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Maschinenbau (Mechanical Engineering) (M.Sc.)

at KIT in Karlsruhe

At a glance

Language
Bilingual
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 The window usually repeats next cycle; the full deadline table below shows every route and date.

Mechanical engineering master that can be studied entirely in German, entirely in English, or bilingually — though each individual module is offered in only one language. Based at KIT Campus South in central Karlsruhe, where most teaching is concentrated. KIT’s largest reviewed master in our set.

Admission requirements

Prior degree
not confirmed
Minimum grade
Aptitude and selection procedure (Auswahlverfahren); a written entrance exam is possible where the required abilities are not demonstrated by the transcript
English
CEFR B2 (for example TOEFL iBT 90 or IELTS 6.5 with no band below 5.5) if English-taught modules are taken.
German
B1 German to apply and DSH-2 (TestDaF 4x4, telc C1 Hochschule, Goethe C2 or DSD II) for enrolment if German-taught modules are taken. Not required for a fully English route.
Also required
Deadline correction: the non-EU deadline is 15 July (winter) / 15 January (summer), not 30 September — 30 September and 31 March apply only to German and EU applicants (KIT Mechanical Engineering admission statute, 2024 AB 026). The programme can be studied entirely in German, entirely in English, or in a combination of both; each individual module is offered in only one language. 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 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 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 Non-EU / foreign-degree applicants.
EU / German-degree applicants Summer semester 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
bewerbung.studium.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.

What students say

Via StudyCheck · 2024-2026: an aggregated rating, not our own assessment, paraphrased in our own words and never quoted.

4.1 /5

KIT's largest reviewed master in our set (47 reviews as of July 2026), rated above the university average, with course content, literature access and teaching staff scoring highest. Quality is reported as uneven across modules: students describe roughly half as excellent and the rest as very hard going. One reviewer who came in with a Turkish bachelor's degree describes the master as opening a genuinely new academic perspective — a useful signal for internationals, with the caveat that this programme is taught in mixed German and English, so German is required.

Liked

  • Course content, literature access and teaching staff rated highly
  • Flagship mechanical engineering with Helmholtz-scale research access
  • Positive experience reported by an international (non-German bachelor) reviewer

Criticised

  • Module quality uneven — some modules described as very hard going
  • Mixed German/English tuition: German is required

Where graduates go

No alumni outcome data found yet.

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