At a glance

Language: English-taught
Duration: 4 sem 120 ECTS
Intake: Winter semester
Tuition: €0 public university
Semester fee: €339.70

● Closed for this intake Non-EU applicants · Winter semester 15 May 2026 The window usually repeats next cycle; the full deadline table below shows every route and date.

Focus areas: Numerics · Optimization · Scientific computing · Application subjects (civil/mechanical engineering, chemistry, EE&IT, CS, physics)

The English-language specialization of TU Dortmund's Technomathematics Master, combining pure and applied mathematics (numerics, optimization, scientific computing) with computer-science components and an application subject in a natural or engineering science. Emphasis on modelling and simulation for real-world problems in finance, engineering and logistics, with practice-oriented projects and industrial internships in the Dortmund/Ruhr region. Lectures start in October.

Admission requirements

Prior degree

Bachelor in Mathematics or Technomathematics (TU Dortmund) or comparable

Minimum grade

3.0 overall ('satisfactory', German scale)

English

TOEFL 550 (paper) / 213 (computer) / 79 (internet); an English-taught Bachelor's degree also serves as proof.No IELTS figure on the official page.

German

not required; learning German is recommended

Prerequisite credits

≥100 ECTS mathematics
≥20 ECTS from a minor subject (civil/mechanical engineering, chemistry, electrical engineering & IT, computer science or physics)

Also required

Programming skills required from the start; admission conditions of up to 30 additional ECTS may be imposed.

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
EU / German-degree applicants	Winter semester	15 December 2026	Beginning of January to 15 December; winter-only. Rolling window into the running winter semester. Listed as an explicit exception on the EU/EEA master application page (re-checked 2026-07-04).
Non-EU applicants	Winter semester	15 May 2026 closed for this intake; next cycle usually repeats the same window	Not separately listed; the regular English-taught non-EU window (approx. beginning of January to 15 May, cut-off) applies per the International Office rule for unlisted programmes. Confirmed-by-rule, not a programme-specific date (re-checked 2026-07-04).

Fees & funding

Tuition: €0 per semester
Semester contribution: €339.70
Semester ticket: included (Deutschland-Semesterticket)

€0 tuition. Semester contribution €339.70 for WS 2026/27, confirmed from a current TU Dortmund student payment. Includes the nationwide Deutschland-Semesterticket. For the latest figure verify at: https://www.stwdo.de and https://www.tu-dortmund.de/studium/organisation-des-studiums/semesterbeitrag/

Scholarships are listed per university: see TU Dortmund scholarships.

How to apply

uni-assist: required (the deadline table shows who this applies to)
Application portal: www.uni-assist.de
Official page: www.tu-dortmund.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.

What students say

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Where graduates go

Typical roles: Applied-mathematics roles in finance, engineering and logistics; scientific staff at universities and research institutes (source)

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