- English-taught
- Winter & summer intake
Industrial Engineering and Management (English track) (M.Sc.)
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 All applicants · Winter semester The window usually repeats next cycle; the full deadline table below shows every route and date.
Focus areas: Quantitative Core · Engineering and Informatics · Business and Economics · Elective modules plus a seminar or profile module
100%-English master at the KIT Department of Economics and Management, sitting at the interface of business, engineering and IT, within KIT’s dual mandate as a research university and a national research centre. Restricted admission with 100 places per year and a GMAT or GRE requirement. Based at KIT Campus South in central Karlsruhe.
Admission requirements
- Prior degree
- Bachelor of at least 180 ECTS in economics, engineering, computer science, mathematics or physics
- Minimum grade
- Selection by the admissions committee; an aptitude test is required. 100 places per year.
- English
- At least CEFR B2 — TOEFL iBT 90 / IELTS 6.5 with no band below 5.5 / CAE / CPE, per KIT regulations.
- German
- not required (100% English-taught)
- Prerequisite credits
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- GMAT Focus at least 550 (programme code 22J-PL-77) OR GRE at least 315 (institute code 6299)
- Also required
- Do not confuse this with KIT’s German-taught Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen M.Sc. (305 places, no GMAT). This is the distinct 100%-English programme with 100 places and a GMAT or GRE requirement. 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
| Who | Intake | Deadline | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| All applicants | Winter semester | closed for this intake; next cycle usually repeats the same window | Same date for EU and non-EU applicants: 15 July for winter, 15 January for summer. |
| All applicants | Summer semester | Same date for EU and non-EU applicants: 15 July for winter, 15 January for summer. |
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
- bewerbung.studium.kit.edu
- Official page
- www.wiwi.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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External resources
- Official Official programme page (opens in a new tab)
- Official Application portal (opens in a new tab)
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