• German required
  • Winter & summer intake

Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen — Materials and Process Engineering (Business Administration and Engineering) (M.Sc.)

at RWTH Aachen in Aachen

⚠ This programme is taught in German. A stated German level is required before enrolment. Check the required level and accepted certificates with the university before applying.

At a glance

Language
German-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.

German-taught industrial engineering master combining business administration with materials and process engineering, administered by Faculty 8 together with the engineering faculties. Roughly two-thirds of the weight sits on the engineering component. Not accessible without German.

Admission requirements

Prior degree
First university degree per the examination regulations
Minimum grade
Examination-board decision
English
not stated on the programme page
German
German required — this programme is taught exclusively in German (RWTH language requirements list "Deutsch – § 3 Abs. 7 ÜPO" for all four Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen fields). The specific level is not published.
Also required
Administered by Faculty 8 in cooperation with the engineering faculties. The Aachen programme is distinctive in weighting the engineering component at roughly two-thirds. 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.

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