline and not uni-assist. A separate €50 application fee applies, deducted from the first-semester tuition on enrolment. Deadlines: non-EU 1 March, EU 31 August, Early Bird 15 January.

## 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 applicants. Early Bird deadline 15 January.
- EU / German-degree applicants, winter semester: 2026-08-31 (PASSED as of the last site build; the window usually repeats next cycle). EU applicants. Early Bird deadline 15 January.

## How to apply

- uni-assist required: no
- Application portal: https://www.business-school.rwth-aachen.de/
- Official programme page: https://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/studium/vor-dem-studium/studiengaenge/liste-aktuelle-studiengaenge/studiengangbeschreibung/~puiq/data-analytics-decision-science-m-sc/?lidx=1

## External resources

- [Official programme page](https://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/studium/vor-dem-studium/studiengaenge/liste-aktuelle-studiengaenge/studiengangbeschreibung/~puiq/data-analytics-decision-science-m-sc/?lidx=1)
- [DAAD International Programmes](https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4874/)
- [RWTH Business School — application portal](https://www.business-school.rwth-aachen.de/)



## Provenance

Last checked: 2026-08-09

- RWTH Aachen — Data Analytics & Decision Science M.Sc. official programme page ("The total tuition fee is 30.000 EUR… This is a private offering by RWTH Business School"): https://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/studium/vor-dem-studium/studiengaenge/liste-aktuelle-studiengaenge/studiengangbeschreibung/~puiq/data-analytics-decision-science-m-sc/?lidx=1
- RWTH Business School — programme overviews and costs (whole-programme tuition; €50 application fee; separate application route): https://www.business-school.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/