- English-taught
- Winter & summer intake
IT Security (M.Sc.)
at TU Darmstadt in Darmstadt
At a glance
- Language
- English-taught
- Duration
- not confirmed
- Intake
- Winter & summer
- Tuition
- €0 public university
- Semester fee
- not confirmed
● Closed for this intake All applicants · Winter semester The window usually repeats next cycle; the full deadline table below shows every route and date.
TU Darmstadt's English-taught cybersecurity master, launched in winter 2024 to replace the former German-language IT-Sicherheit programme. It sits within ATHENE, Europe's largest cybersecurity research centre and TU Darmstadt's own successor to the CRISP research initiative, and is the only dedicated security master among the six universities profiled on this platform. Students benefit from TU Darmstadt's proximity to Frankfurt (30 minutes by train) for internships, industry events, and career connections.
Admission requirements
- Prior degree
- Bachelor in computer science or a closely related field (ECTS/subject relevance assessed)
- Minimum grade
- not confirmed
- English
- TOEFL, IELTS, UNIcert or TOEIC accepted (a notably broad list — TOEIC is rarely accepted elsewhere).Aggregator figures cluster around IELTS 6.5 / TOEFL iBT 92; exact official per-programme threshold not confirmed.
- German
- not required
- Also required
- Eignungsfeststellung (Assessment of Suitability) with no capacity limit — the Computer Science department states every applicant meeting the academic, language and formal requirements is admitted (unlike NC/competitive admission at the other five universities profiled). A GRE or GATE score can substitute for parts of the assessment — GATE is India's national engineering entrance exam, a cheaper, more accessible route than GRE for Indian applicants; exact exemption thresholds not confirmed. APS required for Indian applicants. ⚠ For this department the signed paper application and all required documents must ARRIVE by post before the deadline — submitting online alone is not sufficient; allow courier time plus a buffer of about three weeks.
Deadlines & timeline
| Who | Intake | Deadline | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| All applicants | Winter semester | closed for this intake; next cycle usually repeats the same window | 15 July, same for EU and non-EU applicants. Many TU Darmstadt programmes carry an Ausschlussfrist (cut-off deadline) — miss it and you are excluded from the procedure entirely, with no discretion; confirm whether this programme is marked as one. |
| All applicants | Summer semester | 15 January, same for EU and non-EU applicants. Many TU Darmstadt programmes carry an Ausschlussfrist (cut-off deadline) — miss it and you are excluded from the procedure entirely, with no discretion; confirm whether this programme is marked as one. |
Fees & funding
- Tuition
- €0 per semester
- Semester contribution
- not confirmed
- Semester ticket
- included (Deutschland-Semesterticket)
€0 tuition for all students — Hesse does not charge non-EU tuition. Semester contribution ≈€288 WS 2026/27 (AStA breakdown confirmed to the cent for the last published update; the €176.40 Deutschlandsemesterticket portion recalculates from 1 July 2026, so the WS 2026/27 total may be higher — re-verify before publishing a hard figure). Ticket is the nationwide Deutschlandsemesterticket, delivered digitally, and includes Frankfurt (regional/S-Bahn, not ICE).
Scholarships are listed per university: see TU Darmstadt scholarships.
How to apply
- uni-assist
- not required
- Application portal
- www.tucan.tu-darmstadt.de
- Official page
- www.informatik.tu-darmstadt.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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