At a glance

Language: English-taught
Duration: 4 sem 120 ECTS
Intake: Winter & summer
Tuition: €1,500 per semester; see fee notes
Semester fee: €201.50

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

English-taught, open-admission geophysics — a natural comparison with RWTH's Applied Geophysics (the joint TU Delft/ETH Zurich degree), under a very different fee and admission model. Based at KIT Campus South for teaching, with research links to Campus North.

Admission requirements

Prior degree

Bachelor in Geophysics or a related subject (Physics, Mathematics, Geosciences, Mineralogy, Geology or another natural or engineering science)

Minimum grade

No limited capacity

English

CEFR B2 (TOEFL, IELTS, TOEIC or Cambridge).

German

not required

Prerequisite credits

Geophysics at least 20 CP
Physics and mathematics combined at least 36 ECTS — conditional admission if up to 20 CP short

Also required

No GRE. Run by the Geophysical Institute (GPI). EU and non-EU applicants alike apply directly through the KIT Online-Portal of the International Students Office; KIT performs its own foreign-degree equivalence check. No uni-assist, no VPD, no application fee. APS certificate required for applicants from China, Vietnam and India.

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
Non-EU applicants	Winter semester	15 July 2026 closed for this intake; next cycle usually repeats the same window	Non-EU / foreign-degree applicants apply earlier than German and EU applicants.
EU / German-degree applicants	Winter semester	30 September 2026	German and EU/EEA applicants. A 30 September deadline for an October start is only practical if you are already in Germany or the EU.
Non-EU applicants	Summer semester	15 January 2027	Non-EU / foreign-degree applicants.
EU / German-degree applicants	Summer semester	31 March 2027	German and EU/EEA applicants.

Fees & funding

Tuition: €1,500 per semester
Semester contribution: €201.50
Semester ticket: not included

KIT is a Baden-Württemberg state university. Non-EU/EEA students pay tuition of €1,500/semester IN ADDITION to the semester contribution of €201.50/semester (total €1,701.50/semester for non-EU students). EU/EEA students pay only the semester contribution. The contribution breaks down as €80.00 administrative charge + €109.50 Studierendenwerk Karlsruhe (including student liability insurance) + €12.00 Students Union. The semester ticket is NOT included — only about €17.50 of the Studierendenwerk charge funds a limited off-peak KVV base ticket (weekdays 18:00–06:00, all day at weekends and on public holidays); budget separately for a KVV Studikarte or Deutschlandticket. A second degree costs €650/semester. Source: https://www.sle.kit.edu/english/imstudium/703.php Confirmed exemptions from the Baden-Württemberg €1,500 non-EU tuition: EU/EEA citizens, holders of a German Abitur, Erasmus Mundus / double-degree / EUCOR / cooperation-programme students, doctoral students, Baden-Württemberg-Stiftung scholarship holders, and students grandfathered from before WS 2017/18.

Scholarships are listed per university: see KIT scholarships.

How to apply

uni-assist: not required
Application portal: www.intl.kit.edu
Official page: www.sle.kit.edu

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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