# M.Sc. Computer Science (MSc) at TU Dresden

TU Dresden's English-taught CS master's, with strong systems and distributed-computing depth: the former standalone Distributed Systems Engineering master's was discontinued and folded into this programme as a track from WiSe 2025/26, so aggregator listings for a separate "Distributed Systems Engineering" degree are stale. As a University of Excellence, TU Dresden offers students direct access to funded research clusters and interdisciplinary research environments across its 14 faculties. Dresden is home to Silicon Saxony — Germany's largest microelectronics cluster, with major TSMC, Infineon, and Bosch Semiconductor operations nearby. Do not confuse this with TU Dresden's separate German-taught "Informatik" master's, which is a different programme with its own StudyCheck listing.

University: Technische Universität Dresden (https://studygermany.dev/universities/tu-dresden.md)
City: Dresden (https://studygermany.dev/cities/dresden.md)
HTML page: https://studygermany.dev/programmes/tu-dresden-msc-computer-science/

## At a glance

- Degree: MSc
- Language of instruction: English
- English requirement: 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 requirement: not required — confirmed English-taught on TU Dresden's own MasterTag list. German is still worth learning for daily life and internships in Saxony.
- ECTS: 120
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Intake: Winter semester
- Tuition: €0 per semester (public university)
- Semester contribution: €361
- Semester ticket included: yes (Deutschland-Semesterticket)

Fee notes: €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.

## Admission requirements

- Prior degree: Bachelor in computer science or a closely related field; subject fit is assessed by the admission committee.
- Minimum grade: not confirmed
- 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. The Faculty of Computer Science confirms the non-EU window (31 May) and the EU window (15 July) directly on its application page.

## Application deadlines

- Non-EU applicants, winter semester: 2027-05-31. 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: 2027-07-15. 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.

## How to apply

- uni-assist required: yes (the deadline notes show who this applies to)
- Application portal: https://www.uni-assist.de/en/
- Official programme page: https://tu-dresden.de/ing/informatik/studium/studienangebot/master-studiengaenge/computer-science

## External resources

- [Official programme page](https://tu-dresden.de/ing/informatik/studium/studienangebot/master-studiengaenge/computer-science)
- [DAAD listing](https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/10354/)
- [Study Information System (SINS) — per-programme deadlines and admission](https://tu-dresden.de/studium/vor-dem-studium/studienangebot)
- [Apply via uni-assist](https://www.uni-assist.de/en/)


## Focus areas

- Distributed Systems Engineering — formerly a standalone master's, folded into this programme as a track from WiSe 2025/26

## Provenance

Last checked: 2026-08-09

- TU Dresden — MasterTag programme list (the university's own language source: English-taught master's are marked in bold, and "unmarked programs are taught exclusively in German"): https://tu-dresden.de/studium/vor-dem-studium/studienangebot
- TU Dresden — Study Information System (SINS): the authoritative per-programme source for deadlines, admission type and prerequisites. TU Dresden states there is no single university-wide deadline. 120 ECTS / 4 semesters is the TU Dresden standard structure and is inferred here where SINS was not read per programme.: https://tu-dresden.de/studium/vor-dem-studium/studienangebot
- TU Dresden Faculty of Computer Science — application page: "Applicants with a non-German university degree register with uni-assist and upload the requested documents." German-degree holders use the selma portal directly.: https://tu-dresden.de/ing/informatik/studium/studienangebot/master-studiengaenge/computer-science
- StuRa TU Dresden — Semesterbeitrag €361.00 for WS 2026/27, confirmed to the component: https://www.stura.tu-dresden.de/semesterbeitrag
- TU Dresden — Semesterbeitrag und Studiengebühren: Saxony levies no general tuition (SächsHSG Art. 13 exceptions only): https://tu-dresden.de/studium/im-studium/studienorganisation/semesterbeitrag-studiengebuehren
- TU Dresden — M.Sc. Computer Science (official page; DSE merged in as a track from WiSe 2025/26): https://tu-dresden.de/ing/informatik/studium/studienangebot/master-studiengaenge/computer-science
- Language classification rule confirmed verbatim at source — TU Dresden MasterTag programme page: "Degree programs taught in English are marked in bold. Unmarked programs are taught exclusively in German.": https://tu-dresden.de/studium/vor-dem-studium/uni-testen/master-tag/programm