# M.Sc. Molecular Bioengineering (MSc) at TU Dresden The CMCB flagship: biology, chemistry and engineering combined at the Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, feeding TU Dresden's regenerative-medicine pipeline at BIOTEC and the CRTD. As a University of Excellence, TU Dresden offers students direct access to funded research clusters and interdisciplinary research environments across its 14 faculties. Winter intake only, with a hard 1 April – 31 May window for all international applicants. StudyCheck reviewers (3.9 across 4 reviews, above the university average) value the genuinely interdisciplinary mix, the modern laboratories and the hands-on project work, while noting some overlap between modules. 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-molecular-bioengineering/ ## At a glance - Degree: MSc - Language of instruction: English - English requirement: IELTS 6.5 (6.0 per module) / TOEFL iBT 92 — confirmed on the programme's own CMCB application page. - 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: First degree in engineering (materials, nano or computer science), medicine or the natural sciences, with knowledge of biochemistry, cell biology, materials science, mathematics and physics. - 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. For this programme the aptitude registration runs through the CMCB databank; the application window is 1 April – 31 May for all international applicants, EU and non-EU alike. ## 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/cmcb/study/molecular-bioengineering ## External resources - [Official programme page](https://tu-dresden.de/cmcb/study/molecular-bioengineering) - [StudyCheck reviews](https://www.studycheck.de/studium/molecular-bioengineering/tu-dresden-11171) - [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/) ## 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 CMCB — M.Sc. Molecular Bioengineering (official application page: TOEFL iBT 92 / IELTS 6.5, CMCB databank aptitude registration, 1 April – 31 May): https://tu-dresden.de/cmcb/study/molecular-bioengineering - Aggregator conflict logged — collegedunia lists this programme at "€1,000/year tuition". That is wrong: TU Dresden charges €0 tuition; the figure is a mislabelled or stale contribution.: https://tu-dresden.de/studium/im-studium/studienorganisation/semesterbeitrag-studiengebuehren - 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 - English language of instruction additionally corroborated at faculty level this pass (CMCB centre / Faculty of Computer Science listing): https://tu-dresden.de/studium/vor-dem-studium/uni-testen/master-tag/programm