- English-taught
- Winter semester intake
M.Sc. Computational Modeling and Simulation (M.Sc.)
at TU Dresden in Dresden
At a glance
- Language
- English-taught
- Duration
- 4 sem 120 ECTS
- Intake
- Winter semester
- Tuition
- €0 public university
- Semester fee
- €361
● Open: apply now Non-EU applicants · Winter semester
Computational engineering across modelling, simulation and high-performance computing, run jointly by the Faculty of Computer Science and the engineering faculties — TU Dresden's counterpart to RWTH's Simulation Sciences, KIT's Computational Mechanics and Stuttgart's COMMAS. As a University of Excellence, TU Dresden offers students direct access to funded research clusters and interdisciplinary research environments across its 14 faculties. Its application page is the clearest published example of TU Dresden's two-step route, and the university's ZIH computing centre is praised by students for the HPC and network services behind this kind of coursework.
Admission requirements
- Prior degree
- not confirmed
- Minimum grade
- not confirmed
- English
- IELTS 6.5 (6.0 per module) / TOEFL iBT 92 — the TU Dresden standard, confirmed on the Molecular Bioengineering application page.Confirm the exact threshold for this programme in SINS.
- German
- not required — confirmed English-taught on TU Dresden's own MasterTag list. German is still worth learning for daily life and internships in Saxony.
- Also required
- Eignungsverfahren (aptitude assessment). TU Dresden's two-step application is the most complex on this platform: first register for the programme's aptitude assessment on its own portal to receive a submission ID, then apply via uni-assist, entering that ID and uploading the confirmation email. Miss either half and the application is incomplete. This programme's own application page documents the two-step process explicitly: register on the CMS aptitude portal for a submission ID, then enter it in the uni-assist application.
Deadlines & timeline
| Who | Intake | Deadline | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-EU applicants | Winter semester | Non-EU nationals with a non-German degree apply 1 April – 31 May for a winter start — six weeks before the EU window. TU Dresden publishes no single university-wide deadline: each programme sets its own window in SINS, and NC, open-admission and aptitude-assessment programmes differ. Treat this as the framework date and check SINS for this programme. | |
| EU / German-degree applicants | Winter semester | EU nationals with a non-German degree apply 1 April – 15 July. Holders of a German degree apply 1 June – 15 July, directly via the selma portal rather than uni-assist. |
Fees & funding
- Tuition
- €0 per semester
- Semester contribution
- €361
- Semester ticket
- included (Deutschland-Semesterticket)
€0 tuition for all students, including non-EU — Saxony levies no general tuition; SächsHSG Art. 13 permits fees only for second degrees, long-term study and continuing education, none of which applies to a standard consecutive master's. Semester contribution €361.00 for WS 2026/27, confirmed to the component by the TU Dresden StuRa (≈€234 Deutschlandsemesterticket + €7.38 MOBIbike + ≈€14 StuRa + ≈€105 Studentenwerk Dresden). The ticket is the bundled, digital nationwide Deutschlandsemesterticket — it covers regional transport across Germany, including Dresden's DVB trams and buses and the wider VVO regional network, but not ICE/IC/EC; bikes, dogs and guests need a paid VVO add-on, and the ticket is refundable if you study abroad or intern outside the VVO area. The €7.38 MOBIbike share gives 30 free minutes per rental on nextbike/MOBIbike nationwide. Note the €361 is a WS 2026/27 increase driven by the Deutschlandticket price rise (€58→€63/month on 1 January 2026) — aggregators quoting €277–300 are stale. Non-EU applicants with a non-German degree apply through uni-assist AND, for most programmes, a separate programme-specific aptitude portal linked by a submission ID.
Scholarships are listed per university: see TU Dresden scholarships.
How to apply
- uni-assist
- required (the deadline table shows who this applies to)
- Application portal
- tu-dresden.de
- Official page
- tu-dresden.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
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External resources
- Official Official programme page (opens in a new tab)
- Official Application (two-step: aptitude portal + uni-assist) (opens in a new tab)
- Official Study Information System (SINS) — per-programme deadlines and admission (opens in a new tab)
- Official Apply via uni-assist (opens in a new tab)
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